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1.503 ian 19: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ! ian 22: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
! 23: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
! 24: </strong></font><br>
! 25: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
! 26: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
! 27: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
! 28: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware, and
! 29: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
! 30: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
! 31: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
! 32: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
! 33: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
! 34: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
! 35: that have reading comprehension issues..."
! 36: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
! 37: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
! 38: <p>
! 39:
! 40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 41: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
42: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
43: </strong></font><br>
44: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
45: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
46: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
47: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
48: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
49: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
50: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
51: pages."
52: <p>
53:
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 55: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 56: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 57: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 58: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
59: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
60: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 61: for funding.
1.509 djm 62: <p>
63:
64: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 65: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
66: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
67: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
68: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
69: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
70: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 74: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
75: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
76: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
77: </strong></font><br>
78: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 79: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 80: is punctuated with examples.
81: Tunneling features are described, as well as
82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
83: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
84: and
85: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 89: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
90: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
91: </strong></font><br>
92: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
93: further OpenSSH development.
94: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
95: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
96: project's funding needs for all time.
97: <p>
1.504 bernd 98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
99: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
100: April 3, 2006
101: </strong></font><br>
102: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
103: this could compromise future hackathons.
104: <p>
1.503 ian 105:
106: </ul>
107:
1.487 ian 108: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
109: <ul>
1.495 ian 110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 111: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 112: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 113: </strong></font><br>
114: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
115: on topics including "Puffy",
116: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
117: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
118: what's new in 3.9,
119: and of course project expenses.
120: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
121: <!--
122: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
123: -->
124: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 128: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
129: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
130: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 131: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
132: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 133: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
134: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
135: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
136: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
137: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
138: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
139: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
140: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
141: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
142: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
143: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
144: but Matzan does - is that
145: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
146: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
147: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
148: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
149: <br/>
150: <p>
151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
153: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
154: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
155: </strong></font><br>
156: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
157: "blob" drivers, and more.
158: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
159: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
160: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
161: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
162: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
163: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
164: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
165: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
166: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
167: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
168: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
169: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
170: <p>
171:
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 173: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
174: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
175: </strong></font><br>
176: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
177: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
178: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
179: in general temperature and environmental issues.
180: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
181: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
182: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
183: other major operating systems." ...
184: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
185: machines running in
186: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
187: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
191: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
192: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
193: </strong></font><br>
194: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
195: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
196: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
197: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
198: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
199: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
200: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
201: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
202: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
203: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
204: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
205: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
206: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
207: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
208: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
209: <p>
210:
1.487 ian 211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 212: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
213: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
214: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 215: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 216: financial situation.
217: <p>
218:
219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 220: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
221: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
222: </strong></font><br>
223: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
224: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
225: produce our favorite operating system.
226: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
227: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
228: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
229: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
230: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 231: <br/>
232: Also online at
233: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
234: <p>
235:
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
237: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
238: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
239: </strong></font><br>
240: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
241: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
242: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
243: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
244: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
245: sustain indefinitely."
246: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
247: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
248: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
249: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
250: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 251: <p>
252:
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 254: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
255: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
256: </strong></font><br>
257: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
258: with a reminder that
259: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
260: used nowadays almost everywhere."
261: Ends with this quote from Marco:
262: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
263: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
264: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 268: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 269: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
270: </strong></font><br>
271: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
272: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
273: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
274: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
275: a few of them each year.
276: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
277: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
278: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
279: to the OpenBSD project.
280: It's time for them to do so.
281: <p>
282:
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 284: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
285: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
286: </strong></font><br>
287: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
288: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
289: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
290: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
291: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
292: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
293: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
294: <p>
295:
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 297: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
298: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 299: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
300: <!-- North America mirror:
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1.490 deraadt 303: European mirror:
304: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
305: <br>
306: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 307: <p>
308:
309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 310: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
311: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 312: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 313: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
314: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
315: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
316: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
317: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
318: designed to provide reliability and security.
319: <p>
320:
321: </ul>
322:
1.485 ian 323: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
324: <ul>
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 326: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
327: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
328: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 329: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 330: installations in about four minutes flat".
331: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
332: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 333: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 334: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
335: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
336: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
337: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
338: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
339: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
340: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
341: the steps in the article.
342: <p>
343:
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 345: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
346: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
347: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
348: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
349: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
350: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
351: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
352: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
353: happening in real life.
354: <p>
355:
356: </ul>
357:
1.492 ian 358: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
359: <ul>
360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
361: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
362: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
363: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
364: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
365: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
366: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 367: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 368: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
369: </ul>
370:
1.483 ian 371: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
372: <ul>
373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 374: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
375: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
376: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
377: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
378: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 382: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 383: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
384: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
385: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
386: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
387: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
388: to sites with more information on most topics.
389: <p>
390:
391: </ul>
392:
393:
1.479 grunk 394: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
395: <ul>
396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 397: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 398: Goes to Venice</a>,
399: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 400: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 401: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
402: <br/>
403: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
404: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
405: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 406: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 407: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
408: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
409: Contains a link to
410: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
411: pval's summary slides</a>.
412: <p>
413:
414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 415: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
416: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
417: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
418: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
419: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
420: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
421: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
422: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 423: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 424: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
425: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
426: the packages and ports system"</i>.
427: <p>
428:
429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
430: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
431: Return of The BSDs</a>,
432: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
433: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
434: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
435: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
436: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
437: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
438: quotes from Bob Beck.
439: <p>
440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 442: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
443: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
444: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 445: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
446: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 447: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
448: and Linux.<br>
449: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
450: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
451: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
452: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
453: of the release
454: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
455: <p>
456: </ul>
457:
1.476 ian 458: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
459: <ul>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
462: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
463: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
464: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
465: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
466: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
467: and too unreliable.
468: This quote will rattle some cages:
469: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
470: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
471: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
472: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
473: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
474: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
475: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
476: costs without any commercial lock-in."
477: <p>
478:
1.477 saad 479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
480: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
481: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
482: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
483: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
484: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
485: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
486: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
487: discussion about future plans.
488: <p>
489:
1.478 grunk 490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
491: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
492: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
493: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
494: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
495: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
496: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
497: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
498: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
499: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
500: <p>
501:
1.476 ian 502: </ul>
503:
1.470 saad 504: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
505: <ul>
506:
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 508: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
509: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
510: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
511: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
512: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
513: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
514: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
515: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
516: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
517: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
518: <p>
519:
520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 521: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
522: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
523: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
524: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
525: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
526: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
527: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
528: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
529: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
530: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
531: <p>
532:
533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 534: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
535: Big debate over small packets</a>,
536: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
537: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
538: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
539: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
540: draft.
541: <p>
542:
543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 544: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
545: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
546: ordinateur ?"</a>,
547: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
548: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
549: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
550: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
551: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
552: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
553: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
554: <p>
555:
556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 557: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
558: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
559: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
560: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
561: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
562: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
563: performance data with pfstat.
564: <p>
565:
566: </ul>
567:
1.461 grunk 568: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
569: <ul>
570:
571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 572: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
573: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 574: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 575: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
576: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
577: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 578: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 579: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 580: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
581: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
582: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 583: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
584: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 585: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 586: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
587: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 588: <p>
589:
590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 591: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
592: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 593: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 594: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
595: poor security:
1.467 grunk 596: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 597: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 598: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 599: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
600: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
601: <p>
602:
603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 604: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
605: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 606: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 607: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
608: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 609: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
610: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
611: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
612: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
613: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
614: commercial vendors.
615: <p>
616:
617: </ul>
618:
1.454 ian 619: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
620: <ul>
1.468 grunk 621:
622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
623: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
624: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
625: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
626: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
627: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
628: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 629: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 630: <br>
631: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
632: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
633: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
634: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
635: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 636: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 637: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
638: <p>
639:
1.454 ian 640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 641: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
642: Free Bird</a>,
643: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
644: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
645: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
646: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
647: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
648: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
649: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
650: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
651: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
652: room will only be available in the print edition.
653: <p>
1.459 deraadt 654:
1.458 niallo 655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 656: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
657: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
658: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
659: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
660: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
661: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
662: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
663: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
664: <p>
1.457 deraadt 665:
1.456 niallo 666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 667: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 668: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
669: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
670: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
671: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
672: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
673: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 674: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 675: interview.</a>
676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 679: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
680: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
681: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
682: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
683: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
684: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
685: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
686: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
687: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
688: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
689: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
690: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
691: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
692: "I have never used it."
693: <p>
694:
695: </ul>
696:
1.441 deraadt 697: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
698: <ul>
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 700: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
701: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
702: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
703: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
704: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
705: future enhancements.
706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 709: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 710: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
711: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
712: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
713: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
714: North America mirror:
715: <ul>
1.452 marco 716: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 717: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
718: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 719: </ul>
720: European mirror:
721: <ul>
1.452 marco 722: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 723: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
724: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
725: </ul>
726: <p>
727:
728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 729: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
730: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
731: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
732: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
733: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
734: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
735: <p>
736:
737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 738: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
739: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
740: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
741: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
742: first-hand account.
743: <p>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 746: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
747: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
748: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
749: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
750: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
751: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
752: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
753: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
754: <p>
755:
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 757: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
758: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
759: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
760: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
761: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
762: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
763: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
764: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
765: <p>
766:
767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 768: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 769: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 770: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
771: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
772: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
773: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
774: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
775: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
776: <p>
777:
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
779: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 780: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 781: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
782: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
783: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
784: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
785: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
786: <p>
787:
788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 789: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
790: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
791: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 792: </strong></font><br>
793: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
794: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
795: with OpenBSD.
796: </ul>
797:
1.436 henning 798: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
799: <ul>
800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 801: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
802: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
803: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
804: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
805: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
806: than closed source, as we have long contended.
807: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
808: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
809: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
810: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
811: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
812: <p>
813: This article can also be found online as
814: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
815: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
816: <p>
817:
818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 819: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
820: </strong></font><br>
821: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
822: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
823: <p>
824:
825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 826: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
827: </strong></font><br>
828: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
829: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 830: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 831: the issues we had with IETF.
832: </ul>
833:
1.431 ian 834: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
835: <ul>
836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 837: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
838: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
839: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
840: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
841: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
842: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
843: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
844: <p>
845:
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 847: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
848: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
849: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
850: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
851: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
852: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 853: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 854: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
855: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
856: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
857: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
858: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
859: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
860: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
861: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
862:
863: </ul>
864:
1.427 matthieu 865: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
866: <ul>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 869: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
870: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
871: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
872: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
873: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
874: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
875: firmware.
1.434 ian 876: Similar articles can be found online at:
877: <ul>
878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
879: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
880: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
881: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
883: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
884: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
885: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
887: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
888: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
889: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 891: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 892: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
893: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
894: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 895: </ul>
896:
1.426 ian 897: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
898: <ul>
899:
900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
901: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
902: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
903: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
904: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 905: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 906: mechanism: what it is and why and
907: how to use it, with examples.
908: Another excerpt from the book
909: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
910: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
911: <p>
912:
913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
914: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
915: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
916: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
917: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
918: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
919: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
920: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
921: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
922: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
923: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
924: This article is a sample chapter from
925: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
926: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
927: <p>
1.443 ian 928:
929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 930: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 931: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
932: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
933: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
934: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
935: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
936: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
937: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
938: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
939: ends with a sidebar on security.
940: <p>
1.426 ian 941: </ul>
942:
1.424 ian 943: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
944: <ul>
945:
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 947: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
948: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
949: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
950: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
951: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
952: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
953: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
954: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
955: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
956: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
957: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
958: <p>
959: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
960: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
961: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
962: <p>
963:
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 965: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
966: Closed Source Hardware</a>
967: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
968: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
969: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
970: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
971: operating systems.
972: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
973: OpenBSD on his firewall.
974: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
975: systems, he writes:
976: <blockquote>
977: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
978: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
979: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
980: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
981: to the operating system...
982: <br/>
983: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
984: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
985: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
986: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
987: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
988: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
989: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
990: in a closed source operating system).
991: <br/>
992: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
993: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
994: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
995: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
996: </blockquote>
997: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
998: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
999: their hardware and software operates.
1000: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1001: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1002: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1003: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1004: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1005: <p>
1006: </ul>
1007:
1.417 pvalchev 1008: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1009: <ul>
1.421 ian 1010:
1.417 pvalchev 1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1012: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1013: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1014: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1015: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1016: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1017: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1018: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1019: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1020: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1021: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1022: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1023: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1024: <p>
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1026: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1027: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1028: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1029: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1030: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1031: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1032: it claims to do".
1033: <p>
1034:
1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1036: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1037: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1038: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1039: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1040: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1041: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1042: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1043: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1044: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1045: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1046: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1047: (yes, this is a hint).
1048: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1049: picked up on the
1050: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1051: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1052: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1053: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1054: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1055: <p>
1056:
1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1058: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1059: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1060: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1061: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1062: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1063: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1064: the current efforts.
1065: <p>
1066: </ul>
1067:
1.407 henning 1068: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1069: <ul>
1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1071: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1072: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1073: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1074: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1075: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1076: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1077: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1078: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1079: <p>
1080:
1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1082: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1083: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1084: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1085: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1086: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1087: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1088: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1089: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1090: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1091: <p>
1.415 ian 1092:
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1094: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1095: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1096: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1097: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1098: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1099: overflow attacks... because
1100: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1101: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1102: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1103: and propolice.
1104: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1105: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1106: and that's when the science falls apart."
1107: <p>
1108:
1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1110: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1111: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1112: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1113: Starts with the question:
1114: <blockquote>
1115: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1116: <br/>
1117: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1118: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1119: <br/>
1120: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1121: Should we believe them?"
1122: </blockquote>
1123: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1124: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1125: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1126: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1127: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1128: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1129: <p>
1130:
1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1132: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1133: Simple Simon</a>,
1134: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1135: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1136: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1137: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1138: routing/firewall, and more.
1139: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1140: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1141: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1142: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1143: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1144: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1145: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1146: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1147: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1148: </blockquote>
1149: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1150: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1151: <p>
1152:
1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1154: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1155: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1156: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1157: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1158: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1159: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1160: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1161: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1162: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1163: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1164: in spite of it
1165: (registration required, but worth it).
1166: <p>
1167:
1168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1169: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1170: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1171: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1172: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1173: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1174: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1175: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1176: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1177: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1178: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1179: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1180: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1181: <p>
1182:
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1184: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1185: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1186: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1187: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1188: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1189: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1190: <blockquote>
1191: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1192: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1193: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1194: a lot of analysis.
1195: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1196: </blockquote>
1197: <p>
1198: </ul>
1199:
1.400 marco 1200: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1201: <ul>
1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1203: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1204: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1205: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1206: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1207: UNIX-like systems.
1208: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1209: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1210: <p>
1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1212: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1213: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1214: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1215: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1216: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1217: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1218: At one point, the article states:
1219: <blockquote>
1220: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1221: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1222: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1223: </blockquote>
1224: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1225: <blockquote>
1226: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1227: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1228: </blockquote>
1229: <p>
1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1231: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1232: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1233: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1234: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1235: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1236: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1237: required).
1238: <p>
1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1240: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1241: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1242: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1243: </strong></font><br>
1244: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1245: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1246: <p>
1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1248: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1249: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1250: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1251: </strong></font><br>
1252: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1253: <p>
1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1255: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1256: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1257: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1258: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1259: 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 1260: <p>
1261: </ul>
1262:
1.396 henning 1263: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1264: <ul>
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1266: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1267: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1268: Unix Review, July, 2004
1269: </strong></font><br>
1270: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1271: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1272: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1273: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1274: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1275: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1276: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1277: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1278: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1279: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1280: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1281: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1282: and even spelling/wording errors.
1283: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1284: <p>
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1286: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1287: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1288: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1289: </strong></font><br>
1290: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1291: <p>
1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1293: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1294: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1295: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1296: </strong></font><br>
1297: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1298: <p>
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1300: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1301: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1302: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1305: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1306: <p>
1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1308: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1309: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1310: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1311: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1312: <p>
1313: </ul>
1314:
1.405 jolan 1315: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1316: <ul>
1317: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1318: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1319: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1320: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1321: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1322: details on how funds are dispersed.
1323: <p>
1324: </ul>
1325:
1.393 david 1326: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1327: <ul>
1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1329: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1330: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1331: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1332: </strong></font><br>
1333: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1334: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1335: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1336: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1337: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1338: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1339: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1340: <p>
1341:
1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1343: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1344: Secure by Default</a>,
1345: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1346: </strong></font><br>
1347: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1348: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1349: <p>
1350:
1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1352: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1353: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1354: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1355: </strong></font><br>
1356: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1357: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1358: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1359: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1360: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1361: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1362: <p>
1363:
1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1365: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1366: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1367: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1368: </strong></font><br>
1369: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1370: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1371: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1372: <p>
1373:
1374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1375: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1376: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1377: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1378: </strong></font><br>
1379: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1380: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1381: <p>
1382: </ul>
1383:
1.388 mcbride 1384: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1385: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1386:
1387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1388: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1389: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1390: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1391: </strong></font><br>
1392: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1393: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1394: available for sparc64.
1395: <p>
1396:
1.390 beck 1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1398: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1399: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1400: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1401: </strong></font><br>
1402: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1403: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1404: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1405: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1406: <p>
1407:
1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1409: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1410: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1411: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1412: </strong></font><br>
1413: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1414: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1415: it does: CARP provides sharing
1416: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1417: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1418: detail to get you started using it.
1419: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1420: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1421: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1422: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1423: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1424: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1425: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1426: <p>
1.391 ian 1427:
1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1429: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1430: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1431: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1432: </strong></font><br>
1433: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1434: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1435: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1436: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1437:
1438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1439: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1440: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1441: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1442: </strong></font><br>
1443: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1444: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1445: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1446: unencumbered by patents.
1447: <p>
1448: </ul>
1449:
1.378 henning 1450: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1451: <ul>
1.384 jose 1452:
1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1454: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1455: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1456: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1457: </strong></font><br>
1458: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1459: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1460: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1461: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1462: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1463: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1464: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1465: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1466: in the page tables."
1467: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1468: <p>
1469:
1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1471: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1472: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1473: </strong></font><br>
1474: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1475: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1476: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1477: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1478: <p>
1.384 jose 1479:
1.378 henning 1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1481: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1482: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1483: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1484: </strong></font><br>
1485: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1486: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1487: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1488: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1489: (quote:
1490: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1491: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1492: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1493: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1494: the other developers for their work on the system.
1495: <p>
1496:
1497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1498: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1499: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1500: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1501: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1502: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1503: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1504: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1505: too.
1506: <p>
1507:
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1509: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1510: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1511: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1512: OpenBSD source code using
1513: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1514: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1515: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1516: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1517: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1518: <p>
1519: </ul>
1520:
1.374 jose 1521: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1522: <ul>
1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1524: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1525: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1526: </strong></font><br>
1527: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1528: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1529: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1530: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1531: it."
1532: <p>
1533:
1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1535: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1536: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1537: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1538: </strong></font><br/>
1539: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1540: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1541: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1542: <p>
1543: </ul>
1544:
1.369 ian 1545: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1546: <ul>
1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1548: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1549: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1550: </strong></font><br/>
1551: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1552: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1553: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1554: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1555: <p>
1556:
1557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1558: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1559: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1560: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1561: </strong></font><br/>
1562: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1563: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1564: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1565: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1566: form factor.
1567: <p>
1568:
1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1570: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1571: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1572: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1573: Features</a>,
1574: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1575: </strong></font><br/>
1576: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1577: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1578: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1579: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1580: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1581: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1582: <p>
1583: This article can also be found online at:
1584: <ul>
1585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1586: <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 1587: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1588: </strong></font>
1589: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1590: </ul>
1591: <p>
1.392 david 1592:
1.371 jose 1593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1594: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1595: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1596: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1597: </strong></font><br/>
1598: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1599: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1600: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1601: <p>
1.371 jose 1602:
1603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1604: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1605: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1606: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1607: </strong></font><br/>
1608: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1609: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1610: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1611: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1612: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1613: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1614: and its history with OpenBSD.
1615: </ul>
1616:
1.368 henning 1617: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1618: <ul>
1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1620: [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 1621: </strong></font><br>
1622: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1623: </ul>
1624:
1.364 jose 1625: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1626: <ul>
1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1628: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1629: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1630: UNIX Review,
1631: July, 2003.
1632: </strong></font><br>
1633: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1634: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1635: who want more information.
1636: <p>
1637:
1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1639: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1640: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1641: Government Computer News,
1642: July 22, 2003.
1643: </strong></font><br>
1644: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1645: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1646: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1647: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1648: <p>
1649:
1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1651: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1652: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1653: SANS Institute,
1654: July 22, 2003.
1655: </strong></font><br>
1656: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1657: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1658: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1659: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1660: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1661: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1662: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1663: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1664: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1665: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1666: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1667: <p>
1668:
1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1670: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1671: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1672: OnLamp.com,
1673: July 17, 2003.
1674: </strong></font><br>
1675: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1676: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1677: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1678: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1679: have been working on.
1680:
1681: </ul>
1682:
1.356 jose 1683: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1684: <ul>
1685:
1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1687: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1688: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1689: UNIX Review,
1690: June, 2003.
1691: </strong></font><br>
1692: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1693: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1694: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1695: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1696: <p>
1697:
1698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1699: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1700: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1701: eWeek,
1702: June 23, 2003.
1703: </strong></font><br>
1704: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1705: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1706: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1707: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1708: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1709: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1710: <p>
1711:
1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1713: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1714: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1715: Software Development Online,
1716: June, 2003.
1717: </strong></font><br>
1718: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1719: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1720: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1721: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1722: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1723: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1724: current activities.
1725: <p>
1726:
1727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1728: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1729: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1730: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1731: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1732: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1733: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1734: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1735: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1736: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1737: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1738: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1739: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1740: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1741: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1742: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1743: decisions.
1744: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1745: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1746: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1747: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1748: <p>
1749:
1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1751: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1752: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1753: Page 58, eWeek,
1754: June 2, 2003.
1755: </strong></font><br>
1756: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1757: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1758: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1759: been addressed in -current.
1760: <p>
1761:
1.356 jose 1762: </ul>
1763:
1764: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1765: <ul>
1766:
1.355 jose 1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1768: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1769: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1770: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1771: </strong></font><br>
1772: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1773: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1774: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1775: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1776: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1777: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1778: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1779: <p>
1780:
1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1782: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1783: Beyond Linux</a>,
1784: InfoWorld,
1785: May 23, 2003.
1786: </strong></font><br>
1787: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1788: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1789: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1790: compared to the GPL.
1791: <p>
1792:
1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1794: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1795: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1796: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1797: May 17, 2003.
1798: </strong></font><br>
1799: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1800: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1801: the business section and half of another page inside
1802: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1803: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1804: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1805: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1806: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1807: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1808: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1809: <br>
1810: This article can also be found online at:
1811: <ul>
1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1813: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1814: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1815: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1816: May 17, 2003
1817: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1818: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1820: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1821: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1822: Montreal Gazette,
1823: May 21, 2003
1824: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1825: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1826: <p>
1.346 ian 1827:
1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1829: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1830: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1831: May 7, 2003.
1832: </strong></font><br>
1833: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1834: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1835: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1836: <p>
1837:
1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1839: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1840: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1841: OsOpinion,
1842: May 6, 2003.
1843: </strong></font><br>
1844: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1845: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1846: <br>
1847: This article can also be found online at:
1848: <ul>
1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1850: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1851: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1852: NewsFactor Network.
1853: </strong></font>
1854: </ul>
1855: <p>
1856:
1857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1858: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1859: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1860: ITBusiness,
1861: May 2, 2003.
1862: </strong></font><br>
1863: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1864: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1865: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1866: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1867: <p>
1868:
1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1870: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1871: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1872: InfoWorld,
1873: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1874: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1875: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1876: <br>
1877: This article can also be found online at:
1878: <ul>
1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1880: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1881: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1882: IDG Singapore.
1883: </strong></font>
1884: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1885: <p>
1886:
1.339 jose 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1888: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1889: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1890: ZDNet,
1891: May 1, 2003.
1892: </strong></font><br>
1893: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1894: someone using parts from previous articles.
1895: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1896: This article can also be found online at:
1897: <ul>
1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1899: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1900: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1901: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1902: </strong></font>
1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1904: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1905: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1906: CNET News.com.
1907: </strong></font>
1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1909: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1910: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1911: ZDNet UK.
1912: </strong></font>
1913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1914: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1915: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1916: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1917: </strong></font>
1918: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1919: <p>
1.339 jose 1920:
1.341 deraadt 1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1922: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1923: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1924: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1925: May 1, 2003.
1926: </strong></font><br>
1927: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1928: that have been added
1929: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1930: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1931: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1932: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1933: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1934: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1935: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1936: <p>
1937:
1938: </ul>
1939:
1.253 ian 1940: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1941: <ul>
1.255 ian 1942:
1.260 ian 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1944: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1945: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1946: TechRepublic,
1947: April 28, 2003.
1948: </strong></font><br>
1949: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1950: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1951: work.<br>
1952: Can also be found online at:
1953: <ul>
1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1955: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1956: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1957: ZDNet UK.
1958: </strong></font>
1959: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1960: <p>
1961:
1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1963: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1964: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1965: IDG,
1966: April 24, 2003.
1967: </strong></font><br>
1968: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1969: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1970: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1971: Can also be found online at:
1972: <ul>
1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1974: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1975: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1976: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1977: </strong></font>
1978: </ul>
1979: <p>
1980:
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1982: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1983: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1984: Slate,
1985: April 24, 2003.
1986: </strong></font><br>
1987: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1988: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1989: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1990: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1991: <p>
1992:
1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1994: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1995: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1996: April 24, 2003.
1997: </strong></font><br>
1998: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1999: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2000: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2001: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2002: <p>
2003:
2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2005: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2006: April 24, 2003.
2007: </strong></font><br>
2008: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2009: the free software community".
2010: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2011: other articles.
2012: <p>
2013:
2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2015: <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 2016: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2017: </strong></font><br>
2018: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2019: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2020: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2021: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2022: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2023: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2024: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2025: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2026: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2027: <br/>
2028: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2029: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2030: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2031: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2032: <br>
2033: Can also be found online at:
2034: <ul>
2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2036: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2037: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2038: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2039: </strong></font>
2040: </ul>
1.324 ian 2041: <p>
2042:
2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2044: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2045: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2046: </strong></font><br>
2047: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2048: article above.
2049: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2050: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2051: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2052: <br>
2053: Can also be found online at:
2054: <ul>
2055: <li>
2056: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2057: </strong></font>
2058: </ul>
1.324 ian 2059: <p>
2060:
2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2062: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2063: </strong></font><br>
2064: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2065: <p>
2066:
2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2068: <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.
2069: </strong></font><br>
2070: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2071: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2072: <p>
2073:
2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2075: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2076: April 23, 2003.
2077: </strong></font><br>
2078: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2079: <p>
2080:
2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2082: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2083: April 22, 2003.
2084: </strong></font><br>
2085: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2086: <p>
2087:
2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2089: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2090: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2091: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2092: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2093: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2094: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2095: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2096: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2097: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2098: Can also be found online at:
2099: <ul>
2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2101: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2102: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2103: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2104: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2106: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2107: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2108: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2109: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2110: </ul>
2111: <p>
2112:
2113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2114: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2115: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2116: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2117: </strong></font><br>
2118: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2119: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2120: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2121: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2122: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2123: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2124: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2125: <p>
2126:
2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2128: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2129: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2130: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2131: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2132: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2133: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2134: at UPenn and DARPA.
2135: <p>
2136:
2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2138: [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,
2139: France
1.315 deraadt 2140: April 18, 2003.
2141: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2142: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2143: <p>
2144:
2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2146: [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 2147: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2148: </strong></font><br>
2149: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2150: <p>
2151:
2152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2153: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2154: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2155: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2156: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2157: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2158: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2159: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2160: <p>
2161:
2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2163: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2164: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2165: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2166: </strong></font><br>
2167: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2168: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2169: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2170: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2171: <p>
2172:
2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2174: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2175: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2176: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2177: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2178: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2179: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2180: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2181: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2182: Can also be found online at:
2183: <ul>
2184: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2185: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2186: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2187: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2188: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2189: <p>
2190:
2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2192: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2193: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2194: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2195: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2196: </strong></font><br>
2197: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2198: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2199: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2200: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2201: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2202:
2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2204: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2205: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2206: New York Times.
2207: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2208:
1.273 deraadt 2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2210: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2211: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2212: ABC News.
2213: </strong></font>
2214:
2215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2216: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2217: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2218: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2219: </strong></font>
2220:
2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2222: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2223: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2224: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2225: </strong></font>
2226:
2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2228: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2229: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2230: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2231: </strong></font>
2232:
2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2234: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2235: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2236: Times Daily, AL.
2237: </strong></font>
2238:
2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2240: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2241: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2242: Boston.com, MA.
2243: </strong></font>
2244:
2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2246: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2247: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2248: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2249: </strong></font>
2250:
2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2252: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2253: [Article was pulled]</a>
2254: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2255: </strong></font>
2256:
2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2258: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2259: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2260: Infoshop News.
2261: </strong></font>
2262:
2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2264: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2265: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2266: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2267: </strong></font>
2268:
2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2270: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2271: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2272: Raleigh News, NC.
2273: </strong></font>
2274:
2275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2276: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2277: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2278: Napa News, CA.
2279: </strong></font>
2280:
2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2282: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2283: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2284: NEPA News, PA.
2285: </strong></font>
2286:
2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2288: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2289: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2290: Wired News.
2291: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2292: <br>
2293: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2294: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2295: [JAPANESE]
2296: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2297: Wired News Japan</a>
2298: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2299:
1.271 deraadt 2300: </ul>
2301: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2302: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2303: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2304: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2305: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2306: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2307: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2308: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2309: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2310: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2311: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2312: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2313: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2314: <p>
2315: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2316:
2317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2318: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2319: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2320: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2321: </strong></font>
2322:
2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2324: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2325: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2326: Miami Herald, FL.
2327: </strong></font>
2328:
2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2330: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2331: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2332: </strong></font>
2333:
2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2335: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2336: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2337: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2338: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2339:
2340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2341: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2342: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2343: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2344: ABC News.
2345: </strong></font>
2346:
1.276 deraadt 2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2348: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2349: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2350: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2351: </strong></font>
2352:
1.286 dhartmei 2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2354: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2355: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2356: Wilmington Star, NC.
2357: </strong></font>
2358:
1.300 jose 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2360: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2361: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2362: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2363: </strong></font>
2364:
1.309 jose 2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2366: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2367: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2368: Globe Technology.
2369: </strong></font>
2370:
1.263 deraadt 2371: </ul>
1.262 beck 2372: <p>
2373:
2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2375: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2376: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2377: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2378: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2379: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2380: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2381: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2382: <p>
2383:
2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2385: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2386: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2387: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2388: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2389: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2390: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2391: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2392: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2393: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2394: and simply restates other press reports.
2395: <p>
2396:
2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2398: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2399: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2400: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2401: </strong></font><br>
2402: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2403: <p>
2404:
2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2406: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2407: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2408: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2409: </strong></font><br>
2410: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2411: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2412: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2413: <p>
2414:
2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2416: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2417: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2418: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2419: April 17, 2003.
2420: </strong></font><br>
2421: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2422: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2423: Tech Anthems</a>
2424: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2425: 4 so far.
2426: <p>
2427:
2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2429: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2430: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2431: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2432: </strong></font><br>
2433: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2434: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2435: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2436: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2437: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2438: Goes on to say:
2439: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2440: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2441: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2442: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2443: This article is also found online at:
2444: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2446: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2447: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2448: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2449: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2451: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2452: ZDnet</a>,
2453: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2454: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2456: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2457: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2458: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2459: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2460: </ul>
1.260 ian 2461: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2462:
1.260 ian 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2464: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2465: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2466: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2467: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2468: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2469: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2470: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2471: without notice or justification.
2472: <p>
2473:
2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2475: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2476: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2477: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2478: </strong></font><br>
2479: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2480: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2481: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2482: effective today, without any warning..."
2483: <p>
1.257 ian 2484:
2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2486: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2487: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2488: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2489: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2490: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2491: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2492: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2493: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2494: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2495: <p>
2496:
2497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2498: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2499: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2500: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2501: </strong></font><br>
2502: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2503: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2504: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2505: quoting two of them:
2506: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2507: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2508: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2509: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2510: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2511: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2512: <p>
2513:
1.255 ian 2514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2515: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2516: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2517: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2518: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2519: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2520: <p>
2521:
2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2523: [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 2524: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2525: </strong></font><br>
2526: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2527: <p>
2528:
2529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2530: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2531: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2532: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2533: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2534: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2535: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2536: security experts for more than three decades."
2537: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2538: <p>
1.261 ian 2539:
1.254 drahn 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2541: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2542: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2543: </strong></font><br>
2544: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2545: <p>
2546:
2547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2548: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2549: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2550: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2551: </strong></font><br>
2552: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2553: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2554: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2555: <p>
2556:
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2558: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2559: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2560: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2561: </strong></font><br>
2562: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2563: from US DARPA.
2564: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2565: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2566: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2567: the BSD license.
2568: <p>
2569: </ul>
2570:
1.251 ian 2571: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2572: <ul>
2573:
2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2575: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2576: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2577: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2578: </strong></font><br>
2579:
2580: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2581: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2582: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2583: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2584: <p>
2585:
2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2587: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2588: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2589: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2590: </strong></font><br>
2591: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2592: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2593: Mentions
2594: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2595: and
2596: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2597: programs.
2598: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2599: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2600: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2601: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2602: <p>
1.325 ian 2603: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2604: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2605:
2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2607: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2608: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2609: </strong></font><br>
2610: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2611: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2612: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2613: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2614: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2615: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2616: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2617: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2618: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2619: put into service."
2620: <p>
2621: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2622: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2623: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2624: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2625: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2626: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2627: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2628: computers with security features."
2629: <p>
1.329 ian 2630:
2631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2632: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2633: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2634: Slate,
2635: March 3, 2003.
2636: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2637: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2638: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2639: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2640: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2641: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2642: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2643: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2644: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2645: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2646: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2647: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2648: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2649: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2650: of more secure open-source solutions like
2651: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2652: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2653: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2654: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2655: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2656: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2657: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2658: the Beltway."
2659: <p>
1.251 ian 2660: </ul>
2661:
1.249 jufi 2662: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2663: <ul>
2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2665: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2666: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2667: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2668: </strong></font><br>
2669: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2670: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2671: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2672: <p>
1.334 ian 2673:
2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2675: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2676: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2677: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2678: </strong></font><br>
2679: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2680: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2681: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2682: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2683: "... the hypothetical question ...
2684: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2685: <br>
2686: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2687: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2688: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2689: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2690: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2691: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2692: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2693: support network security.
2694: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2695: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2696: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2697: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2698: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2699: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2700: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2701: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2702: <br>
2703: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2704: <p>
2705:
1.249 jufi 2706: </ul>
2707:
1.246 jufi 2708: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2709: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2712: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2713: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2714: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2715: </strong></font><br>
2716: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2717: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2718: <p>
2719:
1.247 jufi 2720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2721: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2722: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2723: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2724: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2725: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2726: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2727: <p>
2728:
2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2730: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2731: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2732: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2733: </strong></font><br>
2734: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2735: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2736: <p>
1.247 jufi 2737: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2738:
1.244 jufi 2739: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2740: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2741:
1.247 jufi 2742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2743: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2744: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2745: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2746: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2747: </strong></font><br>
2748: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2749: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2750: md5 digests.
2751: <p>
2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2754: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2755: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2756: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2757: </strong></font><br>
2758: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2759: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2760: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2761: right the first time."
2762: <p>
1.247 jufi 2763: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2764:
2765:
2766: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2767: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2770: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2771: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2772: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2773: </strong></font><br>
2774: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2775: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2776: part 6</a>.
2777: <p>
2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2780: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2781: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2782: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2783: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2784: </strong></font><br>
2785: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2786: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2787: <p>
1.301 jose 2788:
2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2790: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2791: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2792: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2793: </strong></font><br>
2794:
2795: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2796: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2797: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2798: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2799: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2800: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2801: <i>Here's the
2802: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2803: <p>
1.247 jufi 2804: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2805:
2806: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2807: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2808:
1.247 jufi 2809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2810: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2811: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2812: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2813: </strong></font><br>
2814: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2815: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2816: <p>
2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2819: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2820: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2821: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2822: </strong></font><br>
2823: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2824: this time using pf.
2825: <p>
1.247 jufi 2826: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2827:
2828: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2829: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2830:
1.247 jufi 2831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2832: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2833: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2834: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2835: </strong></font><br>
2836: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2837: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2838: their rotation.
2839: <p>
2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2842: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2843: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2844: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2845: </strong></font><br>
2846: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2847: <p>
1.247 jufi 2848: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2849:
1.239 jufi 2850: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2851: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2852:
1.247 jufi 2853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2854: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2855: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2856: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2857: </strong></font><br>
2858: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2859: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2860: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2861: <p>
2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2864: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2865: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2866: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2867: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2868: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2869: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2870: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2871: <p>
1.247 jufi 2872: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2873:
1.235 lebel 2874: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2875: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2876:
1.239 jufi 2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2879: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2880: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2881: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2882: </strong></font><br>
2883: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2884: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2885: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2886: <p>
1.301 jose 2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2889:
1.228 horacio 2890: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2891: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2894: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2895: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2896: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2897: </strong></font><br>
2898: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2899: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2900: <p>
2901:
1.247 jufi 2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2903: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2904: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2905: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2906: </strong></font><br>
2907: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2908: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2909: <p>
2910:
1.247 jufi 2911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2912: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2913: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2914: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2915: </strong></font><br>
2916: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2917: on the desktop of his parents.
2918: <p>
2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2921: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2922: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2923: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2924: </strong></font><br>
2925: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2926: using IPFilter.
2927:
2928: <p>
2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2931: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2932: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2933: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2934: </strong></font><br>
2935: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2936: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2937: perspectives of the four OS.
2938: <br>
2939: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2940: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2941: <p>
2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2944: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2945: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2946: software and security</a>,
2947: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2948: </strong></font><br>
2949:
2950: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2951: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2952: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2953: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2954: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2955: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2956: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2957: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2958: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2959: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2960: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2961: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2962: <p>
1.247 jufi 2963: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2964:
1.225 horacio 2965: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2966: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2967:
1.247 jufi 2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2969: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2970: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2971: Interview</a>,
2972: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2973: </strong></font><br>
2974:
2975: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2976: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2977: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2978: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2979: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2980: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2981: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2982: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2983: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2984: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2985: of choice.
2986: <p>
1.247 jufi 2987: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2988:
2989: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2990: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2993: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2994: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2995: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2996: </strong></font><br>
2997:
2998: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2999: <p>
3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3002: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3003: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3004: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3005: </strong></font><br>
3006:
3007: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3008: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3009: <p>
1.247 jufi 3010: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3011:
1.218 horacio 3012: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3013: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3014:
1.247 jufi 3015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3016: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3017: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3018: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3019: </strong></font><br>
3020:
3021: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3022: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3023: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3024: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3025: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3026: subjects. Worth a read.
3027: <p>
3028:
3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3031: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3032: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3033: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3034: </strong></font><br>
3035:
3036: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3037: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3038: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3039: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3040: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3041: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3042: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3043: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3044: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3045: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3046: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3047: on other operating systems.<br>
3048: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3049: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3050: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3051: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3052: <p>
3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3055: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3056: Operating System 2010</a>,
3057: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3058: </strong></font><br>
3059:
3060: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3061: covering the level of software integration into the core
3062: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3063: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3064: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3065: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3066: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3067: <p>
3068:
1.247 jufi 3069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3070: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3071: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3072: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3073: </strong></font><br>
3074:
3075: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3076: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3077: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3078: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3079: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3080: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3081: <p>
1.247 jufi 3082: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3083:
1.210 jufi 3084: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3085: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3086:
1.247 jufi 3087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3088: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3089: Already a Contender</a>,
3090: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3091: </strong></font><br>
3092:
3093: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3094: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3095: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3096: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3097: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3098: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3099: <p>
3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3102: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3103: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3104: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3105: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3106:
1.224 horacio 3107: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3108: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3109: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3110: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3111: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3112: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3113: <p>
1.247 jufi 3114: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3115:
3116: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3117: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3118:
1.247 jufi 3119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3120: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3121: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3122: Division</a>,
3123: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3124: </strong></font><br>
3125:
3126: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3127: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3128: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3129: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3130: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3131: investment</em>.<br>
3132: The implementation details can be seen on their
3133: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3134: <p>
3135:
1.247 jufi 3136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3137: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3138: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3139: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3140: </strong></font><br>
3141:
3142: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3143: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3144: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3145: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3146: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3147: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3148: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3149: <p>
3150:
3151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3152: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3153: Thinking about Security</a>,
3154: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3155: </strong></font><br>
3156:
3157: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3158: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3159: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3160: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3161: to time.<br>
3162: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3163: system and just the most secure system.
3164: <p>
3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3167: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3168: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3169: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3170: </strong></font><br>
3171:
3172: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3173: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3174: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3175: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3176: choice:<br>
3177: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3178: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3179: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3180: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3181: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3182: network security devices and as such must be well
3183: armored."</em><br>
3184: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3185: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3186: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3187: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3188: <br>
3189: Bravo!
3190: <p>
1.247 jufi 3191: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3192:
1.207 ian 3193: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3194: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3195:
1.247 jufi 3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3197: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3198: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3199: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3200:
1.207 ian 3201: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3202: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3203: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3204: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3205: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3206: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3207: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3208: <p>
1.247 jufi 3209: </ul>
1.207 ian 3210:
1.194 jufi 3211: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3212: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3215: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3216: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3217: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3218: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3219:
1.240 miod 3220: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3221: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3222: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3223: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3224: <p>
3225:
1.247 jufi 3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3227: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3228: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3229: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3230:
3231: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3232: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3233: <p>
3234:
3235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3236: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3237: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3238: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3239:
3240: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3241: <p>
3242:
3243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3244: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3245: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3246: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3247: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3248:
1.240 miod 3249: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3250: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3251: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3252: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3253: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3254: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3255: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3256: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3257: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3258: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3259: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3260: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3261: <p>
3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3264: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3265: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3266: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3267: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3268:
1.194 jufi 3269: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3270: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3271: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3272: <br>
3273: The new
3274: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3275: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3276: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3277: <p>
1.247 jufi 3278: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3279:
1.190 horacio 3280: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3281: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3282:
1.247 jufi 3283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3284:
3285: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3286: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3287:
1.301 jose 3288:
1.191 jufi 3289: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3290: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3291:
3292: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3293: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3294:
1.212 horacio 3295: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3296: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3297: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3298:
1.211 horacio 3299: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3300: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3301: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3302:
1.247 jufi 3303: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3304: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3305:
1.247 jufi 3306: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3307: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3308:
1.212 horacio 3309: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3310: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3311: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3312:
3313: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3314: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3315:
3316: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3317: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3318:
1.301 jose 3319: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3320: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3321:
1.191 jufi 3322: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3323: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3324:
3325: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3326: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3327:
1.192 jufi 3328: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3329: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3330: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3331:
1.193 deraadt 3332: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3333: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3334: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3335:
1.247 jufi 3336: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3337: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3338:
1.247 jufi 3339: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3340: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3341: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3342:
1.213 horacio 3343: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3344: 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 3345: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3346:
1.190 horacio 3347: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3348: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3349: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3350: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3351: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3352: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3353: <p>
1.190 horacio 3354:
1.247 jufi 3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3356: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3357: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3358: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3359: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3360:
1.195 jufi 3361: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3362: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3363: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3364: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3365: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3366: <p>
3367:
1.247 jufi 3368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3369: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3370: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3371: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3372: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3373:
1.191 jufi 3374: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3375: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3376: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3377: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3378: <p>
3379:
3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3381: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3382: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3383: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3384:
3385: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3386: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3387: <p>
1.247 jufi 3388: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3389:
1.191 jufi 3390:
1.186 jufi 3391: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3392: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3395: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3396: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3397: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3398: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3399:
1.188 jufi 3400: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3401: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3402: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3403: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3404: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3405: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3406: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3407: <p>
3408:
1.301 jose 3409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3410: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3411: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3412: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3413:
3414: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3415: <p>
1.191 jufi 3416:
1.247 jufi 3417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3418: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3419: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3420: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3421: </strong></font><br>
3422:
3423: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3424: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3425: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3426: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3427: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3428: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3429: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3430: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3431: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3432: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3433: familiar?
3434: <p>
1.247 jufi 3435: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3436:
1.178 louis 3437: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3438: <ul>
1.178 louis 3439:
1.247 jufi 3440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3441: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3442: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3443: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3444: </strong></font><br>
3445:
3446: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3447: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3448: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3449: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3450: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3451: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3452: <p>
3453:
1.247 jufi 3454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3455: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3456: Open source under the hood</a>,
3457: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3458: </strong></font><br>
3459:
3460: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3461: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3462: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3463: <p>
3464:
1.247 jufi 3465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3466: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3467: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3468: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3469: </strong></font><br>
3470:
3471: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3472: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3473: <p>
1.247 jufi 3474: </ul>
1.179 louis 3475:
1.174 louis 3476:
1.175 louis 3477: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3478: <ul>
1.175 louis 3479:
1.247 jufi 3480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3481: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3482: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3483: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3484: </strong></font><br>
3485:
3486: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3487: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3488: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3489: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3490: <p>
3491:
1.247 jufi 3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3493: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3494: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3495: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3496: </strong></font><br>
3497:
3498: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3499: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3500: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3501: <p>
1.247 jufi 3502: </ul>
1.175 louis 3503:
1.176 louis 3504:
1.172 mickey 3505: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3506: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3507:
1.247 jufi 3508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3509: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3510: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3511: </strong></font><br>
3512:
3513: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3514: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3515: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3516: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3517: <p>
3518:
1.247 jufi 3519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3520: <a
1.269 deraadt 3521: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3522: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3523: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3524: </strong></font><br>
3525:
3526: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3527: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3528: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3529: <p>
3530:
1.247 jufi 3531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3532: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3533: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3534: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3535: </strong></font><br>
3536:
3537: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3538: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3539: <p>
3540:
1.247 jufi 3541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3542: <a
1.269 deraadt 3543: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3544: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3545: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3546: </strong></font><br>
3547:
3548: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3549: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3550: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3551: our own Theo de Raadt.
3552: <p>
3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3555: <a
1.269 deraadt 3556: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3557: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3558: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3559: </strong></font><br>
3560:
3561: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3562: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3563: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3564: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3565: shut down.]
3566: <p>
3567:
1.247 jufi 3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3569: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3570: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3571: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3572: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3573: </strong></font><br>
3574:
3575: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3576: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3577: <p>
1.247 jufi 3578: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3579:
1.161 louis 3580: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3581: <ul>
1.161 louis 3582:
1.247 jufi 3583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3584: <a
1.269 deraadt 3585: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3586: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3587: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3588: </strong></font><br>
3589:
3590: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3591: by John Wolley
3592: <p>
3593:
1.247 jufi 3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3595: <a
1.269 deraadt 3596: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3597: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3598: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3599: </strong></font><br>
3600:
3601: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3602: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3603: OpenBSD).
3604: <p>
3605:
1.247 jufi 3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3607: <a
1.247 jufi 3608: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3609: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3610: </strong></font><br>
3611:
3612: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3613: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3614: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3615: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3616: and hindsight.
3617: <p>
3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3620: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3621: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3622: </strong></font><br>
3623:
3624: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3625: <p>
3626:
1.247 jufi 3627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3628: <a
1.168 provos 3629: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3630: December 7, 2000
3631: </strong></font><br>
3632:
3633: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3634: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3635: us explain.
3636: <p>
3637:
1.247 jufi 3638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3639: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3640: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3641: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3642: December 6, 2000
3643: </strong></font><br>
3644:
3645: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3646: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3647: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3648: <p>
3649:
1.247 jufi 3650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3651: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3652: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3653: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3654: </strong></font><br>
3655:
3656: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3657: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3658: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3659: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3660: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3661: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3662: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3663: <p>
3664:
3665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3666: <a
1.226 horacio 3667: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3668: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3669: </strong></font><br>
3670:
3671: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3672: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3673: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3674: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3675: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3676: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3677: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3678: <p>
1.162 millert 3679:
1.247 jufi 3680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3681: <a
1.161 louis 3682: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3683: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3684: </strong></font><br>
3685:
3686: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3687: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3688: <p>
3689:
1.247 jufi 3690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3691: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3692: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3693: </strong></font><br>
3694:
3695: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3696: <p>
3697:
3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3700: <a
1.226 horacio 3701: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3702: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3703: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3704: </strong></font><br>
3705:
3706: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3707: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3708: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3709: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3710: <p>
1.247 jufi 3711: </ul>
1.169 louis 3712:
1.158 louis 3713: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3714: <ul>
1.147 louis 3715:
1.247 jufi 3716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3717: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3718: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3719: </strong></font><br>
3720:
3721: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3722: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3723: <p>
3724:
1.247 jufi 3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3726: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3727: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3728: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3729: </strong></font><br>
3730: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3731: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3732: <p>
3733:
1.247 jufi 3734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3735: <a
3736: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3737: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3738: </strong></font><br>
3739:
3740: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3741: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3742: <p>
3743:
1.247 jufi 3744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3745: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3746: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3747: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3748:
1.213 horacio 3749: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3750: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3751: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3752: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3753: <p>
1.215 horacio 3754:
1.247 jufi 3755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3756: <a
3757: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3758: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3759: </strong></font><br>
3760:
3761: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3762: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3763: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3764: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3765: much of the attitude too).
3766: <p>
1.161 louis 3767:
1.247 jufi 3768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3769: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3770: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3771: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3772:
1.157 louis 3773: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3774: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3775: <p>
1.247 jufi 3776: </ul>
1.157 louis 3777:
3778: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3779: <ul>
1.157 louis 3780:
1.247 jufi 3781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3782: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3783: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3784: </strong></font><br>
3785:
3786: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3787: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3788: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3789: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3790: <p>
3791:
1.247 jufi 3792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3793: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3794: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3795: </strong></font><br>
3796:
3797: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3798: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3799: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3800: it because they love coding...
3801: <p>
3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3804: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3805: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3806: </strong></font><br>
3807:
3808: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3809: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3810: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3811: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3812: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3813: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3814: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3815: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3816: <p>
3817:
1.247 jufi 3818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3819: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3820: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3821: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3822: </strong></font><br>
3823:
3824: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3825: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3826: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3827: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3828: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3829: the pizza.
3830: <p>
3831:
1.247 jufi 3832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3833: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3834: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3835: </strong></font><br>
3836:
3837: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3838: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3839: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3840: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3841: problems.
3842: <p>
3843:
1.247 jufi 3844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3845: <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 3846: </strong></font><br>
3847:
1.222 miod 3848: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3849: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3850: - whether they like it or not.
3851: <p>
3852:
1.247 jufi 3853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3854: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3855: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3856: </strong></font><br>
3857:
3858: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3859: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3860: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3861: <p>
1.148 aaron 3862:
1.247 jufi 3863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3864: <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 3865: </strong></font><br>
3866:
3867: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3868: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3869: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3870: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3871: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3872: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3873: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3874: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3875: <p>
3876:
1.247 jufi 3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3878: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3879: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3880: </strong></font><br>
3881:
3882: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3883: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3884: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3885: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3886: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3887: <p>
1.247 jufi 3888: </ul>
1.147 louis 3889:
1.138 louis 3890: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3891: <ul>
1.138 louis 3892:
1.247 jufi 3893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3894: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3895: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3896: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3897: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3898: </strong></font><br>
3899:
1.227 horacio 3900: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3901: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3902: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3903: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3904: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3905: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3906: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3907: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3908: <p>
3909:
1.247 jufi 3910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3911: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3912: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3913: </strong></font><br>
3914:
3915: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3916: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3917: groups, and even Linux.
3918: <p>
3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3921: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3922: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3923: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3924: </strong></font><br>
3925:
3926: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3927: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3928: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3929: library after installing the OS.
3930: <p>
3931:
1.247 jufi 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3933: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3934: Sys Admin, September 2000
3935: </strong></font><br>
3936:
3937: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3938: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3939: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3940: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3941: (<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>,
3942: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3943: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3944: <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 3945: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3946: out of the system.
3947: <p>
3948:
1.247 jufi 3949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3950: <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
3951: </strong></font><br>
3952:
3953: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3954: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3955: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3956: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3957: the IP filtering and address translation.
3958: <p>
1.301 jose 3959:
3960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3961: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3962: </strong></font><br>
3963:
3964: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3965: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3966: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3967: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3968: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3969: <p>
1.247 jufi 3970: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3971:
1.131 louis 3972: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3973: <ul>
1.131 louis 3974:
1.247 jufi 3975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3976: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3977: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3978: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3979: </strong></font><br>
3980:
3981: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3982: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3983: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3984: <p>
3985:
1.247 jufi 3986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3987: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3988: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3989: </strong></font><br>
3990:
3991: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3992: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3993: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3994: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3995: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3996: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3997: note of"</i>.
3998: <p>
3999:
1.247 jufi 4000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4001: <a
1.247 jufi 4002: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4003: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4004: </strong></font><br>
4005:
4006: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4007: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4008: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4009: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4010: <p>
4011:
1.247 jufi 4012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4013: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4014: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4015: </strong></font><br>
4016:
4017: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4018: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4019: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4020: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4021: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4022: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4023: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4024: <p>
4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4027: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4028: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4029: 2000
4030: </strong></font><br>
4031:
4032: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4033: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4034: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4035: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4036: against current industry practices.
4037: <p>
4038:
1.247 jufi 4039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4040: <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
4041: </strong></font><br>
4042:
4043: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4044: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4045: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4046: <p>
4047:
1.247 jufi 4048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4049: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4050: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4051: </strong></font><br>
4052:
4053: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4054: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4055: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4056: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4057: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4058: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4059: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4060: <p>
4061:
1.247 jufi 4062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4063: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4064: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4065: </strong></font><br>
4066:
4067: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4068: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4069: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4070: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4071: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4072: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4073: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4074: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4075: <p>
1.247 jufi 4076: </ul>
1.131 louis 4077:
1.118 louis 4078: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4079: <ul>
1.118 louis 4080:
1.247 jufi 4081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4082: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4083: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4084: </strong></font><br>
4085:
4086: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4087: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4088: about time. The article mentions that
4089: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4090: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4091: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4092: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4093: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4094: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4095: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4096: <p>
4097:
1.247 jufi 4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4099: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4100: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4101: </strong></font><br>
4102:
4103: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4104: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4105: of OpenSSH.
4106: <p>
4107:
1.247 jufi 4108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4109: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4110: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4111: </strong></font><br>
4112:
4113: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4114: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4115: bridging.
4116: <p>
4117:
1.247 jufi 4118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4119: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4120: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4121: </strong></font><br>
4122:
1.121 deraadt 4123: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4124: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4125: <p>
4126:
1.247 jufi 4127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4128: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4129: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4130: </strong></font><br>
4131:
4132: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4133: <p>
4134:
1.247 jufi 4135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4136: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4137: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4138: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4139: </strong></font><br>
4140:
1.120 deraadt 4141: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4142: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4143: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4144: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4145: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4146: <p>
4147:
1.247 jufi 4148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4149: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4150: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4151: </strong></font><br>
4152:
1.222 miod 4153: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4154: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4155: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4156: protocols and their quirks.
4157: <p>
4158:
1.247 jufi 4159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4160: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4161: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4162: </strong></font><br>
4163:
4164: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4165: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4166: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4167: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4168: <p>
4169:
1.247 jufi 4170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4171: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4172: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4173: </strong></font><br>
4174:
4175: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4176: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4177: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4178: <p>
4179:
1.247 jufi 4180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4181: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4182: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4183: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4184: </strong></font><br>
4185:
4186: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4187: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4188: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4189: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4190: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4191: <p>
1.247 jufi 4192: </ul>
1.118 louis 4193:
1.104 louis 4194: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4195: <ul>
1.104 louis 4196:
1.247 jufi 4197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4198: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4199: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4200: </strong></font><br>
4201:
4202: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4203: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4204: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4205: be a bit dry.
4206: <p>
4207:
1.247 jufi 4208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4209: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4210: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4211: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4212: </strong></font><br>
4213: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4214: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4215: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4216: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4217: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4218: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4219: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4220: <p>
4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4223: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4224: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4225: 2000
1.128 louis 4226: </strong></font><br>
4227:
4228: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4229: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4230: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4231: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4232: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4233: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4234: <p>
4235:
1.247 jufi 4236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4237: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4238: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4239: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4240:
4241: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4242: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4243: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4244: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4245: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4246: <p>
1.110 louis 4247:
1.247 jufi 4248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4249: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4250: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4251: </strong></font><br>
4252:
4253: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4254: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4255: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4256: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4257: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4258: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4259: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4260: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4261: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4262: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4263: <p>
4264:
1.247 jufi 4265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4266: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4267: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4268:
4269: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4270: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4271: <p>
1.108 louis 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4274: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4275: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4276: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4277:
4278: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4279: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4280: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4281: <p>
1.106 louis 4282:
1.247 jufi 4283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4284: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4285: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4286: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4287:
4288: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4289: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4290: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4291: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4292: <p>
1.107 louis 4293:
1.247 jufi 4294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4295: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4296: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4297: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4298:
4299: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4300: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4301: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4302: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4303: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4304: <p>
1.105 louis 4305:
1.247 jufi 4306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4307: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4308: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4309: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4310:
1.113 naddy 4311: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4312: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4313: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4314: <p>
1.104 louis 4315:
1.247 jufi 4316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4317: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4318: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4319: </strong></font><br>
4320:
4321: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4322: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4323: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4324: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4325: <p>
1.301 jose 4326:
4327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4328: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4329: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4330: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4331:
4332: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4333: hardware-supported cryptography.
4334: <p>
1.247 jufi 4335: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4336:
1.85 louis 4337: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4338: <ul>
1.85 louis 4339:
1.247 jufi 4340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4341: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4342: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4343: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4344:
4345: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4346: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4347: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4348: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4349: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4350: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4351: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4352: <p>
1.99 louis 4353:
1.247 jufi 4354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4355: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4356: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4357: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4358:
4359: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4360: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4361: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4362: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4363: <p>
1.100 louis 4364:
1.247 jufi 4365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4366: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4367: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4368: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4369:
4370: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4371: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4372: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4373: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4374: <p>
1.95 louis 4375:
1.247 jufi 4376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4377: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4378: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4379: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4380:
4381: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4382: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4383: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4384: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4385: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4386: <p>
1.92 louis 4387:
1.247 jufi 4388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4389: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4390: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4391: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4392:
4393: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4394: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4395: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4396: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4397: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4398: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4399: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4400: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4401: <p>
1.91 louis 4402:
1.247 jufi 4403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4404: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4405: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4406: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4407:
4408: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4409: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4410: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4411: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4412: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4413: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4414: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4415: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4416: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4417: <p>
1.90 louis 4418:
1.247 jufi 4419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4420: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4421: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4422: </strong></font><br>
4423: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4424: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4425: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4426: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4427: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4428: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4429: <p>
4430:
1.247 jufi 4431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4432: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4433: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4434: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4435:
1.113 naddy 4436: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4437: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4438: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4439: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4440: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4441: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4442: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4443: <p>
1.87 louis 4444:
1.247 jufi 4445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4446: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4447: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4448: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4449:
4450: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4451: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4452: <p>
1.85 louis 4453:
1.247 jufi 4454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4455: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4456: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4457: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4458:
4459: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4460: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4461: <p>
4462:
4463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4464: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4465: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4466: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4467:
4468: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4469: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4470: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4471: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4472: <p>
1.89 louis 4473:
1.247 jufi 4474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4475: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4476: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4477: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4478:
4479: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4480: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4481: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4482: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4483: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4484: </ul>
1.85 louis 4485:
1.78 deraadt 4486: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4487: <ul>
1.74 louis 4488:
1.247 jufi 4489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4490: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4491: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4492: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4493: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4494:
4495: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4496: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4497: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4498: <p>
1.83 louis 4499:
1.247 jufi 4500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4501: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4502: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4503: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4504:
4505: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4506: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4507: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4508: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4509: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4510: <p>
1.93 louis 4511:
1.247 jufi 4512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4513: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4514: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4515: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4516: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4517:
1.83 louis 4518: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4519: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4520: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4521: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4522: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4523: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4524: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4525: <p>
1.82 aaron 4526:
1.247 jufi 4527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4528: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4529: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4530: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4531:
1.83 louis 4532: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4533: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4534: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4535: <p>
1.80 louis 4536:
1.247 jufi 4537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4538: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4539: Bad Press</a>,
4540: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4541: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4542:
4543: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4544: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4545: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4546: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4547: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4548: <p>
1.247 jufi 4549: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4550:
4551: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4552: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4555: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4556: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4557: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4558: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4559:
4560: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4561: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4562: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4563: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4564: <p>
1.74 louis 4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4567: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4568: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4569: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4570:
1.219 horacio 4571: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4572: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4573: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4574: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4575: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4576: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4577: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4578: <p>
1.88 louis 4579:
1.247 jufi 4580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4581: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4582: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4583: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4584:
4585: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4586: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4587: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4588: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4589: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4590: <p>
1.81 louis 4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4593: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4594: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4595: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4596:
4597: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4598: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4599: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4600: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4601: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4602: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4603: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4604: <p>
1.90 louis 4605:
1.247 jufi 4606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4607: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4608: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4609: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4610:
4611: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4612: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4613: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4614: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4615: <p>
1.247 jufi 4616: </ul>
1.71 louis 4617:
1.69 deraadt 4618: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4619: <ul>
1.70 louis 4620:
1.247 jufi 4621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4622: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4623: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4624: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4625:
4626: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4627: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4628: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4629: <p>
1.70 louis 4630:
1.247 jufi 4631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4632: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4633: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4634: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4635:
4636: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4637: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4638: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.68 louis 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4642: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4643: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4644: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4645: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4646:
1.111 jufi 4647: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4648: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4649: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4650: "secure by default" installation.
4651: <p>
1.64 louis 4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4654: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4655: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4656: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4657:
1.113 naddy 4658: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4659: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4660: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4661: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4662: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4663: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4664: <p>
1.66 louis 4665:
1.247 jufi 4666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4667: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4668: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4669: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4670:
4671: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4672: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4673: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4674: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4675: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4676: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4677: <p>
1.83 louis 4678:
1.247 jufi 4679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4680: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4681: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4682: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4683:
4684: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4685: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4686: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4687: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4688: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4689: <p>
1.64 louis 4690:
1.247 jufi 4691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4692: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4693: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4694: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4695:
4696: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4697: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4698: <p>
1.301 jose 4699:
4700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4701: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4702: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4703: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4704: </strong></font><br>
4705:
4706: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4707: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4708: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4709: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4710: Giving way to
4711: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4712: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4713: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4714: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4715: <p>
1.247 jufi 4716: </ul>
1.65 louis 4717:
1.69 deraadt 4718: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4719: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4720:
1.247 jufi 4721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4722: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4723: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4724: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4725:
4726: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4727: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4728: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4729: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4730: <p>
1.88 louis 4731:
1.247 jufi 4732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4733: <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 4734: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4735:
4736: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4737: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4738: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4739: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4740: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4741: <p>
1.60 louis 4742:
1.247 jufi 4743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4744: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4745: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4746: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4747: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4748:
4749: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4750: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4751: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4752: <p>
1.58 louis 4753:
1.247 jufi 4754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4755: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4756: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4757:
4758: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4759: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4760: <p>
1.53 louis 4761:
1.247 jufi 4762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4763: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4764: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4765: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4766:
4767: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4768: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4769: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4770: <p>
1.99 louis 4771:
1.247 jufi 4772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4773: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4774: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4775:
4776: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4777: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4778: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4779: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4780: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4781:
1.247 jufi 4782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4783: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4784: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4785: </strong></font><br>
4786:
4787: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4788: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4789: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4790: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4791: <p>
4792:
1.247 jufi 4793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4794: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4795: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4796: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4797:
4798: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4799: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4800: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4801:
1.247 jufi 4802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4803: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4804: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4805:
4806: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4807: in
1.247 jufi 4808: <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 4809: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4810: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4811: <p>
1.53 louis 4812:
1.247 jufi 4813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4814: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4815: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4816: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4817: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4818:
1.58 louis 4819: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4820: <p>
1.301 jose 4821:
4822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4823: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4824: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4825: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4826: Informacyjny, January 2000
4827: </strong></font><br>
4828:
4829: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4830: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4831: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4832: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4833: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4834: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4835: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4836: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4837: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4838: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4839: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4840: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4841: <p>
4842:
4843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4844: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4845: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4846: </strong></font><br>
4847:
4848: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4849: <p>
4850: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4851:
1.69 deraadt 4852: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4853: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4854:
1.247 jufi 4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4856: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4857: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4858: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4859: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4860:
1.58 louis 4861: Kurt Seifried
4862: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4863: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4864: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4865: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4866:
1.247 jufi 4867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4868: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4869: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4870: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4871:
4872: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4873: <p>
1.96 louis 4874:
1.247 jufi 4875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4876: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4877: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4878: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4879: </strong></font><br>
4880:
4881: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4882: <p>
4883:
4884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4885: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4886: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4887: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4888:
4889: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4890: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4891: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4892: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4893: <p>
1.247 jufi 4894: </ul>
1.86 louis 4895:
1.69 deraadt 4896: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4897: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4898:
1.247 jufi 4899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4900: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4901: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4902: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4903:
4904: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4905: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4906: <p>
1.61 louis 4907:
1.247 jufi 4908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4909: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4910: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4911: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4912: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4913:
4914: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4915: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4916: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4917: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4918: right -- or at least strives to".
4919: <p>
1.48 louis 4920:
1.247 jufi 4921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4922: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4923: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4924: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4925: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4926: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4927: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4928: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4929: <p>
1.61 louis 4930:
1.247 jufi 4931: <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 4932: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4933: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4934:
4935: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4936: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4937: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4938: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4939: <p>
1.46 louis 4940:
1.247 jufi 4941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4942: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4943: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4944: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4945:
4946: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4947: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4948: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4949:
1.247 jufi 4950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4951: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4952: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4953: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4954:
4955: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4956: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4957: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4958: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4959: <p>
1.247 jufi 4960: </ul>
1.70 louis 4961:
1.69 deraadt 4962: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4963: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4964:
1.247 jufi 4965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4966: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4967: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4968: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4969: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4970:
4971: Kurt Seifried
4972: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4973: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4974: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4975: <p>
1.44 philen 4976:
1.247 jufi 4977: <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 4978: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4979: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4980:
4981: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4982: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4983:
1.247 jufi 4984: <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 4985: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4986: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4987:
4988: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4989: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4990:
1.247 jufi 4991: <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 4992: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4993: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4994:
4995: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4996: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4997: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4998: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4999: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5000:
1.247 jufi 5001: <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 5002: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5003: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5004:
1.36 louis 5005: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5006: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5007:
1.247 jufi 5008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5009: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5010: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5011: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5012:
5013: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5014: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5015: </ul>
1.38 louis 5016:
1.69 deraadt 5017: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5018: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5019:
1.247 jufi 5020: <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 5021: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5022: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5023:
5024: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5025: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5026: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5027:
1.113 naddy 5028: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5029: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5030: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5031: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5032:
5033: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5034: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5035: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5036: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5037: <blockquote>
5038: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5039: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5040: <br>
5041: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5042: </code>
5043: </blockquote>
5044: <p>
5045:
1.247 jufi 5046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5047: <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 5048: <p>
5049:
5050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5051: <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 5052: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5053:
5054: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5055: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5056: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5057: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5058:
1.247 jufi 5059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5060: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5061: Sept. 28, 1999
5062: </strong></font><br>
5063:
5064: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5065: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5066: translating and reprinting articles from
5067: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5068: <p>
5069:
5070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5071: <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 5072: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5073:
5074: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5075: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5076: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5077: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5078: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5079: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5080: <p>
1.19 louis 5081:
1.113 naddy 5082: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5083: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5084: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5085:
5086: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5087: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5088: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5089: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5090: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5091: <p>
1.16 louis 5092:
1.247 jufi 5093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5094: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5095: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5096: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5097:
1.57 louis 5098: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5099: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5100: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5101: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5102:
1.247 jufi 5103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5104: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5105: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5106: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5107:
1.113 naddy 5108: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5109:
1.247 jufi 5110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5111: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5112: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5113: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5114:
1.23 louis 5115: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5116: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5117: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5118: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5119: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5120: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5121:
1.247 jufi 5122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5123: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5124: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5125: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5126:
1.199 pvalchev 5127: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5128: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5129: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5130: installation.
1.113 naddy 5131: <p>
1.47 louis 5132:
1.247 jufi 5133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5134: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5135: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5136: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5137:
1.301 jose 5138: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5139: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5140: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5141: </ul>
1.57 louis 5142:
1.69 deraadt 5143: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5144: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5145:
1.247 jufi 5146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5147: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5148: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5149: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5150:
5151: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5152: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5153: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5154: <p>
1.12 louis 5155:
1.247 jufi 5156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5157: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5158: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5159: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5160:
5161: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5162: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5163: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5164: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5165: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5166: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5167: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5168: <p>
1.247 jufi 5169: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5170:
1.69 deraadt 5171: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5172: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5173:
1.247 jufi 5174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5175: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5176: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5177:
5178: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5179: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5180: available."
1.113 naddy 5181: <p>
1.301 jose 5182:
5183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5184: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5185: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5186: </strong></font><br>
5187:
5188: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5189: <p>
1.247 jufi 5190: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5191:
1.69 deraadt 5192: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5193: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5194:
1.247 jufi 5195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5196: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5197: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5198:
5199: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5200: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5201: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5202: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5203: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5204: <p>
1.33 louis 5205:
1.247 jufi 5206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5207: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5208: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5209: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5210:
1.113 naddy 5211: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5212: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5213: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5214: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5215: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5216: <p>
1.247 jufi 5217: </ul>
1.57 louis 5218:
1.69 deraadt 5219: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5220: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5221:
1.247 jufi 5222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5223: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5224: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5225: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5226:
5227: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5228: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5229: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5230:
1.247 jufi 5231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5232: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5233: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5234: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5235: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5236:
5237: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5238: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5239:
1.247 jufi 5240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5241: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5242:
1.113 naddy 5243: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5244:
1.247 jufi 5245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5246: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5247: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5248: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5249:
5250: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5251: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5252: </ul>
1.23 louis 5253:
1.69 deraadt 5254: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5255: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5256:
1.247 jufi 5257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5258: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5259: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5260:
5261: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5262: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5263: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5264:
1.247 jufi 5265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5266: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5267: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5268: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5269:
5270: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5271: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5272: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5273: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5274: </ul>
1.57 louis 5275:
1.69 deraadt 5276: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5277: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5278:
1.247 jufi 5279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5280: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5281: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5282: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5283:
5284: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5285: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5286: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5287: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5288: <p>
1.15 louis 5289:
1.247 jufi 5290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5291: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5292: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5293: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5294:
5295: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5296: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5297: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5298: columns."
1.113 naddy 5299: <p>
1.247 jufi 5300: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5301:
1.69 deraadt 5302: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5303: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5304:
1.247 jufi 5305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5306: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5307: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5308: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5309:
5310: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5311: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5312:
1.113 naddy 5313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5314: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5315: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5316:
5317: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5318: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5319: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5320: </ul>
1.57 louis 5321:
1.69 deraadt 5322: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5323: <ul>
1.301 jose 5324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5325: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5326: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5327: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5328:
5329: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5330: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5331: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5332: <p>
5333:
5334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5335: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5336: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5337: Nov 13, 1998 and
5338: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5339: Datateknik</a>,
5340: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5341:
1.380 saad 5342: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5343: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5344: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5345: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5346: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5347:
1.113 naddy 5348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5349: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5350: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5351: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5352:
1.222 miod 5353: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5354: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5355: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5356: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5357: <p>
1.247 jufi 5358: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5359:
1.69 deraadt 5360: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5361: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5362:
1.247 jufi 5363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5364: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5365: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5366:
1.69 deraadt 5367: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5368: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5369: <p>
1.247 jufi 5370: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5371:
1.69 deraadt 5372: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5373: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5374:
1.247 jufi 5375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5376: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5377: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5378: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5379:
1.383 jcs 5380: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5381: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5382: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5383:
1.247 jufi 5384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5385: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5386: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5387: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5388: <p>
1.247 jufi 5389: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5390:
1.69 deraadt 5391: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5392: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5393:
1.247 jufi 5394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5395: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5396: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5397: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5398: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5399: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5400:
5401: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5402: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5403: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5404: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5405: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5406: <p>
1.247 jufi 5407: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5408:
5409: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5410: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5411:
1.247 jufi 5412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5413: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5414: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5415:
1.69 deraadt 5416: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5417: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5418: <p>
1.112 naddy 5419:
1.247 jufi 5420: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5421: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5422:
1.292 camield 5423: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5424: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5425: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.512 ! ian 5426: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.511 2006/04/28 10:02:35 djm Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5427:
5428: </body>
5429: </html>
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