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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>
1.509 ! djm 36: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
! 37: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
! 38: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
! 39: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
! 40: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
! 41: for funding (in French).
! 42: <p>
! 43:
! 44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 45: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
46: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
47: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
48: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
49: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
50: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
51: <p>
52:
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 54: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
55: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
56: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
57: </strong></font><br>
58: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 59: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 60: is punctuated with examples.
61: Tunneling features are described, as well as
62: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
63: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
64: and
65: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
66: <p>
67:
68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 69: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
70: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
71: </strong></font><br>
72: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
73: further OpenSSH development.
74: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
75: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
76: project's funding needs for all time.
77: <p>
1.504 bernd 78: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
79: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
80: April 3, 2006
81: </strong></font><br>
82: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
83: this could compromise future hackathons.
84: <p>
1.503 ian 85:
86: </ul>
87:
1.487 ian 88: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
89: <ul>
1.495 ian 90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 91: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 92: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 93: </strong></font><br>
94: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
95: on topics including "Puffy",
96: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
97: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
98: what's new in 3.9,
99: and of course project expenses.
100: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
101: <!--
102: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
103: -->
104: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
105: <p>
106:
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 108: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
109: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
110: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 111: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
112: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 113: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
114: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
115: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
116: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
117: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
118: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
119: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
120: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
121: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
122: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
123: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
124: but Matzan does - is that
125: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
126: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
127: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
128: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
129: <br/>
130: <p>
131:
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
133: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
134: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
135: </strong></font><br>
136: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
137: "blob" drivers, and more.
138: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
139: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
140: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
141: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
142: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
143: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
144: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
145: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
146: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
147: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
148: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
149: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
150: <p>
151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 153: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
154: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
155: </strong></font><br>
156: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
157: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
158: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
159: in general temperature and environmental issues.
160: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
161: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
162: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
163: other major operating systems." ...
164: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
165: machines running in
166: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
167: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
171: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
172: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
173: </strong></font><br>
174: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
175: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
176: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
177: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
178: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
179: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
180: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
181: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
182: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
183: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
184: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
185: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
186: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
187: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
188: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
189: <p>
190:
1.487 ian 191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 192: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
193: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
194: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 195: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 196: financial situation.
197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 200: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
201: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
202: </strong></font><br>
203: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
204: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
205: produce our favorite operating system.
206: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
207: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
208: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
209: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
210: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 211: <br/>
212: Also online at
213: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
217: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
218: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
219: </strong></font><br>
220: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
221: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
222: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
223: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
224: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
225: sustain indefinitely."
226: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
227: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
228: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
229: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
230: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 234: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
235: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
236: </strong></font><br>
237: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
238: with a reminder that
239: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
240: used nowadays almost everywhere."
241: Ends with this quote from Marco:
242: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
243: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
244: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
245: <p>
246:
247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 248: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 249: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
250: </strong></font><br>
251: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
252: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
253: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
254: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
255: a few of them each year.
256: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
257: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
258: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
259: to the OpenBSD project.
260: It's time for them to do so.
261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 264: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
265: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
266: </strong></font><br>
267: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
268: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
269: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
270: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
271: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
272: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
273: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 277: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
278: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 279: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
280: <!-- North America mirror:
281: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 282: -->
1.490 deraadt 283: European mirror:
284: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
285: <br>
286: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 290: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
291: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 292: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 293: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
294: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
295: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
296: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
297: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
298: designed to provide reliability and security.
299: <p>
300:
301: </ul>
302:
1.485 ian 303: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
304: <ul>
305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 306: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
307: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
308: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 309: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 310: installations in about four minutes flat".
311: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
312: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 313: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 314: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
315: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
316: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
317: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
318: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
319: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
320: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
321: the steps in the article.
322: <p>
323:
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 325: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
326: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
327: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
328: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
329: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
330: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
331: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
332: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
333: happening in real life.
334: <p>
335:
336: </ul>
337:
1.492 ian 338: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
339: <ul>
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
341: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
342: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
343: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
344: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
345: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
346: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 347: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 348: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
349: </ul>
350:
1.483 ian 351: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
352: <ul>
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 354: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
355: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
356: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
357: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
358: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
359: <p>
360:
361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 362: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 363: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
364: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
365: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
366: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
367: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
368: to sites with more information on most topics.
369: <p>
370:
371: </ul>
372:
373:
1.479 grunk 374: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
375: <ul>
376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 377: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 378: Goes to Venice</a>,
379: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 380: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 381: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
382: <br/>
383: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
384: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
385: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 386: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 387: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
388: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
389: Contains a link to
390: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
391: pval's summary slides</a>.
392: <p>
393:
394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 395: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
396: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
397: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
398: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
399: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
400: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
401: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
402: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 403: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 404: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
405: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
406: the packages and ports system"</i>.
407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
410: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
411: Return of The BSDs</a>,
412: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
413: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
414: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
415: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
416: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
417: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
418: quotes from Bob Beck.
419: <p>
420:
421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 422: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
423: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
424: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 425: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
426: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 427: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
428: and Linux.<br>
429: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
430: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
431: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
432: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
433: of the release
434: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
435: <p>
436: </ul>
437:
1.476 ian 438: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
439: <ul>
440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
442: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
443: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
444: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
445: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
446: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
447: and too unreliable.
448: This quote will rattle some cages:
449: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
450: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
451: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
452: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
453: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
454: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
455: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
456: costs without any commercial lock-in."
457: <p>
458:
1.477 saad 459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
460: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
461: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
462: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
463: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
464: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
465: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
466: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
467: discussion about future plans.
468: <p>
469:
1.478 grunk 470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
471: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
472: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
473: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
474: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
475: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
476: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
477: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
478: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
479: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
480: <p>
481:
1.476 ian 482: </ul>
483:
1.470 saad 484: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
485: <ul>
486:
487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 488: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
489: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
490: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
491: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
492: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
493: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
494: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
495: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
496: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
497: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
498: <p>
499:
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 501: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
502: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
503: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
504: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
505: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
506: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
507: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
508: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
509: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
510: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
511: <p>
512:
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 514: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
515: Big debate over small packets</a>,
516: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
517: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
518: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
519: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
520: draft.
521: <p>
522:
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 524: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
525: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
526: ordinateur ?"</a>,
527: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
528: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
529: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
530: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
531: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
532: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
533: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
534: <p>
535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 537: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
538: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
539: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
540: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
541: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
542: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
543: performance data with pfstat.
544: <p>
545:
546: </ul>
547:
1.461 grunk 548: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
549: <ul>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 552: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
553: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 554: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 555: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
556: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
557: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 558: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 559: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 560: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
561: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
562: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 563: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
564: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 565: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 566: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
567: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 568: <p>
569:
570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 571: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
572: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 573: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 574: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
575: poor security:
1.467 grunk 576: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 577: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 578: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 579: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
580: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
581: <p>
582:
583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 584: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
585: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 586: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 587: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
588: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 589: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
590: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
591: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
592: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
593: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
594: commercial vendors.
595: <p>
596:
597: </ul>
598:
1.454 ian 599: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
600: <ul>
1.468 grunk 601:
602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
603: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
604: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
605: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
606: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
607: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
608: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 609: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 610: <br>
611: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
612: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
613: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
614: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
615: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 616: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 617: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
618: <p>
619:
1.454 ian 620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 621: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
622: Free Bird</a>,
623: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
624: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
625: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
626: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
627: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
628: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
629: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
630: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
631: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
632: room will only be available in the print edition.
633: <p>
1.459 deraadt 634:
1.458 niallo 635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 636: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
637: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
638: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
639: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
640: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
641: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
642: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
643: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
644: <p>
1.457 deraadt 645:
1.456 niallo 646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 647: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 648: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
649: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
650: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
651: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
652: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
653: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 654: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 655: interview.</a>
656: <p>
657:
658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 659: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
660: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
661: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
662: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
663: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
664: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
665: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
666: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
667: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
668: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
669: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
670: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
671: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
672: "I have never used it."
673: <p>
674:
675: </ul>
676:
1.441 deraadt 677: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
678: <ul>
679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 680: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
681: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
682: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
683: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
684: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
685: future enhancements.
686: <p>
687:
688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 689: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 690: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
691: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
692: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
693: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
694: North America mirror:
695: <ul>
1.452 marco 696: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 697: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
698: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 699: </ul>
700: European mirror:
701: <ul>
1.452 marco 702: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 703: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
704: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
705: </ul>
706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 709: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
710: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
711: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
712: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
713: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
714: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
715: <p>
716:
717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 718: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
719: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
720: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
721: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
722: first-hand account.
723: <p>
724:
725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 726: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
727: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
728: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
729: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
730: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
731: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
732: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
733: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
734: <p>
735:
736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 737: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
738: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
739: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
740: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
741: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
742: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
743: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
744: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
745: <p>
746:
747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 748: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 749: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 750: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
751: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
752: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
753: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
754: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
755: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
756: <p>
757:
758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
759: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 760: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 761: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
762: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
763: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
764: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
765: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 769: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
770: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
771: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 772: </strong></font><br>
773: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
774: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
775: with OpenBSD.
776: </ul>
777:
1.436 henning 778: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
779: <ul>
780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 781: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
782: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
783: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
784: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
785: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
786: than closed source, as we have long contended.
787: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
788: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
789: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
790: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
791: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
792: <p>
793: This article can also be found online as
794: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
795: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
796: <p>
797:
798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 799: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
800: </strong></font><br>
801: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
802: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
803: <p>
804:
805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 806: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
807: </strong></font><br>
808: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
809: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 810: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 811: the issues we had with IETF.
812: </ul>
813:
1.431 ian 814: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
815: <ul>
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 817: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
818: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
819: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
820: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
821: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
822: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
823: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
824: <p>
825:
826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 827: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
828: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
829: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
830: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
831: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
832: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 833: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 834: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
835: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
836: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
837: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
838: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
839: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
840: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
841: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
842:
843: </ul>
844:
1.427 matthieu 845: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
846: <ul>
847:
848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 849: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
850: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
851: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
852: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
853: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
854: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
855: firmware.
1.434 ian 856: Similar articles can be found online at:
857: <ul>
858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
859: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
860: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
861: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
863: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
864: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
865: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
867: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
868: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
869: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 871: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 872: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
873: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
874: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 875: </ul>
876:
1.426 ian 877: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
878: <ul>
879:
880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
881: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
882: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
883: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
884: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 885: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 886: mechanism: what it is and why and
887: how to use it, with examples.
888: Another excerpt from the book
889: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
890: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
891: <p>
892:
893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
894: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
895: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
896: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
897: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
898: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
899: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
900: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
901: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
902: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
903: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
904: This article is a sample chapter from
905: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
906: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
907: <p>
1.443 ian 908:
909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 910: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 911: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
912: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
913: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
914: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
915: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
916: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
917: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
918: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
919: ends with a sidebar on security.
920: <p>
1.426 ian 921: </ul>
922:
1.424 ian 923: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
924: <ul>
925:
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 927: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
928: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
929: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
930: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
931: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
932: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
933: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
934: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
935: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
936: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
937: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
938: <p>
939: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
940: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
941: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
942: <p>
943:
944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 945: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
946: Closed Source Hardware</a>
947: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
948: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
949: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
950: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
951: operating systems.
952: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
953: OpenBSD on his firewall.
954: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
955: systems, he writes:
956: <blockquote>
957: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
958: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
959: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
960: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
961: to the operating system...
962: <br/>
963: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
964: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
965: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
966: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
967: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
968: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
969: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
970: in a closed source operating system).
971: <br/>
972: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
973: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
974: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
975: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
976: </blockquote>
977: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
978: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
979: their hardware and software operates.
980: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
981: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 982: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 983: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
984: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
985: <p>
986: </ul>
987:
1.417 pvalchev 988: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
989: <ul>
1.421 ian 990:
1.417 pvalchev 991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 992: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
993: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
994: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
995: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
996: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
997: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
998: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
999: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1000: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1001: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1002: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1003: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1004: <p>
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1006: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1007: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1008: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1009: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1010: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1011: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1012: it claims to do".
1013: <p>
1014:
1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1016: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1017: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1018: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1019: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1020: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1021: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1022: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1023: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1024: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1025: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1026: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1027: (yes, this is a hint).
1028: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1029: picked up on the
1030: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1031: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1032: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1033: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1034: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1035: <p>
1036:
1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1038: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1039: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1040: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1041: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1042: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1043: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1044: the current efforts.
1045: <p>
1046: </ul>
1047:
1.407 henning 1048: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1049: <ul>
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1051: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1052: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1053: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1054: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1055: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1056: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1057: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1058: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1059: <p>
1060:
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1062: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1063: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1064: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1065: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1066: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1067: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1068: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1069: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1070: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1071: <p>
1.415 ian 1072:
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1074: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1075: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1076: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1077: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1078: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1079: overflow attacks... because
1080: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1081: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1082: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1083: and propolice.
1084: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1085: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1086: and that's when the science falls apart."
1087: <p>
1088:
1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1090: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1091: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1092: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1093: Starts with the question:
1094: <blockquote>
1095: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1096: <br/>
1097: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1098: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1099: <br/>
1100: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1101: Should we believe them?"
1102: </blockquote>
1103: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1104: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1105: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1106: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1107: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1108: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1109: <p>
1110:
1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1112: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1113: Simple Simon</a>,
1114: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1115: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1116: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1117: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1118: routing/firewall, and more.
1119: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1120: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1121: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1122: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1123: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1124: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1125: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1126: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1127: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1128: </blockquote>
1129: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1130: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1131: <p>
1132:
1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1134: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1135: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1136: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1137: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1138: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1139: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1140: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1141: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1142: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1143: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1144: in spite of it
1145: (registration required, but worth it).
1146: <p>
1147:
1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1149: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1150: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1151: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1152: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1153: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1154: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1155: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1156: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1157: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1158: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1159: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1160: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1161: <p>
1162:
1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1164: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1165: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1166: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1167: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1168: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1169: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1170: <blockquote>
1171: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1172: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1173: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1174: a lot of analysis.
1175: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1176: </blockquote>
1177: <p>
1178: </ul>
1179:
1.400 marco 1180: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1181: <ul>
1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1183: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1184: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1185: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1186: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1187: UNIX-like systems.
1188: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1189: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1190: <p>
1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1192: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1193: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1194: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1195: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1196: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1197: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1198: At one point, the article states:
1199: <blockquote>
1200: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1201: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1202: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1203: </blockquote>
1204: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1205: <blockquote>
1206: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1207: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1208: </blockquote>
1209: <p>
1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1211: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1212: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1213: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1214: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1215: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1216: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1217: required).
1218: <p>
1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1220: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1221: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1222: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1223: </strong></font><br>
1224: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1225: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1226: <p>
1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1228: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1229: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1230: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1231: </strong></font><br>
1232: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1233: <p>
1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1235: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1236: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1237: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1238: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1239: 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 1240: <p>
1241: </ul>
1242:
1.396 henning 1243: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1244: <ul>
1245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1246: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1247: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1248: Unix Review, July, 2004
1249: </strong></font><br>
1250: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1251: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1252: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1253: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1254: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1255: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1256: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1257: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1258: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1259: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1260: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1261: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1262: and even spelling/wording errors.
1263: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1264: <p>
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1266: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1267: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1268: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1269: </strong></font><br>
1270: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1271: <p>
1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1273: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1274: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1275: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1276: </strong></font><br>
1277: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1278: <p>
1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1280: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1281: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1282: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1283: </strong></font><br>
1284: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1285: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1286: <p>
1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1288: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1289: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1290: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1291: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1292: <p>
1293: </ul>
1294:
1.405 jolan 1295: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1296: <ul>
1297: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1298: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1299: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1300: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1301: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1302: details on how funds are dispersed.
1303: <p>
1304: </ul>
1305:
1.393 david 1306: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1307: <ul>
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1309: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1310: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1311: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1312: </strong></font><br>
1313: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1314: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1315: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1316: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1317: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1318: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1319: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1320: <p>
1321:
1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1323: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1324: Secure by Default</a>,
1325: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1326: </strong></font><br>
1327: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1328: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1329: <p>
1330:
1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1332: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1333: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1334: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1335: </strong></font><br>
1336: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1337: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1338: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1339: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1340: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1341: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1342: <p>
1343:
1344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1345: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1346: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1347: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1348: </strong></font><br>
1349: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1350: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1351: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1352: <p>
1353:
1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1355: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1356: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1357: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1358: </strong></font><br>
1359: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1360: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1361: <p>
1362: </ul>
1363:
1.388 mcbride 1364: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1365: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1366:
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1368: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1369: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1370: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1371: </strong></font><br>
1372: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1373: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1374: available for sparc64.
1375: <p>
1376:
1.390 beck 1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1378: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1379: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1380: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1383: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1384: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1385: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1386: <p>
1387:
1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1389: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1390: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1391: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1392: </strong></font><br>
1393: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1394: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1395: it does: CARP provides sharing
1396: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1397: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1398: detail to get you started using it.
1399: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1400: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1401: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1402: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1403: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1404: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1405: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1406: <p>
1.391 ian 1407:
1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1409: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1410: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1411: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1412: </strong></font><br>
1413: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1414: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1415: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1416: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1419: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1420: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1421: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1422: </strong></font><br>
1423: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1424: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1425: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1426: unencumbered by patents.
1427: <p>
1428: </ul>
1429:
1.378 henning 1430: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1431: <ul>
1.384 jose 1432:
1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1434: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1435: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1436: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1437: </strong></font><br>
1438: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1439: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1440: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1441: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1442: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1443: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1444: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1445: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1446: in the page tables."
1447: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1448: <p>
1449:
1450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1451: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1452: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1453: </strong></font><br>
1454: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1455: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1456: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1457: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1458: <p>
1.384 jose 1459:
1.378 henning 1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1461: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1462: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1463: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1464: </strong></font><br>
1465: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1466: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1467: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1468: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1469: (quote:
1470: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1471: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1472: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1473: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1474: the other developers for their work on the system.
1475: <p>
1476:
1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1478: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1479: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1480: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1481: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1482: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1483: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1484: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1485: too.
1486: <p>
1487:
1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1489: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1490: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1491: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1492: OpenBSD source code using
1493: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1494: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1495: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1496: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1497: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1498: <p>
1499: </ul>
1500:
1.374 jose 1501: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1502: <ul>
1503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1504: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1505: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1506: </strong></font><br>
1507: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1508: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1509: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1510: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1511: it."
1512: <p>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1515: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1516: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1517: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1518: </strong></font><br/>
1519: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1520: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1521: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1522: <p>
1523: </ul>
1524:
1.369 ian 1525: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1526: <ul>
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1528: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1529: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1530: </strong></font><br/>
1531: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1532: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1533: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1534: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1535: <p>
1536:
1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1538: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1539: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1540: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1541: </strong></font><br/>
1542: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1543: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1544: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1545: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1546: form factor.
1547: <p>
1548:
1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1550: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1551: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1552: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1553: Features</a>,
1554: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1555: </strong></font><br/>
1556: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1557: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1558: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1559: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1560: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1561: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1562: <p>
1563: This article can also be found online at:
1564: <ul>
1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1566: <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 1567: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1568: </strong></font>
1569: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1570: </ul>
1571: <p>
1.392 david 1572:
1.371 jose 1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1574: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1575: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1576: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1577: </strong></font><br/>
1578: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1579: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1580: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1581: <p>
1.371 jose 1582:
1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1584: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1585: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1586: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1587: </strong></font><br/>
1588: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1589: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1590: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1591: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1592: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1593: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1594: and its history with OpenBSD.
1595: </ul>
1596:
1.368 henning 1597: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1598: <ul>
1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1600: [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 1601: </strong></font><br>
1602: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1603: </ul>
1604:
1.364 jose 1605: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1606: <ul>
1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1608: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1609: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1610: UNIX Review,
1611: July, 2003.
1612: </strong></font><br>
1613: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1614: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1615: who want more information.
1616: <p>
1617:
1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1619: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1620: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1621: Government Computer News,
1622: July 22, 2003.
1623: </strong></font><br>
1624: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1625: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1626: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1627: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1628: <p>
1629:
1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1631: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1632: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1633: SANS Institute,
1634: July 22, 2003.
1635: </strong></font><br>
1636: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1637: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1638: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1639: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1640: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1641: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1642: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1643: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1644: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1645: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1646: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1647: <p>
1648:
1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1650: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1651: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1652: OnLamp.com,
1653: July 17, 2003.
1654: </strong></font><br>
1655: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1656: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1657: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1658: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1659: have been working on.
1660:
1661: </ul>
1662:
1.356 jose 1663: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1664: <ul>
1665:
1666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1667: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1668: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1669: UNIX Review,
1670: June, 2003.
1671: </strong></font><br>
1672: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1673: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1674: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1675: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1676: <p>
1677:
1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1679: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1680: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1681: eWeek,
1682: June 23, 2003.
1683: </strong></font><br>
1684: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1685: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1686: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1687: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1688: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1689: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1690: <p>
1691:
1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1693: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1694: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1695: Software Development Online,
1696: June, 2003.
1697: </strong></font><br>
1698: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1699: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1700: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1701: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1702: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1703: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1704: current activities.
1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1708: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1709: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1710: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1711: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1712: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1713: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1714: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1715: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1716: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1717: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1718: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1719: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1720: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1721: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1722: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1723: decisions.
1724: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1725: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1726: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1727: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1728: <p>
1729:
1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1731: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1732: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1733: Page 58, eWeek,
1734: June 2, 2003.
1735: </strong></font><br>
1736: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1737: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1738: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1739: been addressed in -current.
1740: <p>
1741:
1.356 jose 1742: </ul>
1743:
1744: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1745: <ul>
1746:
1.355 jose 1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1748: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1749: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1750: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1751: </strong></font><br>
1752: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1753: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1754: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1755: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1756: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1757: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1758: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1759: <p>
1760:
1761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1762: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1763: Beyond Linux</a>,
1764: InfoWorld,
1765: May 23, 2003.
1766: </strong></font><br>
1767: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1768: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1769: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1770: compared to the GPL.
1771: <p>
1772:
1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1774: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1775: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1776: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1777: May 17, 2003.
1778: </strong></font><br>
1779: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1780: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1781: the business section and half of another page inside
1782: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1783: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1784: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1785: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1786: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1787: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1788: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1789: <br>
1790: This article can also be found online at:
1791: <ul>
1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1793: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1794: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1795: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1796: May 17, 2003
1797: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1798: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1800: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1801: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1802: Montreal Gazette,
1803: May 21, 2003
1804: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1805: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1806: <p>
1.346 ian 1807:
1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1809: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1810: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1811: May 7, 2003.
1812: </strong></font><br>
1813: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1814: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1815: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1816: <p>
1817:
1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1819: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1820: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1821: OsOpinion,
1822: May 6, 2003.
1823: </strong></font><br>
1824: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1825: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1826: <br>
1827: This article can also be found online at:
1828: <ul>
1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1830: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1831: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1832: NewsFactor Network.
1833: </strong></font>
1834: </ul>
1835: <p>
1836:
1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1838: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1839: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1840: ITBusiness,
1841: May 2, 2003.
1842: </strong></font><br>
1843: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1844: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1845: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1846: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1847: <p>
1848:
1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1850: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1851: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1852: InfoWorld,
1853: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1854: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1855: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1856: <br>
1857: This article can also be found online at:
1858: <ul>
1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1860: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1861: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1862: IDG Singapore.
1863: </strong></font>
1864: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1865: <p>
1866:
1.339 jose 1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1868: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1869: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1870: ZDNet,
1871: May 1, 2003.
1872: </strong></font><br>
1873: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1874: someone using parts from previous articles.
1875: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1876: This article can also be found online at:
1877: <ul>
1878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1879: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1880: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1881: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1882: </strong></font>
1883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1884: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1885: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1886: CNET News.com.
1887: </strong></font>
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1889: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1890: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1891: ZDNet UK.
1892: </strong></font>
1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1894: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1895: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1896: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1897: </strong></font>
1898: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1899: <p>
1.339 jose 1900:
1.341 deraadt 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1902: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1903: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1904: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1905: May 1, 2003.
1906: </strong></font><br>
1907: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1908: that have been added
1909: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1910: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1911: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1912: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1913: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1914: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1915: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1916: <p>
1917:
1918: </ul>
1919:
1.253 ian 1920: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1921: <ul>
1.255 ian 1922:
1.260 ian 1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1924: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1925: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1926: TechRepublic,
1927: April 28, 2003.
1928: </strong></font><br>
1929: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1930: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1931: work.<br>
1932: Can also be found online at:
1933: <ul>
1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1935: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1936: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1937: ZDNet UK.
1938: </strong></font>
1939: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1940: <p>
1941:
1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1943: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1944: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1945: IDG,
1946: April 24, 2003.
1947: </strong></font><br>
1948: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1949: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1950: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1951: Can also be found online at:
1952: <ul>
1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1954: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1955: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1956: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1957: </strong></font>
1958: </ul>
1959: <p>
1960:
1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1962: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1963: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1964: Slate,
1965: April 24, 2003.
1966: </strong></font><br>
1967: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1968: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1969: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1970: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1971: <p>
1972:
1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1974: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1975: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1976: April 24, 2003.
1977: </strong></font><br>
1978: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1979: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1980: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1981: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1982: <p>
1983:
1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1985: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1986: April 24, 2003.
1987: </strong></font><br>
1988: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1989: the free software community".
1990: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1991: other articles.
1992: <p>
1993:
1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1995: <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 1996: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1997: </strong></font><br>
1998: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1999: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2000: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2001: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2002: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2003: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2004: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2005: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2006: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2007: <br/>
2008: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2009: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2010: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2011: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2012: <br>
2013: Can also be found online at:
2014: <ul>
2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2016: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2017: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2018: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2019: </strong></font>
2020: </ul>
1.324 ian 2021: <p>
2022:
2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2024: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2025: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2026: </strong></font><br>
2027: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2028: article above.
2029: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2030: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2031: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2032: <br>
2033: Can also be found online at:
2034: <ul>
2035: <li>
2036: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2037: </strong></font>
2038: </ul>
1.324 ian 2039: <p>
2040:
2041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2042: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2043: </strong></font><br>
2044: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2045: <p>
2046:
2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2048: <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.
2049: </strong></font><br>
2050: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2051: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2052: <p>
2053:
2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2055: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2056: April 23, 2003.
2057: </strong></font><br>
2058: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2059: <p>
2060:
2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2062: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2063: April 22, 2003.
2064: </strong></font><br>
2065: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2066: <p>
2067:
2068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2069: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2070: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2071: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2072: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2073: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2074: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2075: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2076: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2077: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2078: Can also be found online at:
2079: <ul>
2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2081: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2082: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2083: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2084: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2086: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2087: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2088: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2089: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2090: </ul>
2091: <p>
2092:
2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2094: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2095: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2096: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2097: </strong></font><br>
2098: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2099: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2100: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2101: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2102: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2103: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2104: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2105: <p>
2106:
2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2108: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2109: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2110: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2111: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2112: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2113: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2114: at UPenn and DARPA.
2115: <p>
2116:
2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2118: [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,
2119: France
1.315 deraadt 2120: April 18, 2003.
2121: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2122: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2123: <p>
2124:
2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2126: [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 2127: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2128: </strong></font><br>
2129: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2130: <p>
2131:
2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2133: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2134: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2135: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2136: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2137: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2138: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2139: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2140: <p>
2141:
2142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2143: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2144: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2145: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2146: </strong></font><br>
2147: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2148: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2149: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2150: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2151: <p>
2152:
2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2154: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2155: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2156: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2157: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2158: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2159: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2160: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2161: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2162: Can also be found online at:
2163: <ul>
2164: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2165: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2166: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2167: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2168: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2169: <p>
2170:
2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2172: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2173: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2174: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2175: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2176: </strong></font><br>
2177: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2178: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2179: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2180: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2181: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2182:
2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2184: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2185: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2186: New York Times.
2187: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2188:
1.273 deraadt 2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2190: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2191: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2192: ABC News.
2193: </strong></font>
2194:
2195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2196: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2197: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2198: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2199: </strong></font>
2200:
2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2202: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2203: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2204: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2205: </strong></font>
2206:
2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2208: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2209: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2210: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2211: </strong></font>
2212:
2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2214: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2215: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2216: Times Daily, AL.
2217: </strong></font>
2218:
2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2220: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2221: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2222: Boston.com, MA.
2223: </strong></font>
2224:
2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2226: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2227: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2228: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2229: </strong></font>
2230:
2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2232: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2233: [Article was pulled]</a>
2234: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2235: </strong></font>
2236:
2237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2238: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2239: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2240: Infoshop News.
2241: </strong></font>
2242:
2243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2244: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2245: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2246: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2247: </strong></font>
2248:
2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2250: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2251: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2252: Raleigh News, NC.
2253: </strong></font>
2254:
2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2256: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2257: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2258: Napa News, CA.
2259: </strong></font>
2260:
2261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2262: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2263: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2264: NEPA News, PA.
2265: </strong></font>
2266:
2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2268: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2269: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2270: Wired News.
2271: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2272: <br>
2273: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2274: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2275: [JAPANESE]
2276: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2277: Wired News Japan</a>
2278: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2279:
1.271 deraadt 2280: </ul>
2281: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2282: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2283: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2284: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2285: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2286: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2287: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2288: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2289: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2290: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2291: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2292: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2293: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2294: <p>
2295: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2296:
2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2298: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2299: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2300: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2301: </strong></font>
2302:
2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2304: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2305: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2306: Miami Herald, FL.
2307: </strong></font>
2308:
2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2310: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2311: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2312: </strong></font>
2313:
2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2315: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2316: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2317: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2318: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2319:
2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2321: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2322: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2323: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2324: ABC News.
2325: </strong></font>
2326:
1.276 deraadt 2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2328: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2329: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2330: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2331: </strong></font>
2332:
1.286 dhartmei 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2334: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2335: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2336: Wilmington Star, NC.
2337: </strong></font>
2338:
1.300 jose 2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2340: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2341: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2342: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2343: </strong></font>
2344:
1.309 jose 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2346: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2347: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2348: Globe Technology.
2349: </strong></font>
2350:
1.263 deraadt 2351: </ul>
1.262 beck 2352: <p>
2353:
2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2355: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2356: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2357: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2358: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2359: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2360: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2361: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2362: <p>
2363:
2364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2365: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2366: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2367: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2368: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2369: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2370: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2371: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2372: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2373: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2374: and simply restates other press reports.
2375: <p>
2376:
2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2378: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2379: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2380: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2381: </strong></font><br>
2382: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2383: <p>
2384:
2385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2386: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2387: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2388: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2389: </strong></font><br>
2390: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2391: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2392: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2393: <p>
2394:
2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2396: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2397: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2398: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2399: April 17, 2003.
2400: </strong></font><br>
2401: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2402: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2403: Tech Anthems</a>
2404: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2405: 4 so far.
2406: <p>
2407:
2408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2409: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2410: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2411: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2412: </strong></font><br>
2413: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2414: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2415: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2416: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2417: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2418: Goes on to say:
2419: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2420: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2421: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2422: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2423: This article is also found online at:
2424: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2426: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2427: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2428: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2429: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2431: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2432: ZDnet</a>,
2433: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2434: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2436: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2437: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2438: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2439: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2440: </ul>
1.260 ian 2441: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2442:
1.260 ian 2443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2444: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2445: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2446: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2447: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2448: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2449: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2450: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2451: without notice or justification.
2452: <p>
2453:
2454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2455: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2456: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2457: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2458: </strong></font><br>
2459: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2460: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2461: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2462: effective today, without any warning..."
2463: <p>
1.257 ian 2464:
2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2466: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2467: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2468: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2469: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2470: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2471: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2472: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2473: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2474: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2475: <p>
2476:
2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2478: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2479: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2480: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2481: </strong></font><br>
2482: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2483: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2484: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2485: quoting two of them:
2486: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2487: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2488: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2489: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2490: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2491: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2492: <p>
2493:
1.255 ian 2494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2495: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2496: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2497: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2498: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2499: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2500: <p>
2501:
2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2503: [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 2504: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2505: </strong></font><br>
2506: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2507: <p>
2508:
2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2510: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2511: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2512: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2513: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2514: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2515: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2516: security experts for more than three decades."
2517: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2518: <p>
1.261 ian 2519:
1.254 drahn 2520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2521: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2522: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2523: </strong></font><br>
2524: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2525: <p>
2526:
2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2528: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2529: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2530: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2531: </strong></font><br>
2532: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2533: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2534: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2535: <p>
2536:
2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2538: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2539: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2540: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2541: </strong></font><br>
2542: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2543: from US DARPA.
2544: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2545: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2546: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2547: the BSD license.
2548: <p>
2549: </ul>
2550:
1.251 ian 2551: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2552: <ul>
2553:
2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2555: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2556: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2557: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2558: </strong></font><br>
2559:
2560: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2561: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2562: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2563: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2564: <p>
2565:
2566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2567: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2568: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2569: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2570: </strong></font><br>
2571: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2572: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2573: Mentions
2574: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2575: and
2576: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2577: programs.
2578: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2579: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2580: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2581: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2582: <p>
1.325 ian 2583: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2584: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2585:
2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2587: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2588: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2589: </strong></font><br>
2590: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2591: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2592: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2593: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2594: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2595: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2596: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2597: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2598: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2599: put into service."
2600: <p>
2601: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2602: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2603: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2604: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2605: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2606: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2607: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2608: computers with security features."
2609: <p>
1.329 ian 2610:
2611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2612: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2613: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2614: Slate,
2615: March 3, 2003.
2616: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2617: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2618: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2619: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2620: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2621: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2622: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2623: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2624: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2625: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2626: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2627: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2628: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2629: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2630: of more secure open-source solutions like
2631: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2632: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2633: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2634: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2635: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2636: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2637: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2638: the Beltway."
2639: <p>
1.251 ian 2640: </ul>
2641:
1.249 jufi 2642: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2643: <ul>
2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2645: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2646: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2647: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2648: </strong></font><br>
2649: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2650: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2651: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2652: <p>
1.334 ian 2653:
2654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2655: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2656: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2657: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2658: </strong></font><br>
2659: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2660: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2661: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2662: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2663: "... the hypothetical question ...
2664: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2665: <br>
2666: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2667: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2668: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2669: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2670: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2671: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2672: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2673: support network security.
2674: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2675: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2676: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2677: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2678: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2679: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2680: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2681: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2682: <br>
2683: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2684: <p>
2685:
1.249 jufi 2686: </ul>
2687:
1.246 jufi 2688: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2689: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2692: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2693: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2694: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2695: </strong></font><br>
2696: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2697: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2698: <p>
2699:
1.247 jufi 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2701: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2702: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2703: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2704: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2705: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2706: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2707: <p>
2708:
2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2710: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2711: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2712: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2713: </strong></font><br>
2714: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2715: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2716: <p>
1.247 jufi 2717: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2718:
1.244 jufi 2719: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2720: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2721:
1.247 jufi 2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2723: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2724: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2725: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2726: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2727: </strong></font><br>
2728: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2729: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2730: md5 digests.
2731: <p>
2732:
1.247 jufi 2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2734: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2735: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2736: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2737: </strong></font><br>
2738: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2739: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2740: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2741: right the first time."
2742: <p>
1.247 jufi 2743: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2744:
2745:
2746: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2747: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2748:
1.247 jufi 2749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2750: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2751: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2752: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2753: </strong></font><br>
2754: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2755: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2756: part 6</a>.
2757: <p>
2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2760: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2761: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2762: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2763: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2764: </strong></font><br>
2765: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2766: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2767: <p>
1.301 jose 2768:
2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2770: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2771: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2772: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2773: </strong></font><br>
2774:
2775: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2776: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2777: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2778: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2779: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2780: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2781: <i>Here's the
2782: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2783: <p>
1.247 jufi 2784: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2785:
2786: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2787: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2788:
1.247 jufi 2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2790: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2791: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2792: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2793: </strong></font><br>
2794: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2795: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2796: <p>
2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2799: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2800: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2801: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2802: </strong></font><br>
2803: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2804: this time using pf.
2805: <p>
1.247 jufi 2806: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2807:
2808: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2809: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2812: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2813: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2814: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2815: </strong></font><br>
2816: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2817: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2818: their rotation.
2819: <p>
2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2822: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2823: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2824: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2825: </strong></font><br>
2826: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2827: <p>
1.247 jufi 2828: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2829:
1.239 jufi 2830: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2831: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2834: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2835: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2836: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2837: </strong></font><br>
2838: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2839: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2840: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2841: <p>
2842:
1.247 jufi 2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2844: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2845: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2846: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2848: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2849: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2850: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2851: <p>
1.247 jufi 2852: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2853:
1.235 lebel 2854: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2855: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2856:
1.239 jufi 2857:
1.247 jufi 2858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2859: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2860: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2861: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2862: </strong></font><br>
2863: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2864: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2865: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2866: <p>
1.301 jose 2867:
1.247 jufi 2868: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2869:
1.228 horacio 2870: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2871: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2874: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2875: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2876: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2877: </strong></font><br>
2878: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2879: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2880: <p>
2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2883: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2884: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2885: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2886: </strong></font><br>
2887: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2888: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2889: <p>
2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2892: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2893: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2894: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2895: </strong></font><br>
2896: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2897: on the desktop of his parents.
2898: <p>
2899:
1.247 jufi 2900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2901: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2902: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2903: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2904: </strong></font><br>
2905: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2906: using IPFilter.
2907:
2908: <p>
2909:
1.247 jufi 2910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2911: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2912: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2913: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2914: </strong></font><br>
2915: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2916: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2917: perspectives of the four OS.
2918: <br>
2919: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2920: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2921: <p>
2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2924: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2925: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2926: software and security</a>,
2927: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2928: </strong></font><br>
2929:
2930: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2931: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2932: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2933: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2934: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2935: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2936: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2937: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2938: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2939: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2940: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2941: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2942: <p>
1.247 jufi 2943: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2944:
1.225 horacio 2945: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2946: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2949: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2950: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2951: Interview</a>,
2952: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2953: </strong></font><br>
2954:
2955: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2956: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2957: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2958: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2959: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2960: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2961: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2962: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2963: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2964: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2965: of choice.
2966: <p>
1.247 jufi 2967: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2968:
2969: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2970: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2973: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2974: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2975: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2976: </strong></font><br>
2977:
2978: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2979: <p>
2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2982: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2983: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2984: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2985: </strong></font><br>
2986:
2987: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2988: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2989: <p>
1.247 jufi 2990: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2991:
1.218 horacio 2992: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2993: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2996: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2997: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2998: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2999: </strong></font><br>
3000:
3001: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3002: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3003: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3004: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3005: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3006: subjects. Worth a read.
3007: <p>
3008:
3009:
1.247 jufi 3010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3011: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3012: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3013: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3014: </strong></font><br>
3015:
3016: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3017: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3018: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3019: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3020: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3021: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3022: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3023: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3024: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3025: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3026: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3027: on other operating systems.<br>
3028: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3029: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3030: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3031: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3032: <p>
3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3035: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3036: Operating System 2010</a>,
3037: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3038: </strong></font><br>
3039:
3040: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3041: covering the level of software integration into the core
3042: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3043: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3044: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3045: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3046: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3047: <p>
3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3050: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3051: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3052: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3053: </strong></font><br>
3054:
3055: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3056: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3057: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3058: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3059: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3060: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3061: <p>
1.247 jufi 3062: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3063:
1.210 jufi 3064: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3065: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3068: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3069: Already a Contender</a>,
3070: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3071: </strong></font><br>
3072:
3073: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3074: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3075: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3076: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3077: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3078: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3079: <p>
3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3082: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3083: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3084: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3085: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3086:
1.224 horacio 3087: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3088: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3089: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3090: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3091: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3092: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3093: <p>
1.247 jufi 3094: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3095:
3096: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3097: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3098:
1.247 jufi 3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3100: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3101: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3102: Division</a>,
3103: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3104: </strong></font><br>
3105:
3106: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3107: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3108: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3109: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3110: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3111: investment</em>.<br>
3112: The implementation details can be seen on their
3113: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3114: <p>
3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3117: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3118: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3119: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3120: </strong></font><br>
3121:
3122: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3123: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3124: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3125: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3126: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3127: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3128: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3129: <p>
3130:
3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3132: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3133: Thinking about Security</a>,
3134: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3135: </strong></font><br>
3136:
3137: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3138: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3139: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3140: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3141: to time.<br>
3142: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3143: system and just the most secure system.
3144: <p>
3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3147: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3148: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3149: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3150: </strong></font><br>
3151:
3152: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3153: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3154: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3155: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3156: choice:<br>
3157: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3158: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3159: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3160: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3161: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3162: network security devices and as such must be well
3163: armored."</em><br>
3164: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3165: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3166: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3167: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3168: <br>
3169: Bravo!
3170: <p>
1.247 jufi 3171: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3172:
1.207 ian 3173: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3174: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3175:
1.247 jufi 3176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3177: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3178: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3179: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3180:
1.207 ian 3181: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3182: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3183: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3184: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3185: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3186: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3187: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3188: <p>
1.247 jufi 3189: </ul>
1.207 ian 3190:
1.194 jufi 3191: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3192: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3195: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3196: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3197: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3198: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3199:
1.240 miod 3200: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3201: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3202: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3203: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3204: <p>
3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3207: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3208: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3209: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3210:
3211: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3212: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3213: <p>
3214:
3215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3216: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3217: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3218: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3219:
3220: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3221: <p>
3222:
3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3224: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3225: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3226: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3227: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3228:
1.240 miod 3229: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3230: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3231: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3232: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3233: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3234: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3235: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3236: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3237: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3238: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3239: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3240: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3241: <p>
3242:
1.247 jufi 3243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3244: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3245: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3246: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3247: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3248:
1.194 jufi 3249: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3250: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3251: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3252: <br>
3253: The new
3254: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3255: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3256: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3257: <p>
1.247 jufi 3258: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3259:
1.190 horacio 3260: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3261: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3264:
3265: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3266: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3267:
1.301 jose 3268:
1.191 jufi 3269: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3270: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3271:
3272: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3273: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3274:
1.212 horacio 3275: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3276: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3277: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3278:
1.211 horacio 3279: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3280: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3281: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3282:
1.247 jufi 3283: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3284: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3285:
1.247 jufi 3286: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3287: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3288:
1.212 horacio 3289: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3290: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3291: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3292:
3293: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3294: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3295:
3296: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3297: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3298:
1.301 jose 3299: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3300: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3301:
1.191 jufi 3302: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3303: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3304:
3305: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3306: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3307:
1.192 jufi 3308: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3309: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3310: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3311:
1.193 deraadt 3312: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3313: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3314: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3315:
1.247 jufi 3316: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3317: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3318:
1.247 jufi 3319: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3320: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3321: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3322:
1.213 horacio 3323: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3324: 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 3325: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3326:
1.190 horacio 3327: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3328: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3329: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3330: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3331: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3332: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3333: <p>
1.190 horacio 3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3336: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3337: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3338: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3339: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3340:
1.195 jufi 3341: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3342: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3343: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3344: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3345: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3346: <p>
3347:
1.247 jufi 3348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3349: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3350: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3351: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3352: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3353:
1.191 jufi 3354: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3355: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3356: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3357: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3358: <p>
3359:
3360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3361: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3362: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3363: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3364:
3365: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3366: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3367: <p>
1.247 jufi 3368: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3369:
1.191 jufi 3370:
1.186 jufi 3371: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3372: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3373:
1.247 jufi 3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3375: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3376: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3377: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3378: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3379:
1.188 jufi 3380: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3381: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3382: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3383: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3384: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3385: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3386: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3387: <p>
3388:
1.301 jose 3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3390: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3391: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3392: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3393:
3394: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3395: <p>
1.191 jufi 3396:
1.247 jufi 3397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3398: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3399: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3400: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3401: </strong></font><br>
3402:
3403: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3404: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3405: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3406: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3407: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3408: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3409: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3410: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3411: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3412: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3413: familiar?
3414: <p>
1.247 jufi 3415: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3416:
1.178 louis 3417: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3418: <ul>
1.178 louis 3419:
1.247 jufi 3420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3421: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3422: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3423: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3424: </strong></font><br>
3425:
3426: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3427: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3428: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3429: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3430: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3431: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3432: <p>
3433:
1.247 jufi 3434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3435: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3436: Open source under the hood</a>,
3437: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3438: </strong></font><br>
3439:
3440: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3441: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3442: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3443: <p>
3444:
1.247 jufi 3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3446: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3447: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3448: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3449: </strong></font><br>
3450:
3451: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3452: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3453: <p>
1.247 jufi 3454: </ul>
1.179 louis 3455:
1.174 louis 3456:
1.175 louis 3457: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3458: <ul>
1.175 louis 3459:
1.247 jufi 3460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3461: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3462: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3463: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3464: </strong></font><br>
3465:
3466: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3467: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3468: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3469: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3470: <p>
3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3473: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3474: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3475: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3476: </strong></font><br>
3477:
3478: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3479: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3480: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3481: <p>
1.247 jufi 3482: </ul>
1.175 louis 3483:
1.176 louis 3484:
1.172 mickey 3485: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3486: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3489: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3490: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3491: </strong></font><br>
3492:
3493: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3494: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3495: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3496: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3497: <p>
3498:
1.247 jufi 3499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3500: <a
1.269 deraadt 3501: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3502: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3503: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3504: </strong></font><br>
3505:
3506: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3507: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3508: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3509: <p>
3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3512: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3513: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3514: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3515: </strong></font><br>
3516:
3517: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3518: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3519: <p>
3520:
1.247 jufi 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3522: <a
1.269 deraadt 3523: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3524: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3525: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3526: </strong></font><br>
3527:
3528: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3529: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3530: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3531: our own Theo de Raadt.
3532: <p>
3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3535: <a
1.269 deraadt 3536: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3537: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3538: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3539: </strong></font><br>
3540:
3541: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3542: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3543: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3544: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3545: shut down.]
3546: <p>
3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3549: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3550: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3551: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3552: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3553: </strong></font><br>
3554:
3555: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3556: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3557: <p>
1.247 jufi 3558: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3559:
1.161 louis 3560: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3561: <ul>
1.161 louis 3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3564: <a
1.269 deraadt 3565: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3566: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3567: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3568: </strong></font><br>
3569:
3570: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3571: by John Wolley
3572: <p>
3573:
1.247 jufi 3574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3575: <a
1.269 deraadt 3576: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3577: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3578: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
3581: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3582: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3583: OpenBSD).
3584: <p>
3585:
1.247 jufi 3586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3587: <a
1.247 jufi 3588: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3589: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3590: </strong></font><br>
3591:
3592: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3593: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3594: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3595: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3596: and hindsight.
3597: <p>
3598:
1.247 jufi 3599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3600: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3601: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3602: </strong></font><br>
3603:
3604: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3605: <p>
3606:
1.247 jufi 3607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3608: <a
1.168 provos 3609: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3610: December 7, 2000
3611: </strong></font><br>
3612:
3613: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3614: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3615: us explain.
3616: <p>
3617:
1.247 jufi 3618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3619: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3620: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3621: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3622: December 6, 2000
3623: </strong></font><br>
3624:
3625: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3626: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3627: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3628: <p>
3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3631: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3632: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3633: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3634: </strong></font><br>
3635:
3636: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3637: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3638: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3639: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3640: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3641: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3642: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3643: <p>
3644:
3645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3646: <a
1.226 horacio 3647: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3648: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3649: </strong></font><br>
3650:
3651: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3652: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3653: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3654: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3655: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3656: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3657: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3658: <p>
1.162 millert 3659:
1.247 jufi 3660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3661: <a
1.161 louis 3662: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3663: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3664: </strong></font><br>
3665:
3666: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3667: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3668: <p>
3669:
1.247 jufi 3670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3671: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3672: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3673: </strong></font><br>
3674:
3675: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3676: <p>
3677:
3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3680: <a
1.226 horacio 3681: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3682: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3683: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3684: </strong></font><br>
3685:
3686: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3687: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3688: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3689: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3690: <p>
1.247 jufi 3691: </ul>
1.169 louis 3692:
1.158 louis 3693: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3694: <ul>
1.147 louis 3695:
1.247 jufi 3696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3697: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3698: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3699: </strong></font><br>
3700:
3701: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3702: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3703: <p>
3704:
1.247 jufi 3705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3706: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3707: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3708: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3709: </strong></font><br>
3710: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3711: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3712: <p>
3713:
1.247 jufi 3714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3715: <a
3716: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3717: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3718: </strong></font><br>
3719:
3720: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3721: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3722: <p>
3723:
1.247 jufi 3724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3725: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3726: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3727: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3728:
1.213 horacio 3729: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3730: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3731: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3732: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3733: <p>
1.215 horacio 3734:
1.247 jufi 3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3736: <a
3737: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3738: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3739: </strong></font><br>
3740:
3741: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3742: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3743: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3744: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3745: much of the attitude too).
3746: <p>
1.161 louis 3747:
1.247 jufi 3748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3749: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3750: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3751: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3752:
1.157 louis 3753: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3754: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3755: <p>
1.247 jufi 3756: </ul>
1.157 louis 3757:
3758: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3759: <ul>
1.157 louis 3760:
1.247 jufi 3761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3762: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3763: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3764: </strong></font><br>
3765:
3766: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3767: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3768: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3769: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3770: <p>
3771:
1.247 jufi 3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3773: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3774: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3775: </strong></font><br>
3776:
3777: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3778: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3779: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3780: it because they love coding...
3781: <p>
3782:
1.247 jufi 3783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3784: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3785: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3786: </strong></font><br>
3787:
3788: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3789: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3790: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3791: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3792: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3793: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3794: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3795: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3796: <p>
3797:
1.247 jufi 3798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3799: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3800: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3801: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3802: </strong></font><br>
3803:
3804: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3805: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3806: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3807: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3808: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3809: the pizza.
3810: <p>
3811:
1.247 jufi 3812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3813: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3814: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3815: </strong></font><br>
3816:
3817: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3818: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3819: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3820: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3821: problems.
3822: <p>
3823:
1.247 jufi 3824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3825: <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 3826: </strong></font><br>
3827:
1.222 miod 3828: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3829: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3830: - whether they like it or not.
3831: <p>
3832:
1.247 jufi 3833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3834: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3835: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3836: </strong></font><br>
3837:
3838: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3839: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3840: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3841: <p>
1.148 aaron 3842:
1.247 jufi 3843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3844: <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 3845: </strong></font><br>
3846:
3847: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3848: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3849: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3850: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3851: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3852: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3853: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3854: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3855: <p>
3856:
1.247 jufi 3857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3858: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3859: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3860: </strong></font><br>
3861:
3862: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3863: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3864: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3865: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3866: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3867: <p>
1.247 jufi 3868: </ul>
1.147 louis 3869:
1.138 louis 3870: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3871: <ul>
1.138 louis 3872:
1.247 jufi 3873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3874: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3875: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3876: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3877: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3878: </strong></font><br>
3879:
1.227 horacio 3880: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3881: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3882: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3883: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3884: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3885: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3886: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3887: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3888: <p>
3889:
1.247 jufi 3890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3891: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3892: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3893: </strong></font><br>
3894:
3895: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3896: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3897: groups, and even Linux.
3898: <p>
3899:
1.247 jufi 3900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3901: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3902: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3903: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3904: </strong></font><br>
3905:
3906: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3907: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3908: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3909: library after installing the OS.
3910: <p>
3911:
1.247 jufi 3912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3913: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3914: Sys Admin, September 2000
3915: </strong></font><br>
3916:
3917: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3918: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3919: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3920: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3921: (<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>,
3922: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3923: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3924: <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 3925: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3926: out of the system.
3927: <p>
3928:
1.247 jufi 3929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3930: <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
3931: </strong></font><br>
3932:
3933: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3934: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3935: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3936: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3937: the IP filtering and address translation.
3938: <p>
1.301 jose 3939:
3940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3941: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3942: </strong></font><br>
3943:
3944: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3945: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3946: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3947: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3948: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3949: <p>
1.247 jufi 3950: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3951:
1.131 louis 3952: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3953: <ul>
1.131 louis 3954:
1.247 jufi 3955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3956: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3957: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3958: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3959: </strong></font><br>
3960:
3961: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3962: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3963: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3964: <p>
3965:
1.247 jufi 3966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3967: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3968: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3969: </strong></font><br>
3970:
3971: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3972: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3973: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3974: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3975: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3976: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3977: note of"</i>.
3978: <p>
3979:
1.247 jufi 3980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3981: <a
1.247 jufi 3982: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3983: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3984: </strong></font><br>
3985:
3986: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3987: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3988: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3989: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3990: <p>
3991:
1.247 jufi 3992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3993: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3994: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3995: </strong></font><br>
3996:
3997: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3998: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3999: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4000: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4001: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4002: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4003: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4004: <p>
4005:
1.247 jufi 4006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4007: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4008: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4009: 2000
4010: </strong></font><br>
4011:
4012: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4013: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4014: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4015: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4016: against current industry practices.
4017: <p>
4018:
1.247 jufi 4019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4020: <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
4021: </strong></font><br>
4022:
4023: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4024: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4025: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4026: <p>
4027:
1.247 jufi 4028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4029: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4030: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4031: </strong></font><br>
4032:
4033: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4034: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4035: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4036: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4037: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4038: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4039: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4040: <p>
4041:
1.247 jufi 4042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4043: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4044: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4045: </strong></font><br>
4046:
4047: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4048: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4049: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4050: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4051: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4052: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4053: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4054: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4055: <p>
1.247 jufi 4056: </ul>
1.131 louis 4057:
1.118 louis 4058: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4059: <ul>
1.118 louis 4060:
1.247 jufi 4061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4062: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4063: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4064: </strong></font><br>
4065:
4066: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4067: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4068: about time. The article mentions that
4069: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4070: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4071: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4072: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4073: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4074: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4075: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4076: <p>
4077:
1.247 jufi 4078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4079: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4080: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4081: </strong></font><br>
4082:
4083: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4084: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4085: of OpenSSH.
4086: <p>
4087:
1.247 jufi 4088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4089: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4090: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4091: </strong></font><br>
4092:
4093: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4094: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4095: bridging.
4096: <p>
4097:
1.247 jufi 4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4099: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4100: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4101: </strong></font><br>
4102:
1.121 deraadt 4103: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4104: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4105: <p>
4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4108: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4109: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4110: </strong></font><br>
4111:
4112: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4113: <p>
4114:
1.247 jufi 4115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4116: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4117: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4118: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4119: </strong></font><br>
4120:
1.120 deraadt 4121: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4122: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4123: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4124: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4125: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4126: <p>
4127:
1.247 jufi 4128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4129: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4130: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4131: </strong></font><br>
4132:
1.222 miod 4133: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4134: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4135: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4136: protocols and their quirks.
4137: <p>
4138:
1.247 jufi 4139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4140: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4141: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4142: </strong></font><br>
4143:
4144: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4145: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4146: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4147: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4148: <p>
4149:
1.247 jufi 4150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4151: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4152: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4153: </strong></font><br>
4154:
4155: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4156: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4157: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4158: <p>
4159:
1.247 jufi 4160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4161: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4162: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4163: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4164: </strong></font><br>
4165:
4166: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4167: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4168: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4169: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4170: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4171: <p>
1.247 jufi 4172: </ul>
1.118 louis 4173:
1.104 louis 4174: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4175: <ul>
1.104 louis 4176:
1.247 jufi 4177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4178: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4179: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4180: </strong></font><br>
4181:
4182: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4183: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4184: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4185: be a bit dry.
4186: <p>
4187:
1.247 jufi 4188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4189: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4190: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4191: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4192: </strong></font><br>
4193: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4194: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4195: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4196: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4197: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4198: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4199: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4200: <p>
4201:
1.247 jufi 4202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4203: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4204: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4205: 2000
1.128 louis 4206: </strong></font><br>
4207:
4208: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4209: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4210: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4211: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4212: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4213: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4214: <p>
4215:
1.247 jufi 4216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4217: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4218: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4219: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4220:
4221: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4222: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4223: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4224: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4225: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4226: <p>
1.110 louis 4227:
1.247 jufi 4228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4229: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4230: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4231: </strong></font><br>
4232:
4233: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4234: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4235: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4236: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4237: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4238: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4239: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4240: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4241: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4242: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4243: <p>
4244:
1.247 jufi 4245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4246: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4247: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4248:
4249: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4250: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4251: <p>
1.108 louis 4252:
1.247 jufi 4253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4254: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4255: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4256: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4257:
4258: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4259: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4260: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4261: <p>
1.106 louis 4262:
1.247 jufi 4263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4264: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4265: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4266: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4267:
4268: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4269: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4270: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4271: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4272: <p>
1.107 louis 4273:
1.247 jufi 4274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4275: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4276: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4277: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4278:
4279: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4280: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4281: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4282: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4283: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4284: <p>
1.105 louis 4285:
1.247 jufi 4286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4287: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4288: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4289: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4290:
1.113 naddy 4291: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4292: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4293: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4294: <p>
1.104 louis 4295:
1.247 jufi 4296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4297: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4298: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4299: </strong></font><br>
4300:
4301: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4302: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4303: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4304: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4305: <p>
1.301 jose 4306:
4307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4308: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4309: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4310: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4311:
4312: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4313: hardware-supported cryptography.
4314: <p>
1.247 jufi 4315: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4316:
1.85 louis 4317: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4318: <ul>
1.85 louis 4319:
1.247 jufi 4320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4321: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4322: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4323: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4324:
4325: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4326: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4327: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4328: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4329: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4330: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4331: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4332: <p>
1.99 louis 4333:
1.247 jufi 4334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4335: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4336: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4337: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4338:
4339: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4340: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4341: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4342: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4343: <p>
1.100 louis 4344:
1.247 jufi 4345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4346: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4347: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4348: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4349:
4350: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4351: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4352: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4353: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4354: <p>
1.95 louis 4355:
1.247 jufi 4356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4357: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4358: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4359: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4360:
4361: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4362: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4363: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4364: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4365: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4366: <p>
1.92 louis 4367:
1.247 jufi 4368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4369: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4370: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4371: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4372:
4373: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4374: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4375: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4376: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4377: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4378: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4379: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4380: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4381: <p>
1.91 louis 4382:
1.247 jufi 4383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4384: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4385: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4386: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4387:
4388: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4389: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4390: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4391: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4392: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4393: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4394: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4395: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4396: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4397: <p>
1.90 louis 4398:
1.247 jufi 4399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4400: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4401: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4402: </strong></font><br>
4403: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4404: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4405: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4406: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4407: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4408: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4409: <p>
4410:
1.247 jufi 4411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4412: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4413: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4414: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4415:
1.113 naddy 4416: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4417: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4418: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4419: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4420: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4421: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4422: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4423: <p>
1.87 louis 4424:
1.247 jufi 4425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4426: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4427: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4428: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4429:
4430: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4431: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4432: <p>
1.85 louis 4433:
1.247 jufi 4434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4435: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4436: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4437: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4438:
4439: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4440: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4441: <p>
4442:
4443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4444: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4445: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4446: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4447:
4448: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4449: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4450: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4451: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4452: <p>
1.89 louis 4453:
1.247 jufi 4454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4455: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4456: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4457: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4458:
4459: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4460: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4461: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4462: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4463: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4464: </ul>
1.85 louis 4465:
1.78 deraadt 4466: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4467: <ul>
1.74 louis 4468:
1.247 jufi 4469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4470: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4471: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4472: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4473: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4474:
4475: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4476: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4477: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4478: <p>
1.83 louis 4479:
1.247 jufi 4480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4481: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4482: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4483: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4484:
4485: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4486: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4487: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4488: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4489: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4490: <p>
1.93 louis 4491:
1.247 jufi 4492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4493: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4494: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4495: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4496: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4497:
1.83 louis 4498: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4499: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4500: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4501: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4502: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4503: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4504: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4505: <p>
1.82 aaron 4506:
1.247 jufi 4507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4508: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4509: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4510: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4511:
1.83 louis 4512: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4513: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4514: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4515: <p>
1.80 louis 4516:
1.247 jufi 4517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4518: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4519: Bad Press</a>,
4520: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4521: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4522:
4523: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4524: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4525: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4526: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4527: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4528: <p>
1.247 jufi 4529: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4530:
4531: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4532: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4533:
1.247 jufi 4534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4535: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4536: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4537: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4538: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4539:
4540: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4541: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4542: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4543: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4544: <p>
1.74 louis 4545:
1.247 jufi 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4547: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4548: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4549: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4550:
1.219 horacio 4551: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4552: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4553: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4554: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4555: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4556: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4557: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4558: <p>
1.88 louis 4559:
1.247 jufi 4560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4561: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4562: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4563: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4564:
4565: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4566: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4567: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4568: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4569: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4570: <p>
1.81 louis 4571:
1.247 jufi 4572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4573: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4574: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4575: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4576:
4577: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4578: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4579: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4580: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4581: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4582: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4583: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4584: <p>
1.90 louis 4585:
1.247 jufi 4586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4587: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4588: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4589: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4590:
4591: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4592: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4593: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4594: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4595: <p>
1.247 jufi 4596: </ul>
1.71 louis 4597:
1.69 deraadt 4598: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4599: <ul>
1.70 louis 4600:
1.247 jufi 4601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4602: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4603: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4604: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4605:
4606: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4607: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4608: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4609: <p>
1.70 louis 4610:
1.247 jufi 4611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4612: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4613: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4614: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4615:
4616: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4617: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4618: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4619: <p>
1.68 louis 4620:
1.247 jufi 4621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4622: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4623: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4624: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4625: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4626:
1.111 jufi 4627: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4628: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4629: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4630: "secure by default" installation.
4631: <p>
1.64 louis 4632:
1.247 jufi 4633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4634: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4635: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4636: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4637:
1.113 naddy 4638: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4639: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4640: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4641: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4642: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4643: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4644: <p>
1.66 louis 4645:
1.247 jufi 4646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4647: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4648: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4649: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4650:
4651: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4652: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4653: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4654: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4655: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4656: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4657: <p>
1.83 louis 4658:
1.247 jufi 4659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4660: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4661: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4662: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4663:
4664: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4665: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4666: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4667: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4668: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4669: <p>
1.64 louis 4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4672: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4673: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4674: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4675:
4676: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4677: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4678: <p>
1.301 jose 4679:
4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4681: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4682: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4683: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4684: </strong></font><br>
4685:
4686: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4687: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4688: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4689: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4690: Giving way to
4691: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4692: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4693: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4694: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4695: <p>
1.247 jufi 4696: </ul>
1.65 louis 4697:
1.69 deraadt 4698: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4699: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4700:
1.247 jufi 4701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4702: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4703: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4704: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4705:
4706: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4707: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4708: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4709: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4710: <p>
1.88 louis 4711:
1.247 jufi 4712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4713: <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 4714: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4715:
4716: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4717: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4718: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4719: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4720: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4721: <p>
1.60 louis 4722:
1.247 jufi 4723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4724: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4725: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4726: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4727: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4728:
4729: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4730: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4731: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4732: <p>
1.58 louis 4733:
1.247 jufi 4734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4735: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4736: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4737:
4738: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4739: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4740: <p>
1.53 louis 4741:
1.247 jufi 4742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4743: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4744: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4745: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4746:
4747: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4748: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4749: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4750: <p>
1.99 louis 4751:
1.247 jufi 4752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4753: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4754: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4755:
4756: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4757: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4758: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4759: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4760: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4761:
1.247 jufi 4762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4763: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4764: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4765: </strong></font><br>
4766:
4767: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4768: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4769: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4770: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4771: <p>
4772:
1.247 jufi 4773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4774: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4775: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4776: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4777:
4778: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4779: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4780: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4781:
1.247 jufi 4782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4783: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4784: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4785:
4786: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4787: in
1.247 jufi 4788: <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 4789: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4790: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4791: <p>
1.53 louis 4792:
1.247 jufi 4793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4794: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4795: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4796: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4797: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4798:
1.58 louis 4799: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4800: <p>
1.301 jose 4801:
4802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4803: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4804: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4805: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4806: Informacyjny, January 2000
4807: </strong></font><br>
4808:
4809: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4810: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4811: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4812: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4813: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4814: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4815: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4816: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4817: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4818: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4819: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4820: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4821: <p>
4822:
4823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4824: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4825: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4826: </strong></font><br>
4827:
4828: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4829: <p>
4830: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4831:
1.69 deraadt 4832: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4833: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4834:
1.247 jufi 4835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4836: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4837: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4838: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4839: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4840:
1.58 louis 4841: Kurt Seifried
4842: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4843: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4844: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4845: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4846:
1.247 jufi 4847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4848: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4849: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4850: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4851:
4852: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4853: <p>
1.96 louis 4854:
1.247 jufi 4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4856: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4857: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4858: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4859: </strong></font><br>
4860:
4861: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4862: <p>
4863:
4864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4865: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4866: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4867: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4868:
4869: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4870: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4871: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4872: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4873: <p>
1.247 jufi 4874: </ul>
1.86 louis 4875:
1.69 deraadt 4876: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4877: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4878:
1.247 jufi 4879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4880: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4881: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4882: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4883:
4884: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4885: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4886: <p>
1.61 louis 4887:
1.247 jufi 4888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4889: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4890: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4891: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4892: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4893:
4894: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4895: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4896: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4897: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4898: right -- or at least strives to".
4899: <p>
1.48 louis 4900:
1.247 jufi 4901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4902: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4903: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4904: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4905: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4906: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4907: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4908: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4909: <p>
1.61 louis 4910:
1.247 jufi 4911: <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 4912: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4913: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4914:
4915: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4916: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4917: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4918: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4919: <p>
1.46 louis 4920:
1.247 jufi 4921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4922: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4923: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4924: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4925:
4926: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4927: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4928: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4929:
1.247 jufi 4930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4931: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4932: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4933: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4934:
4935: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4936: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4937: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4938: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4939: <p>
1.247 jufi 4940: </ul>
1.70 louis 4941:
1.69 deraadt 4942: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4943: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4944:
1.247 jufi 4945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4946: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4947: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4948: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4949: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4950:
4951: Kurt Seifried
4952: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4953: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4954: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4955: <p>
1.44 philen 4956:
1.247 jufi 4957: <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 4958: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4959: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4960:
4961: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4962: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4963:
1.247 jufi 4964: <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 4965: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4966: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4967:
4968: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4969: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4970:
1.247 jufi 4971: <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 4972: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4973: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4974:
4975: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4976: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4977: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4978: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4979: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4980:
1.247 jufi 4981: <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 4982: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4983: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4984:
1.36 louis 4985: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4986: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4987:
1.247 jufi 4988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4989: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 4990: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4991: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4992:
4993: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4994: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4995: </ul>
1.38 louis 4996:
1.69 deraadt 4997: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4998: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4999:
1.247 jufi 5000: <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 5001: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5002: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5003:
5004: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5005: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5006: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5007:
1.113 naddy 5008: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5009: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5010: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5011: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5012:
5013: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5014: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5015: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5016: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5017: <blockquote>
5018: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5019: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5020: <br>
5021: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5022: </code>
5023: </blockquote>
5024: <p>
5025:
1.247 jufi 5026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5027: <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 5028: <p>
5029:
5030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5031: <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 5032: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5033:
5034: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5035: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5036: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5037: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5038:
1.247 jufi 5039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5040: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5041: Sept. 28, 1999
5042: </strong></font><br>
5043:
5044: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5045: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5046: translating and reprinting articles from
5047: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5048: <p>
5049:
5050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5051: <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 5052: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5053:
5054: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5055: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5056: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5057: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5058: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5059: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5060: <p>
1.19 louis 5061:
1.113 naddy 5062: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5063: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5064: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5065:
5066: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5067: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5068: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5069: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5070: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5071: <p>
1.16 louis 5072:
1.247 jufi 5073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5074: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5075: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5076: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5077:
1.57 louis 5078: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5079: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5080: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5081: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5082:
1.247 jufi 5083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5084: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5085: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5086: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5087:
1.113 naddy 5088: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5089:
1.247 jufi 5090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5091: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5092: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5093: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5094:
1.23 louis 5095: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5096: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5097: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5098: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5099: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5100: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5101:
1.247 jufi 5102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5103: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5104: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5105: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5106:
1.199 pvalchev 5107: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5108: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5109: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5110: installation.
1.113 naddy 5111: <p>
1.47 louis 5112:
1.247 jufi 5113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5114: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5115: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5116: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5117:
1.301 jose 5118: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5119: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5120: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5121: </ul>
1.57 louis 5122:
1.69 deraadt 5123: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5124: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5125:
1.247 jufi 5126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5127: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5128: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5129: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5130:
5131: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5132: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5133: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5134: <p>
1.12 louis 5135:
1.247 jufi 5136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5137: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5138: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5139: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5140:
5141: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5142: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5143: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5144: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5145: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5146: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5147: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5148: <p>
1.247 jufi 5149: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5150:
1.69 deraadt 5151: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5152: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5153:
1.247 jufi 5154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5155: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5156: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5157:
5158: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5159: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5160: available."
1.113 naddy 5161: <p>
1.301 jose 5162:
5163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5164: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5165: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5166: </strong></font><br>
5167:
5168: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5169: <p>
1.247 jufi 5170: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5171:
1.69 deraadt 5172: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5173: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5174:
1.247 jufi 5175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5176: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5177: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5178:
5179: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5180: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5181: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5182: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5183: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5184: <p>
1.33 louis 5185:
1.247 jufi 5186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5187: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5188: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5189: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5190:
1.113 naddy 5191: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5192: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5193: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5194: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5195: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5196: <p>
1.247 jufi 5197: </ul>
1.57 louis 5198:
1.69 deraadt 5199: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5200: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5201:
1.247 jufi 5202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5203: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5204: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5205: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5206:
5207: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5208: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5209: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5210:
1.247 jufi 5211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5212: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5213: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5214: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5215: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5216:
5217: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5218: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5219:
1.247 jufi 5220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5221: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5222:
1.113 naddy 5223: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5224:
1.247 jufi 5225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5226: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5227: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5228: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5229:
5230: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5231: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5232: </ul>
1.23 louis 5233:
1.69 deraadt 5234: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5235: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5236:
1.247 jufi 5237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5238: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5239: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5240:
5241: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5242: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5243: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5244:
1.247 jufi 5245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5246: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5247: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5248: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5249:
5250: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5251: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5252: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5253: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5254: </ul>
1.57 louis 5255:
1.69 deraadt 5256: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5257: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5258:
1.247 jufi 5259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5260: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5261: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5262: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5263:
5264: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5265: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5266: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5267: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5268: <p>
1.15 louis 5269:
1.247 jufi 5270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5271: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5272: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5273: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5274:
5275: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5276: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5277: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5278: columns."
1.113 naddy 5279: <p>
1.247 jufi 5280: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5281:
1.69 deraadt 5282: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5283: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5284:
1.247 jufi 5285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5286: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5287: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5288: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5289:
5290: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5291: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5292:
1.113 naddy 5293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5294: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5295: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5296:
5297: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5298: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5299: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5300: </ul>
1.57 louis 5301:
1.69 deraadt 5302: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5303: <ul>
1.301 jose 5304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5305: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5306: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5307: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5308:
5309: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5310: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
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