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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
1.516 steven 30: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 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>
1.517 ! mbalmer 59: [GERMAN]
! 60: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
! 61: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
! 62: </strong></font><br>
! 63: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
! 64: are and why they are bad.
! 65: <p>
! 66:
! 67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 68: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
69: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
70: </strong></font><br>
71: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
72: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
73: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
74: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
75: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
76: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
77: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
78: pages."
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 82: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 83: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 84: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 85: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
86: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
87: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 88: for funding.
1.509 djm 89: <p>
90:
91: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 92: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
93: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
94: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
95: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
96: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
97: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 101: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
102: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
103: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
104: </strong></font><br>
105: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 106: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 107: is punctuated with examples.
108: Tunneling features are described, as well as
109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
111: and
112: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
113: <p>
114:
115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 116: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
117: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
118: </strong></font><br>
119: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
120: further OpenSSH development.
121: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
122: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
123: project's funding needs for all time.
124: <p>
1.504 bernd 125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
126: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
127: April 3, 2006
128: </strong></font><br>
129: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
130: this could compromise future hackathons.
131: <p>
1.503 ian 132:
133: </ul>
134:
1.487 ian 135: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
136: <ul>
1.495 ian 137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 138: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 139: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 140: </strong></font><br>
141: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
142: on topics including "Puffy",
143: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
144: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
145: what's new in 3.9,
146: and of course project expenses.
147: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
148: <!--
149: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
150: -->
151: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
152: <p>
153:
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 155: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
156: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
157: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 158: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
159: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 160: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
161: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
162: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
163: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
164: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
165: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
166: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
167: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
168: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
169: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
170: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
171: but Matzan does - is that
172: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
173: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
174: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
175: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
176: <br/>
177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
180: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
181: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
182: </strong></font><br>
183: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
184: "blob" drivers, and more.
185: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
186: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
187: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
188: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
189: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
190: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
191: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
192: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
193: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
194: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
195: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
196: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 200: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
201: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
202: </strong></font><br>
203: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
204: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
205: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
206: in general temperature and environmental issues.
207: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
208: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
209: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
210: other major operating systems." ...
211: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
212: machines running in
213: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
214: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
215: <p>
216:
217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
218: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
219: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
220: </strong></font><br>
221: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
222: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
223: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
224: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
225: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
226: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
227: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
228: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
229: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
230: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
231: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
232: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
233: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
234: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
235: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
236: <p>
237:
1.487 ian 238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 239: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
240: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
241: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 242: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 243: financial situation.
244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 247: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
248: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
249: </strong></font><br>
250: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
251: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
252: produce our favorite operating system.
253: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
254: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
255: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
256: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
257: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 258: <br/>
259: Also online at
260: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
264: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
265: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
266: </strong></font><br>
267: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
268: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
269: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
270: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
271: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
272: sustain indefinitely."
273: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
274: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
275: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
276: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
277: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 278: <p>
279:
280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 281: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
282: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
283: </strong></font><br>
284: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
285: with a reminder that
286: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
287: used nowadays almost everywhere."
288: Ends with this quote from Marco:
289: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
290: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
291: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
292: <p>
293:
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 295: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 296: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
297: </strong></font><br>
298: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
299: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
300: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
301: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
302: a few of them each year.
303: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
304: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
305: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
306: to the OpenBSD project.
307: It's time for them to do so.
308: <p>
309:
310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 311: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
312: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
313: </strong></font><br>
314: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
315: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
316: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
317: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
318: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
319: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
320: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
321: <p>
322:
323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 324: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
325: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 326: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
327: <!-- North America mirror:
328: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 329: -->
1.490 deraadt 330: European mirror:
331: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
332: <br>
333: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 337: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
338: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 339: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 340: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
341: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
342: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
343: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
344: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
345: designed to provide reliability and security.
346: <p>
347:
348: </ul>
349:
1.485 ian 350: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
351: <ul>
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 353: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
354: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
355: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 356: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 357: installations in about four minutes flat".
358: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
359: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 360: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 361: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
362: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
363: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
364: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
365: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
366: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
367: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
368: the steps in the article.
369: <p>
370:
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 372: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
373: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
374: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
375: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
376: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
377: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
378: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
379: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
380: happening in real life.
381: <p>
382:
383: </ul>
384:
1.492 ian 385: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
386: <ul>
387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
388: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
389: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
390: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
391: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
392: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
393: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 394: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 395: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
396: </ul>
397:
1.483 ian 398: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
399: <ul>
400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 401: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
402: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
403: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
404: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
405: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
406: <p>
407:
408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 409: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 410: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
411: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
412: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
413: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
414: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
415: to sites with more information on most topics.
416: <p>
417:
418: </ul>
419:
420:
1.479 grunk 421: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
422: <ul>
423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 424: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 425: Goes to Venice</a>,
426: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 427: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 428: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
429: <br/>
430: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
431: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
432: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 433: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 434: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
435: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
436: Contains a link to
437: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
438: pval's summary slides</a>.
439: <p>
440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 442: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
443: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
444: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
445: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
446: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
447: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
448: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
449: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 450: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 451: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
452: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
453: the packages and ports system"</i>.
454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
457: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
458: Return of The BSDs</a>,
459: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
460: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
461: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
462: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
463: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
464: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
465: quotes from Bob Beck.
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 469: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
470: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
471: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 472: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
473: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 474: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
475: and Linux.<br>
476: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
477: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
478: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
479: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
480: of the release
481: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
482: <p>
483: </ul>
484:
1.476 ian 485: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
486: <ul>
487:
488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
489: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
490: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
491: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
492: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
493: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
494: and too unreliable.
495: This quote will rattle some cages:
496: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
497: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
498: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
499: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
500: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
501: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
502: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
503: costs without any commercial lock-in."
504: <p>
505:
1.477 saad 506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
507: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
508: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
509: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
510: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
511: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
512: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
513: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
514: discussion about future plans.
515: <p>
516:
1.478 grunk 517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
518: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
519: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
520: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
521: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
522: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
523: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
524: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
525: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
526: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
527: <p>
528:
1.476 ian 529: </ul>
530:
1.470 saad 531: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
532: <ul>
533:
534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 535: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
536: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
537: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
538: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
539: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
540: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
541: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
542: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
543: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
544: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
545: <p>
546:
547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 548: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
549: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
550: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
551: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
552: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
553: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
554: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
555: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
556: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
557: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
558: <p>
559:
560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 561: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
562: Big debate over small packets</a>,
563: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
564: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
565: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
566: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
567: draft.
568: <p>
569:
570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 571: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
572: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
573: ordinateur ?"</a>,
574: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
575: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
576: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
577: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
578: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
579: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
580: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
581: <p>
582:
583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 584: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
585: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
586: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
587: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
588: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
589: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
590: performance data with pfstat.
591: <p>
592:
593: </ul>
594:
1.461 grunk 595: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
596: <ul>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 599: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
600: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 601: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 602: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
603: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
604: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 605: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 606: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 607: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
608: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
609: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 610: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
611: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 612: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 613: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
614: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 615: <p>
616:
617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 618: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
619: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 620: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 621: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
622: poor security:
1.467 grunk 623: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 624: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 625: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 626: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
627: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
628: <p>
629:
630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 631: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
632: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 633: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 634: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
635: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 636: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
637: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
638: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
639: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
640: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
641: commercial vendors.
642: <p>
643:
644: </ul>
645:
1.454 ian 646: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
647: <ul>
1.468 grunk 648:
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
650: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
651: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
652: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
653: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
654: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
655: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 656: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 657: <br>
658: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
659: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
660: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
661: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
662: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 663: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 664: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
665: <p>
666:
1.454 ian 667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 668: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
669: Free Bird</a>,
670: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
671: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
672: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
673: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
674: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
675: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
676: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
677: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
678: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
679: room will only be available in the print edition.
680: <p>
1.459 deraadt 681:
1.458 niallo 682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 683: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
684: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
685: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
686: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
687: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
688: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
689: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
690: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
691: <p>
1.457 deraadt 692:
1.456 niallo 693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 694: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 695: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
696: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
697: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
698: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
699: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
700: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 701: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 702: interview.</a>
703: <p>
704:
705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 706: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
707: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
708: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
709: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
710: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
711: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
712: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
713: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
714: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
715: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
716: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
717: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
718: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
719: "I have never used it."
720: <p>
721:
722: </ul>
723:
1.441 deraadt 724: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
725: <ul>
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 727: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
728: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
729: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
730: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
731: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
732: future enhancements.
733: <p>
734:
735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 736: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 737: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
738: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
739: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
740: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
741: North America mirror:
742: <ul>
1.452 marco 743: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 744: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
745: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 746: </ul>
747: European mirror:
748: <ul>
1.452 marco 749: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 750: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
751: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
752: </ul>
753: <p>
754:
755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 756: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
757: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
758: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
759: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
760: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
761: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
762: <p>
763:
764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 765: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
766: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
767: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
768: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
769: first-hand account.
770: <p>
771:
772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 773: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
774: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
775: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
776: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
777: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
778: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
779: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
780: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
781: <p>
782:
783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 784: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
785: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
786: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
787: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
788: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
789: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
790: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
791: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
792: <p>
793:
794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 795: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 796: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 797: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
798: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
799: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
800: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
801: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
802: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
803: <p>
804:
805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
806: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 807: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 808: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
809: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
810: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
811: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
812: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
813: <p>
814:
815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 816: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
817: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
818: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 819: </strong></font><br>
820: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
821: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
822: with OpenBSD.
823: </ul>
824:
1.436 henning 825: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
826: <ul>
827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 828: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
829: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
830: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
831: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
832: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
833: than closed source, as we have long contended.
834: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
835: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
836: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
837: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
838: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
839: <p>
840: This article can also be found online as
841: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
842: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 846: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
847: </strong></font><br>
848: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
849: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
850: <p>
851:
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 853: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
854: </strong></font><br>
855: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
856: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 857: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 858: the issues we had with IETF.
859: </ul>
860:
1.431 ian 861: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
862: <ul>
863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 864: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
865: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
866: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
867: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
868: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
869: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
870: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
871: <p>
872:
873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 874: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
875: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
876: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
877: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
878: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
879: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 880: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 881: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
882: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
883: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
884: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
885: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
886: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
887: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
888: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
889:
890: </ul>
891:
1.427 matthieu 892: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
893: <ul>
894:
895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 896: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
897: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
898: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
899: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
900: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
901: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
902: firmware.
1.434 ian 903: Similar articles can be found online at:
904: <ul>
905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
906: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
907: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
908: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
910: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
911: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
912: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
914: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
915: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
916: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 918: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 919: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
920: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
921: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 922: </ul>
923:
1.426 ian 924: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
925: <ul>
926:
927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
928: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
929: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
930: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
931: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 932: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 933: mechanism: what it is and why and
934: how to use it, with examples.
935: Another excerpt from the book
936: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
937: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
938: <p>
939:
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
941: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
942: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
943: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
944: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
945: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
946: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
947: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
948: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
949: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
950: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
951: This article is a sample chapter from
952: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
953: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
954: <p>
1.443 ian 955:
956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 957: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 958: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
959: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
960: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
961: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
962: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
963: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
964: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
965: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
966: ends with a sidebar on security.
967: <p>
1.426 ian 968: </ul>
969:
1.424 ian 970: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
971: <ul>
972:
973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 974: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
975: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
976: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
977: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
978: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
979: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
980: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
981: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
982: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
983: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
984: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
985: <p>
986: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
987: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
988: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
989: <p>
990:
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 992: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
993: Closed Source Hardware</a>
994: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
995: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
996: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
997: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
998: operating systems.
999: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1000: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1001: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1002: systems, he writes:
1003: <blockquote>
1004: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1005: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1006: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1007: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1008: to the operating system...
1009: <br/>
1010: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1011: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1012: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1013: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1014: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1015: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1016: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1017: in a closed source operating system).
1018: <br/>
1019: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1020: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1021: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1022: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1023: </blockquote>
1024: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1025: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1026: their hardware and software operates.
1027: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1028: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1029: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1030: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1031: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1032: <p>
1033: </ul>
1034:
1.417 pvalchev 1035: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1036: <ul>
1.421 ian 1037:
1.417 pvalchev 1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1039: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1040: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1041: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1042: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1043: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1044: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1045: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1046: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1047: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1048: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1049: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1050: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1051: <p>
1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1053: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1054: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1055: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1056: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1057: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1058: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1059: it claims to do".
1060: <p>
1061:
1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1063: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1064: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1065: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1066: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1067: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1068: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1069: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1070: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1071: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1072: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1073: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1074: (yes, this is a hint).
1075: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1076: picked up on the
1077: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1078: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1079: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1080: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1081: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1085: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1086: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1087: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1088: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1089: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1090: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1091: the current efforts.
1092: <p>
1093: </ul>
1094:
1.407 henning 1095: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1096: <ul>
1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1098: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1099: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1100: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1101: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1102: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1103: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1104: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1105: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1106: <p>
1107:
1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1109: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1110: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1111: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1112: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1113: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1114: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1115: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1116: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1117: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1118: <p>
1.415 ian 1119:
1120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1121: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1122: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1123: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1124: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1125: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1126: overflow attacks... because
1127: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1128: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1129: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1130: and propolice.
1131: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1132: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1133: and that's when the science falls apart."
1134: <p>
1135:
1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1137: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1138: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1139: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1140: Starts with the question:
1141: <blockquote>
1142: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1143: <br/>
1144: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1145: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1146: <br/>
1147: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1148: Should we believe them?"
1149: </blockquote>
1150: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1151: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1152: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1153: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1154: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1155: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1156: <p>
1157:
1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1159: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1160: Simple Simon</a>,
1161: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1162: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1163: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1164: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1165: routing/firewall, and more.
1166: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1167: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1168: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1169: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1170: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1171: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1172: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1173: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1174: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1175: </blockquote>
1176: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1177: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1178: <p>
1179:
1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1181: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1182: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1183: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1184: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1185: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1186: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1187: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1188: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1189: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1190: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1191: in spite of it
1192: (registration required, but worth it).
1193: <p>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1196: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1197: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1198: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1199: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1200: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1201: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1202: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1203: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1204: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1205: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1206: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1207: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1208: <p>
1209:
1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1211: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1212: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1213: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1214: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1215: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1216: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1217: <blockquote>
1218: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1219: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1220: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1221: a lot of analysis.
1222: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1223: </blockquote>
1224: <p>
1225: </ul>
1226:
1.400 marco 1227: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1228: <ul>
1229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1230: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1231: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1232: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1233: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1234: UNIX-like systems.
1235: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1236: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1237: <p>
1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1239: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1240: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1241: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1242: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1243: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1244: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1245: At one point, the article states:
1246: <blockquote>
1247: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1248: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1249: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1250: </blockquote>
1251: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1252: <blockquote>
1253: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1254: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1255: </blockquote>
1256: <p>
1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1258: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1259: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1260: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1261: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1262: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1263: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1264: required).
1265: <p>
1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1267: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1268: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1269: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1270: </strong></font><br>
1271: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1272: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1273: <p>
1274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1275: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1276: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1277: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1278: </strong></font><br>
1279: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1280: <p>
1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1282: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1283: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1284: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1285: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1286: 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 1287: <p>
1288: </ul>
1289:
1.396 henning 1290: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1291: <ul>
1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1293: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1294: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1295: Unix Review, July, 2004
1296: </strong></font><br>
1297: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1298: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1299: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1300: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1301: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1302: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1303: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1304: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1305: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1306: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1307: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1308: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1309: and even spelling/wording errors.
1310: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1311: <p>
1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1313: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1314: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1315: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1316: </strong></font><br>
1317: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1318: <p>
1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1320: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1321: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1322: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1323: </strong></font><br>
1324: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1325: <p>
1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1327: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1328: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1329: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1330: </strong></font><br>
1331: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1332: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1333: <p>
1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1335: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1336: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1337: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1338: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1339: <p>
1340: </ul>
1341:
1.405 jolan 1342: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1343: <ul>
1344: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1345: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1346: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1347: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1348: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1349: details on how funds are dispersed.
1350: <p>
1351: </ul>
1352:
1.393 david 1353: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1354: <ul>
1355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1356: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1357: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1358: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1359: </strong></font><br>
1360: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1361: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1362: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1363: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1364: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1365: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1366: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1367: <p>
1368:
1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1370: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1371: Secure by Default</a>,
1372: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1373: </strong></font><br>
1374: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1375: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1376: <p>
1377:
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1379: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1380: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1381: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1382: </strong></font><br>
1383: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1384: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1385: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1386: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1387: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1388: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1389: <p>
1390:
1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1392: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1393: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1394: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1395: </strong></font><br>
1396: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1397: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1398: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1399: <p>
1400:
1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1402: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1403: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1404: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1405: </strong></font><br>
1406: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1407: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1408: <p>
1409: </ul>
1410:
1.388 mcbride 1411: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1412: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1413:
1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1415: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1416: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1417: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1418: </strong></font><br>
1419: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1420: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1421: available for sparc64.
1422: <p>
1423:
1.390 beck 1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1425: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1426: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1427: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1428: </strong></font><br>
1429: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1430: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1431: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1432: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1433: <p>
1434:
1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1436: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1437: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1438: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1439: </strong></font><br>
1440: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1441: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1442: it does: CARP provides sharing
1443: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1444: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1445: detail to get you started using it.
1446: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1447: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1448: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1449: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1450: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1451: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1452: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1453: <p>
1.391 ian 1454:
1455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1456: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1457: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1458: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1459: </strong></font><br>
1460: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1461: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1462: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1463: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1464:
1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1466: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1467: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1468: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1469: </strong></font><br>
1470: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1471: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1472: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1473: unencumbered by patents.
1474: <p>
1475: </ul>
1476:
1.378 henning 1477: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1478: <ul>
1.384 jose 1479:
1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1481: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1482: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1483: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1484: </strong></font><br>
1485: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1486: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1487: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1488: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1489: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1490: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1491: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1492: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1493: in the page tables."
1494: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1495: <p>
1496:
1497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1498: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1499: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1500: </strong></font><br>
1501: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1502: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1503: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1504: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1505: <p>
1.384 jose 1506:
1.378 henning 1507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1508: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1509: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1510: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1511: </strong></font><br>
1512: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1513: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1514: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1515: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1516: (quote:
1517: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1518: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1519: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1520: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1521: the other developers for their work on the system.
1522: <p>
1523:
1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1525: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1526: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1527: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1528: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1529: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1530: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1531: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1532: too.
1533: <p>
1534:
1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1536: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1537: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1538: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1539: OpenBSD source code using
1540: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1541: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1542: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1543: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1544: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1545: <p>
1546: </ul>
1547:
1.374 jose 1548: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1549: <ul>
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1551: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1552: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1553: </strong></font><br>
1554: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1555: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1556: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1557: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1558: it."
1559: <p>
1560:
1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1562: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1563: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1564: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1565: </strong></font><br/>
1566: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1567: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1568: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1569: <p>
1570: </ul>
1571:
1.369 ian 1572: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1573: <ul>
1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1575: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1576: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1577: </strong></font><br/>
1578: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1579: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1580: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1581: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1582: <p>
1583:
1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1585: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1586: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1587: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1588: </strong></font><br/>
1589: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1590: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1591: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1592: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1593: form factor.
1594: <p>
1595:
1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1597: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1598: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1599: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1600: Features</a>,
1601: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1602: </strong></font><br/>
1603: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1604: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1605: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1606: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1607: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1608: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1609: <p>
1610: This article can also be found online at:
1611: <ul>
1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1613: <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 1614: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1615: </strong></font>
1616: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1617: </ul>
1618: <p>
1.392 david 1619:
1.371 jose 1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1621: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1622: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1623: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1624: </strong></font><br/>
1625: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1626: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1627: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1628: <p>
1.371 jose 1629:
1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1631: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1632: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1633: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1634: </strong></font><br/>
1635: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1636: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1637: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1638: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1639: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1640: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1641: and its history with OpenBSD.
1642: </ul>
1643:
1.368 henning 1644: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1645: <ul>
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1647: [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 1648: </strong></font><br>
1649: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1650: </ul>
1651:
1.364 jose 1652: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1653: <ul>
1654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1655: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1656: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1657: UNIX Review,
1658: July, 2003.
1659: </strong></font><br>
1660: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1661: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1662: who want more information.
1663: <p>
1664:
1665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1666: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1667: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1668: Government Computer News,
1669: July 22, 2003.
1670: </strong></font><br>
1671: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1672: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1673: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1674: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1675: <p>
1676:
1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1678: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1679: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1680: SANS Institute,
1681: July 22, 2003.
1682: </strong></font><br>
1683: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1684: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1685: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1686: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1687: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1688: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1689: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1690: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1691: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1692: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1693: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1694: <p>
1695:
1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1697: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1698: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1699: OnLamp.com,
1700: July 17, 2003.
1701: </strong></font><br>
1702: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1703: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1704: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1705: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1706: have been working on.
1707:
1708: </ul>
1709:
1.356 jose 1710: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1711: <ul>
1712:
1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1714: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1715: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1716: UNIX Review,
1717: June, 2003.
1718: </strong></font><br>
1719: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1720: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1721: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1722: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1723: <p>
1724:
1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1726: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1727: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1728: eWeek,
1729: June 23, 2003.
1730: </strong></font><br>
1731: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1732: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1733: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1734: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1735: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1736: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1737: <p>
1738:
1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1740: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1741: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1742: Software Development Online,
1743: June, 2003.
1744: </strong></font><br>
1745: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1746: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1747: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1748: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1749: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1750: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1751: current activities.
1752: <p>
1753:
1754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1755: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1756: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1757: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1758: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1759: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1760: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1761: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1762: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1763: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1764: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1765: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1766: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1767: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1768: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1769: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1770: decisions.
1771: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1772: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1773: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1774: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1775: <p>
1776:
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1778: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1779: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1780: Page 58, eWeek,
1781: June 2, 2003.
1782: </strong></font><br>
1783: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1784: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1785: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1786: been addressed in -current.
1787: <p>
1788:
1.356 jose 1789: </ul>
1790:
1791: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1792: <ul>
1793:
1.355 jose 1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1795: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1796: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1797: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1798: </strong></font><br>
1799: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1800: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1801: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1802: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1803: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1804: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1805: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1806: <p>
1807:
1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1809: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1810: Beyond Linux</a>,
1811: InfoWorld,
1812: May 23, 2003.
1813: </strong></font><br>
1814: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1815: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1816: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1817: compared to the GPL.
1818: <p>
1819:
1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1821: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1822: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1823: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1824: May 17, 2003.
1825: </strong></font><br>
1826: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1827: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1828: the business section and half of another page inside
1829: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1830: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1831: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1832: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1833: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1834: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1835: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1836: <br>
1837: This article can also be found online at:
1838: <ul>
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1840: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1841: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1842: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1843: May 17, 2003
1844: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1845: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1847: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1848: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1849: Montreal Gazette,
1850: May 21, 2003
1851: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1852: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1853: <p>
1.346 ian 1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1856: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1857: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1858: May 7, 2003.
1859: </strong></font><br>
1860: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1861: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1862: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1863: <p>
1864:
1865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1866: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1867: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1868: OsOpinion,
1869: May 6, 2003.
1870: </strong></font><br>
1871: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1872: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1873: <br>
1874: This article can also be found online at:
1875: <ul>
1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1877: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1878: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1879: NewsFactor Network.
1880: </strong></font>
1881: </ul>
1882: <p>
1883:
1884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1885: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1886: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1887: ITBusiness,
1888: May 2, 2003.
1889: </strong></font><br>
1890: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1891: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1892: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1893: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1894: <p>
1895:
1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1897: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1898: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1899: InfoWorld,
1900: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1901: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1902: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1903: <br>
1904: This article can also be found online at:
1905: <ul>
1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1907: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1908: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1909: IDG Singapore.
1910: </strong></font>
1911: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1912: <p>
1913:
1.339 jose 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1915: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1916: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1917: ZDNet,
1918: May 1, 2003.
1919: </strong></font><br>
1920: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1921: someone using parts from previous articles.
1922: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1923: This article can also be found online at:
1924: <ul>
1925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1926: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1927: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1928: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1929: </strong></font>
1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1931: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1932: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1933: CNET News.com.
1934: </strong></font>
1935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1936: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1937: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1938: ZDNet UK.
1939: </strong></font>
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1941: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1942: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1943: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1944: </strong></font>
1945: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1946: <p>
1.339 jose 1947:
1.341 deraadt 1948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1949: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1950: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1951: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1952: May 1, 2003.
1953: </strong></font><br>
1954: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1955: that have been added
1956: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1957: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1958: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1959: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1960: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1961: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1962: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1963: <p>
1964:
1965: </ul>
1966:
1.253 ian 1967: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1968: <ul>
1.255 ian 1969:
1.260 ian 1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1971: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1972: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1973: TechRepublic,
1974: April 28, 2003.
1975: </strong></font><br>
1976: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1977: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1978: work.<br>
1979: Can also be found online at:
1980: <ul>
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1982: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1983: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1984: ZDNet UK.
1985: </strong></font>
1986: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1987: <p>
1988:
1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1990: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1991: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1992: IDG,
1993: April 24, 2003.
1994: </strong></font><br>
1995: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1996: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1997: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1998: Can also be found online at:
1999: <ul>
2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2001: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2002: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2003: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2004: </strong></font>
2005: </ul>
2006: <p>
2007:
2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2009: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2010: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2011: Slate,
2012: April 24, 2003.
2013: </strong></font><br>
2014: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2015: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2016: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2017: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2018: <p>
2019:
2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2021: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2022: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2023: April 24, 2003.
2024: </strong></font><br>
2025: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2026: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2027: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2028: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2029: <p>
2030:
2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2032: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2033: April 24, 2003.
2034: </strong></font><br>
2035: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2036: the free software community".
2037: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2038: other articles.
2039: <p>
2040:
2041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2042: <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 2043: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2044: </strong></font><br>
2045: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2046: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2047: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2048: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2049: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2050: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2051: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2052: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2053: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2054: <br/>
2055: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2056: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2057: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2058: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2059: <br>
2060: Can also be found online at:
2061: <ul>
2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2063: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2064: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2065: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2066: </strong></font>
2067: </ul>
1.324 ian 2068: <p>
2069:
2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2071: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2072: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2073: </strong></font><br>
2074: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2075: article above.
2076: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2077: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2078: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2079: <br>
2080: Can also be found online at:
2081: <ul>
2082: <li>
2083: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2084: </strong></font>
2085: </ul>
1.324 ian 2086: <p>
2087:
2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2089: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2090: </strong></font><br>
2091: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2092: <p>
2093:
2094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2095: <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.
2096: </strong></font><br>
2097: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2098: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2099: <p>
2100:
2101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2102: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2103: April 23, 2003.
2104: </strong></font><br>
2105: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2106: <p>
2107:
2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2109: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2110: April 22, 2003.
2111: </strong></font><br>
2112: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2113: <p>
2114:
2115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2116: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2117: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2118: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2119: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2120: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2121: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2122: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2123: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2124: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2125: Can also be found online at:
2126: <ul>
2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2128: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2129: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2130: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2131: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2133: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2134: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2135: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2136: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2137: </ul>
2138: <p>
2139:
2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2141: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2142: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2143: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2144: </strong></font><br>
2145: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2146: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2147: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2148: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2149: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2150: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2151: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2152: <p>
2153:
2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2155: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2156: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2157: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2158: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2159: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2160: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2161: at UPenn and DARPA.
2162: <p>
2163:
2164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2165: [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,
2166: France
1.315 deraadt 2167: April 18, 2003.
2168: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2169: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2170: <p>
2171:
2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2173: [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 2174: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2175: </strong></font><br>
2176: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2177: <p>
2178:
2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2180: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2181: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2182: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2183: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2184: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2185: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2186: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2187: <p>
2188:
2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2190: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2191: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2192: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2193: </strong></font><br>
2194: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2195: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2196: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2197: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2198: <p>
2199:
2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2201: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2202: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2203: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2204: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2205: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2206: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2207: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2208: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2209: Can also be found online at:
2210: <ul>
2211: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2212: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2213: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2214: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2215: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2216: <p>
2217:
2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2219: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2220: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2221: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2222: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2223: </strong></font><br>
2224: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2225: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2226: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2227: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2228: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2229:
2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2231: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2232: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2233: New York Times.
2234: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2235:
1.273 deraadt 2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2237: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2238: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2239: ABC News.
2240: </strong></font>
2241:
2242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2243: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2244: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2245: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2246: </strong></font>
2247:
2248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2249: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2250: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2251: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2252: </strong></font>
2253:
2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2255: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2256: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2257: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2258: </strong></font>
2259:
2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2261: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2262: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2263: Times Daily, AL.
2264: </strong></font>
2265:
2266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2267: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2268: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2269: Boston.com, MA.
2270: </strong></font>
2271:
2272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2273: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2274: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2275: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2276: </strong></font>
2277:
2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2279: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2280: [Article was pulled]</a>
2281: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2282: </strong></font>
2283:
2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2285: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2286: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2287: Infoshop News.
2288: </strong></font>
2289:
2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2291: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2292: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2293: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2294: </strong></font>
2295:
2296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2297: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2298: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2299: Raleigh News, NC.
2300: </strong></font>
2301:
2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2303: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2304: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2305: Napa News, CA.
2306: </strong></font>
2307:
2308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2309: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2310: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2311: NEPA News, PA.
2312: </strong></font>
2313:
2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2315: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2316: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2317: Wired News.
2318: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2319: <br>
2320: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2321: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2322: [JAPANESE]
2323: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2324: Wired News Japan</a>
2325: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2326:
1.271 deraadt 2327: </ul>
2328: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2329: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2330: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2331: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2332: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2333: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2334: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2335: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2336: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2337: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2338: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2339: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2340: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2341: <p>
2342: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2343:
2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2345: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2346: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2347: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2348: </strong></font>
2349:
2350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2351: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2352: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2353: Miami Herald, FL.
2354: </strong></font>
2355:
2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2357: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2358: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2359: </strong></font>
2360:
2361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2362: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2363: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2364: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2365: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2366:
2367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2368: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2369: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2370: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2371: ABC News.
2372: </strong></font>
2373:
1.276 deraadt 2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2375: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2376: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2377: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2378: </strong></font>
2379:
1.286 dhartmei 2380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2381: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2382: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2383: Wilmington Star, NC.
2384: </strong></font>
2385:
1.300 jose 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2387: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2388: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2389: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2390: </strong></font>
2391:
1.309 jose 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2393: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2394: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2395: Globe Technology.
2396: </strong></font>
2397:
1.263 deraadt 2398: </ul>
1.262 beck 2399: <p>
2400:
2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2402: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2403: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2404: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2405: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2406: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2407: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2408: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2409: <p>
2410:
2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2412: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2413: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2414: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2415: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2416: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2417: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2418: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2419: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2420: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2421: and simply restates other press reports.
2422: <p>
2423:
2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2425: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2426: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2427: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2428: </strong></font><br>
2429: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2430: <p>
2431:
2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2433: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2434: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2435: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2436: </strong></font><br>
2437: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2438: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2439: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2440: <p>
2441:
2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2443: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2444: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2445: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2446: April 17, 2003.
2447: </strong></font><br>
2448: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2449: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2450: Tech Anthems</a>
2451: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2452: 4 so far.
2453: <p>
2454:
2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2456: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2457: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2458: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2459: </strong></font><br>
2460: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2461: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2462: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2463: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2464: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2465: Goes on to say:
2466: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2467: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2468: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2469: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2470: This article is also found online at:
2471: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2473: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2474: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2475: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2476: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2478: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2479: ZDnet</a>,
2480: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2481: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2483: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2484: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2485: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2486: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2487: </ul>
1.260 ian 2488: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2489:
1.260 ian 2490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2491: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2492: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2493: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2494: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2495: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2496: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2497: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2498: without notice or justification.
2499: <p>
2500:
2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2502: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2503: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2504: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2505: </strong></font><br>
2506: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2507: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2508: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2509: effective today, without any warning..."
2510: <p>
1.257 ian 2511:
2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2513: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2514: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2515: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2516: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2517: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2518: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2519: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2520: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2521: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2522: <p>
2523:
2524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2525: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2526: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2527: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2528: </strong></font><br>
2529: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2530: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2531: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2532: quoting two of them:
2533: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2534: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2535: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2536: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2537: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2538: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2539: <p>
2540:
1.255 ian 2541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2542: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2543: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2544: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2545: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2546: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2547: <p>
2548:
2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2550: [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 2551: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2552: </strong></font><br>
2553: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2554: <p>
2555:
2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2557: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2558: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2559: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2560: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2561: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2562: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2563: security experts for more than three decades."
2564: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2565: <p>
1.261 ian 2566:
1.254 drahn 2567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2568: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2569: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2570: </strong></font><br>
2571: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2572: <p>
2573:
2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2575: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2576: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2577: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2578: </strong></font><br>
2579: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2580: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2581: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2582: <p>
2583:
2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2585: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2586: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2587: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2588: </strong></font><br>
2589: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2590: from US DARPA.
2591: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2592: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2593: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2594: the BSD license.
2595: <p>
2596: </ul>
2597:
1.251 ian 2598: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2599: <ul>
2600:
2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2602: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2603: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2604: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2605: </strong></font><br>
2606:
2607: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2608: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2609: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2610: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2611: <p>
2612:
2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2614: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2615: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2616: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2617: </strong></font><br>
2618: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2619: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2620: Mentions
2621: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2622: and
2623: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2624: programs.
2625: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2626: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2627: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2628: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2629: <p>
1.325 ian 2630: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2631: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2632:
2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2634: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2635: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2636: </strong></font><br>
2637: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2638: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2639: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2640: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2641: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2642: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2643: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2644: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2645: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2646: put into service."
2647: <p>
2648: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2649: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2650: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2651: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2652: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2653: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2654: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2655: computers with security features."
2656: <p>
1.329 ian 2657:
2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2659: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2660: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2661: Slate,
2662: March 3, 2003.
2663: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2664: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2665: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2666: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2667: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2668: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2669: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2670: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2671: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2672: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2673: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2674: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2675: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2676: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2677: of more secure open-source solutions like
2678: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2679: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2680: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2681: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2682: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2683: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2684: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2685: the Beltway."
2686: <p>
1.251 ian 2687: </ul>
2688:
1.249 jufi 2689: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2690: <ul>
2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2692: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2693: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2694: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2695: </strong></font><br>
2696: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2697: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2698: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2699: <p>
1.334 ian 2700:
2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2702: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2703: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2704: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2705: </strong></font><br>
2706: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2707: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2708: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2709: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2710: "... the hypothetical question ...
2711: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2712: <br>
2713: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2714: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2715: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2716: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2717: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2718: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2719: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2720: support network security.
2721: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2722: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2723: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2724: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2725: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2726: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2727: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2728: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2729: <br>
2730: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2731: <p>
2732:
1.249 jufi 2733: </ul>
2734:
1.246 jufi 2735: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2736: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2737:
1.247 jufi 2738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2739: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2740: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2741: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2742: </strong></font><br>
2743: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2744: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2745: <p>
2746:
1.247 jufi 2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2748: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2749: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2750: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2751: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2752: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2753: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2754: <p>
2755:
2756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2757: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2758: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2759: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2760: </strong></font><br>
2761: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2762: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2763: <p>
1.247 jufi 2764: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2765:
1.244 jufi 2766: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2767: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2770: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2771: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2772: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2773: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2774: </strong></font><br>
2775: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2776: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2777: md5 digests.
2778: <p>
2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2781: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2782: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2783: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2784: </strong></font><br>
2785: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2786: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2787: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2788: right the first time."
2789: <p>
1.247 jufi 2790: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2791:
2792:
2793: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2794: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2797: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2798: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2799: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2800: </strong></font><br>
2801: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2802: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2803: part 6</a>.
2804: <p>
2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2807: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2808: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2809: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2810: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2811: </strong></font><br>
2812: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2813: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2814: <p>
1.301 jose 2815:
2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2817: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2818: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2819: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2820: </strong></font><br>
2821:
2822: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2823: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2824: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2825: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2826: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2827: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2828: <i>Here's the
2829: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2830: <p>
1.247 jufi 2831: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2832:
2833: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2834: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2837: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2838: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2839: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2840: </strong></font><br>
2841: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2842: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2843: <p>
2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2846: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2847: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2848: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2849: </strong></font><br>
2850: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2851: this time using pf.
2852: <p>
1.247 jufi 2853: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2854:
2855: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2856: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2857:
1.247 jufi 2858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2859: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2860: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2861: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2862: </strong></font><br>
2863: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2864: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2865: their rotation.
2866: <p>
2867:
1.247 jufi 2868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2869: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2870: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2871: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2872: </strong></font><br>
2873: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2874: <p>
1.247 jufi 2875: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2876:
1.239 jufi 2877: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2878: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2879:
1.247 jufi 2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2881: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2882: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2883: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2884: </strong></font><br>
2885: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2886: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2887: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2888: <p>
2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2891: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2892: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2893: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2894: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2895: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2896: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2897: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2898: <p>
1.247 jufi 2899: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2900:
1.235 lebel 2901: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2902: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2903:
1.239 jufi 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2906: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2907: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2908: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2909: </strong></font><br>
2910: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2911: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2912: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2913: <p>
1.301 jose 2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2916:
1.228 horacio 2917: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2918: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2921: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2922: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2923: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2924: </strong></font><br>
2925: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2926: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2927: <p>
2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2930: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2931: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2932: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2933: </strong></font><br>
2934: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2935: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2936: <p>
2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2939: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2940: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2941: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2942: </strong></font><br>
2943: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2944: on the desktop of his parents.
2945: <p>
2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2948: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2949: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2950: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2951: </strong></font><br>
2952: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2953: using IPFilter.
2954:
2955: <p>
2956:
1.247 jufi 2957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2958: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2959: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2960: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2961: </strong></font><br>
2962: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2963: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2964: perspectives of the four OS.
2965: <br>
2966: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2967: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2968: <p>
2969:
1.247 jufi 2970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2971: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2972: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2973: software and security</a>,
2974: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2975: </strong></font><br>
2976:
2977: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2978: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2979: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2980: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2981: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2982: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2983: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2984: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2985: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2986: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2987: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2988: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2989: <p>
1.247 jufi 2990: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2991:
1.225 horacio 2992: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2993: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2996: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2997: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2998: Interview</a>,
2999: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3000: </strong></font><br>
3001:
3002: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3003: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3004: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3005: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3006: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3007: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3008: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3009: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3010: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3011: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3012: of choice.
3013: <p>
1.247 jufi 3014: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3015:
3016: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3017: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3020: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3021: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3022: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3023: </strong></font><br>
3024:
3025: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3026: <p>
3027:
1.247 jufi 3028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3029: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3030: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3031: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3032: </strong></font><br>
3033:
3034: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3035: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3036: <p>
1.247 jufi 3037: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3038:
1.218 horacio 3039: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3040: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3043: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3044: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3045: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3046: </strong></font><br>
3047:
3048: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3049: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3050: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3051: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3052: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3053: subjects. Worth a read.
3054: <p>
3055:
3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3058: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3059: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3060: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3061: </strong></font><br>
3062:
3063: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3064: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3065: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3066: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3067: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3068: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3069: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3070: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3071: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3072: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3073: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3074: on other operating systems.<br>
3075: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3076: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3077: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3078: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3079: <p>
3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3082: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3083: Operating System 2010</a>,
3084: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3085: </strong></font><br>
3086:
3087: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3088: covering the level of software integration into the core
3089: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3090: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3091: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3092: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3093: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3094: <p>
3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3097: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3098: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3099: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3100: </strong></font><br>
3101:
3102: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3103: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3104: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3105: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3106: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3107: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3108: <p>
1.247 jufi 3109: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3110:
1.210 jufi 3111: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3112: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3113:
1.247 jufi 3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3115: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3116: Already a Contender</a>,
3117: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3118: </strong></font><br>
3119:
3120: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3121: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3122: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3123: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3124: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3125: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3126: <p>
3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3129: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3130: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3131: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3132: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3133:
1.224 horacio 3134: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3135: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3136: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3137: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3138: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3139: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3140: <p>
1.247 jufi 3141: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3142:
3143: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3144: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3147: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3148: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3149: Division</a>,
3150: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3151: </strong></font><br>
3152:
3153: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3154: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3155: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3156: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3157: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3158: investment</em>.<br>
3159: The implementation details can be seen on their
3160: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3161: <p>
3162:
1.247 jufi 3163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3164: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3165: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3166: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3167: </strong></font><br>
3168:
3169: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3170: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3171: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3172: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3173: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3174: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3175: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3176: <p>
3177:
3178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3179: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3180: Thinking about Security</a>,
3181: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3182: </strong></font><br>
3183:
3184: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3185: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3186: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3187: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3188: to time.<br>
3189: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3190: system and just the most secure system.
3191: <p>
3192:
1.247 jufi 3193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3194: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3195: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3196: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3197: </strong></font><br>
3198:
3199: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3200: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3201: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3202: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3203: choice:<br>
3204: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3205: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3206: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3207: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3208: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3209: network security devices and as such must be well
3210: armored."</em><br>
3211: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3212: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3213: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3214: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3215: <br>
3216: Bravo!
3217: <p>
1.247 jufi 3218: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3219:
1.207 ian 3220: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3221: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3222:
1.247 jufi 3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3224: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3225: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3226: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3227:
1.207 ian 3228: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3229: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3230: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3231: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3232: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3233: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3234: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3235: <p>
1.247 jufi 3236: </ul>
1.207 ian 3237:
1.194 jufi 3238: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3239: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3240:
1.247 jufi 3241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3242: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3243: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3244: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3245: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3246:
1.240 miod 3247: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3248: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3249: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3250: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3251: <p>
3252:
1.247 jufi 3253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3254: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3255: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3256: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3257:
3258: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3259: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3260: <p>
3261:
3262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3263: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3264: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3265: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3266:
3267: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3268: <p>
3269:
3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3271: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3272: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3273: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3274: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3275:
1.240 miod 3276: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3277: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3278: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3279: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3280: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3281: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3282: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3283: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3284: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3285: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3286: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3287: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3288: <p>
3289:
1.247 jufi 3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3291: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3292: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3293: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3294: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3295:
1.194 jufi 3296: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3297: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3298: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3299: <br>
3300: The new
3301: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3302: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3303: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3304: <p>
1.247 jufi 3305: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3306:
1.190 horacio 3307: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3308: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3309:
1.247 jufi 3310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3311:
3312: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3313: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3314:
1.301 jose 3315:
1.191 jufi 3316: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3317: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3318:
3319: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3320: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3321:
1.212 horacio 3322: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3323: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3324: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3325:
1.211 horacio 3326: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3327: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3328: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3329:
1.247 jufi 3330: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3331: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3332:
1.247 jufi 3333: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3334: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3335:
1.212 horacio 3336: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3337: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3338: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3339:
3340: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3341: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3342:
3343: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3344: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3345:
1.301 jose 3346: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3347: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3348:
1.191 jufi 3349: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3350: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3351:
3352: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3353: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3354:
1.192 jufi 3355: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3356: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3357: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3358:
1.193 deraadt 3359: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3360: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3361: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3364: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3367: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3368: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3369:
1.213 horacio 3370: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3371: 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 3372: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3373:
1.190 horacio 3374: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3375: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3376: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3377: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3378: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3379: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3380: <p>
1.190 horacio 3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3383: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3384: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3385: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3386: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3387:
1.195 jufi 3388: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3389: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3390: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3391: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3392: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3393: <p>
3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3396: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3397: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3398: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3399: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3400:
1.191 jufi 3401: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3402: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3403: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3404: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3405: <p>
3406:
3407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3408: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3409: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3410: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3411:
3412: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3413: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3414: <p>
1.247 jufi 3415: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3416:
1.191 jufi 3417:
1.186 jufi 3418: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3419: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3420:
1.247 jufi 3421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3422: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3423: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3424: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3425: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3426:
1.188 jufi 3427: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3428: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3429: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3430: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3431: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3432: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3433: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3434: <p>
3435:
1.301 jose 3436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3437: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3438: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3439: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3440:
3441: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3442: <p>
1.191 jufi 3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3445: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3446: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3447: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3448: </strong></font><br>
3449:
3450: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3451: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3452: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3453: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3454: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3455: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3456: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3457: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3458: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3459: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3460: familiar?
3461: <p>
1.247 jufi 3462: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3463:
1.178 louis 3464: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3465: <ul>
1.178 louis 3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3468: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3469: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3470: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3471: </strong></font><br>
3472:
3473: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3474: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3475: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3476: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3477: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3478: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3479: <p>
3480:
1.247 jufi 3481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3482: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3483: Open source under the hood</a>,
3484: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3485: </strong></font><br>
3486:
3487: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3488: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3489: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3490: <p>
3491:
1.247 jufi 3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3493: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3494: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3495: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3496: </strong></font><br>
3497:
3498: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3499: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3500: <p>
1.247 jufi 3501: </ul>
1.179 louis 3502:
1.174 louis 3503:
1.175 louis 3504: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3505: <ul>
1.175 louis 3506:
1.247 jufi 3507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3508: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3509: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3510: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3511: </strong></font><br>
3512:
3513: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3514: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3515: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3516: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3517: <p>
3518:
1.247 jufi 3519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3520: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3521: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3522: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3523: </strong></font><br>
3524:
3525: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3526: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3527: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3528: <p>
1.247 jufi 3529: </ul>
1.175 louis 3530:
1.176 louis 3531:
1.172 mickey 3532: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3533: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3534:
1.247 jufi 3535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3536: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3537: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3538: </strong></font><br>
3539:
3540: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3541: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3542: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3543: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3544: <p>
3545:
1.247 jufi 3546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3547: <a
1.269 deraadt 3548: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3549: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3550: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3551: </strong></font><br>
3552:
3553: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3554: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3555: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3556: <p>
3557:
1.247 jufi 3558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3559: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3560: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3561: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3562: </strong></font><br>
3563:
3564: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3565: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3566: <p>
3567:
1.247 jufi 3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3569: <a
1.269 deraadt 3570: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3571: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3572: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3573: </strong></font><br>
3574:
3575: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3576: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3577: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3578: our own Theo de Raadt.
3579: <p>
3580:
1.247 jufi 3581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3582: <a
1.269 deraadt 3583: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3584: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3585: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3586: </strong></font><br>
3587:
3588: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3589: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3590: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3591: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3592: shut down.]
3593: <p>
3594:
1.247 jufi 3595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3596: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3597: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3598: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3599: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3600: </strong></font><br>
3601:
3602: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3603: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3604: <p>
1.247 jufi 3605: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3606:
1.161 louis 3607: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3608: <ul>
1.161 louis 3609:
1.247 jufi 3610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3611: <a
1.269 deraadt 3612: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3613: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3614: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3615: </strong></font><br>
3616:
3617: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3618: by John Wolley
3619: <p>
3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3622: <a
1.269 deraadt 3623: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3624: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3625: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3626: </strong></font><br>
3627:
3628: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3629: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3630: OpenBSD).
3631: <p>
3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3634: <a
1.247 jufi 3635: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3636: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3637: </strong></font><br>
3638:
3639: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3640: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3641: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3642: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3643: and hindsight.
3644: <p>
3645:
1.247 jufi 3646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3647: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3648: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3649: </strong></font><br>
3650:
3651: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3652: <p>
3653:
1.247 jufi 3654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3655: <a
1.168 provos 3656: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3657: December 7, 2000
3658: </strong></font><br>
3659:
3660: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3661: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3662: us explain.
3663: <p>
3664:
1.247 jufi 3665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3666: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3667: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3668: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3669: December 6, 2000
3670: </strong></font><br>
3671:
3672: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3673: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3674: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3675: <p>
3676:
1.247 jufi 3677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3678: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3679: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3680: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3681: </strong></font><br>
3682:
3683: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3684: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3685: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3686: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3687: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3688: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3689: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3690: <p>
3691:
3692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3693: <a
1.226 horacio 3694: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3695: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3696: </strong></font><br>
3697:
3698: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3699: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3700: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3701: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3702: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3703: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3704: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3705: <p>
1.162 millert 3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3708: <a
1.161 louis 3709: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3710: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3711: </strong></font><br>
3712:
3713: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3714: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3715: <p>
3716:
1.247 jufi 3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3718: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3719: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3720: </strong></font><br>
3721:
3722: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3723: <p>
3724:
3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3727: <a
1.226 horacio 3728: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3729: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3730: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3731: </strong></font><br>
3732:
3733: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3734: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3735: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3736: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3737: <p>
1.247 jufi 3738: </ul>
1.169 louis 3739:
1.158 louis 3740: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3741: <ul>
1.147 louis 3742:
1.247 jufi 3743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3744: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3745: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3746: </strong></font><br>
3747:
3748: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3749: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3750: <p>
3751:
1.247 jufi 3752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3753: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3754: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3755: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3756: </strong></font><br>
3757: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3758: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3759: <p>
3760:
1.247 jufi 3761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3762: <a
3763: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3764: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3765: </strong></font><br>
3766:
3767: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3768: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3769: <p>
3770:
1.247 jufi 3771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3772: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3773: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3774: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3775:
1.213 horacio 3776: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3777: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3778: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3779: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3780: <p>
1.215 horacio 3781:
1.247 jufi 3782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3783: <a
3784: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3785: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3786: </strong></font><br>
3787:
3788: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3789: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3790: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3791: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3792: much of the attitude too).
3793: <p>
1.161 louis 3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3796: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3797: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3798: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3799:
1.157 louis 3800: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3801: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3802: <p>
1.247 jufi 3803: </ul>
1.157 louis 3804:
3805: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3806: <ul>
1.157 louis 3807:
1.247 jufi 3808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3809: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3810: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3811: </strong></font><br>
3812:
3813: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3814: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3815: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3816: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3817: <p>
3818:
1.247 jufi 3819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3820: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3821: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3822: </strong></font><br>
3823:
3824: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3825: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3826: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3827: it because they love coding...
3828: <p>
3829:
1.247 jufi 3830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3831: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3832: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3833: </strong></font><br>
3834:
3835: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3836: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3837: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3838: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3839: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3840: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3841: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3842: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3843: <p>
3844:
1.247 jufi 3845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3846: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3847: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3848: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3849: </strong></font><br>
3850:
3851: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3852: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3853: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3854: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3855: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3856: the pizza.
3857: <p>
3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3860: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3861: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3862: </strong></font><br>
3863:
3864: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3865: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3866: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3867: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3868: problems.
3869: <p>
3870:
1.247 jufi 3871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3872: <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 3873: </strong></font><br>
3874:
1.222 miod 3875: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3876: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3877: - whether they like it or not.
3878: <p>
3879:
1.247 jufi 3880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3881: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3882: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3883: </strong></font><br>
3884:
3885: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3886: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3887: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3888: <p>
1.148 aaron 3889:
1.247 jufi 3890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3891: <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 3892: </strong></font><br>
3893:
3894: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3895: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3896: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3897: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3898: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3899: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3900: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3901: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3902: <p>
3903:
1.247 jufi 3904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3905: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3906: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3907: </strong></font><br>
3908:
3909: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3910: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3911: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3912: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3913: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3914: <p>
1.247 jufi 3915: </ul>
1.147 louis 3916:
1.138 louis 3917: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3918: <ul>
1.138 louis 3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3921: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3922: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3923: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3924: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3925: </strong></font><br>
3926:
1.227 horacio 3927: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3928: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3929: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3930: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3931: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3932: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3933: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3934: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3935: <p>
3936:
1.247 jufi 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3938: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3939: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3940: </strong></font><br>
3941:
3942: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3943: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3944: groups, and even Linux.
3945: <p>
3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3948: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3949: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3950: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3951: </strong></font><br>
3952:
3953: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3954: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3955: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3956: library after installing the OS.
3957: <p>
3958:
1.247 jufi 3959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3960: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3961: Sys Admin, September 2000
3962: </strong></font><br>
3963:
3964: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3965: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3966: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3967: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3968: (<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>,
3969: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3970: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3971: <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 3972: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3973: out of the system.
3974: <p>
3975:
1.247 jufi 3976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3977: <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
3978: </strong></font><br>
3979:
3980: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3981: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3982: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3983: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3984: the IP filtering and address translation.
3985: <p>
1.301 jose 3986:
3987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3988: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3989: </strong></font><br>
3990:
3991: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3992: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3993: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3994: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3995: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3996: <p>
1.247 jufi 3997: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3998:
1.131 louis 3999: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4000: <ul>
1.131 louis 4001:
1.247 jufi 4002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4003: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4004: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4005: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4006: </strong></font><br>
4007:
4008: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4009: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4010: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4011: <p>
4012:
1.247 jufi 4013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4014: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4015: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4016: </strong></font><br>
4017:
4018: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4019: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4020: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4021: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4022: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4023: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4024: note of"</i>.
4025: <p>
4026:
1.247 jufi 4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4028: <a
1.247 jufi 4029: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4030: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4031: </strong></font><br>
4032:
4033: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4034: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4035: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4036: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4037: <p>
4038:
1.247 jufi 4039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4040: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4041: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4042: </strong></font><br>
4043:
4044: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4045: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4046: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4047: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4048: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4049: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4050: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4051: <p>
4052:
1.247 jufi 4053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4054: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4055: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4056: 2000
4057: </strong></font><br>
4058:
4059: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4060: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4061: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4062: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4063: against current industry practices.
4064: <p>
4065:
1.247 jufi 4066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4067: <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
4068: </strong></font><br>
4069:
4070: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4071: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4072: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4073: <p>
4074:
1.247 jufi 4075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4076: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4077: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4078: </strong></font><br>
4079:
4080: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4081: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4082: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4083: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4084: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4085: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4086: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4087: <p>
4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4090: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4091: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4092: </strong></font><br>
4093:
4094: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4095: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4096: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4097: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4098: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4099: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4100: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4101: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4102: <p>
1.247 jufi 4103: </ul>
1.131 louis 4104:
1.118 louis 4105: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4106: <ul>
1.118 louis 4107:
1.247 jufi 4108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4109: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4110: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4111: </strong></font><br>
4112:
4113: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4114: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4115: about time. The article mentions that
4116: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4117: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4118: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4119: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4120: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4121: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4122: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4123: <p>
4124:
1.247 jufi 4125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4126: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4127: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4128: </strong></font><br>
4129:
4130: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4131: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4132: of OpenSSH.
4133: <p>
4134:
1.247 jufi 4135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4136: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4137: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4138: </strong></font><br>
4139:
4140: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4141: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4142: bridging.
4143: <p>
4144:
1.247 jufi 4145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4146: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4147: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4148: </strong></font><br>
4149:
1.121 deraadt 4150: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4151: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4152: <p>
4153:
1.247 jufi 4154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4155: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4156: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4157: </strong></font><br>
4158:
4159: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4160: <p>
4161:
1.247 jufi 4162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4163: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4164: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4165: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4166: </strong></font><br>
4167:
1.120 deraadt 4168: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4169: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4170: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4171: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4172: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4173: <p>
4174:
1.247 jufi 4175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4176: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4177: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4178: </strong></font><br>
4179:
1.222 miod 4180: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4181: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4182: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4183: protocols and their quirks.
4184: <p>
4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4187: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4188: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4189: </strong></font><br>
4190:
4191: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4192: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4193: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4194: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4195: <p>
4196:
1.247 jufi 4197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4198: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4199: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4200: </strong></font><br>
4201:
4202: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4203: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4204: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4205: <p>
4206:
1.247 jufi 4207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4208: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4209: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4210: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4211: </strong></font><br>
4212:
4213: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4214: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4215: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4216: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4217: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4218: <p>
1.247 jufi 4219: </ul>
1.118 louis 4220:
1.104 louis 4221: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4222: <ul>
1.104 louis 4223:
1.247 jufi 4224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4225: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4226: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4227: </strong></font><br>
4228:
4229: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4230: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4231: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4232: be a bit dry.
4233: <p>
4234:
1.247 jufi 4235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4236: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4237: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4238: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4239: </strong></font><br>
4240: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4241: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4242: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4243: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4244: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4245: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4246: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4247: <p>
4248:
1.247 jufi 4249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4250: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4251: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4252: 2000
1.128 louis 4253: </strong></font><br>
4254:
4255: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4256: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4257: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4258: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4259: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4260: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4261: <p>
4262:
1.247 jufi 4263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4264: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4265: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4266: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4267:
4268: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4269: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4270: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4271: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4272: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4273: <p>
1.110 louis 4274:
1.247 jufi 4275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4276: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4277: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4278: </strong></font><br>
4279:
4280: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4281: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4282: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4283: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4284: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4285: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4286: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4287: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4288: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4289: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4290: <p>
4291:
1.247 jufi 4292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4293: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4294: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4295:
4296: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4297: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4298: <p>
1.108 louis 4299:
1.247 jufi 4300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4301: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4302: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4303: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4304:
4305: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4306: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4307: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4308: <p>
1.106 louis 4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4311: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4312: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4313: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4314:
4315: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4316: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4317: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4318: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4319: <p>
1.107 louis 4320:
1.247 jufi 4321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4322: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4323: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4324: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4325:
4326: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4327: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4328: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4329: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4330: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4331: <p>
1.105 louis 4332:
1.247 jufi 4333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4334: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4335: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4336: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4337:
1.113 naddy 4338: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4339: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4340: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4341: <p>
1.104 louis 4342:
1.247 jufi 4343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4344: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4345: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4346: </strong></font><br>
4347:
4348: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4349: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4350: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4351: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4352: <p>
1.301 jose 4353:
4354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4355: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4356: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4357: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4358:
4359: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4360: hardware-supported cryptography.
4361: <p>
1.247 jufi 4362: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4363:
1.85 louis 4364: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4365: <ul>
1.85 louis 4366:
1.247 jufi 4367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4368: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4369: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4370: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4371:
4372: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4373: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4374: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4375: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4376: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4377: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4378: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4379: <p>
1.99 louis 4380:
1.247 jufi 4381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4382: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4383: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4384: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4385:
4386: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4387: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4388: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4389: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4390: <p>
1.100 louis 4391:
1.247 jufi 4392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4393: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4394: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4395: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4396:
4397: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4398: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4399: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4400: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4401: <p>
1.95 louis 4402:
1.247 jufi 4403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4404: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4405: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4406: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4407:
4408: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4409: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4410: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4411: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4412: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4413: <p>
1.92 louis 4414:
1.247 jufi 4415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4416: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4417: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4418: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4419:
4420: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4421: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4422: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4423: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4424: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4425: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4426: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4427: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4428: <p>
1.91 louis 4429:
1.247 jufi 4430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4431: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4432: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4433: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4434:
4435: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4436: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4437: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4438: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4439: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4440: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4441: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4442: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4443: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4444: <p>
1.90 louis 4445:
1.247 jufi 4446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4447: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4448: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4449: </strong></font><br>
4450: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4451: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4452: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4453: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4454: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4455: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4456: <p>
4457:
1.247 jufi 4458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4459: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4460: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4461: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4462:
1.113 naddy 4463: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4464: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4465: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4466: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4467: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4468: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4469: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4470: <p>
1.87 louis 4471:
1.247 jufi 4472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4473: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4474: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4475: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4476:
4477: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4478: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4479: <p>
1.85 louis 4480:
1.247 jufi 4481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4482: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4483: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4484: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4485:
4486: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4487: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4488: <p>
4489:
4490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4491: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4492: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4493: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4494:
4495: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4496: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4497: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4498: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4499: <p>
1.89 louis 4500:
1.247 jufi 4501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4502: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4503: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4504: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4505:
4506: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4507: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4508: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4509: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4510: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4511: </ul>
1.85 louis 4512:
1.78 deraadt 4513: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4514: <ul>
1.74 louis 4515:
1.247 jufi 4516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4517: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4518: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4519: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4520: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4521:
4522: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4523: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4524: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4525: <p>
1.83 louis 4526:
1.247 jufi 4527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4528: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4529: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4530: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4531:
4532: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4533: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4534: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4535: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4536: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4537: <p>
1.93 louis 4538:
1.247 jufi 4539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4540: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4541: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4542: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4543: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4544:
1.83 louis 4545: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4546: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4547: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4548: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4549: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4550: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4551: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4552: <p>
1.82 aaron 4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4555: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4556: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4557: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4558:
1.83 louis 4559: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4560: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4561: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4562: <p>
1.80 louis 4563:
1.247 jufi 4564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4565: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4566: Bad Press</a>,
4567: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4568: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4569:
4570: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4571: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4572: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4573: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4574: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4575: <p>
1.247 jufi 4576: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4577:
4578: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4579: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4580:
1.247 jufi 4581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4582: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4583: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4584: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4585: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4586:
4587: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4588: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4589: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4590: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4591: <p>
1.74 louis 4592:
1.247 jufi 4593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4594: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4595: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4596: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4597:
1.219 horacio 4598: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4599: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4600: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4601: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4602: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4603: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4604: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4605: <p>
1.88 louis 4606:
1.247 jufi 4607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4608: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4609: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4610: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4611:
4612: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4613: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4614: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4615: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4616: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4617: <p>
1.81 louis 4618:
1.247 jufi 4619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4620: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4621: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4622: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4623:
4624: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4625: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4626: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4627: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4628: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4629: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4630: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4631: <p>
1.90 louis 4632:
1.247 jufi 4633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4634: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4635: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4636: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4637:
4638: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4639: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4640: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4641: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4642: <p>
1.247 jufi 4643: </ul>
1.71 louis 4644:
1.69 deraadt 4645: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4646: <ul>
1.70 louis 4647:
1.247 jufi 4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4649: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4650: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4651: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4652:
4653: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4654: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4655: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4656: <p>
1.70 louis 4657:
1.247 jufi 4658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4659: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4660: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4661: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4662:
4663: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4664: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4665: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4666: <p>
1.68 louis 4667:
1.247 jufi 4668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4669: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4670: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4671: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4672: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4673:
1.111 jufi 4674: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4675: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4676: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4677: "secure by default" installation.
4678: <p>
1.64 louis 4679:
1.247 jufi 4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4681: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4682: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4683: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4684:
1.113 naddy 4685: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4686: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4687: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4688: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4689: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4690: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4691: <p>
1.66 louis 4692:
1.247 jufi 4693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4694: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4695: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4696: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4697:
4698: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4699: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4700: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4701: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4702: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4703: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4704: <p>
1.83 louis 4705:
1.247 jufi 4706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4707: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4708: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4709: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4710:
4711: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4712: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4713: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4714: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4715: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4716: <p>
1.64 louis 4717:
1.247 jufi 4718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4719: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4720: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4721: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4722:
4723: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4724: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4725: <p>
1.301 jose 4726:
4727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4728: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4729: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4730: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4731: </strong></font><br>
4732:
4733: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4734: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4735: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4736: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4737: Giving way to
4738: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4739: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4740: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4741: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4742: <p>
1.247 jufi 4743: </ul>
1.65 louis 4744:
1.69 deraadt 4745: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4746: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4747:
1.247 jufi 4748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4749: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4750: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4751: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4752:
4753: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4754: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4755: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4756: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4757: <p>
1.88 louis 4758:
1.247 jufi 4759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4760: <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 4761: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4762:
4763: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4764: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4765: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4766: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4767: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4768: <p>
1.60 louis 4769:
1.247 jufi 4770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4771: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4772: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4773: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4774: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4775:
4776: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4777: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4778: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4779: <p>
1.58 louis 4780:
1.247 jufi 4781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4782: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4783: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4784:
4785: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4786: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4787: <p>
1.53 louis 4788:
1.247 jufi 4789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4790: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4791: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4792: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4793:
4794: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4795: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4796: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4797: <p>
1.99 louis 4798:
1.247 jufi 4799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4800: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4801: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4802:
4803: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4804: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4805: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4806: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4807: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4808:
1.247 jufi 4809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4810: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4811: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4812: </strong></font><br>
4813:
4814: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4815: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4816: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4817: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4818: <p>
4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4821: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4822: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4823: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4824:
4825: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4826: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4827: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4828:
1.247 jufi 4829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4830: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4831: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4832:
4833: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4834: in
1.247 jufi 4835: <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 4836: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4837: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4838: <p>
1.53 louis 4839:
1.247 jufi 4840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4841: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4842: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4843: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4844: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4845:
1.58 louis 4846: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4847: <p>
1.301 jose 4848:
4849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4850: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4851: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4852: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4853: Informacyjny, January 2000
4854: </strong></font><br>
4855:
4856: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4857: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4858: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4859: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4860: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4861: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4862: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4863: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4864: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4865: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4866: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4867: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4868: <p>
4869:
4870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4871: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4872: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4873: </strong></font><br>
4874:
4875: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4876: <p>
4877: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4878:
1.69 deraadt 4879: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4880: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4881:
1.247 jufi 4882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4883: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4884: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4885: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4886: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4887:
1.58 louis 4888: Kurt Seifried
4889: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4890: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4891: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4892: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4893:
1.247 jufi 4894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4895: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4896: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4897: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4898:
4899: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4900: <p>
1.96 louis 4901:
1.247 jufi 4902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4903: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4904: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4905: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4906: </strong></font><br>
4907:
4908: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4909: <p>
4910:
4911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4912: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4913: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4914: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4915:
4916: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4917: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4918: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4919: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4920: <p>
1.247 jufi 4921: </ul>
1.86 louis 4922:
1.69 deraadt 4923: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4924: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4925:
1.247 jufi 4926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4927: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4928: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4929: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4930:
4931: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4932: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4933: <p>
1.61 louis 4934:
1.247 jufi 4935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4936: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4937: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4938: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4939: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4940:
4941: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4942: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4943: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4944: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4945: right -- or at least strives to".
4946: <p>
1.48 louis 4947:
1.247 jufi 4948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4949: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4950: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4951: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4952: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4953: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4954: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4955: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4956: <p>
1.61 louis 4957:
1.247 jufi 4958: <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 4959: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4960: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4961:
4962: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4963: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4964: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4965: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4966: <p>
1.46 louis 4967:
1.247 jufi 4968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4969: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4970: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4971: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4972:
4973: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4974: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4975: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4976:
1.247 jufi 4977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4978: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4979: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4980: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4981:
4982: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4983: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4984: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4985: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4986: <p>
1.247 jufi 4987: </ul>
1.70 louis 4988:
1.69 deraadt 4989: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4990: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4991:
1.247 jufi 4992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4993: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4994: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4995: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4996: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4997:
4998: Kurt Seifried
4999: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5000: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5001: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5002: <p>
1.44 philen 5003:
1.247 jufi 5004: <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 5005: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5006: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5007:
5008: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5009: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5010:
1.247 jufi 5011: <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 5012: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5013: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5014:
5015: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5016: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5017:
1.247 jufi 5018: <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 5019: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5020: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5021:
5022: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5023: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5024: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5025: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5026: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5027:
1.247 jufi 5028: <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 5029: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5030: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5031:
1.36 louis 5032: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5033: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5034:
1.247 jufi 5035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5036: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5037: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5038: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5039:
5040: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5041: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5042: </ul>
1.38 louis 5043:
1.69 deraadt 5044: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5045: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5046:
1.247 jufi 5047: <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 5048: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5049: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5050:
5051: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5052: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5053: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5054:
1.113 naddy 5055: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5056: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5057: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5058: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5059:
5060: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5061: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5062: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5063: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5064: <blockquote>
5065: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5066: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5067: <br>
5068: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5069: </code>
5070: </blockquote>
5071: <p>
5072:
1.247 jufi 5073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5074: <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 5075: <p>
5076:
5077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5078: <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 5079: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5080:
5081: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5082: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5083: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5084: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5085:
1.247 jufi 5086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5087: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5088: Sept. 28, 1999
5089: </strong></font><br>
5090:
5091: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5092: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5093: translating and reprinting articles from
5094: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5095: <p>
5096:
5097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5098: <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 5099: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5100:
5101: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5102: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5103: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5104: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5105: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5106: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5107: <p>
1.19 louis 5108:
1.113 naddy 5109: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5110: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5111: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5112:
5113: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5114: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5115: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5116: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5117: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5118: <p>
1.16 louis 5119:
1.247 jufi 5120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5121: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5122: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5123: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5124:
1.57 louis 5125: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5126: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5127: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5128: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5129:
1.247 jufi 5130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5131: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5132: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5133: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5134:
1.113 naddy 5135: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5136:
1.247 jufi 5137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5138: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5139: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5140: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5141:
1.23 louis 5142: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5143: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5144: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5145: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5146: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5147: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5148:
1.247 jufi 5149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5150: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5151: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5152: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5153:
1.199 pvalchev 5154: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5155: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5156: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5157: installation.
1.113 naddy 5158: <p>
1.47 louis 5159:
1.247 jufi 5160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5161: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5162: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5163: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5164:
1.301 jose 5165: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5166: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5167: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5168: </ul>
1.57 louis 5169:
1.69 deraadt 5170: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5171: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5172:
1.247 jufi 5173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5174: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5175: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5176: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5177:
5178: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5179: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5180: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5181: <p>
1.12 louis 5182:
1.247 jufi 5183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5184: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5185: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5186: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5187:
5188: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5189: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5190: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5191: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5192: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5193: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5194: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5195: <p>
1.247 jufi 5196: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5197:
1.69 deraadt 5198: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5199: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5200:
1.247 jufi 5201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5202: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5203: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5204:
5205: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5206: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5207: available."
1.113 naddy 5208: <p>
1.301 jose 5209:
5210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5211: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5212: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5213: </strong></font><br>
5214:
5215: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5216: <p>
1.247 jufi 5217: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5218:
1.69 deraadt 5219: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5220: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5221:
1.247 jufi 5222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5223: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5224: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5225:
5226: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5227: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5228: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5229: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5230: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5231: <p>
1.33 louis 5232:
1.247 jufi 5233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5234: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5235: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5236: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5237:
1.113 naddy 5238: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5239: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5240: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5241: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5242: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5243: <p>
1.247 jufi 5244: </ul>
1.57 louis 5245:
1.69 deraadt 5246: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5247: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5248:
1.247 jufi 5249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5250: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5251: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5252: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5253:
5254: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5255: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5256: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5257:
1.247 jufi 5258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5259: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5260: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5261: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5262: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5263:
5264: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5265: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5266:
1.247 jufi 5267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5268: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5269:
1.113 naddy 5270: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5271:
1.247 jufi 5272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5273: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5274: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5275: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5276:
5277: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5278: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5279: </ul>
1.23 louis 5280:
1.69 deraadt 5281: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5282: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5283:
1.247 jufi 5284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5285: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5286: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5287:
5288: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5289: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5290: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5291:
1.247 jufi 5292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5293: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5294: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5295: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5296:
5297: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5298: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5299: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5300: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5301: </ul>
1.57 louis 5302:
1.69 deraadt 5303: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5304: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5305:
1.247 jufi 5306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5307: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5308: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5309: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5310:
5311: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5312: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5313: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5314: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5315: <p>
1.15 louis 5316:
1.247 jufi 5317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5318: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5319: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5320: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5321:
5322: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5323: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5324: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5325: columns."
1.113 naddy 5326: <p>
1.247 jufi 5327: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5328:
1.69 deraadt 5329: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5330: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5331:
1.247 jufi 5332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5333: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5334: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5335: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5336:
5337: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5338: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5339:
1.113 naddy 5340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5341: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5342: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5343:
5344: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5345: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5346: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5347: </ul>
1.57 louis 5348:
1.69 deraadt 5349: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5350: <ul>
1.301 jose 5351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5352: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5353: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5354: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5355:
5356: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5357: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5358: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5359: <p>
5360:
5361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5362: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5363: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5364: Nov 13, 1998 and
5365: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5366: Datateknik</a>,
5367: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5368:
1.380 saad 5369: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5370: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5371: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5372: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5373: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5374:
1.113 naddy 5375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5376: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5377: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5378: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5379:
1.222 miod 5380: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5381: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5382: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5383: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5384: <p>
1.247 jufi 5385: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5386:
1.69 deraadt 5387: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5388: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5389:
1.247 jufi 5390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5391: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5392: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5393:
1.69 deraadt 5394: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5395: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5396: <p>
1.247 jufi 5397: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5398:
1.69 deraadt 5399: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5400: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5401:
1.247 jufi 5402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5403: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5404: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5405: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5406:
1.383 jcs 5407: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5408: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5409: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5410:
1.247 jufi 5411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5412: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5413: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5414: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5415: <p>
1.247 jufi 5416: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5417:
1.69 deraadt 5418: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5419: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5420:
1.247 jufi 5421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5422: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5423: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5424: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5425: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5426: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5427:
5428: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5429: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5430: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5431: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5432: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5433: <p>
1.247 jufi 5434: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5435:
5436: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5437: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5438:
1.247 jufi 5439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5440: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5441: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5442:
1.69 deraadt 5443: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5444: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5445: <p>
1.112 naddy 5446:
1.247 jufi 5447: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5448: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5449:
1.292 camield 5450: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5451: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5452: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.517 ! mbalmer 5453: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.516 2006/05/03 12:22:57 steven Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5454:
5455: </body>
5456: </html>
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