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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.514 ian 19: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
22: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
23: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
24: </strong></font><br>
25: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
26: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
27: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ! ian 28: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 29: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
30: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right is (and
31: running this project) is so important to Theo,
32: and even why he does mountain biking!
33: <p>
34:
35: </ul>
36:
1.503 ian 37: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
38: <ul>
39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 40: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
41: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
42: </strong></font><br>
43: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
44: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
45: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 46: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 47: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
48: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
49: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
50: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
51: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
52: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 53: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 54: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
55: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 59: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
60: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
61: </strong></font><br>
62: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
63: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
64: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
65: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
66: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
67: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
68: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
69: pages."
70: <p>
71:
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 73: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 74: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 75: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 76: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
77: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
78: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 79: for funding.
1.509 djm 80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 83: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
84: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
85: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
86: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
87: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
88: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
89: <p>
90:
91: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 92: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
93: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
94: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
95: </strong></font><br>
96: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 97: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 98: is punctuated with examples.
99: Tunneling features are described, as well as
100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
102: and
103: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
104: <p>
105:
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 107: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
108: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
109: </strong></font><br>
110: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
111: further OpenSSH development.
112: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
113: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
114: project's funding needs for all time.
115: <p>
1.504 bernd 116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
117: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
118: April 3, 2006
119: </strong></font><br>
120: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
121: this could compromise future hackathons.
122: <p>
1.503 ian 123:
124: </ul>
125:
1.487 ian 126: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
127: <ul>
1.495 ian 128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 129: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 130: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 131: </strong></font><br>
132: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
133: on topics including "Puffy",
134: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
135: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
136: what's new in 3.9,
137: and of course project expenses.
138: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
139: <!--
140: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
141: -->
142: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 146: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
147: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
148: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 149: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
150: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 151: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
152: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
153: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
154: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
155: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
156: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
157: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
158: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
159: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
160: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
161: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
162: but Matzan does - is that
163: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
164: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
165: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
166: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
167: <br/>
168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
171: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
172: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
173: </strong></font><br>
174: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
175: "blob" drivers, and more.
176: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
177: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
178: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
179: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
180: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
181: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
182: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
183: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
184: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
185: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
186: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
187: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 191: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
192: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
193: </strong></font><br>
194: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
195: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
196: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
197: in general temperature and environmental issues.
198: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
199: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
200: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
201: other major operating systems." ...
202: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
203: machines running in
204: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
205: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
206: <p>
207:
208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
209: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
210: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
211: </strong></font><br>
212: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
213: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
214: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
215: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
216: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
217: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
218: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
219: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
220: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
221: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
222: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
223: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
224: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
225: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
226: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
227: <p>
228:
1.487 ian 229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 230: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
231: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
232: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 233: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 234: financial situation.
235: <p>
236:
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 238: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
239: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
240: </strong></font><br>
241: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
242: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
243: produce our favorite operating system.
244: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
245: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
246: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
247: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
248: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 249: <br/>
250: Also online at
251: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
255: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
256: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
257: </strong></font><br>
258: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
259: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
260: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
261: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
262: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
263: sustain indefinitely."
264: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
265: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
266: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
267: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
268: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 269: <p>
270:
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 272: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
273: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
274: </strong></font><br>
275: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
276: with a reminder that
277: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
278: used nowadays almost everywhere."
279: Ends with this quote from Marco:
280: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
281: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
282: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
283: <p>
284:
285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 286: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 287: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
288: </strong></font><br>
289: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
290: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
291: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
292: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
293: a few of them each year.
294: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
295: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
296: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
297: to the OpenBSD project.
298: It's time for them to do so.
299: <p>
300:
301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 302: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
303: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
304: </strong></font><br>
305: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
306: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
307: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
308: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
309: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
310: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
311: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 315: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
316: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 317: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
318: <!-- North America mirror:
319: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 320: -->
1.490 deraadt 321: European mirror:
322: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
323: <br>
324: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 325: <p>
326:
327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 328: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
329: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 330: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 331: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
332: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
333: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
334: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
335: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
336: designed to provide reliability and security.
337: <p>
338:
339: </ul>
340:
1.485 ian 341: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
342: <ul>
343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 344: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
345: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
346: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 347: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 348: installations in about four minutes flat".
349: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
350: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 351: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 352: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
353: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
354: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
355: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
356: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
357: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
358: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
359: the steps in the article.
360: <p>
361:
362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 363: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
364: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
365: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
366: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
367: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
368: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
369: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
370: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
371: happening in real life.
372: <p>
373:
374: </ul>
375:
1.492 ian 376: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
377: <ul>
378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
379: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
380: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
381: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
382: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
383: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
384: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 385: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 386: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
387: </ul>
388:
1.483 ian 389: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
390: <ul>
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 392: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
393: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
394: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
395: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
396: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
397: <p>
398:
399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 400: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 401: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
402: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
403: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
404: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
405: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
406: to sites with more information on most topics.
407: <p>
408:
409: </ul>
410:
411:
1.479 grunk 412: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
413: <ul>
414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 415: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 416: Goes to Venice</a>,
417: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 418: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 419: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
420: <br/>
421: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
422: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
423: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 424: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 425: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
426: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
427: Contains a link to
428: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
429: pval's summary slides</a>.
430: <p>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 433: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
434: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
435: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
436: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
437: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
438: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
439: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
440: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 441: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 442: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
443: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
444: the packages and ports system"</i>.
445: <p>
446:
447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
448: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
449: Return of The BSDs</a>,
450: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
451: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
452: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
453: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
454: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
455: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
456: quotes from Bob Beck.
457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 460: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
461: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
462: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 463: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
464: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 465: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
466: and Linux.<br>
467: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
468: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
469: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
470: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
471: of the release
472: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
473: <p>
474: </ul>
475:
1.476 ian 476: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
477: <ul>
478:
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
480: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
481: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
482: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
483: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
484: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
485: and too unreliable.
486: This quote will rattle some cages:
487: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
488: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
489: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
490: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
491: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
492: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
493: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
494: costs without any commercial lock-in."
495: <p>
496:
1.477 saad 497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
498: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
499: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
500: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
501: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
502: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
503: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
504: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
505: discussion about future plans.
506: <p>
507:
1.478 grunk 508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
509: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
510: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
511: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
512: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
513: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
514: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
515: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
516: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
517: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
518: <p>
519:
1.476 ian 520: </ul>
521:
1.470 saad 522: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
523: <ul>
524:
525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 526: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
527: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
528: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
529: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
530: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
531: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
532: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
533: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
534: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
535: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
536: <p>
537:
538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 539: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
540: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
541: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
542: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
543: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
544: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
545: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
546: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
547: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
548: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 552: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
553: Big debate over small packets</a>,
554: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
555: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
556: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
557: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
558: draft.
559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 562: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
563: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
564: ordinateur ?"</a>,
565: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
566: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
567: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
568: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
569: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
570: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
571: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
572: <p>
573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 575: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
576: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
577: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
578: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
579: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
580: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
581: performance data with pfstat.
582: <p>
583:
584: </ul>
585:
1.461 grunk 586: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
587: <ul>
588:
589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 590: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
591: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 592: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 593: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
594: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
595: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 596: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 597: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 598: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
599: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
600: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 601: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
602: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 603: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 604: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
605: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 606: <p>
607:
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 609: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
610: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 611: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 612: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
613: poor security:
1.467 grunk 614: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 615: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 616: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 617: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
618: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
619: <p>
620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 622: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
623: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 624: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 625: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
626: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 627: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
628: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
629: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
630: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
631: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
632: commercial vendors.
633: <p>
634:
635: </ul>
636:
1.454 ian 637: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
638: <ul>
1.468 grunk 639:
640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
641: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
642: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
643: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
644: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
645: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
646: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 647: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 648: <br>
649: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
650: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
651: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
652: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
653: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 654: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 655: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
656: <p>
657:
1.454 ian 658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 659: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
660: Free Bird</a>,
661: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
662: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
663: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
664: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
665: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
666: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
667: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
668: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
669: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
670: room will only be available in the print edition.
671: <p>
1.459 deraadt 672:
1.458 niallo 673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 674: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
675: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
676: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
677: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
678: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
679: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
680: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
681: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
682: <p>
1.457 deraadt 683:
1.456 niallo 684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 685: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 686: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
687: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
688: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
689: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
690: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
691: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 692: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 693: interview.</a>
694: <p>
695:
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 697: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
698: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
699: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
700: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
701: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
702: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
703: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
704: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
705: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
706: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
707: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
708: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
709: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
710: "I have never used it."
711: <p>
712:
713: </ul>
714:
1.441 deraadt 715: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
716: <ul>
717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 718: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
719: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
720: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
721: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
722: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
723: future enhancements.
724: <p>
725:
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 727: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 728: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
729: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
730: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
731: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
732: North America mirror:
733: <ul>
1.452 marco 734: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 735: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
736: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 737: </ul>
738: European mirror:
739: <ul>
1.452 marco 740: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 741: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
742: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
743: </ul>
744: <p>
745:
746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 747: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
748: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
749: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
750: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
751: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
752: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
753: <p>
754:
755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 756: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
757: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
758: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
759: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
760: first-hand account.
761: <p>
762:
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 764: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
765: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
766: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
767: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
768: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
769: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
770: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
771: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
772: <p>
773:
774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 775: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
776: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
777: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
778: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
779: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
780: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
781: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
782: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
783: <p>
784:
785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 786: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 787: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 788: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
789: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
790: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
791: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
792: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
793: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
794: <p>
795:
796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
797: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 798: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 799: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
800: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
801: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
802: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
803: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
804: <p>
805:
806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 807: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
808: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
809: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 810: </strong></font><br>
811: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
812: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
813: with OpenBSD.
814: </ul>
815:
1.436 henning 816: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
817: <ul>
818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 819: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
820: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
821: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
822: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
823: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
824: than closed source, as we have long contended.
825: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
826: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
827: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
828: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
829: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
830: <p>
831: This article can also be found online as
832: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
833: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
834: <p>
835:
836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 837: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
838: </strong></font><br>
839: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
840: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
841: <p>
842:
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 844: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
845: </strong></font><br>
846: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
847: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 848: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 849: the issues we had with IETF.
850: </ul>
851:
1.431 ian 852: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
853: <ul>
854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 855: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
856: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
857: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
858: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
859: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
860: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
861: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
862: <p>
863:
864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 865: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
866: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
867: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
868: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
869: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
870: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 871: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 872: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
873: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
874: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
875: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
876: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
877: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
878: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
879: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
880:
881: </ul>
882:
1.427 matthieu 883: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
884: <ul>
885:
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 887: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
888: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
889: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
890: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
891: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
892: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
893: firmware.
1.434 ian 894: Similar articles can be found online at:
895: <ul>
896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
897: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
898: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
899: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
901: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
902: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
903: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
905: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
906: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
907: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 909: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 910: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
911: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
912: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 913: </ul>
914:
1.426 ian 915: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
916: <ul>
917:
918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
919: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
920: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
921: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
922: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 923: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 924: mechanism: what it is and why and
925: how to use it, with examples.
926: Another excerpt from the book
927: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
928: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
929: <p>
930:
931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
932: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
933: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
934: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
935: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
936: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
937: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
938: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
939: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
940: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
941: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
942: This article is a sample chapter from
943: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
944: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
945: <p>
1.443 ian 946:
947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 948: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 949: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
950: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
951: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
952: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
953: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
954: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
955: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
956: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
957: ends with a sidebar on security.
958: <p>
1.426 ian 959: </ul>
960:
1.424 ian 961: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
962: <ul>
963:
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 965: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
966: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
967: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
968: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
969: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
970: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
971: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
972: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
973: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
974: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
975: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
976: <p>
977: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
978: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
979: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
980: <p>
981:
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 983: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
984: Closed Source Hardware</a>
985: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
986: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
987: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
988: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
989: operating systems.
990: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
991: OpenBSD on his firewall.
992: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
993: systems, he writes:
994: <blockquote>
995: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
996: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
997: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
998: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
999: to the operating system...
1000: <br/>
1001: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1002: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1003: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1004: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1005: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1006: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1007: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1008: in a closed source operating system).
1009: <br/>
1010: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1011: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1012: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1013: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1014: </blockquote>
1015: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1016: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1017: their hardware and software operates.
1018: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1019: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1020: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1021: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1022: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1023: <p>
1024: </ul>
1025:
1.417 pvalchev 1026: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1027: <ul>
1.421 ian 1028:
1.417 pvalchev 1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1030: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1031: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1032: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1033: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1034: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1035: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1036: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1037: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1038: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1039: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1040: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1041: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1042: <p>
1043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1044: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1045: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1046: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1047: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1048: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1049: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1050: it claims to do".
1051: <p>
1052:
1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1054: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1055: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1056: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1057: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1058: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1059: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1060: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1061: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1062: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1063: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1064: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1065: (yes, this is a hint).
1066: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1067: picked up on the
1068: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1069: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1070: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1071: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1072: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1073: <p>
1074:
1075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1076: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1077: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1078: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1079: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1080: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1081: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1082: the current efforts.
1083: <p>
1084: </ul>
1085:
1.407 henning 1086: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1087: <ul>
1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1089: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1090: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1091: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1092: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1093: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1094: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1095: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1096: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1097: <p>
1098:
1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1100: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1101: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1102: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1103: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1104: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1105: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1106: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1107: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1108: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1109: <p>
1.415 ian 1110:
1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1112: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1113: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1114: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1115: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1116: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1117: overflow attacks... because
1118: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1119: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1120: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1121: and propolice.
1122: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1123: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1124: and that's when the science falls apart."
1125: <p>
1126:
1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1128: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1129: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1130: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1131: Starts with the question:
1132: <blockquote>
1133: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1134: <br/>
1135: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1136: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1137: <br/>
1138: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1139: Should we believe them?"
1140: </blockquote>
1141: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1142: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1143: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1144: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1145: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1146: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1147: <p>
1148:
1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1150: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1151: Simple Simon</a>,
1152: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1153: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1154: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1155: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1156: routing/firewall, and more.
1157: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1158: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1159: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1160: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1161: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1162: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1163: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1164: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1165: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1166: </blockquote>
1167: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1168: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1169: <p>
1170:
1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1172: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1173: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1174: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1175: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1176: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1177: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1178: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1179: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1180: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1181: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1182: in spite of it
1183: (registration required, but worth it).
1184: <p>
1185:
1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1187: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1188: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1189: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1190: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1191: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1192: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1193: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1194: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1195: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1196: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1197: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1198: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1199: <p>
1200:
1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1202: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1203: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1204: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1205: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1206: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1207: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1208: <blockquote>
1209: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1210: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1211: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1212: a lot of analysis.
1213: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1214: </blockquote>
1215: <p>
1216: </ul>
1217:
1.400 marco 1218: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1219: <ul>
1220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1221: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1222: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1223: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1224: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1225: UNIX-like systems.
1226: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1227: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1228: <p>
1229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1230: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1231: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1232: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1233: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1234: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1235: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1236: At one point, the article states:
1237: <blockquote>
1238: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1239: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1240: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1241: </blockquote>
1242: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1243: <blockquote>
1244: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1245: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1246: </blockquote>
1247: <p>
1248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1249: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1250: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1251: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1252: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1253: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1254: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1255: required).
1256: <p>
1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1258: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1259: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1260: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1261: </strong></font><br>
1262: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1263: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1264: <p>
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1266: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1267: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1268: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1269: </strong></font><br>
1270: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1271: <p>
1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1273: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1274: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1275: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1276: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1277: 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 1278: <p>
1279: </ul>
1280:
1.396 henning 1281: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1282: <ul>
1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1284: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1285: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1286: Unix Review, July, 2004
1287: </strong></font><br>
1288: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1289: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1290: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1291: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1292: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1293: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1294: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1295: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1296: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1297: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1298: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1299: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1300: and even spelling/wording errors.
1301: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1302: <p>
1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1304: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1305: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1306: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1307: </strong></font><br>
1308: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1309: <p>
1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1311: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1312: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1313: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1314: </strong></font><br>
1315: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1316: <p>
1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1318: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1319: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1320: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1321: </strong></font><br>
1322: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1323: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1324: <p>
1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1326: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1327: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1328: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1329: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1330: <p>
1331: </ul>
1332:
1.405 jolan 1333: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1334: <ul>
1335: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1336: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1337: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1338: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1339: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1340: details on how funds are dispersed.
1341: <p>
1342: </ul>
1343:
1.393 david 1344: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1345: <ul>
1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1347: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1348: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1349: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1350: </strong></font><br>
1351: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1352: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1353: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1354: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1355: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1356: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1357: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1358: <p>
1359:
1360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1361: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1362: Secure by Default</a>,
1363: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1364: </strong></font><br>
1365: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1366: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1367: <p>
1368:
1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1370: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1371: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1372: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1373: </strong></font><br>
1374: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1375: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1376: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1377: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1378: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1379: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1380: <p>
1381:
1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1383: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1384: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1385: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1386: </strong></font><br>
1387: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1388: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1389: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1390: <p>
1391:
1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1393: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1394: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1395: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1398: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1399: <p>
1400: </ul>
1401:
1.388 mcbride 1402: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1403: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1404:
1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1406: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1407: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1408: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1409: </strong></font><br>
1410: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1411: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1412: available for sparc64.
1413: <p>
1414:
1.390 beck 1415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1416: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1417: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1418: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1419: </strong></font><br>
1420: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1421: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1422: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1423: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1424: <p>
1425:
1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1427: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1428: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1429: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1430: </strong></font><br>
1431: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1432: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1433: it does: CARP provides sharing
1434: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1435: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1436: detail to get you started using it.
1437: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1438: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1439: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1440: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1441: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1442: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1443: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1444: <p>
1.391 ian 1445:
1446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1447: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1448: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1449: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1450: </strong></font><br>
1451: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1452: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1453: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1454: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1455:
1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1457: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1458: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1459: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1460: </strong></font><br>
1461: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1462: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1463: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1464: unencumbered by patents.
1465: <p>
1466: </ul>
1467:
1.378 henning 1468: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1469: <ul>
1.384 jose 1470:
1471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1472: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1473: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1474: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1475: </strong></font><br>
1476: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1477: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1478: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1479: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1480: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1481: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1482: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1483: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1484: in the page tables."
1485: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1486: <p>
1487:
1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1489: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1490: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1491: </strong></font><br>
1492: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1493: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1494: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1495: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1496: <p>
1.384 jose 1497:
1.378 henning 1498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1499: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1500: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1501: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1502: </strong></font><br>
1503: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1504: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1505: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1506: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1507: (quote:
1508: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1509: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1510: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1511: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1512: the other developers for their work on the system.
1513: <p>
1514:
1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1516: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1517: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1518: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1519: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1520: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1521: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1522: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1523: too.
1524: <p>
1525:
1526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1527: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1528: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1529: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1530: OpenBSD source code using
1531: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1532: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1533: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1534: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1535: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1536: <p>
1537: </ul>
1538:
1.374 jose 1539: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1540: <ul>
1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1542: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1543: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1544: </strong></font><br>
1545: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1546: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1547: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1548: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1549: it."
1550: <p>
1551:
1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1553: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1554: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1555: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1556: </strong></font><br/>
1557: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1558: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1559: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1560: <p>
1561: </ul>
1562:
1.369 ian 1563: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1564: <ul>
1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1566: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1567: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1568: </strong></font><br/>
1569: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1570: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1571: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1572: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1573: <p>
1574:
1575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1576: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1577: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1578: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1579: </strong></font><br/>
1580: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1581: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1582: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1583: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1584: form factor.
1585: <p>
1586:
1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1588: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1589: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1590: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1591: Features</a>,
1592: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1593: </strong></font><br/>
1594: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1595: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1596: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1597: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1598: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1599: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1600: <p>
1601: This article can also be found online at:
1602: <ul>
1603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1604: <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 1605: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1606: </strong></font>
1607: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1608: </ul>
1609: <p>
1.392 david 1610:
1.371 jose 1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1612: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1613: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1614: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1615: </strong></font><br/>
1616: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1617: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1618: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1619: <p>
1.371 jose 1620:
1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1622: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1623: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1624: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1625: </strong></font><br/>
1626: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1627: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1628: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1629: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1630: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1631: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1632: and its history with OpenBSD.
1633: </ul>
1634:
1.368 henning 1635: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1636: <ul>
1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1638: [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 1639: </strong></font><br>
1640: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1641: </ul>
1642:
1.364 jose 1643: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1644: <ul>
1645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1646: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1647: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1648: UNIX Review,
1649: July, 2003.
1650: </strong></font><br>
1651: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1652: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1653: who want more information.
1654: <p>
1655:
1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1657: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1658: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1659: Government Computer News,
1660: July 22, 2003.
1661: </strong></font><br>
1662: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1663: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1664: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1665: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1666: <p>
1667:
1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1669: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1670: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1671: SANS Institute,
1672: July 22, 2003.
1673: </strong></font><br>
1674: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1675: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1676: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1677: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1678: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1679: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1680: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1681: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1682: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1683: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1684: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1685: <p>
1686:
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1688: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1689: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1690: OnLamp.com,
1691: July 17, 2003.
1692: </strong></font><br>
1693: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1694: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1695: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1696: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1697: have been working on.
1698:
1699: </ul>
1700:
1.356 jose 1701: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1702: <ul>
1703:
1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1705: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1706: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1707: UNIX Review,
1708: June, 2003.
1709: </strong></font><br>
1710: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1711: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1712: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1713: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1714: <p>
1715:
1716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1717: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1718: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1719: eWeek,
1720: June 23, 2003.
1721: </strong></font><br>
1722: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1723: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1724: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1725: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1726: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1727: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1728: <p>
1729:
1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1731: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1732: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1733: Software Development Online,
1734: June, 2003.
1735: </strong></font><br>
1736: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1737: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1738: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1739: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1740: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1741: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1742: current activities.
1743: <p>
1744:
1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1746: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1747: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1748: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1749: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1750: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1751: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1752: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1753: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1754: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1755: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1756: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1757: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1758: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1759: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1760: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1761: decisions.
1762: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1763: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1764: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1765: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1766: <p>
1767:
1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1769: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1770: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1771: Page 58, eWeek,
1772: June 2, 2003.
1773: </strong></font><br>
1774: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1775: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1776: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1777: been addressed in -current.
1778: <p>
1779:
1.356 jose 1780: </ul>
1781:
1782: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1783: <ul>
1784:
1.355 jose 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1786: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1787: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1788: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1789: </strong></font><br>
1790: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1791: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1792: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1793: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1794: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1795: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1796: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1797: <p>
1798:
1799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1800: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1801: Beyond Linux</a>,
1802: InfoWorld,
1803: May 23, 2003.
1804: </strong></font><br>
1805: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1806: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1807: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1808: compared to the GPL.
1809: <p>
1810:
1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1812: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1813: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1814: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1815: May 17, 2003.
1816: </strong></font><br>
1817: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1818: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1819: the business section and half of another page inside
1820: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1821: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1822: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1823: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1824: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1825: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1826: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1827: <br>
1828: This article can also be found online at:
1829: <ul>
1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1831: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1832: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1833: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1834: May 17, 2003
1835: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1836: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1838: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1839: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1840: Montreal Gazette,
1841: May 21, 2003
1842: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1843: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1844: <p>
1.346 ian 1845:
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1847: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1848: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1849: May 7, 2003.
1850: </strong></font><br>
1851: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1852: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1853: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1854: <p>
1855:
1856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1857: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1858: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1859: OsOpinion,
1860: May 6, 2003.
1861: </strong></font><br>
1862: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1863: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1864: <br>
1865: This article can also be found online at:
1866: <ul>
1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1868: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1869: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1870: NewsFactor Network.
1871: </strong></font>
1872: </ul>
1873: <p>
1874:
1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1876: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1877: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1878: ITBusiness,
1879: May 2, 2003.
1880: </strong></font><br>
1881: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1882: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1883: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1884: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1885: <p>
1886:
1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1888: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1889: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1890: InfoWorld,
1891: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1892: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1893: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1894: <br>
1895: This article can also be found online at:
1896: <ul>
1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1898: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1899: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1900: IDG Singapore.
1901: </strong></font>
1902: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1903: <p>
1904:
1.339 jose 1905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1906: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1907: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1908: ZDNet,
1909: May 1, 2003.
1910: </strong></font><br>
1911: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1912: someone using parts from previous articles.
1913: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1914: This article can also be found online at:
1915: <ul>
1916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1917: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1918: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1919: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1920: </strong></font>
1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1922: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1923: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1924: CNET News.com.
1925: </strong></font>
1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1927: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1928: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1929: ZDNet UK.
1930: </strong></font>
1931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1932: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1933: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1934: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1935: </strong></font>
1936: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1937: <p>
1.339 jose 1938:
1.341 deraadt 1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1940: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1941: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1942: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1943: May 1, 2003.
1944: </strong></font><br>
1945: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1946: that have been added
1947: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1948: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1949: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1950: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1951: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1952: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1953: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1954: <p>
1955:
1956: </ul>
1957:
1.253 ian 1958: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1959: <ul>
1.255 ian 1960:
1.260 ian 1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1962: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1963: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1964: TechRepublic,
1965: April 28, 2003.
1966: </strong></font><br>
1967: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1968: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1969: work.<br>
1970: Can also be found online at:
1971: <ul>
1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1973: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1974: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1975: ZDNet UK.
1976: </strong></font>
1977: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1978: <p>
1979:
1980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1981: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1982: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1983: IDG,
1984: April 24, 2003.
1985: </strong></font><br>
1986: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1987: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1988: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1989: Can also be found online at:
1990: <ul>
1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1992: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1993: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1994: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1995: </strong></font>
1996: </ul>
1997: <p>
1998:
1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2000: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2001: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2002: Slate,
2003: April 24, 2003.
2004: </strong></font><br>
2005: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2006: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2007: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2008: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2009: <p>
2010:
2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2012: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2013: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2014: April 24, 2003.
2015: </strong></font><br>
2016: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2017: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2018: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2019: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2020: <p>
2021:
2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2023: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2024: April 24, 2003.
2025: </strong></font><br>
2026: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2027: the free software community".
2028: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2029: other articles.
2030: <p>
2031:
2032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2033: <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 2034: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2035: </strong></font><br>
2036: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2037: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2038: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2039: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2040: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2041: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2042: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2043: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2044: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2045: <br/>
2046: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2047: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2048: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2049: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2050: <br>
2051: Can also be found online at:
2052: <ul>
2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2054: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2055: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2056: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2057: </strong></font>
2058: </ul>
1.324 ian 2059: <p>
2060:
2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2062: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2063: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2064: </strong></font><br>
2065: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2066: article above.
2067: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2068: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2069: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2070: <br>
2071: Can also be found online at:
2072: <ul>
2073: <li>
2074: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2075: </strong></font>
2076: </ul>
1.324 ian 2077: <p>
2078:
2079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2080: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2081: </strong></font><br>
2082: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2083: <p>
2084:
2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2086: <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.
2087: </strong></font><br>
2088: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2089: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2090: <p>
2091:
2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2093: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2094: April 23, 2003.
2095: </strong></font><br>
2096: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2097: <p>
2098:
2099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2100: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2101: April 22, 2003.
2102: </strong></font><br>
2103: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2104: <p>
2105:
2106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2107: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2108: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2109: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2110: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2111: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2112: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2113: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2114: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2115: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2116: Can also be found online at:
2117: <ul>
2118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2119: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2120: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2121: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2122: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2124: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2125: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2126: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2127: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2128: </ul>
2129: <p>
2130:
2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2132: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2133: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2134: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2135: </strong></font><br>
2136: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2137: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2138: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2139: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2140: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2141: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2142: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2143: <p>
2144:
2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2146: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2147: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2148: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2149: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2150: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2151: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2152: at UPenn and DARPA.
2153: <p>
2154:
2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2156: [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,
2157: France
1.315 deraadt 2158: April 18, 2003.
2159: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2160: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2161: <p>
2162:
2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2164: [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 2165: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2166: </strong></font><br>
2167: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2168: <p>
2169:
2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2171: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2172: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2173: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2174: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2175: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2176: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2177: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2178: <p>
2179:
2180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2181: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2182: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2183: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2184: </strong></font><br>
2185: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2186: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2187: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2188: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2189: <p>
2190:
2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2192: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2193: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2194: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2195: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2196: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2197: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2198: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2199: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2200: Can also be found online at:
2201: <ul>
2202: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2203: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2204: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2205: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2206: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2207: <p>
2208:
2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2210: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2211: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2212: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2213: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2214: </strong></font><br>
2215: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2216: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2217: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2218: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2219: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2220:
2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2222: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2223: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2224: New York Times.
2225: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2226:
1.273 deraadt 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2228: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2229: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2230: ABC News.
2231: </strong></font>
2232:
2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2234: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2235: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2236: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2237: </strong></font>
2238:
2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2240: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2241: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2242: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2243: </strong></font>
2244:
2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2246: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2247: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2248: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2249: </strong></font>
2250:
2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2252: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2253: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2254: Times Daily, AL.
2255: </strong></font>
2256:
2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2258: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2259: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2260: Boston.com, MA.
2261: </strong></font>
2262:
2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2264: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2265: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2266: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2267: </strong></font>
2268:
2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2270: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2271: [Article was pulled]</a>
2272: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2273: </strong></font>
2274:
2275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2276: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2277: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2278: Infoshop News.
2279: </strong></font>
2280:
2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2282: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2283: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2284: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2285: </strong></font>
2286:
2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2288: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2289: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2290: Raleigh News, NC.
2291: </strong></font>
2292:
2293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2294: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2295: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2296: Napa News, CA.
2297: </strong></font>
2298:
2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2300: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2301: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2302: NEPA News, PA.
2303: </strong></font>
2304:
2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2306: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2307: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2308: Wired News.
2309: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2310: <br>
2311: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2312: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2313: [JAPANESE]
2314: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2315: Wired News Japan</a>
2316: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2317:
1.271 deraadt 2318: </ul>
2319: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2320: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2321: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2322: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2323: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2324: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2325: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2326: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2327: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2328: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2329: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2330: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2331: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2332: <p>
2333: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2334:
2335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2336: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2337: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2338: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2339: </strong></font>
2340:
2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2342: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2343: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2344: Miami Herald, FL.
2345: </strong></font>
2346:
2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2348: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2349: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2350: </strong></font>
2351:
2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2353: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2354: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2355: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2356: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2357:
2358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2359: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2360: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2361: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2362: ABC News.
2363: </strong></font>
2364:
1.276 deraadt 2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2366: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2367: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2368: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2369: </strong></font>
2370:
1.286 dhartmei 2371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2372: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2373: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2374: Wilmington Star, NC.
2375: </strong></font>
2376:
1.300 jose 2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2378: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2379: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2380: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2381: </strong></font>
2382:
1.309 jose 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2384: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2385: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2386: Globe Technology.
2387: </strong></font>
2388:
1.263 deraadt 2389: </ul>
1.262 beck 2390: <p>
2391:
2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2393: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2394: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2395: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2396: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2397: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2398: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2399: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2400: <p>
2401:
2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2403: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2404: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2405: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2406: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2407: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2408: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2409: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2410: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2411: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2412: and simply restates other press reports.
2413: <p>
2414:
2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2416: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2417: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2418: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2419: </strong></font><br>
2420: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2421: <p>
2422:
2423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2424: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2425: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2426: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2427: </strong></font><br>
2428: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2429: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2430: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2431: <p>
2432:
2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2434: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2435: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2436: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2437: April 17, 2003.
2438: </strong></font><br>
2439: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2440: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2441: Tech Anthems</a>
2442: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2443: 4 so far.
2444: <p>
2445:
2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2447: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2448: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2449: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2450: </strong></font><br>
2451: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2452: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2453: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2454: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2455: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2456: Goes on to say:
2457: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2458: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2459: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2460: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2461: This article is also found online at:
2462: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2464: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2465: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2466: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2467: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2469: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2470: ZDnet</a>,
2471: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2472: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2474: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2475: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2476: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2477: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2478: </ul>
1.260 ian 2479: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2480:
1.260 ian 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2482: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2483: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2484: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2485: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2486: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2487: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2488: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2489: without notice or justification.
2490: <p>
2491:
2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2493: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2494: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2495: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2496: </strong></font><br>
2497: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2498: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2499: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2500: effective today, without any warning..."
2501: <p>
1.257 ian 2502:
2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2504: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2505: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2506: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2507: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2508: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2509: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2510: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2511: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2512: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2513: <p>
2514:
2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2516: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2517: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2518: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2519: </strong></font><br>
2520: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2521: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2522: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2523: quoting two of them:
2524: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2525: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2526: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2527: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2528: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2529: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2530: <p>
2531:
1.255 ian 2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2533: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2534: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2535: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2536: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2537: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2538: <p>
2539:
2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2541: [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 2542: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2543: </strong></font><br>
2544: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2545: <p>
2546:
2547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2548: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2549: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2550: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2551: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2552: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2553: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2554: security experts for more than three decades."
2555: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2556: <p>
1.261 ian 2557:
1.254 drahn 2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2559: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2560: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2561: </strong></font><br>
2562: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2563: <p>
2564:
2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2566: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2567: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2568: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2569: </strong></font><br>
2570: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2571: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2572: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2573: <p>
2574:
2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2576: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2577: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2578: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2579: </strong></font><br>
2580: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2581: from US DARPA.
2582: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2583: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2584: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2585: the BSD license.
2586: <p>
2587: </ul>
2588:
1.251 ian 2589: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2590: <ul>
2591:
2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2593: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2594: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2595: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2596: </strong></font><br>
2597:
2598: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2599: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2600: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2601: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2602: <p>
2603:
2604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2605: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2606: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2607: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2608: </strong></font><br>
2609: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2610: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2611: Mentions
2612: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2613: and
2614: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2615: programs.
2616: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2617: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2618: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2619: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2620: <p>
1.325 ian 2621: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2622: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2623:
2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2625: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2626: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2627: </strong></font><br>
2628: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2629: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2630: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2631: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2632: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2633: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2634: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2635: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2636: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2637: put into service."
2638: <p>
2639: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2640: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2641: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2642: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2643: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2644: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2645: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2646: computers with security features."
2647: <p>
1.329 ian 2648:
2649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2650: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2651: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2652: Slate,
2653: March 3, 2003.
2654: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2655: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2656: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2657: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2658: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2659: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2660: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2661: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2662: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2663: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2664: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2665: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2666: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2667: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2668: of more secure open-source solutions like
2669: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2670: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2671: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2672: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2673: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2674: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2675: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2676: the Beltway."
2677: <p>
1.251 ian 2678: </ul>
2679:
1.249 jufi 2680: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2681: <ul>
2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2683: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2684: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2685: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2686: </strong></font><br>
2687: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2688: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2689: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2690: <p>
1.334 ian 2691:
2692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2693: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2694: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2695: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2696: </strong></font><br>
2697: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2698: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2699: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2700: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2701: "... the hypothetical question ...
2702: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2703: <br>
2704: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2705: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2706: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2707: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2708: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2709: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2710: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2711: support network security.
2712: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2713: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2714: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2715: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2716: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2717: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2718: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2719: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2720: <br>
2721: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2722: <p>
2723:
1.249 jufi 2724: </ul>
2725:
1.246 jufi 2726: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2727: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2730: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2731: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2732: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2733: </strong></font><br>
2734: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2735: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2736: <p>
2737:
1.247 jufi 2738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2739: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2740: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2741: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2742: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2743: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2744: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2745: <p>
2746:
2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2748: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2749: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2750: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2751: </strong></font><br>
2752: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2753: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2754: <p>
1.247 jufi 2755: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2756:
1.244 jufi 2757: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2758: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2759:
1.247 jufi 2760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2761: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2762: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2763: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2764: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2765: </strong></font><br>
2766: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2767: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2768: md5 digests.
2769: <p>
2770:
1.247 jufi 2771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2772: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2773: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2774: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2775: </strong></font><br>
2776: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2777: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2778: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2779: right the first time."
2780: <p>
1.247 jufi 2781: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2782:
2783:
2784: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2785: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2788: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2789: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2790: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2791: </strong></font><br>
2792: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2793: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2794: part 6</a>.
2795: <p>
2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2798: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2799: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2800: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2801: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2802: </strong></font><br>
2803: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2804: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2805: <p>
1.301 jose 2806:
2807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2808: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2809: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2810: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2811: </strong></font><br>
2812:
2813: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2814: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2815: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2816: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2817: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2818: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2819: <i>Here's the
2820: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2821: <p>
1.247 jufi 2822: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2823:
2824: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2825: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2828: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2829: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2830: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2831: </strong></font><br>
2832: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2833: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2834: <p>
2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2837: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2838: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2839: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2840: </strong></font><br>
2841: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2842: this time using pf.
2843: <p>
1.247 jufi 2844: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2845:
2846: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2847: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2848:
1.247 jufi 2849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2850: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2851: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2852: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2853: </strong></font><br>
2854: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2855: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2856: their rotation.
2857: <p>
2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2860: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2861: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2862: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2863: </strong></font><br>
2864: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2865: <p>
1.247 jufi 2866: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2867:
1.239 jufi 2868: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2869: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2872: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2873: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2874: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2875: </strong></font><br>
2876: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2877: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2878: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2879: <p>
2880:
1.247 jufi 2881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2882: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2883: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2884: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2885: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2886: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2887: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2888: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2889: <p>
1.247 jufi 2890: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2891:
1.235 lebel 2892: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2893: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2894:
1.239 jufi 2895:
1.247 jufi 2896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2897: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2898: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2899: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2900: </strong></font><br>
2901: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2902: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2903: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2904: <p>
1.301 jose 2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2907:
1.228 horacio 2908: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2909: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2910:
1.247 jufi 2911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2912: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2913: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2914: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2915: </strong></font><br>
2916: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2917: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2918: <p>
2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2921: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2922: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2923: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2924: </strong></font><br>
2925: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2926: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2927: <p>
2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2930: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2931: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2932: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2933: </strong></font><br>
2934: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2935: on the desktop of his parents.
2936: <p>
2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2939: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2940: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2941: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2942: </strong></font><br>
2943: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2944: using IPFilter.
2945:
2946: <p>
2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2949: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2950: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2951: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2952: </strong></font><br>
2953: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2954: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2955: perspectives of the four OS.
2956: <br>
2957: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2958: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2959: <p>
2960:
1.247 jufi 2961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2962: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2963: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2964: software and security</a>,
2965: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2966: </strong></font><br>
2967:
2968: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2969: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2970: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2971: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2972: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2973: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2974: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2975: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2976: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2977: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2978: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2979: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2980: <p>
1.247 jufi 2981: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2982:
1.225 horacio 2983: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2984: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2985:
1.247 jufi 2986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2987: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2988: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2989: Interview</a>,
2990: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2991: </strong></font><br>
2992:
2993: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2994: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2995: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2996: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2997: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2998: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2999: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3000: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3001: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3002: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3003: of choice.
3004: <p>
1.247 jufi 3005: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3006:
3007: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3008: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3009:
1.247 jufi 3010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3011: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3012: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3013: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3014: </strong></font><br>
3015:
3016: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3017: <p>
3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3020: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3021: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3022: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3023: </strong></font><br>
3024:
3025: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3026: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3027: <p>
1.247 jufi 3028: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3029:
1.218 horacio 3030: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3031: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3032:
1.247 jufi 3033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3034: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3035: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3036: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3037: </strong></font><br>
3038:
3039: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3040: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3041: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3042: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3043: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3044: subjects. Worth a read.
3045: <p>
3046:
3047:
1.247 jufi 3048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3049: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3050: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3051: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3052: </strong></font><br>
3053:
3054: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3055: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3056: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3057: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3058: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3059: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3060: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3061: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3062: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3063: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3064: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3065: on other operating systems.<br>
3066: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3067: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3068: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3069: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3070: <p>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3073: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3074: Operating System 2010</a>,
3075: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3076: </strong></font><br>
3077:
3078: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3079: covering the level of software integration into the core
3080: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3081: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3082: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3083: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3084: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3085: <p>
3086:
1.247 jufi 3087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3088: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3089: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3090: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3091: </strong></font><br>
3092:
3093: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3094: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3095: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3096: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3097: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3098: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3099: <p>
1.247 jufi 3100: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3101:
1.210 jufi 3102: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3103: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3104:
1.247 jufi 3105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3106: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3107: Already a Contender</a>,
3108: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3109: </strong></font><br>
3110:
3111: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3112: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3113: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3114: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3115: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3116: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3117: <p>
3118:
1.247 jufi 3119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3120: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3121: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3122: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3123: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3124:
1.224 horacio 3125: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3126: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3127: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3128: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3129: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3130: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3131: <p>
1.247 jufi 3132: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3133:
3134: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3135: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3136:
1.247 jufi 3137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3138: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3139: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3140: Division</a>,
3141: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3142: </strong></font><br>
3143:
3144: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3145: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3146: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3147: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3148: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3149: investment</em>.<br>
3150: The implementation details can be seen on their
3151: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3152: <p>
3153:
1.247 jufi 3154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3155: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3156: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3157: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3158: </strong></font><br>
3159:
3160: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3161: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3162: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3163: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3164: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3165: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3166: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3167: <p>
3168:
3169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3170: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3171: Thinking about Security</a>,
3172: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3173: </strong></font><br>
3174:
3175: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3176: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3177: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3178: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3179: to time.<br>
3180: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3181: system and just the most secure system.
3182: <p>
3183:
1.247 jufi 3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3185: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3186: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3187: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3188: </strong></font><br>
3189:
3190: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3191: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3192: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3193: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3194: choice:<br>
3195: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3196: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3197: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3198: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3199: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3200: network security devices and as such must be well
3201: armored."</em><br>
3202: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3203: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3204: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3205: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3206: <br>
3207: Bravo!
3208: <p>
1.247 jufi 3209: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3210:
1.207 ian 3211: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3212: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3215: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3216: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3217: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3218:
1.207 ian 3219: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3220: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3221: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3222: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3223: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3224: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3225: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3226: <p>
1.247 jufi 3227: </ul>
1.207 ian 3228:
1.194 jufi 3229: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3230: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3231:
1.247 jufi 3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3233: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3234: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3235: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3236: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3237:
1.240 miod 3238: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3239: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3240: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3241: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3242: <p>
3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3245: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3246: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3247: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3248:
3249: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3250: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3251: <p>
3252:
3253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3254: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3255: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3256: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3257:
3258: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3259: <p>
3260:
3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3262: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3263: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3264: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3265: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3266:
1.240 miod 3267: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3268: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3269: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3270: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3271: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3272: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3273: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3274: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3275: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3276: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3277: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3278: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3279: <p>
3280:
1.247 jufi 3281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3282: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3283: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3284: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3285: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3286:
1.194 jufi 3287: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3288: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3289: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3290: <br>
3291: The new
3292: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3293: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3294: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3295: <p>
1.247 jufi 3296: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3297:
1.190 horacio 3298: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3299: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3300:
1.247 jufi 3301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3302:
3303: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3304: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3305:
1.301 jose 3306:
1.191 jufi 3307: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3308: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3309:
3310: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3311: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3312:
1.212 horacio 3313: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3314: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3315: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3316:
1.211 horacio 3317: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3318: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3319: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3320:
1.247 jufi 3321: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3322: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3325: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3326:
1.212 horacio 3327: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3328: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3329: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3330:
3331: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3332: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3333:
3334: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3335: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3336:
1.301 jose 3337: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3338: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3339:
1.191 jufi 3340: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3341: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3342:
3343: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3344: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3345:
1.192 jufi 3346: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3347: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3348: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3349:
1.193 deraadt 3350: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3351: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3352: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3353:
1.247 jufi 3354: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3355: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3356:
1.247 jufi 3357: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3358: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3359: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3360:
1.213 horacio 3361: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3362: 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 3363: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3364:
1.190 horacio 3365: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3366: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3367: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3368: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3369: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3370: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3371: <p>
1.190 horacio 3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3374: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3375: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3376: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3377: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3378:
1.195 jufi 3379: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3380: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3381: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3382: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3383: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3384: <p>
3385:
1.247 jufi 3386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3387: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3388: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3389: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3390: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3391:
1.191 jufi 3392: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3393: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3394: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3395: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3396: <p>
3397:
3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3399: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3400: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3401: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3402:
3403: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3404: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3405: <p>
1.247 jufi 3406: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3407:
1.191 jufi 3408:
1.186 jufi 3409: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3410: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3413: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3414: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3415: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3416: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3417:
1.188 jufi 3418: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3419: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3420: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3421: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3422: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3423: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3424: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3425: <p>
3426:
1.301 jose 3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3428: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3429: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3430: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3431:
3432: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3433: <p>
1.191 jufi 3434:
1.247 jufi 3435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3436: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3437: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3438: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3439: </strong></font><br>
3440:
3441: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3442: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3443: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3444: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3445: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3446: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3447: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3448: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3449: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3450: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3451: familiar?
3452: <p>
1.247 jufi 3453: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3454:
1.178 louis 3455: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3456: <ul>
1.178 louis 3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3459: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3460: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3461: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3462: </strong></font><br>
3463:
3464: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3465: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3466: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3467: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3468: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3469: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3470: <p>
3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3473: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3474: Open source under the hood</a>,
3475: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3476: </strong></font><br>
3477:
3478: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3479: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3480: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3481: <p>
3482:
1.247 jufi 3483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3484: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3485: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3486: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3487: </strong></font><br>
3488:
3489: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3490: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3491: <p>
1.247 jufi 3492: </ul>
1.179 louis 3493:
1.174 louis 3494:
1.175 louis 3495: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3496: <ul>
1.175 louis 3497:
1.247 jufi 3498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3499: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3500: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3501: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3502: </strong></font><br>
3503:
3504: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3505: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3506: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3507: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3508: <p>
3509:
1.247 jufi 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3511: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3512: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3513: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3514: </strong></font><br>
3515:
3516: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3517: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3518: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3519: <p>
1.247 jufi 3520: </ul>
1.175 louis 3521:
1.176 louis 3522:
1.172 mickey 3523: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3524: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3525:
1.247 jufi 3526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3527: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3528: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3529: </strong></font><br>
3530:
3531: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3532: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3533: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3534: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3535: <p>
3536:
1.247 jufi 3537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3538: <a
1.269 deraadt 3539: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3540: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3541: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3542: </strong></font><br>
3543:
3544: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3545: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3546: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3547: <p>
3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3550: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3551: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3552: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3553: </strong></font><br>
3554:
3555: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3556: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3557: <p>
3558:
1.247 jufi 3559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3560: <a
1.269 deraadt 3561: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3562: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3563: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3564: </strong></font><br>
3565:
3566: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3567: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3568: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3569: our own Theo de Raadt.
3570: <p>
3571:
1.247 jufi 3572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3573: <a
1.269 deraadt 3574: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3575: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3576: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3577: </strong></font><br>
3578:
3579: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3580: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3581: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3582: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3583: shut down.]
3584: <p>
3585:
1.247 jufi 3586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3587: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3588: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3589: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3590: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3591: </strong></font><br>
3592:
3593: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3594: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3595: <p>
1.247 jufi 3596: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3597:
1.161 louis 3598: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3599: <ul>
1.161 louis 3600:
1.247 jufi 3601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3602: <a
1.269 deraadt 3603: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3604: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3605: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3606: </strong></font><br>
3607:
3608: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3609: by John Wolley
3610: <p>
3611:
1.247 jufi 3612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3613: <a
1.269 deraadt 3614: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3615: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3616: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3617: </strong></font><br>
3618:
3619: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3620: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3621: OpenBSD).
3622: <p>
3623:
1.247 jufi 3624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3625: <a
1.247 jufi 3626: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3627: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3628: </strong></font><br>
3629:
3630: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3631: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3632: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3633: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3634: and hindsight.
3635: <p>
3636:
1.247 jufi 3637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3638: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3639: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3640: </strong></font><br>
3641:
3642: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3643: <p>
3644:
1.247 jufi 3645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3646: <a
1.168 provos 3647: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3648: December 7, 2000
3649: </strong></font><br>
3650:
3651: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3652: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3653: us explain.
3654: <p>
3655:
1.247 jufi 3656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3657: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3658: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3659: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3660: December 6, 2000
3661: </strong></font><br>
3662:
3663: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3664: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3665: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3666: <p>
3667:
1.247 jufi 3668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3669: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3670: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3671: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3672: </strong></font><br>
3673:
3674: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3675: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3676: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3677: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3678: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3679: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3680: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3681: <p>
3682:
3683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3684: <a
1.226 horacio 3685: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3686: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3687: </strong></font><br>
3688:
3689: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3690: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3691: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3692: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3693: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3694: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3695: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3696: <p>
1.162 millert 3697:
1.247 jufi 3698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3699: <a
1.161 louis 3700: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3701: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3702: </strong></font><br>
3703:
3704: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3705: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3706: <p>
3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3709: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3710: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3711: </strong></font><br>
3712:
3713: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3714: <p>
3715:
3716:
1.247 jufi 3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3718: <a
1.226 horacio 3719: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3720: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3721: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3722: </strong></font><br>
3723:
3724: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3725: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3726: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3727: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3728: <p>
1.247 jufi 3729: </ul>
1.169 louis 3730:
1.158 louis 3731: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3732: <ul>
1.147 louis 3733:
1.247 jufi 3734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3735: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3736: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3737: </strong></font><br>
3738:
3739: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3740: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3741: <p>
3742:
1.247 jufi 3743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3744: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3745: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3746: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3747: </strong></font><br>
3748: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3749: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3750: <p>
3751:
1.247 jufi 3752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3753: <a
3754: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3755: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3756: </strong></font><br>
3757:
3758: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3759: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3760: <p>
3761:
1.247 jufi 3762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3763: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3764: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3765: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3766:
1.213 horacio 3767: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3768: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3769: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3770: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3771: <p>
1.215 horacio 3772:
1.247 jufi 3773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3774: <a
3775: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3776: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3777: </strong></font><br>
3778:
3779: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3780: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3781: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3782: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3783: much of the attitude too).
3784: <p>
1.161 louis 3785:
1.247 jufi 3786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3787: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3788: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3789: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3790:
1.157 louis 3791: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3792: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3793: <p>
1.247 jufi 3794: </ul>
1.157 louis 3795:
3796: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3797: <ul>
1.157 louis 3798:
1.247 jufi 3799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3800: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3801: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3802: </strong></font><br>
3803:
3804: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3805: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3806: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3807: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3808: <p>
3809:
1.247 jufi 3810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3811: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3812: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3813: </strong></font><br>
3814:
3815: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3816: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3817: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3818: it because they love coding...
3819: <p>
3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3822: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3823: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3824: </strong></font><br>
3825:
3826: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3827: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3828: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3829: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3830: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3831: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3832: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3833: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3834: <p>
3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3837: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3838: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3839: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3840: </strong></font><br>
3841:
3842: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3843: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3844: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3845: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3846: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3847: the pizza.
3848: <p>
3849:
1.247 jufi 3850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3851: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3852: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3853: </strong></font><br>
3854:
3855: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3856: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3857: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3858: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3859: problems.
3860: <p>
3861:
1.247 jufi 3862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3863: <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 3864: </strong></font><br>
3865:
1.222 miod 3866: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3867: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3868: - whether they like it or not.
3869: <p>
3870:
1.247 jufi 3871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3872: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3873: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3874: </strong></font><br>
3875:
3876: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3877: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3878: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3879: <p>
1.148 aaron 3880:
1.247 jufi 3881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3882: <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 3883: </strong></font><br>
3884:
3885: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3886: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3887: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3888: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3889: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3890: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3891: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3892: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3893: <p>
3894:
1.247 jufi 3895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3896: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3897: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3898: </strong></font><br>
3899:
3900: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3901: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3902: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3903: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3904: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3905: <p>
1.247 jufi 3906: </ul>
1.147 louis 3907:
1.138 louis 3908: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3909: <ul>
1.138 louis 3910:
1.247 jufi 3911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3912: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3913: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3914: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3915: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3916: </strong></font><br>
3917:
1.227 horacio 3918: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3919: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3920: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3921: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3922: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3923: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3924: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3925: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3926: <p>
3927:
1.247 jufi 3928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3929: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3930: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3931: </strong></font><br>
3932:
3933: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3934: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3935: groups, and even Linux.
3936: <p>
3937:
1.247 jufi 3938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3939: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3940: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3941: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3942: </strong></font><br>
3943:
3944: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3945: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3946: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3947: library after installing the OS.
3948: <p>
3949:
1.247 jufi 3950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3951: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3952: Sys Admin, September 2000
3953: </strong></font><br>
3954:
3955: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3956: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3957: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3958: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3959: (<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>,
3960: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3961: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3962: <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 3963: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3964: out of the system.
3965: <p>
3966:
1.247 jufi 3967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3968: <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
3969: </strong></font><br>
3970:
3971: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3972: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3973: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3974: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3975: the IP filtering and address translation.
3976: <p>
1.301 jose 3977:
3978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3979: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3980: </strong></font><br>
3981:
3982: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3983: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3984: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3985: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3986: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3987: <p>
1.247 jufi 3988: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3989:
1.131 louis 3990: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3991: <ul>
1.131 louis 3992:
1.247 jufi 3993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3994: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3995: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3996: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3997: </strong></font><br>
3998:
3999: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4000: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4001: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4002: <p>
4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4005: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4006: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4007: </strong></font><br>
4008:
4009: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4010: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4011: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4012: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4013: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4014: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4015: note of"</i>.
4016: <p>
4017:
1.247 jufi 4018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4019: <a
1.247 jufi 4020: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4021: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4022: </strong></font><br>
4023:
4024: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4025: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4026: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4027: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4028: <p>
4029:
1.247 jufi 4030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4031: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4032: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4033: </strong></font><br>
4034:
4035: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4036: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4037: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4038: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4039: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4040: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4041: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4042: <p>
4043:
1.247 jufi 4044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4045: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4046: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4047: 2000
4048: </strong></font><br>
4049:
4050: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4051: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4052: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4053: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4054: against current industry practices.
4055: <p>
4056:
1.247 jufi 4057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4058: <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
4059: </strong></font><br>
4060:
4061: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4062: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4063: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4064: <p>
4065:
1.247 jufi 4066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4067: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4068: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4069: </strong></font><br>
4070:
4071: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4072: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4073: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4074: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4075: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4076: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4077: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4078: <p>
4079:
1.247 jufi 4080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4081: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4082: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4083: </strong></font><br>
4084:
4085: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4086: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4087: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4088: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4089: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4090: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4091: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4092: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4093: <p>
1.247 jufi 4094: </ul>
1.131 louis 4095:
1.118 louis 4096: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4097: <ul>
1.118 louis 4098:
1.247 jufi 4099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4100: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4101: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4102: </strong></font><br>
4103:
4104: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4105: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4106: about time. The article mentions that
4107: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4108: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4109: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4110: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4111: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4112: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4113: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4114: <p>
4115:
1.247 jufi 4116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4117: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4118: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4119: </strong></font><br>
4120:
4121: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4122: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4123: of OpenSSH.
4124: <p>
4125:
1.247 jufi 4126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4127: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4128: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4129: </strong></font><br>
4130:
4131: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4132: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4133: bridging.
4134: <p>
4135:
1.247 jufi 4136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4137: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4138: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4139: </strong></font><br>
4140:
1.121 deraadt 4141: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4142: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4143: <p>
4144:
1.247 jufi 4145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4146: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4147: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4148: </strong></font><br>
4149:
4150: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4151: <p>
4152:
1.247 jufi 4153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4154: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4155: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4156: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4157: </strong></font><br>
4158:
1.120 deraadt 4159: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4160: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4161: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4162: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4163: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4164: <p>
4165:
1.247 jufi 4166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4167: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4168: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4169: </strong></font><br>
4170:
1.222 miod 4171: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4172: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4173: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4174: protocols and their quirks.
4175: <p>
4176:
1.247 jufi 4177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4178: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4179: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4180: </strong></font><br>
4181:
4182: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4183: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4184: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4185: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4186: <p>
4187:
1.247 jufi 4188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4189: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4190: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4191: </strong></font><br>
4192:
4193: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4194: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4195: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4196: <p>
4197:
1.247 jufi 4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4199: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4200: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4201: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4202: </strong></font><br>
4203:
4204: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4205: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4206: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4207: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4208: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4209: <p>
1.247 jufi 4210: </ul>
1.118 louis 4211:
1.104 louis 4212: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4213: <ul>
1.104 louis 4214:
1.247 jufi 4215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4216: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4217: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4218: </strong></font><br>
4219:
4220: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4221: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4222: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4223: be a bit dry.
4224: <p>
4225:
1.247 jufi 4226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4227: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4228: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4229: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4230: </strong></font><br>
4231: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4232: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4233: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4234: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4235: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4236: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4237: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4238: <p>
4239:
1.247 jufi 4240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4241: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4242: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4243: 2000
1.128 louis 4244: </strong></font><br>
4245:
4246: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4247: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4248: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4249: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4250: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4251: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4252: <p>
4253:
1.247 jufi 4254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4255: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4256: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4257: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4258:
4259: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4260: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4261: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4262: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4263: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4264: <p>
1.110 louis 4265:
1.247 jufi 4266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4267: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4268: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4269: </strong></font><br>
4270:
4271: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4272: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4273: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4274: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4275: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4276: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4277: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4278: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4279: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4280: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4281: <p>
4282:
1.247 jufi 4283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4284: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4285: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4286:
4287: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4288: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4289: <p>
1.108 louis 4290:
1.247 jufi 4291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4292: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4293: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4294: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4295:
4296: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4297: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4298: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4299: <p>
1.106 louis 4300:
1.247 jufi 4301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4302: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4303: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4304: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4305:
4306: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4307: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4308: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4309: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4310: <p>
1.107 louis 4311:
1.247 jufi 4312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4313: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4314: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4315: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4316:
4317: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4318: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4319: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4320: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4321: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4322: <p>
1.105 louis 4323:
1.247 jufi 4324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4325: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4326: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4327: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4328:
1.113 naddy 4329: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4330: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4331: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4332: <p>
1.104 louis 4333:
1.247 jufi 4334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4335: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4336: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4337: </strong></font><br>
4338:
4339: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4340: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4341: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4342: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4343: <p>
1.301 jose 4344:
4345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4346: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4347: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4348: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4349:
4350: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4351: hardware-supported cryptography.
4352: <p>
1.247 jufi 4353: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4354:
1.85 louis 4355: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4356: <ul>
1.85 louis 4357:
1.247 jufi 4358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4359: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4360: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4361: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4362:
4363: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4364: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4365: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4366: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4367: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4368: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4369: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4370: <p>
1.99 louis 4371:
1.247 jufi 4372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4373: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4374: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4375: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4376:
4377: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4378: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4379: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4380: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4381: <p>
1.100 louis 4382:
1.247 jufi 4383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4384: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4385: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4386: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4387:
4388: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4389: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4390: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4391: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4392: <p>
1.95 louis 4393:
1.247 jufi 4394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4395: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4396: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4397: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4398:
4399: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4400: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4401: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4402: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4403: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4404: <p>
1.92 louis 4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4407: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4408: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4409: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4410:
4411: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4412: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4413: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4414: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4415: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4416: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4417: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4418: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4419: <p>
1.91 louis 4420:
1.247 jufi 4421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4422: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4423: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4424: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4425:
4426: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4427: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4428: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4429: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4430: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4431: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4432: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4433: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4434: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4435: <p>
1.90 louis 4436:
1.247 jufi 4437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4438: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4439: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4440: </strong></font><br>
4441: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4442: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4443: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4444: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4445: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4446: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4447: <p>
4448:
1.247 jufi 4449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4450: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4451: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4452: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4453:
1.113 naddy 4454: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4455: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4456: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4457: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4458: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4459: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4460: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4461: <p>
1.87 louis 4462:
1.247 jufi 4463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4464: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4465: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4466: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4467:
4468: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4469: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4470: <p>
1.85 louis 4471:
1.247 jufi 4472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4473: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4474: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4475: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4476:
4477: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4478: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4479: <p>
4480:
4481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4482: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4483: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4484: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4485:
4486: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4487: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4488: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4489: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4490: <p>
1.89 louis 4491:
1.247 jufi 4492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4493: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4494: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4495: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4496:
4497: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4498: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4499: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4500: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4501: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4502: </ul>
1.85 louis 4503:
1.78 deraadt 4504: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4505: <ul>
1.74 louis 4506:
1.247 jufi 4507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4508: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4509: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4510: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4511: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4512:
4513: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4514: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4515: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4516: <p>
1.83 louis 4517:
1.247 jufi 4518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4519: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4520: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4521: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4522:
4523: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4524: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4525: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4526: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4527: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4528: <p>
1.93 louis 4529:
1.247 jufi 4530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4531: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4532: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4533: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4534: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4535:
1.83 louis 4536: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4537: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4538: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4539: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4540: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4541: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4542: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4543: <p>
1.82 aaron 4544:
1.247 jufi 4545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4546: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4547: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4548: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4549:
1.83 louis 4550: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4551: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4552: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4553: <p>
1.80 louis 4554:
1.247 jufi 4555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4556: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4557: Bad Press</a>,
4558: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4559: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4560:
4561: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4562: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4563: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4564: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4565: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4566: <p>
1.247 jufi 4567: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4568:
4569: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4570: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4571:
1.247 jufi 4572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4573: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4574: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4575: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4576: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4577:
4578: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4579: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4580: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4581: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4582: <p>
1.74 louis 4583:
1.247 jufi 4584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4585: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4586: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4587: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4588:
1.219 horacio 4589: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4590: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4591: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4592: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4593: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4594: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4595: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4596: <p>
1.88 louis 4597:
1.247 jufi 4598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4599: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4600: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4601: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4602:
4603: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4604: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4605: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4606: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4607: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4608: <p>
1.81 louis 4609:
1.247 jufi 4610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4611: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4612: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4613: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4614:
4615: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4616: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4617: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4618: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4619: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4620: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4621: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4622: <p>
1.90 louis 4623:
1.247 jufi 4624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4625: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4626: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4627: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4628:
4629: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4630: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4631: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4632: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4633: <p>
1.247 jufi 4634: </ul>
1.71 louis 4635:
1.69 deraadt 4636: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4637: <ul>
1.70 louis 4638:
1.247 jufi 4639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4640: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4641: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4642: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4643:
4644: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4645: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4646: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4647: <p>
1.70 louis 4648:
1.247 jufi 4649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4650: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4651: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4652: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4653:
4654: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4655: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4656: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4657: <p>
1.68 louis 4658:
1.247 jufi 4659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4660: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4661: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4662: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4663: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4664:
1.111 jufi 4665: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4666: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4667: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4668: "secure by default" installation.
4669: <p>
1.64 louis 4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4672: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4673: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4674: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4675:
1.113 naddy 4676: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4677: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4678: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4679: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4680: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4681: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4682: <p>
1.66 louis 4683:
1.247 jufi 4684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4685: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4686: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4687: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4688:
4689: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4690: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4691: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4692: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4693: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4694: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4695: <p>
1.83 louis 4696:
1.247 jufi 4697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4698: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4699: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4700: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4701:
4702: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4703: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4704: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4705: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4706: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4707: <p>
1.64 louis 4708:
1.247 jufi 4709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4710: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4711: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4712: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4713:
4714: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4715: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4716: <p>
1.301 jose 4717:
4718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4719: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4720: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4721: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4722: </strong></font><br>
4723:
4724: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4725: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4726: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4727: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4728: Giving way to
4729: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4730: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4731: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4732: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4733: <p>
1.247 jufi 4734: </ul>
1.65 louis 4735:
1.69 deraadt 4736: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4737: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4738:
1.247 jufi 4739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4740: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4741: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4742: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4743:
4744: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4745: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4746: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4747: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4748: <p>
1.88 louis 4749:
1.247 jufi 4750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4751: <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 4752: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4753:
4754: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4755: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4756: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4757: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4758: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4759: <p>
1.60 louis 4760:
1.247 jufi 4761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4762: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4763: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4764: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4765: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4766:
4767: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4768: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4769: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4770: <p>
1.58 louis 4771:
1.247 jufi 4772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4773: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4774: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4775:
4776: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4777: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4778: <p>
1.53 louis 4779:
1.247 jufi 4780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4781: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4782: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4783: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4784:
4785: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4786: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4787: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4788: <p>
1.99 louis 4789:
1.247 jufi 4790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4791: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4792: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4793:
4794: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4795: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4796: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4797: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4798: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4799:
1.247 jufi 4800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4801: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4802: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4803: </strong></font><br>
4804:
4805: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4806: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4807: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4808: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4809: <p>
4810:
1.247 jufi 4811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4812: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4813: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4814: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4815:
4816: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4817: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4818: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4821: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4822: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4823:
4824: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4825: in
1.247 jufi 4826: <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 4827: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4828: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4829: <p>
1.53 louis 4830:
1.247 jufi 4831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4832: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4833: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4834: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4835: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4836:
1.58 louis 4837: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4838: <p>
1.301 jose 4839:
4840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4841: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4842: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4843: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4844: Informacyjny, January 2000
4845: </strong></font><br>
4846:
4847: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4848: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4849: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4850: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4851: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4852: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4853: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4854: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4855: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4856: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4857: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4858: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4859: <p>
4860:
4861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4862: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4863: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4864: </strong></font><br>
4865:
4866: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4867: <p>
4868: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4869:
1.69 deraadt 4870: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4871: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4872:
1.247 jufi 4873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4874: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4875: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4876: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4877: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4878:
1.58 louis 4879: Kurt Seifried
4880: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4881: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4882: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4883: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4884:
1.247 jufi 4885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4886: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4887: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4888: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4889:
4890: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4891: <p>
1.96 louis 4892:
1.247 jufi 4893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4894: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4895: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4896: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4897: </strong></font><br>
4898:
4899: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4900: <p>
4901:
4902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4903: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4904: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4905: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4906:
4907: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4908: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4909: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4910: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4911: <p>
1.247 jufi 4912: </ul>
1.86 louis 4913:
1.69 deraadt 4914: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4915: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4916:
1.247 jufi 4917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4918: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4919: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4920: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4921:
4922: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4923: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4924: <p>
1.61 louis 4925:
1.247 jufi 4926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4927: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4928: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4929: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4930: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4931:
4932: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4933: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4934: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4935: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4936: right -- or at least strives to".
4937: <p>
1.48 louis 4938:
1.247 jufi 4939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4940: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4941: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4942: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4943: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4944: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4945: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4946: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4947: <p>
1.61 louis 4948:
1.247 jufi 4949: <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 4950: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4951: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4952:
4953: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4954: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4955: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4956: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4957: <p>
1.46 louis 4958:
1.247 jufi 4959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4960: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4961: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4962: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4963:
4964: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4965: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4966: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4967:
1.247 jufi 4968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4969: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4970: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4971: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4972:
4973: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4974: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4975: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4976: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4977: <p>
1.247 jufi 4978: </ul>
1.70 louis 4979:
1.69 deraadt 4980: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4981: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4982:
1.247 jufi 4983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4984: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4985: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4986: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4987: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4988:
4989: Kurt Seifried
4990: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4991: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4992: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4993: <p>
1.44 philen 4994:
1.247 jufi 4995: <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 4996: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4997: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4998:
4999: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5000: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5001:
1.247 jufi 5002: <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 5003: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5004: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5005:
5006: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5007: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5008:
1.247 jufi 5009: <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 5010: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5011: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5012:
5013: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5014: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5015: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5016: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5017: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5018:
1.247 jufi 5019: <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 5020: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5021: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5022:
1.36 louis 5023: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5024: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5025:
1.247 jufi 5026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5027: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5028: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5029: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5030:
5031: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5032: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5033: </ul>
1.38 louis 5034:
1.69 deraadt 5035: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5036: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5037:
1.247 jufi 5038: <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 5039: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5040: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5041:
5042: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5043: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5044: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5045:
1.113 naddy 5046: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5047: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5048: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5049: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5050:
5051: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5052: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5053: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5054: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5055: <blockquote>
5056: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5057: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5058: <br>
5059: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5060: </code>
5061: </blockquote>
5062: <p>
5063:
1.247 jufi 5064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5065: <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 5066: <p>
5067:
5068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5069: <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 5070: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5071:
5072: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5073: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5074: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5075: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5076:
1.247 jufi 5077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5078: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5079: Sept. 28, 1999
5080: </strong></font><br>
5081:
5082: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5083: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5084: translating and reprinting articles from
5085: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5086: <p>
5087:
5088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5089: <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 5090: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5091:
5092: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5093: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5094: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5095: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5096: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5097: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5098: <p>
1.19 louis 5099:
1.113 naddy 5100: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5101: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5102: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5103:
5104: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5105: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5106: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5107: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5108: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5109: <p>
1.16 louis 5110:
1.247 jufi 5111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5112: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5113: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5114: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5115:
1.57 louis 5116: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5117: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5118: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5119: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5120:
1.247 jufi 5121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5122: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5123: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5124: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5125:
1.113 naddy 5126: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5127:
1.247 jufi 5128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5129: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5130: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5131: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5132:
1.23 louis 5133: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5134: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5135: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5136: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5137: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5138: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5139:
1.247 jufi 5140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5141: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5142: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5143: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5144:
1.199 pvalchev 5145: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5146: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5147: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5148: installation.
1.113 naddy 5149: <p>
1.47 louis 5150:
1.247 jufi 5151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5152: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5153: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5154: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5155:
1.301 jose 5156: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5157: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5158: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5159: </ul>
1.57 louis 5160:
1.69 deraadt 5161: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5162: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5163:
1.247 jufi 5164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5165: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5166: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5167: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5168:
5169: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5170: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5171: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5172: <p>
1.12 louis 5173:
1.247 jufi 5174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5175: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5176: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5177: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5178:
5179: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5180: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5181: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5182: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5183: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5184: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5185: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5186: <p>
1.247 jufi 5187: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5188:
1.69 deraadt 5189: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5190: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5191:
1.247 jufi 5192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5193: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5194: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5195:
5196: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5197: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5198: available."
1.113 naddy 5199: <p>
1.301 jose 5200:
5201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5202: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5203: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5204: </strong></font><br>
5205:
5206: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5207: <p>
1.247 jufi 5208: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5209:
1.69 deraadt 5210: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5211: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5212:
1.247 jufi 5213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5214: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5215: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5216:
5217: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5218: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5219: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5220: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5221: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5222: <p>
1.33 louis 5223:
1.247 jufi 5224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5225: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5226: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5227: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5228:
1.113 naddy 5229: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5230: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5231: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5232: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5233: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5234: <p>
1.247 jufi 5235: </ul>
1.57 louis 5236:
1.69 deraadt 5237: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5238: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5239:
1.247 jufi 5240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5241: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5242: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5243: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5244:
5245: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5246: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5247: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5248:
1.247 jufi 5249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5250: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5251: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5252: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5253: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5254:
5255: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5256: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5257:
1.247 jufi 5258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5259: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5260:
1.113 naddy 5261: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5262:
1.247 jufi 5263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5264: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5265: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5266: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5267:
5268: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5269: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5270: </ul>
1.23 louis 5271:
1.69 deraadt 5272: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5273: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5274:
1.247 jufi 5275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5276: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5277: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5278:
5279: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5280: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5281: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5282:
1.247 jufi 5283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5284: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5285: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5286: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5287:
5288: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5289: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5290: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5291: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5292: </ul>
1.57 louis 5293:
1.69 deraadt 5294: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5295: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5296:
1.247 jufi 5297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5298: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5299: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5300: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5301:
5302: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5303: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5304: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5305: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5306: <p>
1.15 louis 5307:
1.247 jufi 5308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5309: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5310: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5311: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5312:
5313: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5314: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5315: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5316: columns."
1.113 naddy 5317: <p>
1.247 jufi 5318: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5319:
1.69 deraadt 5320: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5321: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5322:
1.247 jufi 5323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5324: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5325: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5326: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5327:
5328: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5329: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5330:
1.113 naddy 5331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5332: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5333: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5334:
5335: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5336: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5337: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5338: </ul>
1.57 louis 5339:
1.69 deraadt 5340: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5341: <ul>
1.301 jose 5342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5343: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5344: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5345: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5346:
5347: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5348: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5349: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5350: <p>
5351:
5352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5353: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5354: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5355: Nov 13, 1998 and
5356: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5357: Datateknik</a>,
5358: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5359:
1.380 saad 5360: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5361: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5362: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5363: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5364: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5365:
1.113 naddy 5366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5367: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5368: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5369: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5370:
1.222 miod 5371: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5372: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5373: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5374: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5375: <p>
1.247 jufi 5376: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5377:
1.69 deraadt 5378: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5379: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5380:
1.247 jufi 5381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5382: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5383: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5384:
1.69 deraadt 5385: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5386: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5387: <p>
1.247 jufi 5388: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5389:
1.69 deraadt 5390: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5391: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5392:
1.247 jufi 5393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5394: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5395: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5396: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5397:
1.383 jcs 5398: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5399: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5400: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5401:
1.247 jufi 5402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5403: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5404: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5405: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5406: <p>
1.247 jufi 5407: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5408:
1.69 deraadt 5409: <h2>June, 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://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5414: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5415: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5416: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5417: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5418:
5419: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5420: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5421: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5422: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5423: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5424: <p>
1.247 jufi 5425: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5426:
5427: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5428: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5429:
1.247 jufi 5430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5431: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5432: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5433:
1.69 deraadt 5434: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5435: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5436: <p>
1.112 naddy 5437:
1.247 jufi 5438: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5439: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5440:
1.292 camield 5441: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5442: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5443: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.515 ! ian 5444: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.514 2006/05/03 02:35:58 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5445:
5446: </body>
5447: </html>
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