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1.503 ian 19: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ! ian 22: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
! 23: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
! 24: </strong></font><br>
! 25: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
! 26: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
! 27: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
! 28: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
! 29: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
! 30: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
! 31: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
! 32: pages."
! 33: <p>
! 34:
! 35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 36: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
37: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
38: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
39: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
40: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
41: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
42: <p>
43:
44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 45: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
46: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
47: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
48: </strong></font><br>
49: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 50: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 51: is punctuated with examples.
52: Tunneling features are described, as well as
53: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
54: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
55: and
56: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
57: <p>
58:
59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 60: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
61: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
62: </strong></font><br>
63: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
64: further OpenSSH development.
65: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
66: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
67: project's funding needs for all time.
68: <p>
1.504 bernd 69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
70: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
71: April 3, 2006
72: </strong></font><br>
73: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
74: this could compromise future hackathons.
75: <p>
1.503 ian 76:
77: </ul>
78:
1.487 ian 79: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
80: <ul>
1.495 ian 81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 82: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 83: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 84: </strong></font><br>
85: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
86: on topics including "Puffy",
87: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
88: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
89: what's new in 3.9,
90: and of course project expenses.
91: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
92: <!--
93: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
94: -->
95: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 99: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
100: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
101: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 102: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
103: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 104: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
105: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
106: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
107: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
108: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
109: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
110: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
111: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
112: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
113: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
114: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
115: but Matzan does - is that
116: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
117: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
118: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
119: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
120: <br/>
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
124: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
125: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
126: </strong></font><br>
127: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
128: "blob" drivers, and more.
129: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
130: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
131: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
132: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
133: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
134: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
135: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
136: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
137: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
138: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
139: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
140: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
141: <p>
142:
143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 144: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
145: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
146: </strong></font><br>
147: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
148: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
149: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
150: in general temperature and environmental issues.
151: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
152: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
153: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
154: other major operating systems." ...
155: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
156: machines running in
157: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
158: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
159: <p>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
162: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
163: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
164: </strong></font><br>
165: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
166: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
167: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
168: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
169: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
170: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
171: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
172: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
173: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
174: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
175: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
176: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
177: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
178: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
179: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
180: <p>
181:
1.487 ian 182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 183: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
184: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
185: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 186: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 187: financial situation.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 191: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
192: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
193: </strong></font><br>
194: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
195: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
196: produce our favorite operating system.
197: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
198: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
199: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
200: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
201: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 202: <br/>
203: Also online at
204: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
208: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
209: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
210: </strong></font><br>
211: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
212: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
213: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
214: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
215: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
216: sustain indefinitely."
217: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
218: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
219: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
220: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
221: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 222: <p>
223:
224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 225: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
226: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
227: </strong></font><br>
228: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
229: with a reminder that
230: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
231: used nowadays almost everywhere."
232: Ends with this quote from Marco:
233: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
234: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
235: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
236: <p>
237:
238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 239: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 240: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
241: </strong></font><br>
242: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
243: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
244: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
245: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
246: a few of them each year.
247: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
248: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
249: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
250: to the OpenBSD project.
251: It's time for them to do so.
252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 255: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
256: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
257: </strong></font><br>
258: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
259: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
260: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
261: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
262: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
263: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
264: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 268: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
269: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 270: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
271: <!-- North America mirror:
272: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
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1.490 deraadt 274: European mirror:
275: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
276: <br>
277: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 278: <p>
279:
280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 281: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
282: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 283: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 284: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
285: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
286: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
287: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
288: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
289: designed to provide reliability and security.
290: <p>
291:
292: </ul>
293:
1.485 ian 294: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
295: <ul>
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 297: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
298: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
299: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 300: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 301: installations in about four minutes flat".
302: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
303: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 304: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 305: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
306: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
307: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
308: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
309: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
310: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
311: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
312: the steps in the article.
313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 316: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
317: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
318: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
319: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
320: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
321: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
322: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
323: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
324: happening in real life.
325: <p>
326:
327: </ul>
328:
1.492 ian 329: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
330: <ul>
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
332: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
333: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
334: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
335: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
336: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
337: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 338: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 339: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
340: </ul>
341:
1.483 ian 342: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
343: <ul>
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 345: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
346: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
347: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
348: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
349: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
350: <p>
351:
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 353: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 354: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
355: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
356: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
357: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
358: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
359: to sites with more information on most topics.
360: <p>
361:
362: </ul>
363:
364:
1.479 grunk 365: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
366: <ul>
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 368: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 369: Goes to Venice</a>,
370: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 371: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 372: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
373: <br/>
374: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
375: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
376: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 377: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 378: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
379: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
380: Contains a link to
381: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
382: pval's summary slides</a>.
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 386: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
387: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
388: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
389: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
390: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
391: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
392: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
393: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 394: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 395: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
396: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
397: the packages and ports system"</i>.
398: <p>
399:
400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
401: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
402: Return of The BSDs</a>,
403: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
404: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
405: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
406: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
407: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
408: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
409: quotes from Bob Beck.
410: <p>
411:
412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 413: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
414: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
415: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 416: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
417: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 418: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
419: and Linux.<br>
420: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
421: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
422: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
423: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
424: of the release
425: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
426: <p>
427: </ul>
428:
1.476 ian 429: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
430: <ul>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
433: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
434: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
435: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
436: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
437: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
438: and too unreliable.
439: This quote will rattle some cages:
440: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
441: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
442: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
443: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
444: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
445: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
446: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
447: costs without any commercial lock-in."
448: <p>
449:
1.477 saad 450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
451: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
452: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
453: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
454: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
455: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
456: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
457: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
458: discussion about future plans.
459: <p>
460:
1.478 grunk 461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
462: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
463: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
464: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
465: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
466: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
467: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
468: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
469: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
470: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
471: <p>
472:
1.476 ian 473: </ul>
474:
1.470 saad 475: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
476: <ul>
477:
478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 479: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
480: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
481: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
482: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
483: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
484: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
485: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
486: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
487: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
488: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
489: <p>
490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 492: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
493: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
494: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
495: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
496: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
497: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
498: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
499: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
500: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
501: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
502: <p>
503:
504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 505: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
506: Big debate over small packets</a>,
507: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
508: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
509: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
510: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
511: draft.
512: <p>
513:
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 515: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
516: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
517: ordinateur ?"</a>,
518: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
519: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
520: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
521: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
522: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
523: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
524: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
525: <p>
526:
527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 528: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
529: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
530: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
531: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
532: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
533: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
534: performance data with pfstat.
535: <p>
536:
537: </ul>
538:
1.461 grunk 539: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
540: <ul>
541:
542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 543: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
544: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 545: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 546: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
547: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
548: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 549: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 550: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 551: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
552: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
553: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 554: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
555: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 556: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 557: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
558: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 562: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
563: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 564: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 565: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
566: poor security:
1.467 grunk 567: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 568: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 569: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 570: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
571: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
572: <p>
573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 575: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
576: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 577: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 578: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
579: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 580: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
581: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
582: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
583: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
584: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
585: commercial vendors.
586: <p>
587:
588: </ul>
589:
1.454 ian 590: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
591: <ul>
1.468 grunk 592:
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
594: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
595: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
596: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
597: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
598: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
599: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 600: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 601: <br>
602: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
603: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
604: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
605: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
606: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 607: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 608: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
609: <p>
610:
1.454 ian 611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 612: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
613: Free Bird</a>,
614: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
615: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
616: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
617: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
618: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
619: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
620: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
621: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
622: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
623: room will only be available in the print edition.
624: <p>
1.459 deraadt 625:
1.458 niallo 626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 627: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
628: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
629: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
630: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
631: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
632: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
633: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
634: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
635: <p>
1.457 deraadt 636:
1.456 niallo 637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 638: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 639: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
640: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
641: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
642: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
643: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
644: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 645: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 646: interview.</a>
647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 650: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
651: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
652: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
653: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
654: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
655: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
656: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
657: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
658: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
659: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
660: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
661: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
662: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
663: "I have never used it."
664: <p>
665:
666: </ul>
667:
1.441 deraadt 668: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
669: <ul>
670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 671: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
672: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
673: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
674: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
675: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
676: future enhancements.
677: <p>
678:
679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 680: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 681: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
682: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
683: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
684: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
685: North America mirror:
686: <ul>
1.452 marco 687: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 688: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
689: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 690: </ul>
691: European mirror:
692: <ul>
1.452 marco 693: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 694: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
695: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
696: </ul>
697: <p>
698:
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 700: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
701: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
702: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
703: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
704: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
705: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 709: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
710: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
711: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
712: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
713: first-hand account.
714: <p>
715:
716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 717: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
718: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
719: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
720: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
721: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
722: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
723: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
724: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
725: <p>
726:
727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 728: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
729: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
730: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
731: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
732: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
733: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
734: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
735: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
736: <p>
737:
738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 739: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 740: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 741: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
742: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
743: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
744: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
745: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
746: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
747: <p>
748:
749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
750: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 751: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 752: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
753: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
754: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
755: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
756: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
757: <p>
758:
759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 760: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
761: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
762: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 763: </strong></font><br>
764: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
765: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
766: with OpenBSD.
767: </ul>
768:
1.436 henning 769: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
770: <ul>
771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 772: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
773: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
774: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
775: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
776: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
777: than closed source, as we have long contended.
778: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
779: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
780: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
781: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
782: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
783: <p>
784: This article can also be found online as
785: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
786: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
787: <p>
788:
789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 790: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
791: </strong></font><br>
792: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
793: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
794: <p>
795:
796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 797: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
798: </strong></font><br>
799: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
800: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 801: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 802: the issues we had with IETF.
803: </ul>
804:
1.431 ian 805: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
806: <ul>
807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 808: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
809: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
810: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
811: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
812: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
813: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
814: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
815: <p>
816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 818: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
819: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
820: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
821: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
822: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
823: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 824: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 825: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
826: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
827: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
828: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
829: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
830: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
831: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
832: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
833:
834: </ul>
835:
1.427 matthieu 836: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
837: <ul>
838:
839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 840: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
841: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
842: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
843: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
844: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
845: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
846: firmware.
1.434 ian 847: Similar articles can be found online at:
848: <ul>
849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
850: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
851: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
852: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
854: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
855: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
856: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
858: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
859: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
860: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 862: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 863: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
864: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
865: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 866: </ul>
867:
1.426 ian 868: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
869: <ul>
870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
872: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
873: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
874: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
875: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 876: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 877: mechanism: what it is and why and
878: how to use it, with examples.
879: Another excerpt from the book
880: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
881: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
885: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
886: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
887: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
888: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
889: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
890: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
891: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
892: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
893: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
894: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
895: This article is a sample chapter from
896: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
897: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
898: <p>
1.443 ian 899:
900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 901: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 902: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
903: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
904: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
905: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
906: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
907: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
908: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
909: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
910: ends with a sidebar on security.
911: <p>
1.426 ian 912: </ul>
913:
1.424 ian 914: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
915: <ul>
916:
917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 918: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
919: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
920: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
921: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
922: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
923: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
924: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
925: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
926: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
927: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
928: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
929: <p>
930: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
931: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
932: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
933: <p>
934:
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 936: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
937: Closed Source Hardware</a>
938: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
939: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
940: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
941: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
942: operating systems.
943: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
944: OpenBSD on his firewall.
945: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
946: systems, he writes:
947: <blockquote>
948: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
949: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
950: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
951: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
952: to the operating system...
953: <br/>
954: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
955: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
956: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
957: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
958: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
959: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
960: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
961: in a closed source operating system).
962: <br/>
963: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
964: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
965: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
966: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
967: </blockquote>
968: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
969: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
970: their hardware and software operates.
971: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
972: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 973: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 974: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
975: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
976: <p>
977: </ul>
978:
1.417 pvalchev 979: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
980: <ul>
1.421 ian 981:
1.417 pvalchev 982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 983: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
984: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
985: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
986: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
987: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
988: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
989: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
990: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
991: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
992: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
993: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 994: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 995: <p>
996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 997: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
998: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
999: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1000: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1001: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1002: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1003: it claims to do".
1004: <p>
1005:
1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1007: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1008: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1009: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1010: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1011: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1012: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1013: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1014: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1015: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1016: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1017: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1018: (yes, this is a hint).
1019: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1020: picked up on the
1021: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1022: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1023: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1024: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1025: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1029: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1030: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1031: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1032: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1033: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1034: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1035: the current efforts.
1036: <p>
1037: </ul>
1038:
1.407 henning 1039: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1040: <ul>
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1042: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1043: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1044: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1045: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1046: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1047: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1048: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1049: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1050: <p>
1051:
1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1053: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1054: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1055: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1056: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1057: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1058: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1059: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1060: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1061: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1062: <p>
1.415 ian 1063:
1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1065: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1066: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1067: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1068: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1069: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1070: overflow attacks... because
1071: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1072: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1073: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1074: and propolice.
1075: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1076: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1077: and that's when the science falls apart."
1078: <p>
1079:
1080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1081: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1082: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1083: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1084: Starts with the question:
1085: <blockquote>
1086: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1087: <br/>
1088: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1089: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1090: <br/>
1091: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1092: Should we believe them?"
1093: </blockquote>
1094: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1095: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1096: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1097: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1098: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1099: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1100: <p>
1101:
1102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1103: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1104: Simple Simon</a>,
1105: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1106: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1107: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1108: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1109: routing/firewall, and more.
1110: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1111: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1112: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1113: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1114: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1115: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1116: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1117: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1118: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1119: </blockquote>
1120: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1121: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1122: <p>
1123:
1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1125: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1126: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1127: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1128: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1129: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1130: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1131: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1132: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1133: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1134: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1135: in spite of it
1136: (registration required, but worth it).
1137: <p>
1138:
1139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1140: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1141: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1142: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1143: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1144: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1145: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1146: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1147: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1148: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1149: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1150: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1151: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1152: <p>
1153:
1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1155: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1156: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1157: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1158: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1159: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1160: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1161: <blockquote>
1162: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1163: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1164: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1165: a lot of analysis.
1166: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1167: </blockquote>
1168: <p>
1169: </ul>
1170:
1.400 marco 1171: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1172: <ul>
1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1174: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1175: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1176: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1177: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1178: UNIX-like systems.
1179: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1180: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1181: <p>
1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1183: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1184: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1185: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1186: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1187: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1188: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1189: At one point, the article states:
1190: <blockquote>
1191: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1192: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1193: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1194: </blockquote>
1195: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1196: <blockquote>
1197: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1198: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1199: </blockquote>
1200: <p>
1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1202: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1203: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1204: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1205: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1206: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1207: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1208: required).
1209: <p>
1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1211: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1212: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1213: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1214: </strong></font><br>
1215: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1216: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1217: <p>
1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1219: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1220: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1221: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1222: </strong></font><br>
1223: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1224: <p>
1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1226: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1227: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1228: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1229: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1230: 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 1231: <p>
1232: </ul>
1233:
1.396 henning 1234: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1235: <ul>
1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1237: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1238: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1239: Unix Review, July, 2004
1240: </strong></font><br>
1241: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1242: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1243: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1244: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1245: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1246: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1247: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1248: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1249: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1250: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1251: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1252: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1253: and even spelling/wording errors.
1254: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1255: <p>
1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1257: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1258: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1259: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1260: </strong></font><br>
1261: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1262: <p>
1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1264: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1265: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1266: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1267: </strong></font><br>
1268: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1269: <p>
1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1271: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1272: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1273: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1274: </strong></font><br>
1275: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1276: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1277: <p>
1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1279: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1280: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1281: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1282: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1283: <p>
1284: </ul>
1285:
1.405 jolan 1286: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1287: <ul>
1288: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1289: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1290: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1291: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1292: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1293: details on how funds are dispersed.
1294: <p>
1295: </ul>
1296:
1.393 david 1297: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1298: <ul>
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1300: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1301: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1302: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1305: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1306: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1307: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1308: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1309: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1310: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1311: <p>
1312:
1313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1314: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1315: Secure by Default</a>,
1316: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1317: </strong></font><br>
1318: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1319: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1320: <p>
1321:
1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1323: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1324: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1325: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1326: </strong></font><br>
1327: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1328: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1329: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1330: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1331: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1332: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1333: <p>
1334:
1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1336: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1337: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1338: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1339: </strong></font><br>
1340: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1341: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1342: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1343: <p>
1344:
1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1346: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1347: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1348: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1349: </strong></font><br>
1350: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1351: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1352: <p>
1353: </ul>
1354:
1.388 mcbride 1355: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1356: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1357:
1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1359: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1360: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1361: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1362: </strong></font><br>
1363: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1364: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1365: available for sparc64.
1366: <p>
1367:
1.390 beck 1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1369: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1370: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1371: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1372: </strong></font><br>
1373: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1374: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1375: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1376: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1377: <p>
1378:
1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1380: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1381: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1382: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1383: </strong></font><br>
1384: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1385: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1386: it does: CARP provides sharing
1387: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1388: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1389: detail to get you started using it.
1390: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1391: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1392: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1393: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1394: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1395: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1396: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1397: <p>
1.391 ian 1398:
1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1400: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1401: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1402: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1403: </strong></font><br>
1404: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1405: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1406: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1407: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1408:
1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1410: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1411: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1412: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1413: </strong></font><br>
1414: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1415: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1416: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1417: unencumbered by patents.
1418: <p>
1419: </ul>
1420:
1.378 henning 1421: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1422: <ul>
1.384 jose 1423:
1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1425: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1426: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1427: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1428: </strong></font><br>
1429: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1430: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1431: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1432: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1433: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1434: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1435: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1436: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1437: in the page tables."
1438: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1439: <p>
1440:
1441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1442: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1443: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1444: </strong></font><br>
1445: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1446: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1447: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1448: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1449: <p>
1.384 jose 1450:
1.378 henning 1451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1452: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1453: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1454: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1455: </strong></font><br>
1456: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1457: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1458: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1459: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1460: (quote:
1461: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1462: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1463: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1464: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1465: the other developers for their work on the system.
1466: <p>
1467:
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1469: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1470: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1471: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1472: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1473: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1474: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1475: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1476: too.
1477: <p>
1478:
1479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1480: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1481: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1482: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1483: OpenBSD source code using
1484: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1485: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1486: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1487: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1488: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1489: <p>
1490: </ul>
1491:
1.374 jose 1492: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1493: <ul>
1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1495: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1496: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1497: </strong></font><br>
1498: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1499: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1500: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1501: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1502: it."
1503: <p>
1504:
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1506: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1507: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1508: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1509: </strong></font><br/>
1510: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1511: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1512: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1513: <p>
1514: </ul>
1515:
1.369 ian 1516: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1517: <ul>
1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1519: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1520: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1521: </strong></font><br/>
1522: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1523: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1524: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1525: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1526: <p>
1527:
1528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1529: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1530: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1531: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1532: </strong></font><br/>
1533: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1534: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1535: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1536: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1537: form factor.
1538: <p>
1539:
1540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1541: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1542: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1543: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1544: Features</a>,
1545: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1546: </strong></font><br/>
1547: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1548: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1549: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1550: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1551: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1552: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1553: <p>
1554: This article can also be found online at:
1555: <ul>
1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1557: <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 1558: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1559: </strong></font>
1560: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1561: </ul>
1562: <p>
1.392 david 1563:
1.371 jose 1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1565: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1566: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1567: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1568: </strong></font><br/>
1569: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1570: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1571: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1572: <p>
1.371 jose 1573:
1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1575: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1576: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1577: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1578: </strong></font><br/>
1579: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1580: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1581: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1582: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1583: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1584: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1585: and its history with OpenBSD.
1586: </ul>
1587:
1.368 henning 1588: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1589: <ul>
1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1591: [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 1592: </strong></font><br>
1593: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1594: </ul>
1595:
1.364 jose 1596: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1597: <ul>
1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1599: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1600: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1601: UNIX Review,
1602: July, 2003.
1603: </strong></font><br>
1604: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1605: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1606: who want more information.
1607: <p>
1608:
1609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1610: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1611: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1612: Government Computer News,
1613: July 22, 2003.
1614: </strong></font><br>
1615: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1616: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1617: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1618: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1619: <p>
1620:
1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1622: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1623: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1624: SANS Institute,
1625: July 22, 2003.
1626: </strong></font><br>
1627: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1628: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1629: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1630: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1631: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1632: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1633: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1634: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1635: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1636: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1637: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1638: <p>
1639:
1640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1641: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1642: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1643: OnLamp.com,
1644: July 17, 2003.
1645: </strong></font><br>
1646: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1647: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1648: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1649: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1650: have been working on.
1651:
1652: </ul>
1653:
1.356 jose 1654: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1655: <ul>
1656:
1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1658: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1659: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1660: UNIX Review,
1661: June, 2003.
1662: </strong></font><br>
1663: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1664: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1665: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1666: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1667: <p>
1668:
1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1670: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1671: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1672: eWeek,
1673: June 23, 2003.
1674: </strong></font><br>
1675: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1676: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1677: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1678: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1679: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1680: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1681: <p>
1682:
1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1684: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1685: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1686: Software Development Online,
1687: June, 2003.
1688: </strong></font><br>
1689: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1690: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1691: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1692: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1693: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1694: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1695: current activities.
1696: <p>
1697:
1698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1699: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1700: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1701: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1702: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1703: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1704: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1705: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1706: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1707: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1708: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1709: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1710: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1711: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1712: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1713: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1714: decisions.
1715: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1716: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1717: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1718: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1719: <p>
1720:
1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1722: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1723: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1724: Page 58, eWeek,
1725: June 2, 2003.
1726: </strong></font><br>
1727: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1728: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1729: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1730: been addressed in -current.
1731: <p>
1732:
1.356 jose 1733: </ul>
1734:
1735: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1736: <ul>
1737:
1.355 jose 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1739: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1740: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1741: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1742: </strong></font><br>
1743: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1744: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1745: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1746: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1747: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1748: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1749: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1750: <p>
1751:
1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1753: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1754: Beyond Linux</a>,
1755: InfoWorld,
1756: May 23, 2003.
1757: </strong></font><br>
1758: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1759: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1760: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1761: compared to the GPL.
1762: <p>
1763:
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1765: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1766: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1767: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1768: May 17, 2003.
1769: </strong></font><br>
1770: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1771: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1772: the business section and half of another page inside
1773: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1774: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1775: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1776: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1777: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1778: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1779: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1780: <br>
1781: This article can also be found online at:
1782: <ul>
1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1784: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1785: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1786: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1787: May 17, 2003
1788: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1789: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1791: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1792: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1793: Montreal Gazette,
1794: May 21, 2003
1795: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1796: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1797: <p>
1.346 ian 1798:
1799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1800: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1801: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1802: May 7, 2003.
1803: </strong></font><br>
1804: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1805: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1806: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1807: <p>
1808:
1809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1810: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1811: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1812: OsOpinion,
1813: May 6, 2003.
1814: </strong></font><br>
1815: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1816: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1817: <br>
1818: This article can also be found online at:
1819: <ul>
1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1821: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1822: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1823: NewsFactor Network.
1824: </strong></font>
1825: </ul>
1826: <p>
1827:
1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1829: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1830: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1831: ITBusiness,
1832: May 2, 2003.
1833: </strong></font><br>
1834: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1835: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1836: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1837: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1838: <p>
1839:
1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1841: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1842: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1843: InfoWorld,
1844: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1845: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1846: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1847: <br>
1848: This article can also be found online at:
1849: <ul>
1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1851: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1852: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1853: IDG Singapore.
1854: </strong></font>
1855: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1856: <p>
1857:
1.339 jose 1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1859: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1860: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1861: ZDNet,
1862: May 1, 2003.
1863: </strong></font><br>
1864: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1865: someone using parts from previous articles.
1866: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1867: This article can also be found online at:
1868: <ul>
1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1870: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1871: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1872: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1873: </strong></font>
1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1875: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1876: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1877: CNET News.com.
1878: </strong></font>
1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1880: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1881: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1882: ZDNet UK.
1883: </strong></font>
1884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1885: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1886: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1887: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1888: </strong></font>
1889: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1890: <p>
1.339 jose 1891:
1.341 deraadt 1892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1893: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1894: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1895: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1896: May 1, 2003.
1897: </strong></font><br>
1898: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1899: that have been added
1900: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1901: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1902: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1903: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1904: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1905: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1906: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1907: <p>
1908:
1909: </ul>
1910:
1.253 ian 1911: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1912: <ul>
1.255 ian 1913:
1.260 ian 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1915: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1916: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1917: TechRepublic,
1918: April 28, 2003.
1919: </strong></font><br>
1920: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1921: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1922: work.<br>
1923: Can also be found online at:
1924: <ul>
1925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1926: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1927: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1928: ZDNet UK.
1929: </strong></font>
1930: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1931: <p>
1932:
1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1934: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1935: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1936: IDG,
1937: April 24, 2003.
1938: </strong></font><br>
1939: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1940: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1941: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1942: Can also be found online at:
1943: <ul>
1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1945: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1946: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1947: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1948: </strong></font>
1949: </ul>
1950: <p>
1951:
1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1953: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1954: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1955: Slate,
1956: April 24, 2003.
1957: </strong></font><br>
1958: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1959: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1960: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1961: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1962: <p>
1963:
1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1965: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1966: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1967: April 24, 2003.
1968: </strong></font><br>
1969: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1970: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1971: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1972: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1973: <p>
1974:
1975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1976: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1977: April 24, 2003.
1978: </strong></font><br>
1979: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1980: the free software community".
1981: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1982: other articles.
1983: <p>
1984:
1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1986: <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 1987: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1988: </strong></font><br>
1989: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1990: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1991: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1992: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1993: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1994: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1995: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1996: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1997: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1998: <br/>
1999: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2000: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2001: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2002: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2003: <br>
2004: Can also be found online at:
2005: <ul>
2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2007: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2008: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2009: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2010: </strong></font>
2011: </ul>
1.324 ian 2012: <p>
2013:
2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2015: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2016: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2017: </strong></font><br>
2018: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2019: article above.
2020: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2021: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2022: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2023: <br>
2024: Can also be found online at:
2025: <ul>
2026: <li>
2027: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2028: </strong></font>
2029: </ul>
1.324 ian 2030: <p>
2031:
2032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2033: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2034: </strong></font><br>
2035: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2036: <p>
2037:
2038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2039: <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.
2040: </strong></font><br>
2041: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2042: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2043: <p>
2044:
2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2046: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2047: April 23, 2003.
2048: </strong></font><br>
2049: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2050: <p>
2051:
2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2053: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2054: April 22, 2003.
2055: </strong></font><br>
2056: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2057: <p>
2058:
2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2060: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2061: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2062: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2063: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2064: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2065: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2066: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2067: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2068: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2069: Can also be found online at:
2070: <ul>
2071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2072: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2073: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2074: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2075: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2077: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2078: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2079: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2080: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2081: </ul>
2082: <p>
2083:
2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2085: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2086: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2087: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2088: </strong></font><br>
2089: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2090: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2091: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2092: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2093: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2094: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2095: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2096: <p>
2097:
2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2099: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2100: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2101: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2102: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2103: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2104: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2105: at UPenn and DARPA.
2106: <p>
2107:
2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2109: [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,
2110: France
1.315 deraadt 2111: April 18, 2003.
2112: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2113: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2114: <p>
2115:
2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2117: [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 2118: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2119: </strong></font><br>
2120: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2121: <p>
2122:
2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2124: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2125: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2126: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2127: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2128: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2129: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2130: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2131: <p>
2132:
2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2134: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2135: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2136: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2137: </strong></font><br>
2138: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2139: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2140: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2141: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2142: <p>
2143:
2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2145: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2146: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2147: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2148: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2149: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2150: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2151: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2152: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2153: Can also be found online at:
2154: <ul>
2155: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2156: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2157: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2158: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2159: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2160: <p>
2161:
2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2163: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2164: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2165: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2166: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2167: </strong></font><br>
2168: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2169: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2170: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2171: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2172: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2173:
2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2175: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2176: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2177: New York Times.
2178: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2179:
1.273 deraadt 2180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2181: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2182: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2183: ABC News.
2184: </strong></font>
2185:
2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2187: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2188: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2189: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2190: </strong></font>
2191:
2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2193: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2194: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2195: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2196: </strong></font>
2197:
2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2199: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2200: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2201: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2202: </strong></font>
2203:
2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2205: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2206: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2207: Times Daily, AL.
2208: </strong></font>
2209:
2210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2211: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2212: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2213: Boston.com, MA.
2214: </strong></font>
2215:
2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2217: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2218: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2219: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2220: </strong></font>
2221:
2222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2223: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2224: [Article was pulled]</a>
2225: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2226: </strong></font>
2227:
2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2229: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2230: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2231: Infoshop News.
2232: </strong></font>
2233:
2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2235: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2236: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2237: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2238: </strong></font>
2239:
2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2241: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2242: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2243: Raleigh News, NC.
2244: </strong></font>
2245:
2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2247: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2248: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2249: Napa News, CA.
2250: </strong></font>
2251:
2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2253: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2254: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2255: NEPA News, PA.
2256: </strong></font>
2257:
2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2259: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2260: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2261: Wired News.
2262: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2263: <br>
2264: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2265: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2266: [JAPANESE]
2267: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2268: Wired News Japan</a>
2269: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2270:
1.271 deraadt 2271: </ul>
2272: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2273: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2274: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2275: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2276: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2277: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2278: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2279: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2280: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2281: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2282: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2283: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2284: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2285: <p>
2286: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2287:
2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2289: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2290: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2291: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2292: </strong></font>
2293:
2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2295: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2296: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2297: Miami Herald, FL.
2298: </strong></font>
2299:
2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2301: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2302: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2303: </strong></font>
2304:
2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2306: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2307: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2308: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2309: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2310:
2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2312: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2313: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2314: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2315: ABC News.
2316: </strong></font>
2317:
1.276 deraadt 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2319: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2320: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2321: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2322: </strong></font>
2323:
1.286 dhartmei 2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2325: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2326: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2327: Wilmington Star, NC.
2328: </strong></font>
2329:
1.300 jose 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2331: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2332: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2333: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2334: </strong></font>
2335:
1.309 jose 2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2337: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2338: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2339: Globe Technology.
2340: </strong></font>
2341:
1.263 deraadt 2342: </ul>
1.262 beck 2343: <p>
2344:
2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2346: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2347: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2348: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2349: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2350: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2351: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2352: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2353: <p>
2354:
2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2356: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2357: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2358: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2359: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2360: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2361: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2362: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2363: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2364: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2365: and simply restates other press reports.
2366: <p>
2367:
2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2369: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2370: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2371: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2372: </strong></font><br>
2373: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2374: <p>
2375:
2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2377: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2378: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2379: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2380: </strong></font><br>
2381: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2382: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2383: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2384: <p>
2385:
2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2387: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2388: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2389: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2390: April 17, 2003.
2391: </strong></font><br>
2392: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2393: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2394: Tech Anthems</a>
2395: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2396: 4 so far.
2397: <p>
2398:
2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2400: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2401: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2402: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2403: </strong></font><br>
2404: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2405: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2406: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2407: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2408: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2409: Goes on to say:
2410: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2411: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2412: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2413: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2414: This article is also found online at:
2415: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2417: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2418: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2419: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2420: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2422: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2423: ZDnet</a>,
2424: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2425: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2427: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2428: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2429: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2430: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2431: </ul>
1.260 ian 2432: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2433:
1.260 ian 2434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2435: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2436: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2437: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2438: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2439: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2440: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2441: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2442: without notice or justification.
2443: <p>
2444:
2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2446: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2447: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2448: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2449: </strong></font><br>
2450: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2451: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2452: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2453: effective today, without any warning..."
2454: <p>
1.257 ian 2455:
2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2457: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2458: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2459: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2460: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2461: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2462: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2463: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2464: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2465: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2466: <p>
2467:
2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2469: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2470: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2471: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2472: </strong></font><br>
2473: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2474: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2475: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2476: quoting two of them:
2477: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2478: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2479: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2480: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2481: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2482: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2483: <p>
2484:
1.255 ian 2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2486: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2487: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2488: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2489: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2490: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2491: <p>
2492:
2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2494: [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 2495: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2496: </strong></font><br>
2497: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2498: <p>
2499:
2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2501: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2502: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2503: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2504: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2505: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2506: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2507: security experts for more than three decades."
2508: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2509: <p>
1.261 ian 2510:
1.254 drahn 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2512: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2513: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2514: </strong></font><br>
2515: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2516: <p>
2517:
2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2519: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2520: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2521: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2522: </strong></font><br>
2523: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2524: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2525: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2526: <p>
2527:
2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2529: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2530: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2531: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2532: </strong></font><br>
2533: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2534: from US DARPA.
2535: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2536: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2537: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2538: the BSD license.
2539: <p>
2540: </ul>
2541:
1.251 ian 2542: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2543: <ul>
2544:
2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2546: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2547: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2548: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2549: </strong></font><br>
2550:
2551: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2552: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2553: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2554: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2555: <p>
2556:
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2558: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2559: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2560: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2561: </strong></font><br>
2562: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2563: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2564: Mentions
2565: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2566: and
2567: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2568: programs.
2569: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2570: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2571: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2572: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2573: <p>
1.325 ian 2574: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2575: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2576:
2577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2578: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2579: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2580: </strong></font><br>
2581: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2582: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2583: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2584: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2585: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2586: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2587: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2588: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2589: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2590: put into service."
2591: <p>
2592: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2593: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2594: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2595: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2596: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2597: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2598: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2599: computers with security features."
2600: <p>
1.329 ian 2601:
2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2603: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2604: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2605: Slate,
2606: March 3, 2003.
2607: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2608: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2609: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2610: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2611: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2612: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2613: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2614: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2615: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2616: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2617: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2618: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2619: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2620: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2621: of more secure open-source solutions like
2622: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2623: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2624: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2625: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2626: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2627: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2628: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2629: the Beltway."
2630: <p>
1.251 ian 2631: </ul>
2632:
1.249 jufi 2633: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2634: <ul>
2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2636: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2637: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2638: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2639: </strong></font><br>
2640: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2641: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2642: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2643: <p>
1.334 ian 2644:
2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2646: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2647: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2648: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2649: </strong></font><br>
2650: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2651: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2652: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2653: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2654: "... the hypothetical question ...
2655: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2656: <br>
2657: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2658: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2659: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2660: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2661: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2662: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2663: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2664: support network security.
2665: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2666: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2667: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2668: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2669: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2670: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2671: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2672: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2673: <br>
2674: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2675: <p>
2676:
1.249 jufi 2677: </ul>
2678:
1.246 jufi 2679: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2680: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2681:
1.247 jufi 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2683: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2684: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2685: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2686: </strong></font><br>
2687: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2688: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2689: <p>
2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2692: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2693: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2694: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2695: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2696: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2697: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2698: <p>
2699:
2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2701: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2702: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2703: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2704: </strong></font><br>
2705: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2706: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2707: <p>
1.247 jufi 2708: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2709:
1.244 jufi 2710: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2711: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2712:
1.247 jufi 2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2714: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2715: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2716: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2717: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2718: </strong></font><br>
2719: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2720: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2721: md5 digests.
2722: <p>
2723:
1.247 jufi 2724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2725: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2726: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2727: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2728: </strong></font><br>
2729: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2730: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2731: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2732: right the first time."
2733: <p>
1.247 jufi 2734: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2735:
2736:
2737: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2738: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2741: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2742: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2743: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2744: </strong></font><br>
2745: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2746: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2747: part 6</a>.
2748: <p>
2749:
1.247 jufi 2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2751: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2752: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2753: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2754: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2755: </strong></font><br>
2756: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2757: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2758: <p>
1.301 jose 2759:
2760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2761: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2762: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2763: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2764: </strong></font><br>
2765:
2766: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2767: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2768: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2769: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2770: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2771: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2772: <i>Here's the
2773: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2774: <p>
1.247 jufi 2775: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2776:
2777: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2778: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2781: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2782: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2783: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2784: </strong></font><br>
2785: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2786: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2787: <p>
2788:
1.247 jufi 2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2790: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2791: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2792: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2793: </strong></font><br>
2794: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2795: this time using pf.
2796: <p>
1.247 jufi 2797: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2798:
2799: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2800: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2803: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2804: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2805: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2806: </strong></font><br>
2807: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2808: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2809: their rotation.
2810: <p>
2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2813: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2814: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2815: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2816: </strong></font><br>
2817: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2818: <p>
1.247 jufi 2819: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2820:
1.239 jufi 2821: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2822: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2825: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2826: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2827: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2828: </strong></font><br>
2829: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2830: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2831: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2832: <p>
2833:
1.247 jufi 2834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2835: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2836: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2837: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2838: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2839: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2840: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2841: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2842: <p>
1.247 jufi 2843: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2844:
1.235 lebel 2845: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2846: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2847:
1.239 jufi 2848:
1.247 jufi 2849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2850: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2851: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2852: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2853: </strong></font><br>
2854: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2855: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2856: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2857: <p>
1.301 jose 2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2860:
1.228 horacio 2861: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2862: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2865: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2866: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2867: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2868: </strong></font><br>
2869: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2870: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2871: <p>
2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2874: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2875: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2876: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2877: </strong></font><br>
2878: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2879: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2880: <p>
2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2883: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2884: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2885: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2886: </strong></font><br>
2887: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2888: on the desktop of his parents.
2889: <p>
2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2892: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2893: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2894: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2895: </strong></font><br>
2896: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2897: using IPFilter.
2898:
2899: <p>
2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2902: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2903: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2904: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2905: </strong></font><br>
2906: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2907: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2908: perspectives of the four OS.
2909: <br>
2910: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2911: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2912: <p>
2913:
1.247 jufi 2914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2915: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2916: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2917: software and security</a>,
2918: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2919: </strong></font><br>
2920:
2921: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2922: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2923: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2924: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2925: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2926: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2927: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2928: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2929: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2930: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2931: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2932: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2933: <p>
1.247 jufi 2934: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2935:
1.225 horacio 2936: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2937: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2938:
1.247 jufi 2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2940: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2941: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2942: Interview</a>,
2943: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2944: </strong></font><br>
2945:
2946: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2947: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2948: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2949: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2950: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2951: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2952: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2953: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2954: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2955: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2956: of choice.
2957: <p>
1.247 jufi 2958: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2959:
2960: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2961: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2962:
1.247 jufi 2963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2964: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2965: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2966: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2967: </strong></font><br>
2968:
2969: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2970: <p>
2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2973: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2974: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2975: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2976: </strong></font><br>
2977:
2978: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2979: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2980: <p>
1.247 jufi 2981: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2982:
1.218 horacio 2983: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2984: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2985:
1.247 jufi 2986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2987: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2988: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2989: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2990: </strong></font><br>
2991:
2992: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2993: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2994: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2995: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2996: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2997: subjects. Worth a read.
2998: <p>
2999:
3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3002: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3003: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3004: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3005: </strong></font><br>
3006:
3007: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3008: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3009: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3010: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3011: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3012: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3013: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3014: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3015: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3016: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3017: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3018: on other operating systems.<br>
3019: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3020: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3021: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3022: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3023: <p>
3024:
1.247 jufi 3025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3026: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3027: Operating System 2010</a>,
3028: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3029: </strong></font><br>
3030:
3031: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3032: covering the level of software integration into the core
3033: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3034: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3035: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3036: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3037: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3038: <p>
3039:
1.247 jufi 3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3041: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3042: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3043: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3044: </strong></font><br>
3045:
3046: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3047: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3048: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3049: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3050: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3051: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3052: <p>
1.247 jufi 3053: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3054:
1.210 jufi 3055: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3056: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3059: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3060: Already a Contender</a>,
3061: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3062: </strong></font><br>
3063:
3064: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3065: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3066: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3067: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3068: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3069: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3070: <p>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3073: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3074: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3075: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3076: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3077:
1.224 horacio 3078: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3079: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3080: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3081: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3082: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3083: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3084: <p>
1.247 jufi 3085: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3086:
3087: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3088: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3091: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3092: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3093: Division</a>,
3094: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3095: </strong></font><br>
3096:
3097: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3098: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3099: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3100: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3101: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3102: investment</em>.<br>
3103: The implementation details can be seen on their
3104: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3105: <p>
3106:
1.247 jufi 3107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3108: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3109: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3110: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3111: </strong></font><br>
3112:
3113: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3114: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3115: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3116: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3117: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3118: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3119: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3120: <p>
3121:
3122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3123: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3124: Thinking about Security</a>,
3125: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3126: </strong></font><br>
3127:
3128: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3129: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3130: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3131: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3132: to time.<br>
3133: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3134: system and just the most secure system.
3135: <p>
3136:
1.247 jufi 3137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3138: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3139: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3140: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3141: </strong></font><br>
3142:
3143: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3144: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3145: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3146: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3147: choice:<br>
3148: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3149: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3150: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3151: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3152: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3153: network security devices and as such must be well
3154: armored."</em><br>
3155: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3156: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3157: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3158: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3159: <br>
3160: Bravo!
3161: <p>
1.247 jufi 3162: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3163:
1.207 ian 3164: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3165: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3168: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3169: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3170: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3171:
1.207 ian 3172: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3173: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3174: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3175: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3176: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3177: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3178: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3179: <p>
1.247 jufi 3180: </ul>
1.207 ian 3181:
1.194 jufi 3182: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3183: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3184:
1.247 jufi 3185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3186: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3187: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3188: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3189: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3190:
1.240 miod 3191: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3192: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3193: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3194: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3195: <p>
3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3198: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3199: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3200: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3201:
3202: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3203: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3204: <p>
3205:
3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3207: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3208: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3209: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3210:
3211: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3212: <p>
3213:
3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3215: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3216: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3217: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3218: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3219:
1.240 miod 3220: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3221: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3222: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3223: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3224: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3225: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3226: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3227: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3228: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3229: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3230: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3231: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3232: <p>
3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3235: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3236: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3237: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3238: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3239:
1.194 jufi 3240: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3241: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3242: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3243: <br>
3244: The new
3245: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3246: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3247: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3248: <p>
1.247 jufi 3249: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3250:
1.190 horacio 3251: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3252: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3255:
3256: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3257: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3258:
1.301 jose 3259:
1.191 jufi 3260: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3261: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3262:
3263: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3264: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3265:
1.212 horacio 3266: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3267: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3268: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3269:
1.211 horacio 3270: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3271: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3272: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3273:
1.247 jufi 3274: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3275: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3276:
1.247 jufi 3277: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3278: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3279:
1.212 horacio 3280: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3281: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3282: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3283:
3284: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3285: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3286:
3287: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3288: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3289:
1.301 jose 3290: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3291: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3292:
1.191 jufi 3293: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3294: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3295:
3296: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3297: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3298:
1.192 jufi 3299: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3300: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3301: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3302:
1.193 deraadt 3303: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3304: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3305: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3308: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3309:
1.247 jufi 3310: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3311: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3312: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3313:
1.213 horacio 3314: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3315: 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 3316: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3317:
1.190 horacio 3318: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3319: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3320: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3321: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3322: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3323: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3324: <p>
1.190 horacio 3325:
1.247 jufi 3326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3327: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3328: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3329: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3330: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3331:
1.195 jufi 3332: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3333: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3334: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3335: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3336: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3337: <p>
3338:
1.247 jufi 3339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3340: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3341: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3342: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3343: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3344:
1.191 jufi 3345: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3346: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3347: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3348: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3349: <p>
3350:
3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3352: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3353: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3354: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3355:
3356: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3357: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3358: <p>
1.247 jufi 3359: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3360:
1.191 jufi 3361:
1.186 jufi 3362: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3363: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3364:
1.247 jufi 3365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3366: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3367: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3368: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3369: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3370:
1.188 jufi 3371: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3372: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3373: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3374: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3375: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3376: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3377: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3378: <p>
3379:
1.301 jose 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3381: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3382: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3383: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3384:
3385: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3386: <p>
1.191 jufi 3387:
1.247 jufi 3388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3389: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3390: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3391: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3392: </strong></font><br>
3393:
3394: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3395: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3396: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3397: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3398: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3399: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3400: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3401: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3402: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3403: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3404: familiar?
3405: <p>
1.247 jufi 3406: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3407:
1.178 louis 3408: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3409: <ul>
1.178 louis 3410:
1.247 jufi 3411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3412: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3413: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3414: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3415: </strong></font><br>
3416:
3417: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3418: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3419: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3420: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3421: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3422: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3423: <p>
3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3426: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3427: Open source under the hood</a>,
3428: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3429: </strong></font><br>
3430:
3431: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3432: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3433: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3434: <p>
3435:
1.247 jufi 3436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3437: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3438: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3439: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3440: </strong></font><br>
3441:
3442: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3443: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3444: <p>
1.247 jufi 3445: </ul>
1.179 louis 3446:
1.174 louis 3447:
1.175 louis 3448: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3449: <ul>
1.175 louis 3450:
1.247 jufi 3451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3452: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3453: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3454: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3455: </strong></font><br>
3456:
3457: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3458: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3459: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3460: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3461: <p>
3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3464: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3465: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3466: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3467: </strong></font><br>
3468:
3469: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3470: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3471: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3472: <p>
1.247 jufi 3473: </ul>
1.175 louis 3474:
1.176 louis 3475:
1.172 mickey 3476: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3477: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3480: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3481: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3482: </strong></font><br>
3483:
3484: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3485: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3486: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3487: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3488: <p>
3489:
1.247 jufi 3490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3491: <a
1.269 deraadt 3492: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3493: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3494: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3495: </strong></font><br>
3496:
3497: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3498: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3499: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3500: <p>
3501:
1.247 jufi 3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3503: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3504: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3505: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3506: </strong></font><br>
3507:
3508: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3509: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3510: <p>
3511:
1.247 jufi 3512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3513: <a
1.269 deraadt 3514: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3515: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3516: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3517: </strong></font><br>
3518:
3519: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3520: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3521: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3522: our own Theo de Raadt.
3523: <p>
3524:
1.247 jufi 3525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3526: <a
1.269 deraadt 3527: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3528: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3529: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3530: </strong></font><br>
3531:
3532: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3533: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3534: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3535: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3536: shut down.]
3537: <p>
3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3540: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3541: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3542: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3543: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3544: </strong></font><br>
3545:
3546: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3547: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3548: <p>
1.247 jufi 3549: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3550:
1.161 louis 3551: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3552: <ul>
1.161 louis 3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3555: <a
1.269 deraadt 3556: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3557: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3558: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3559: </strong></font><br>
3560:
3561: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3562: by John Wolley
3563: <p>
3564:
1.247 jufi 3565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3566: <a
1.269 deraadt 3567: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3568: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3569: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3570: </strong></font><br>
3571:
3572: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3573: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3574: OpenBSD).
3575: <p>
3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3578: <a
1.247 jufi 3579: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3580: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3581: </strong></font><br>
3582:
3583: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3584: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3585: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3586: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3587: and hindsight.
3588: <p>
3589:
1.247 jufi 3590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3591: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3592: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3593: </strong></font><br>
3594:
3595: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3596: <p>
3597:
1.247 jufi 3598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3599: <a
1.168 provos 3600: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3601: December 7, 2000
3602: </strong></font><br>
3603:
3604: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3605: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3606: us explain.
3607: <p>
3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3610: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3611: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3612: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3613: December 6, 2000
3614: </strong></font><br>
3615:
3616: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3617: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3618: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3619: <p>
3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3622: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3623: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3624: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3625: </strong></font><br>
3626:
3627: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3628: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3629: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3630: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3631: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3632: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3633: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3634: <p>
3635:
3636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3637: <a
1.226 horacio 3638: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3639: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3640: </strong></font><br>
3641:
3642: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3643: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3644: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3645: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3646: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3647: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3648: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3649: <p>
1.162 millert 3650:
1.247 jufi 3651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3652: <a
1.161 louis 3653: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3654: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3655: </strong></font><br>
3656:
3657: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3658: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3659: <p>
3660:
1.247 jufi 3661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3662: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3663: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3664: </strong></font><br>
3665:
3666: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3667: <p>
3668:
3669:
1.247 jufi 3670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3671: <a
1.226 horacio 3672: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3673: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3674: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3675: </strong></font><br>
3676:
3677: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3678: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3679: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3680: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3681: <p>
1.247 jufi 3682: </ul>
1.169 louis 3683:
1.158 louis 3684: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3685: <ul>
1.147 louis 3686:
1.247 jufi 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3688: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3689: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3690: </strong></font><br>
3691:
3692: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3693: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3694: <p>
3695:
1.247 jufi 3696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3697: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3698: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3699: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3700: </strong></font><br>
3701: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3702: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3703: <p>
3704:
1.247 jufi 3705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3706: <a
3707: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3708: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3709: </strong></font><br>
3710:
3711: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3712: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3713: <p>
3714:
1.247 jufi 3715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3716: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3717: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3718: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3719:
1.213 horacio 3720: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3721: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3722: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3723: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3724: <p>
1.215 horacio 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3727: <a
3728: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3729: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3730: </strong></font><br>
3731:
3732: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3733: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3734: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3735: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3736: much of the attitude too).
3737: <p>
1.161 louis 3738:
1.247 jufi 3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3740: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3741: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3742: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3743:
1.157 louis 3744: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3745: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3746: <p>
1.247 jufi 3747: </ul>
1.157 louis 3748:
3749: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3750: <ul>
1.157 louis 3751:
1.247 jufi 3752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3753: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3754: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3755: </strong></font><br>
3756:
3757: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3758: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3759: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3760: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3761: <p>
3762:
1.247 jufi 3763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3764: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3765: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3766: </strong></font><br>
3767:
3768: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3769: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3770: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3771: it because they love coding...
3772: <p>
3773:
1.247 jufi 3774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3775: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3776: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3777: </strong></font><br>
3778:
3779: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3780: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3781: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3782: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3783: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3784: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3785: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3786: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3787: <p>
3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3790: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3791: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3792: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3793: </strong></font><br>
3794:
3795: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3796: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3797: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3798: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3799: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3800: the pizza.
3801: <p>
3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3804: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3805: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3806: </strong></font><br>
3807:
3808: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3809: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3810: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3811: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3812: problems.
3813: <p>
3814:
1.247 jufi 3815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3816: <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 3817: </strong></font><br>
3818:
1.222 miod 3819: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3820: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3821: - whether they like it or not.
3822: <p>
3823:
1.247 jufi 3824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3825: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3826: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3827: </strong></font><br>
3828:
3829: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3830: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3831: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3832: <p>
1.148 aaron 3833:
1.247 jufi 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3835: <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 3836: </strong></font><br>
3837:
3838: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3839: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3840: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3841: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3842: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3843: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3844: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3845: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3846: <p>
3847:
1.247 jufi 3848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3849: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3850: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3851: </strong></font><br>
3852:
3853: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3854: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3855: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3856: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3857: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3858: <p>
1.247 jufi 3859: </ul>
1.147 louis 3860:
1.138 louis 3861: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3862: <ul>
1.138 louis 3863:
1.247 jufi 3864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3865: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3866: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3867: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3868: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3869: </strong></font><br>
3870:
1.227 horacio 3871: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3872: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3873: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3874: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3875: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3876: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3877: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3878: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3879: <p>
3880:
1.247 jufi 3881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3882: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3883: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3884: </strong></font><br>
3885:
3886: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3887: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3888: groups, and even Linux.
3889: <p>
3890:
1.247 jufi 3891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3892: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3893: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3894: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3895: </strong></font><br>
3896:
3897: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3898: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3899: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3900: library after installing the OS.
3901: <p>
3902:
1.247 jufi 3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3904: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3905: Sys Admin, September 2000
3906: </strong></font><br>
3907:
3908: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3909: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3910: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3911: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3912: (<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>,
3913: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3914: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3915: <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 3916: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3917: out of the system.
3918: <p>
3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3921: <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
3922: </strong></font><br>
3923:
3924: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3925: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3926: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3927: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3928: the IP filtering and address translation.
3929: <p>
1.301 jose 3930:
3931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3932: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3933: </strong></font><br>
3934:
3935: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3936: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3937: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3938: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3939: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3940: <p>
1.247 jufi 3941: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3942:
1.131 louis 3943: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3944: <ul>
1.131 louis 3945:
1.247 jufi 3946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3947: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3948: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3949: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3950: </strong></font><br>
3951:
3952: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3953: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3954: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3955: <p>
3956:
1.247 jufi 3957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3958: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3959: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3960: </strong></font><br>
3961:
3962: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3963: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3964: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3965: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3966: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3967: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3968: note of"</i>.
3969: <p>
3970:
1.247 jufi 3971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3972: <a
1.247 jufi 3973: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3974: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3975: </strong></font><br>
3976:
3977: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3978: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3979: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3980: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3981: <p>
3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3984: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3985: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3986: </strong></font><br>
3987:
3988: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3989: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3990: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3991: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3992: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3993: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3994: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3995: <p>
3996:
1.247 jufi 3997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3998: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3999: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4000: 2000
4001: </strong></font><br>
4002:
4003: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4004: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4005: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4006: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4007: against current industry practices.
4008: <p>
4009:
1.247 jufi 4010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4011: <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
4012: </strong></font><br>
4013:
4014: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4015: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4016: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4017: <p>
4018:
1.247 jufi 4019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4020: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4021: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4022: </strong></font><br>
4023:
4024: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4025: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4026: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4027: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4028: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4029: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4030: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4031: <p>
4032:
1.247 jufi 4033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4034: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4035: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4036: </strong></font><br>
4037:
4038: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4039: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4040: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4041: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4042: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4043: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4044: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4045: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4046: <p>
1.247 jufi 4047: </ul>
1.131 louis 4048:
1.118 louis 4049: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4050: <ul>
1.118 louis 4051:
1.247 jufi 4052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4053: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4054: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4055: </strong></font><br>
4056:
4057: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4058: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4059: about time. The article mentions that
4060: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4061: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4062: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4063: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4064: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4065: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4066: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4067: <p>
4068:
1.247 jufi 4069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4070: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4071: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4072: </strong></font><br>
4073:
4074: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4075: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4076: of OpenSSH.
4077: <p>
4078:
1.247 jufi 4079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4080: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4081: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4082: </strong></font><br>
4083:
4084: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4085: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4086: bridging.
4087: <p>
4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4090: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4091: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4092: </strong></font><br>
4093:
1.121 deraadt 4094: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4095: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4096: <p>
4097:
1.247 jufi 4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4099: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4100: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4101: </strong></font><br>
4102:
4103: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4104: <p>
4105:
1.247 jufi 4106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4107: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4108: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4109: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4110: </strong></font><br>
4111:
1.120 deraadt 4112: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4113: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4114: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4115: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4116: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4117: <p>
4118:
1.247 jufi 4119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4120: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4121: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4122: </strong></font><br>
4123:
1.222 miod 4124: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4125: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4126: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4127: protocols and their quirks.
4128: <p>
4129:
1.247 jufi 4130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4131: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4132: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4133: </strong></font><br>
4134:
4135: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4136: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4137: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4138: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4139: <p>
4140:
1.247 jufi 4141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4142: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4143: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4144: </strong></font><br>
4145:
4146: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4147: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4148: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4149: <p>
4150:
1.247 jufi 4151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4152: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4153: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4154: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4155: </strong></font><br>
4156:
4157: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4158: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4159: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4160: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4161: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4162: <p>
1.247 jufi 4163: </ul>
1.118 louis 4164:
1.104 louis 4165: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4166: <ul>
1.104 louis 4167:
1.247 jufi 4168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4169: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4170: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4171: </strong></font><br>
4172:
4173: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4174: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4175: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4176: be a bit dry.
4177: <p>
4178:
1.247 jufi 4179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4180: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4181: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4182: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4183: </strong></font><br>
4184: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4185: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4186: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4187: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4188: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4189: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4190: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4191: <p>
4192:
1.247 jufi 4193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4194: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4195: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4196: 2000
1.128 louis 4197: </strong></font><br>
4198:
4199: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4200: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4201: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4202: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4203: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4204: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4205: <p>
4206:
1.247 jufi 4207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4208: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4209: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4210: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4211:
4212: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4213: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4214: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4215: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4216: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4217: <p>
1.110 louis 4218:
1.247 jufi 4219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4220: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4221: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4222: </strong></font><br>
4223:
4224: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4225: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4226: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4227: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4228: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4229: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4230: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4231: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4232: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4233: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4234: <p>
4235:
1.247 jufi 4236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4237: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4238: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4239:
4240: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4241: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4242: <p>
1.108 louis 4243:
1.247 jufi 4244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4245: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4246: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4247: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4248:
4249: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4250: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4251: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4252: <p>
1.106 louis 4253:
1.247 jufi 4254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4255: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4256: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4257: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4258:
4259: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4260: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4261: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4262: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4263: <p>
1.107 louis 4264:
1.247 jufi 4265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4266: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4267: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4268: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4269:
4270: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4271: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4272: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4273: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4274: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4275: <p>
1.105 louis 4276:
1.247 jufi 4277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4278: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4279: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4280: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4281:
1.113 naddy 4282: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4283: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4284: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4285: <p>
1.104 louis 4286:
1.247 jufi 4287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4288: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4289: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4290: </strong></font><br>
4291:
4292: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4293: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4294: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4295: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4296: <p>
1.301 jose 4297:
4298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4299: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4300: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4301: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4302:
4303: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4304: hardware-supported cryptography.
4305: <p>
1.247 jufi 4306: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4307:
1.85 louis 4308: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4309: <ul>
1.85 louis 4310:
1.247 jufi 4311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4312: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4313: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4314: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4315:
4316: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4317: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4318: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4319: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4320: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4321: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4322: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4323: <p>
1.99 louis 4324:
1.247 jufi 4325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4326: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4327: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4328: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4329:
4330: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4331: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4332: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4333: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4334: <p>
1.100 louis 4335:
1.247 jufi 4336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4337: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4338: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4339: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4340:
4341: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4342: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4343: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4344: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4345: <p>
1.95 louis 4346:
1.247 jufi 4347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4348: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4349: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4350: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4351:
4352: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4353: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4354: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4355: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4356: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4357: <p>
1.92 louis 4358:
1.247 jufi 4359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4360: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4361: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4362: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4363:
4364: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4365: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4366: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4367: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4368: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4369: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4370: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4371: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4372: <p>
1.91 louis 4373:
1.247 jufi 4374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4375: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4376: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4377: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4378:
4379: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4380: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4381: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4382: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4383: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4384: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4385: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4386: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4387: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4388: <p>
1.90 louis 4389:
1.247 jufi 4390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4391: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4392: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4393: </strong></font><br>
4394: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4395: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4396: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4397: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4398: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4399: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4400: <p>
4401:
1.247 jufi 4402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4403: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4404: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4405: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4406:
1.113 naddy 4407: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4408: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4409: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4410: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4411: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4412: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4413: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4414: <p>
1.87 louis 4415:
1.247 jufi 4416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4417: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4418: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4419: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4420:
4421: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4422: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4423: <p>
1.85 louis 4424:
1.247 jufi 4425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4426: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4427: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4428: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4429:
4430: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4431: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4432: <p>
4433:
4434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4435: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4436: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4437: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4438:
4439: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4440: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4441: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4442: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4443: <p>
1.89 louis 4444:
1.247 jufi 4445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4446: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4447: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4448: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4449:
4450: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4451: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4452: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4453: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4454: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4455: </ul>
1.85 louis 4456:
1.78 deraadt 4457: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4458: <ul>
1.74 louis 4459:
1.247 jufi 4460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4461: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4462: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4463: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4464: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4465:
4466: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4467: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4468: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4469: <p>
1.83 louis 4470:
1.247 jufi 4471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4472: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4473: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4474: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4475:
4476: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4477: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4478: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4479: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4480: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4481: <p>
1.93 louis 4482:
1.247 jufi 4483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4484: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4485: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4486: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4487: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4488:
1.83 louis 4489: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4490: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4491: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4492: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4493: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4494: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4495: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4496: <p>
1.82 aaron 4497:
1.247 jufi 4498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4499: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4500: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4501: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4502:
1.83 louis 4503: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4504: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4505: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4506: <p>
1.80 louis 4507:
1.247 jufi 4508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4509: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4510: Bad Press</a>,
4511: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4512: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4513:
4514: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4515: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4516: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4517: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4518: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4519: <p>
1.247 jufi 4520: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4521:
4522: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4523: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4524:
1.247 jufi 4525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4526: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4527: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4528: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4529: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4530:
4531: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4532: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4533: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4534: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4535: <p>
1.74 louis 4536:
1.247 jufi 4537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4538: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4539: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4540: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4541:
1.219 horacio 4542: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4543: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4544: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4545: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4546: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4547: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4548: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4549: <p>
1.88 louis 4550:
1.247 jufi 4551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4552: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4553: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4554: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4555:
4556: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4557: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4558: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4559: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4560: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4561: <p>
1.81 louis 4562:
1.247 jufi 4563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4564: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4565: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4566: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4567:
4568: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4569: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4570: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4571: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4572: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4573: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4574: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4575: <p>
1.90 louis 4576:
1.247 jufi 4577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4578: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4579: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4580: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4581:
4582: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4583: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4584: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4585: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4586: <p>
1.247 jufi 4587: </ul>
1.71 louis 4588:
1.69 deraadt 4589: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4590: <ul>
1.70 louis 4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4593: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4594: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4595: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4596:
4597: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4598: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4599: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4600: <p>
1.70 louis 4601:
1.247 jufi 4602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4603: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4604: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4605: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4606:
4607: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4608: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4609: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4610: <p>
1.68 louis 4611:
1.247 jufi 4612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4613: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4614: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4615: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4616: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4617:
1.111 jufi 4618: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4619: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4620: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4621: "secure by default" installation.
4622: <p>
1.64 louis 4623:
1.247 jufi 4624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4625: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4626: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4627: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4628:
1.113 naddy 4629: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4630: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4631: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4632: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4633: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4634: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4635: <p>
1.66 louis 4636:
1.247 jufi 4637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4638: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4639: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4640: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4641:
4642: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4643: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4644: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4645: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4646: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4647: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4648: <p>
1.83 louis 4649:
1.247 jufi 4650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4651: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4652: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4653: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4654:
4655: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4656: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4657: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4658: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4659: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4660: <p>
1.64 louis 4661:
1.247 jufi 4662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4663: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4664: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4665: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4666:
4667: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4668: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4669: <p>
1.301 jose 4670:
4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4672: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4673: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4674: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4675: </strong></font><br>
4676:
4677: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4678: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4679: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4680: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4681: Giving way to
4682: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4683: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4684: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4685: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4686: <p>
1.247 jufi 4687: </ul>
1.65 louis 4688:
1.69 deraadt 4689: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4690: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4691:
1.247 jufi 4692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4693: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4694: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4695: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4696:
4697: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4698: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4699: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4700: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4701: <p>
1.88 louis 4702:
1.247 jufi 4703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4704: <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 4705: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4706:
4707: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4708: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4709: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4710: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4711: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4712: <p>
1.60 louis 4713:
1.247 jufi 4714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4715: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4716: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4717: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4718: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4719:
4720: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4721: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4722: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4723: <p>
1.58 louis 4724:
1.247 jufi 4725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4726: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4727: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4728:
4729: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4730: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4731: <p>
1.53 louis 4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4734: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4735: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4736: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4737:
4738: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4739: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4740: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4741: <p>
1.99 louis 4742:
1.247 jufi 4743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4744: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4745: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4746:
4747: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4748: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4749: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4750: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4751: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4752:
1.247 jufi 4753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4754: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4755: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4756: </strong></font><br>
4757:
4758: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4759: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4760: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4761: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4762: <p>
4763:
1.247 jufi 4764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4765: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4766: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4767: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4768:
4769: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4770: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4771: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4772:
1.247 jufi 4773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4774: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4775: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4776:
4777: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4778: in
1.247 jufi 4779: <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 4780: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4781: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4782: <p>
1.53 louis 4783:
1.247 jufi 4784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4785: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4786: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4787: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4788: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4789:
1.58 louis 4790: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4791: <p>
1.301 jose 4792:
4793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4794: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4795: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4796: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4797: Informacyjny, January 2000
4798: </strong></font><br>
4799:
4800: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4801: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4802: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4803: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4804: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4805: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4806: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4807: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4808: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4809: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4810: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4811: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4812: <p>
4813:
4814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4815: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4816: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4817: </strong></font><br>
4818:
4819: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4820: <p>
4821: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4822:
1.69 deraadt 4823: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4824: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4825:
1.247 jufi 4826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4827: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4828: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4829: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4830: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4831:
1.58 louis 4832: Kurt Seifried
4833: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4834: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4835: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4836: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4837:
1.247 jufi 4838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4839: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4840: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4841: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4842:
4843: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4844: <p>
1.96 louis 4845:
1.247 jufi 4846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4847: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4848: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4849: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4850: </strong></font><br>
4851:
4852: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4853: <p>
4854:
4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4856: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4857: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4858: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4859:
4860: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4861: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4862: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4863: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4864: <p>
1.247 jufi 4865: </ul>
1.86 louis 4866:
1.69 deraadt 4867: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4868: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4869:
1.247 jufi 4870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4871: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4872: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4873: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4874:
4875: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4876: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4877: <p>
1.61 louis 4878:
1.247 jufi 4879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4880: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4881: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4882: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4883: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4884:
4885: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4886: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4887: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4888: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4889: right -- or at least strives to".
4890: <p>
1.48 louis 4891:
1.247 jufi 4892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4893: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4894: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4895: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4896: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4897: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4898: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4899: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4900: <p>
1.61 louis 4901:
1.247 jufi 4902: <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 4903: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4904: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4905:
4906: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4907: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4908: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4909: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4910: <p>
1.46 louis 4911:
1.247 jufi 4912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4913: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4914: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4915: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4916:
4917: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4918: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4919: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4920:
1.247 jufi 4921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4922: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4923: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4924: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4925:
4926: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4927: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4928: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4929: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4930: <p>
1.247 jufi 4931: </ul>
1.70 louis 4932:
1.69 deraadt 4933: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4934: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4935:
1.247 jufi 4936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4937: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4938: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4939: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4940: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4941:
4942: Kurt Seifried
4943: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4944: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4945: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4946: <p>
1.44 philen 4947:
1.247 jufi 4948: <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 4949: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4950: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4951:
4952: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4953: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4954:
1.247 jufi 4955: <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 4956: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4957: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4958:
4959: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4960: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4961:
1.247 jufi 4962: <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 4963: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4964: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4965:
4966: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4967: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4968: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4969: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4970: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4971:
1.247 jufi 4972: <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 4973: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4974: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4975:
1.36 louis 4976: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4977: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4978:
1.247 jufi 4979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4980: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 4981: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4982: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4983:
4984: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4985: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4986: </ul>
1.38 louis 4987:
1.69 deraadt 4988: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4989: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4990:
1.247 jufi 4991: <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 4992: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4993: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4994:
4995: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4996: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4997: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4998:
1.113 naddy 4999: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5000: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5001: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5002: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5003:
5004: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5005: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5006: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5007: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5008: <blockquote>
5009: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5010: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5011: <br>
5012: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5013: </code>
5014: </blockquote>
5015: <p>
5016:
1.247 jufi 5017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5018: <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 5019: <p>
5020:
5021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5022: <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 5023: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5024:
5025: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5026: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5027: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5028: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5029:
1.247 jufi 5030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5031: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5032: Sept. 28, 1999
5033: </strong></font><br>
5034:
5035: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5036: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5037: translating and reprinting articles from
5038: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5039: <p>
5040:
5041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5042: <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 5043: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5044:
5045: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5046: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5047: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5048: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5049: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5050: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5051: <p>
1.19 louis 5052:
1.113 naddy 5053: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5054: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5055: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5056:
5057: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5058: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5059: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5060: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5061: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5062: <p>
1.16 louis 5063:
1.247 jufi 5064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5065: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5066: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5067: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5068:
1.57 louis 5069: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5070: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5071: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5072: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5073:
1.247 jufi 5074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5075: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5076: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5077: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5078:
1.113 naddy 5079: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5080:
1.247 jufi 5081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5082: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5083: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5084: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5085:
1.23 louis 5086: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5087: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5088: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5089: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5090: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5091: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5092:
1.247 jufi 5093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5094: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5095: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5096: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5097:
1.199 pvalchev 5098: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5099: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5100: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5101: installation.
1.113 naddy 5102: <p>
1.47 louis 5103:
1.247 jufi 5104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5105: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5106: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5107: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5108:
1.301 jose 5109: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5110: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5111: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5112: </ul>
1.57 louis 5113:
1.69 deraadt 5114: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5115: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5116:
1.247 jufi 5117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5118: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5119: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5120: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5121:
5122: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5123: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5124: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5125: <p>
1.12 louis 5126:
1.247 jufi 5127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5128: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5129: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5130: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5131:
5132: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5133: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5134: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5135: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5136: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5137: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5138: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5139: <p>
1.247 jufi 5140: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5141:
1.69 deraadt 5142: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5143: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5144:
1.247 jufi 5145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5146: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5147: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5148:
5149: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5150: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5151: available."
1.113 naddy 5152: <p>
1.301 jose 5153:
5154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5155: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5156: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5157: </strong></font><br>
5158:
5159: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5160: <p>
1.247 jufi 5161: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5162:
1.69 deraadt 5163: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5164: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5165:
1.247 jufi 5166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5167: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5168: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5169:
5170: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5171: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5172: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5173: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5174: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5175: <p>
1.33 louis 5176:
1.247 jufi 5177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5178: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5179: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5180: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5181:
1.113 naddy 5182: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5183: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5184: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5185: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5186: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5187: <p>
1.247 jufi 5188: </ul>
1.57 louis 5189:
1.69 deraadt 5190: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5191: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5192:
1.247 jufi 5193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5194: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5195: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5196: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5197:
5198: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5199: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5200: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5201:
1.247 jufi 5202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5203: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5204: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5205: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5206: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5207:
5208: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5209: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5210:
1.247 jufi 5211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5212: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5213:
1.113 naddy 5214: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5215:
1.247 jufi 5216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5217: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5218: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5219: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5220:
5221: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5222: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5223: </ul>
1.23 louis 5224:
1.69 deraadt 5225: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5226: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5227:
1.247 jufi 5228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5229: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5230: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5231:
5232: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5233: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5234: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5235:
1.247 jufi 5236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5237: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5238: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5239: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5240:
5241: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5242: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5243: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5244: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5245: </ul>
1.57 louis 5246:
1.69 deraadt 5247: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5248: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5249:
1.247 jufi 5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5251: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5252: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5253: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5254:
5255: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5256: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5257: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5258: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5259: <p>
1.15 louis 5260:
1.247 jufi 5261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5262: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5263: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5264: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5265:
5266: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5267: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5268: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5269: columns."
1.113 naddy 5270: <p>
1.247 jufi 5271: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5272:
1.69 deraadt 5273: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5274: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5275:
1.247 jufi 5276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5277: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5278: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5279: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5280:
5281: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5282: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5283:
1.113 naddy 5284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5285: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5286: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5287:
5288: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5289: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5290: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5291: </ul>
1.57 louis 5292:
1.69 deraadt 5293: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5294: <ul>
1.301 jose 5295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5296: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5297: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5298: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5299:
5300: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5301: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5302: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5303: <p>
5304:
5305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5306: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5307: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5308: Nov 13, 1998 and
5309: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5310: Datateknik</a>,
5311: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5312:
1.380 saad 5313: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5314: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5315: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5316: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5317: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5318:
1.113 naddy 5319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5320: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5321: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5322: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5323:
1.222 miod 5324: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5325: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5326: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5327: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5328: <p>
1.247 jufi 5329: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5330:
1.69 deraadt 5331: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5332: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5333:
1.247 jufi 5334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5335: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5336: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5337:
1.69 deraadt 5338: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5339: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5340: <p>
1.247 jufi 5341: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5342:
1.69 deraadt 5343: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5344: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5345:
1.247 jufi 5346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5347: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5348: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5349: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5350:
1.383 jcs 5351: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5352: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5353: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5354:
1.247 jufi 5355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5356: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5357: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5358: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5359: <p>
1.247 jufi 5360: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5361:
1.69 deraadt 5362: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5363: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5364:
1.247 jufi 5365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5366: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5367: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5368: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5369: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5370: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5371:
5372: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5373: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5374: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5375: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5376: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5377: <p>
1.247 jufi 5378: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5379:
5380: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5381: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5382:
1.247 jufi 5383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5384: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5385: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5386:
1.69 deraadt 5387: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5388: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5389: <p>
1.112 naddy 5390:
1.247 jufi 5391: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5392: <p>
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