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1.514 ian 19: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
1.518 ! ian 21:
! 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 23: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
! 24: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
! 27: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
! 28: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
! 29: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
! 30: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
! 31: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
! 32: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
! 33: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
! 34: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
! 35: <p>
! 36:
! 37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 38: [GERMAN]
! 39: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
! 40: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
! 41: </strong></font><br>
! 42: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
! 43: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
! 44: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
! 45: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
! 46: is connected to OpenBSD.
! 47: <p>
! 48:
1.514 ian 49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
50: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
51: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
52: </strong></font><br>
53: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
54: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
55: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 56: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 57: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 58: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 59: running this project) is so important to Theo,
60: and even why he does mountain biking!
61: <p>
62:
63: </ul>
64:
1.503 ian 65: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
66: <ul>
67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 68: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
69: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
70: </strong></font><br>
71: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
72: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
73: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 74: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 75: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
76: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
77: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
78: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
79: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
80: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 81: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 82: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
83: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
84: <p>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 87: [GERMAN]
88: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
89: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
90: </strong></font><br>
91: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
92: are and why they are bad.
93: <p>
94:
95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 96: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
97: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
98: </strong></font><br>
99: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
100: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
101: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
102: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
103: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
104: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
105: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
106: pages."
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 110: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 111: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 112: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 113: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
114: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
115: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 116: for funding.
1.509 djm 117: <p>
118:
119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 120: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
121: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
122: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
123: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
124: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
125: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
126: <p>
127:
128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 129: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
130: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
131: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
132: </strong></font><br>
133: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 134: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 135: is punctuated with examples.
136: Tunneling features are described, as well as
137: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
138: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
139: and
140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
141: <p>
142:
143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 144: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
145: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
146: </strong></font><br>
147: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
148: further OpenSSH development.
149: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
150: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
151: project's funding needs for all time.
152: <p>
1.504 bernd 153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
154: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
155: April 3, 2006
156: </strong></font><br>
157: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
158: this could compromise future hackathons.
159: <p>
1.503 ian 160:
161: </ul>
162:
1.487 ian 163: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
164: <ul>
1.495 ian 165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 166: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 167: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 168: </strong></font><br>
169: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
170: on topics including "Puffy",
171: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
172: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
173: what's new in 3.9,
174: and of course project expenses.
175: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
176: <!--
177: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
178: -->
179: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
180: <p>
181:
182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 183: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
184: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
185: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 186: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
187: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 188: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
189: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
190: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
191: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
192: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
193: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
194: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
195: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
196: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
197: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
198: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
199: but Matzan does - is that
200: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
201: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
202: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
203: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
204: <br/>
205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
208: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
209: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
210: </strong></font><br>
211: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
212: "blob" drivers, and more.
213: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
214: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
215: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
216: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
217: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
218: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
219: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
220: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
221: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
222: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
223: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
224: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 228: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
229: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
230: </strong></font><br>
231: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
232: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
233: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
234: in general temperature and environmental issues.
235: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
236: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
237: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
238: other major operating systems." ...
239: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
240: machines running in
241: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
242: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
243: <p>
244:
245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
246: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
247: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
248: </strong></font><br>
249: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
250: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
251: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
252: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
253: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
254: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
255: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
256: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
257: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
258: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
259: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
260: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
261: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
262: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
263: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
264: <p>
265:
1.487 ian 266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 267: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
268: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
269: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 270: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 271: financial situation.
272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 275: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
276: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
277: </strong></font><br>
278: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
279: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
280: produce our favorite operating system.
281: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
282: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
283: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
284: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
285: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 286: <br/>
287: Also online at
288: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
289: <p>
290:
291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
292: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
293: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
294: </strong></font><br>
295: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
296: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
297: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
298: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
299: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
300: sustain indefinitely."
301: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
302: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
303: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
304: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
305: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 309: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
310: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
311: </strong></font><br>
312: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
313: with a reminder that
314: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
315: used nowadays almost everywhere."
316: Ends with this quote from Marco:
317: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
318: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
319: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
320: <p>
321:
322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 323: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 324: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
325: </strong></font><br>
326: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
327: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
328: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
329: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
330: a few of them each year.
331: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
332: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
333: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
334: to the OpenBSD project.
335: It's time for them to do so.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 339: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
340: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
341: </strong></font><br>
342: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
343: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
344: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
345: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
346: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
347: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
348: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
349: <p>
350:
351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 352: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
353: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 354: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
355: <!-- North America mirror:
356: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 357: -->
1.490 deraadt 358: European mirror:
359: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
360: <br>
361: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 362: <p>
363:
364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 365: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
366: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 367: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 368: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
369: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
370: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
371: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
372: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
373: designed to provide reliability and security.
374: <p>
375:
376: </ul>
377:
1.485 ian 378: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
379: <ul>
380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 381: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
382: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
383: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 384: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 385: installations in about four minutes flat".
386: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
387: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 388: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 389: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
390: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
391: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
392: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
393: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
394: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
395: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
396: the steps in the article.
397: <p>
398:
399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 400: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
401: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
402: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
403: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
404: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
405: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
406: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
407: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
408: happening in real life.
409: <p>
410:
411: </ul>
412:
1.492 ian 413: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
414: <ul>
415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
416: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
417: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
418: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
419: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
420: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
421: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 422: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 423: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
424: </ul>
425:
1.483 ian 426: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
427: <ul>
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 429: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
430: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
431: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
432: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
433: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
434: <p>
435:
436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 437: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 438: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
439: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
440: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
441: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
442: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
443: to sites with more information on most topics.
444: <p>
445:
446: </ul>
447:
448:
1.479 grunk 449: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
450: <ul>
451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 452: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 453: Goes to Venice</a>,
454: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 455: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 456: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
457: <br/>
458: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
459: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
460: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 461: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 462: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
463: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
464: Contains a link to
465: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
466: pval's summary slides</a>.
467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 470: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
471: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
472: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
473: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
474: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
475: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
476: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
477: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 478: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 479: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
480: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
481: the packages and ports system"</i>.
482: <p>
483:
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
485: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
486: Return of The BSDs</a>,
487: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
488: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
489: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
490: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
491: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
492: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
493: quotes from Bob Beck.
494: <p>
495:
496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 497: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
498: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
499: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 500: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
501: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 502: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
503: and Linux.<br>
504: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
505: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
506: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
507: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
508: of the release
509: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
510: <p>
511: </ul>
512:
1.476 ian 513: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
514: <ul>
515:
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
517: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
518: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
519: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
520: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
521: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
522: and too unreliable.
523: This quote will rattle some cages:
524: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
525: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
526: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
527: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
528: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
529: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
530: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
531: costs without any commercial lock-in."
532: <p>
533:
1.477 saad 534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
535: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
536: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
537: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
538: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
539: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
540: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
541: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
542: discussion about future plans.
543: <p>
544:
1.478 grunk 545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
546: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
547: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
548: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
549: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
550: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
551: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
552: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
553: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
554: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
555: <p>
556:
1.476 ian 557: </ul>
558:
1.470 saad 559: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
560: <ul>
561:
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 563: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
564: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
565: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
566: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
567: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
568: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
569: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
570: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
571: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
572: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
573: <p>
574:
575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 576: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
577: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
578: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
579: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
580: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
581: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
582: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
583: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
584: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
585: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
586: <p>
587:
588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 589: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
590: Big debate over small packets</a>,
591: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
592: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
593: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
594: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
595: draft.
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 599: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
600: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
601: ordinateur ?"</a>,
602: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
603: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
604: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
605: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
606: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
607: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
608: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
609: <p>
610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 612: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
613: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
614: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
615: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
616: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
617: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
618: performance data with pfstat.
619: <p>
620:
621: </ul>
622:
1.461 grunk 623: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
624: <ul>
625:
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 627: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
628: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 629: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 630: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
631: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
632: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 633: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 634: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 635: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
636: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
637: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 638: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
639: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 640: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 641: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
642: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 643: <p>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 646: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
647: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 648: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 649: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
650: poor security:
1.467 grunk 651: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 652: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 653: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 654: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
655: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
656: <p>
657:
658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 659: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
660: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 661: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 662: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
663: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 664: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
665: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
666: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
667: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
668: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
669: commercial vendors.
670: <p>
671:
672: </ul>
673:
1.454 ian 674: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
675: <ul>
1.468 grunk 676:
677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
678: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
679: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
680: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
681: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
682: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
683: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 684: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 685: <br>
686: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
687: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
688: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
689: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
690: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 691: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 692: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
693: <p>
694:
1.454 ian 695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 696: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
697: Free Bird</a>,
698: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
699: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
700: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
701: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
702: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
703: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
704: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
705: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
706: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
707: room will only be available in the print edition.
708: <p>
1.459 deraadt 709:
1.458 niallo 710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 711: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
712: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
713: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
714: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
715: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
716: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
717: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
718: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
719: <p>
1.457 deraadt 720:
1.456 niallo 721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 722: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 723: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
724: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
725: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
726: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
727: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
728: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 729: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 730: interview.</a>
731: <p>
732:
733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 734: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
735: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
736: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
737: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
738: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
739: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
740: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
741: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
742: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
743: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
744: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
745: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
746: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
747: "I have never used it."
748: <p>
749:
750: </ul>
751:
1.441 deraadt 752: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
753: <ul>
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 755: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
756: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
757: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
758: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
759: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
760: future enhancements.
761: <p>
762:
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 764: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 765: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
766: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
767: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
768: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
769: North America mirror:
770: <ul>
1.452 marco 771: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 772: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
773: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 774: </ul>
775: European mirror:
776: <ul>
1.452 marco 777: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 778: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
779: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
780: </ul>
781: <p>
782:
783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 784: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
785: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
786: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
787: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
788: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
789: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
790: <p>
791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 793: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
794: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
795: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
796: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
797: first-hand account.
798: <p>
799:
800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 801: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
802: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
803: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
804: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
805: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
806: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
807: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
808: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
809: <p>
810:
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 812: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
813: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
814: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
815: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
816: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
817: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
818: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
819: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 823: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 824: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 825: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
826: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
827: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
828: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
829: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
830: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
831: <p>
832:
833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
834: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 835: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 836: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
837: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
838: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
839: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
840: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
841: <p>
842:
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 844: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
845: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
846: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 847: </strong></font><br>
848: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
849: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
850: with OpenBSD.
851: </ul>
852:
1.436 henning 853: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
854: <ul>
855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 856: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
857: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
858: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
859: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
860: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
861: than closed source, as we have long contended.
862: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
863: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
864: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
865: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
866: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
867: <p>
868: This article can also be found online as
869: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
870: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
871: <p>
872:
873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 874: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
875: </strong></font><br>
876: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
877: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
878: <p>
879:
880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 881: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
882: </strong></font><br>
883: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
884: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 885: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 886: the issues we had with IETF.
887: </ul>
888:
1.431 ian 889: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
890: <ul>
891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 892: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
893: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
894: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
895: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
896: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
897: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
898: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
899: <p>
900:
901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 902: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
903: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
904: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
905: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
906: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
907: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 908: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 909: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
910: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
911: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
912: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
913: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
914: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
915: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
916: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
917:
918: </ul>
919:
1.427 matthieu 920: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
921: <ul>
922:
923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 924: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
925: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
926: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
927: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
928: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
929: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
930: firmware.
1.434 ian 931: Similar articles can be found online at:
932: <ul>
933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
934: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
935: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
936: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
938: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
939: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
940: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
942: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
943: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
944: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 946: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 947: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
948: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
949: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 950: </ul>
951:
1.426 ian 952: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
953: <ul>
954:
955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
956: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
957: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
958: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
959: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 960: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 961: mechanism: what it is and why and
962: how to use it, with examples.
963: Another excerpt from the book
964: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
965: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
966: <p>
967:
968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
969: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
970: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
971: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
972: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
973: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
974: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
975: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
976: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
977: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
978: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
979: This article is a sample chapter from
980: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
981: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
982: <p>
1.443 ian 983:
984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 985: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 986: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
987: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
988: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
989: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
990: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
991: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
992: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
993: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
994: ends with a sidebar on security.
995: <p>
1.426 ian 996: </ul>
997:
1.424 ian 998: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
999: <ul>
1000:
1001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1002: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1003: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1004: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1005: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1006: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1007: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1008: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1009: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1010: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1011: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1012: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1013: <p>
1014: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1015: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1016: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1017: <p>
1018:
1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1020: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1021: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1022: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1023: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1024: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1025: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1026: operating systems.
1027: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1028: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1029: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1030: systems, he writes:
1031: <blockquote>
1032: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1033: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1034: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1035: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1036: to the operating system...
1037: <br/>
1038: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1039: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1040: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1041: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1042: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1043: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1044: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1045: in a closed source operating system).
1046: <br/>
1047: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1048: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1049: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1050: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1051: </blockquote>
1052: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1053: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1054: their hardware and software operates.
1055: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1056: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1057: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1058: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1059: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1060: <p>
1061: </ul>
1062:
1.417 pvalchev 1063: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1064: <ul>
1.421 ian 1065:
1.417 pvalchev 1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1067: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1068: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1069: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1070: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1071: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1072: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1073: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1074: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1075: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1076: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1077: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1078: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1079: <p>
1080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1081: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1082: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1083: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1084: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1085: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1086: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1087: it claims to do".
1088: <p>
1089:
1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1091: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1092: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1093: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1094: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1095: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1096: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1097: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1098: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1099: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1100: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1101: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1102: (yes, this is a hint).
1103: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1104: picked up on the
1105: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1106: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1107: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1108: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1109: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1110: <p>
1111:
1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1113: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1114: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1115: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1116: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1117: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1118: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1119: the current efforts.
1120: <p>
1121: </ul>
1122:
1.407 henning 1123: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1124: <ul>
1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1126: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1127: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1128: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1129: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1130: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1131: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1132: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1133: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1134: <p>
1135:
1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1137: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1138: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1139: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1140: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1141: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1142: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1143: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1144: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1145: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1146: <p>
1.415 ian 1147:
1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1149: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1150: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1151: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1152: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1153: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1154: overflow attacks... because
1155: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1156: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1157: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1158: and propolice.
1159: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1160: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1161: and that's when the science falls apart."
1162: <p>
1163:
1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1165: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1166: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1167: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1168: Starts with the question:
1169: <blockquote>
1170: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1171: <br/>
1172: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1173: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1174: <br/>
1175: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1176: Should we believe them?"
1177: </blockquote>
1178: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1179: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1180: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1181: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1182: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1183: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1184: <p>
1185:
1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1187: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1188: Simple Simon</a>,
1189: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1190: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1191: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1192: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1193: routing/firewall, and more.
1194: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1195: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1196: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1197: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1198: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1199: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1200: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1201: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1202: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1203: </blockquote>
1204: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1205: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1206: <p>
1207:
1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1209: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1210: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1211: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1212: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1213: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1214: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1215: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1216: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1217: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1218: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1219: in spite of it
1220: (registration required, but worth it).
1221: <p>
1222:
1223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1224: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1225: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1226: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1227: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1228: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1229: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1230: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1231: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1232: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1233: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1234: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1235: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1236: <p>
1237:
1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1239: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1240: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1241: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1242: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1243: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1244: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1245: <blockquote>
1246: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1247: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1248: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1249: a lot of analysis.
1250: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1251: </blockquote>
1252: <p>
1253: </ul>
1254:
1.400 marco 1255: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1256: <ul>
1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1258: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1259: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1260: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1261: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1262: UNIX-like systems.
1263: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1264: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1265: <p>
1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1267: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1268: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1269: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1270: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1271: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1272: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1273: At one point, the article states:
1274: <blockquote>
1275: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1276: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1277: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1278: </blockquote>
1279: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1280: <blockquote>
1281: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1282: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1283: </blockquote>
1284: <p>
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1286: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1287: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1288: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1289: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1290: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1291: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1292: required).
1293: <p>
1294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1295: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1296: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1297: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1298: </strong></font><br>
1299: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1300: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1301: <p>
1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1303: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1304: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1305: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1306: </strong></font><br>
1307: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1308: <p>
1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1310: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1311: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1312: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1313: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1314: 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 1315: <p>
1316: </ul>
1317:
1.396 henning 1318: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1319: <ul>
1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1321: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1322: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1323: Unix Review, July, 2004
1324: </strong></font><br>
1325: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1326: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1327: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1328: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1329: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1330: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1331: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1332: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1333: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1334: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1335: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1336: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1337: and even spelling/wording errors.
1338: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1339: <p>
1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1341: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1342: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1343: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1344: </strong></font><br>
1345: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1346: <p>
1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1348: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1349: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1350: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1351: </strong></font><br>
1352: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1353: <p>
1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1355: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1356: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1357: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1358: </strong></font><br>
1359: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1360: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1361: <p>
1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1363: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1364: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1365: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1366: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1367: <p>
1368: </ul>
1369:
1.405 jolan 1370: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1371: <ul>
1372: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1373: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1374: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1375: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1376: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1377: details on how funds are dispersed.
1378: <p>
1379: </ul>
1380:
1.393 david 1381: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1382: <ul>
1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1384: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1385: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1386: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1387: </strong></font><br>
1388: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1389: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1390: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1391: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1392: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1393: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1394: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1395: <p>
1396:
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1398: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1399: Secure by Default</a>,
1400: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1401: </strong></font><br>
1402: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1403: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1404: <p>
1405:
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1407: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1408: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1409: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1410: </strong></font><br>
1411: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1412: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1413: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1414: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1415: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1416: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1417: <p>
1418:
1419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1420: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1421: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1422: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1423: </strong></font><br>
1424: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1425: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1426: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1427: <p>
1428:
1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1430: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1431: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1432: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1433: </strong></font><br>
1434: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1435: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1436: <p>
1437: </ul>
1438:
1.388 mcbride 1439: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1440: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1441:
1442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1443: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1444: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1445: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1446: </strong></font><br>
1447: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1448: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1449: available for sparc64.
1450: <p>
1451:
1.390 beck 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1453: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1454: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1455: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1456: </strong></font><br>
1457: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1458: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1459: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1460: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1461: <p>
1462:
1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1464: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1465: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1466: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1467: </strong></font><br>
1468: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1469: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1470: it does: CARP provides sharing
1471: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1472: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1473: detail to get you started using it.
1474: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1475: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1476: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1477: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1478: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1479: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1480: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1481: <p>
1.391 ian 1482:
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1484: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1485: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1486: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1487: </strong></font><br>
1488: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1489: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1490: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1491: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1492:
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1494: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1495: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1496: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1497: </strong></font><br>
1498: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1499: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1500: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1501: unencumbered by patents.
1502: <p>
1503: </ul>
1504:
1.378 henning 1505: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1506: <ul>
1.384 jose 1507:
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1509: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1510: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1511: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1512: </strong></font><br>
1513: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1514: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1515: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1516: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1517: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1518: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1519: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1520: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1521: in the page tables."
1522: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1523: <p>
1524:
1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1526: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1527: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1528: </strong></font><br>
1529: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1530: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1531: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1532: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1533: <p>
1.384 jose 1534:
1.378 henning 1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1536: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1537: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1538: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1539: </strong></font><br>
1540: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1541: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1542: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1543: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1544: (quote:
1545: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1546: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1547: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1548: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1549: the other developers for their work on the system.
1550: <p>
1551:
1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1553: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1554: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1555: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1556: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1557: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1558: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1559: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1560: too.
1561: <p>
1562:
1563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1564: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1565: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1566: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1567: OpenBSD source code using
1568: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1569: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1570: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1571: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1572: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1573: <p>
1574: </ul>
1575:
1.374 jose 1576: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1577: <ul>
1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1579: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1580: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1581: </strong></font><br>
1582: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1583: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1584: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1585: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1586: it."
1587: <p>
1588:
1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1590: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1591: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1592: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1593: </strong></font><br/>
1594: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1595: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1596: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1597: <p>
1598: </ul>
1599:
1.369 ian 1600: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1601: <ul>
1602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1603: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1604: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1605: </strong></font><br/>
1606: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1607: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1608: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1609: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1610: <p>
1611:
1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1613: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1614: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1615: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1616: </strong></font><br/>
1617: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1618: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1619: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1620: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1621: form factor.
1622: <p>
1623:
1624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1625: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1626: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1627: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1628: Features</a>,
1629: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1630: </strong></font><br/>
1631: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1632: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1633: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1634: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1635: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1636: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1637: <p>
1638: This article can also be found online at:
1639: <ul>
1640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1641: <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 1642: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1643: </strong></font>
1644: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1645: </ul>
1646: <p>
1.392 david 1647:
1.371 jose 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1649: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1650: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1651: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1652: </strong></font><br/>
1653: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1654: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1655: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1656: <p>
1.371 jose 1657:
1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1659: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1660: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1661: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1662: </strong></font><br/>
1663: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1664: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1665: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1666: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1667: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1668: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1669: and its history with OpenBSD.
1670: </ul>
1671:
1.368 henning 1672: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1673: <ul>
1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1675: [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 1676: </strong></font><br>
1677: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1678: </ul>
1679:
1.364 jose 1680: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1681: <ul>
1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1683: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1684: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1685: UNIX Review,
1686: July, 2003.
1687: </strong></font><br>
1688: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1689: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1690: who want more information.
1691: <p>
1692:
1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1694: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1695: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1696: Government Computer News,
1697: July 22, 2003.
1698: </strong></font><br>
1699: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1700: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1701: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1702: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1703: <p>
1704:
1705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1706: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1707: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1708: SANS Institute,
1709: July 22, 2003.
1710: </strong></font><br>
1711: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1712: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1713: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1714: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1715: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1716: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1717: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1718: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1719: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1720: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1721: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1722: <p>
1723:
1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1725: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1726: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1727: OnLamp.com,
1728: July 17, 2003.
1729: </strong></font><br>
1730: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1731: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1732: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1733: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1734: have been working on.
1735:
1736: </ul>
1737:
1.356 jose 1738: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1739: <ul>
1740:
1741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1742: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1743: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1744: UNIX Review,
1745: June, 2003.
1746: </strong></font><br>
1747: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1748: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1749: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1750: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1751: <p>
1752:
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1754: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1755: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1756: eWeek,
1757: June 23, 2003.
1758: </strong></font><br>
1759: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1760: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1761: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1762: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1763: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1764: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1765: <p>
1766:
1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1768: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1769: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1770: Software Development Online,
1771: June, 2003.
1772: </strong></font><br>
1773: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1774: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1775: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1776: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1777: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1778: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1779: current activities.
1780: <p>
1781:
1782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1783: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1784: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1785: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1786: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1787: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1788: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1789: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1790: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1791: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1792: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1793: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1794: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1795: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1796: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1797: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1798: decisions.
1799: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1800: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1801: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1802: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1803: <p>
1804:
1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1806: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1807: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1808: Page 58, eWeek,
1809: June 2, 2003.
1810: </strong></font><br>
1811: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1812: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1813: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1814: been addressed in -current.
1815: <p>
1816:
1.356 jose 1817: </ul>
1818:
1819: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1820: <ul>
1821:
1.355 jose 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1823: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1824: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1825: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1826: </strong></font><br>
1827: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1828: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1829: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1830: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1831: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1832: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1833: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1834: <p>
1835:
1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1837: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1838: Beyond Linux</a>,
1839: InfoWorld,
1840: May 23, 2003.
1841: </strong></font><br>
1842: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1843: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1844: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1845: compared to the GPL.
1846: <p>
1847:
1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1849: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1850: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1851: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1852: May 17, 2003.
1853: </strong></font><br>
1854: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1855: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1856: the business section and half of another page inside
1857: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1858: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1859: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1860: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1861: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1862: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1863: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1864: <br>
1865: This article can also be found online at:
1866: <ul>
1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1868: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1869: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1870: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1871: May 17, 2003
1872: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1873: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1875: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1876: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1877: Montreal Gazette,
1878: May 21, 2003
1879: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1880: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1881: <p>
1.346 ian 1882:
1883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1884: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1885: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1886: May 7, 2003.
1887: </strong></font><br>
1888: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1889: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1890: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1891: <p>
1892:
1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1894: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1895: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1896: OsOpinion,
1897: May 6, 2003.
1898: </strong></font><br>
1899: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1900: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1901: <br>
1902: This article can also be found online at:
1903: <ul>
1904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1905: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1906: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1907: NewsFactor Network.
1908: </strong></font>
1909: </ul>
1910: <p>
1911:
1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1913: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1914: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1915: ITBusiness,
1916: May 2, 2003.
1917: </strong></font><br>
1918: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1919: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1920: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1921: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1922: <p>
1923:
1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1925: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1926: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1927: InfoWorld,
1928: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1929: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1930: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1931: <br>
1932: This article can also be found online at:
1933: <ul>
1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1935: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1936: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1937: IDG Singapore.
1938: </strong></font>
1939: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1940: <p>
1941:
1.339 jose 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1943: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1944: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1945: ZDNet,
1946: May 1, 2003.
1947: </strong></font><br>
1948: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1949: someone using parts from previous articles.
1950: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1951: This article can also be found online at:
1952: <ul>
1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1954: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1955: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1956: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1957: </strong></font>
1958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1959: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1960: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1961: CNET News.com.
1962: </strong></font>
1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1964: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1965: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1966: ZDNet UK.
1967: </strong></font>
1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1969: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1970: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1971: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1972: </strong></font>
1973: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1974: <p>
1.339 jose 1975:
1.341 deraadt 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1977: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1978: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1979: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1980: May 1, 2003.
1981: </strong></font><br>
1982: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1983: that have been added
1984: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1985: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1986: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1987: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1988: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1989: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1990: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1991: <p>
1992:
1993: </ul>
1994:
1.253 ian 1995: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1996: <ul>
1.255 ian 1997:
1.260 ian 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1999: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2000: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2001: TechRepublic,
2002: April 28, 2003.
2003: </strong></font><br>
2004: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2005: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2006: work.<br>
2007: Can also be found online at:
2008: <ul>
2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2010: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2011: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2012: ZDNet UK.
2013: </strong></font>
2014: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2015: <p>
2016:
2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2018: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2019: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2020: IDG,
2021: April 24, 2003.
2022: </strong></font><br>
2023: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2024: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2025: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2026: Can also be found online at:
2027: <ul>
2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2029: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2030: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2031: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2032: </strong></font>
2033: </ul>
2034: <p>
2035:
2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2037: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2038: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2039: Slate,
2040: April 24, 2003.
2041: </strong></font><br>
2042: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2043: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2044: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2045: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2046: <p>
2047:
2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2049: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2050: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2051: April 24, 2003.
2052: </strong></font><br>
2053: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2054: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2055: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2056: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2057: <p>
2058:
2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2060: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2061: April 24, 2003.
2062: </strong></font><br>
2063: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2064: the free software community".
2065: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2066: other articles.
2067: <p>
2068:
2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2070: <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 2071: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2072: </strong></font><br>
2073: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2074: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2075: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2076: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2077: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2078: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2079: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2080: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2081: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2082: <br/>
2083: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2084: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2085: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2086: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2087: <br>
2088: Can also be found online at:
2089: <ul>
2090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2091: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2092: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2093: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2094: </strong></font>
2095: </ul>
1.324 ian 2096: <p>
2097:
2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2099: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2100: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2101: </strong></font><br>
2102: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2103: article above.
2104: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2105: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2106: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2107: <br>
2108: Can also be found online at:
2109: <ul>
2110: <li>
2111: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2112: </strong></font>
2113: </ul>
1.324 ian 2114: <p>
2115:
2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2117: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2118: </strong></font><br>
2119: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2120: <p>
2121:
2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2123: <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.
2124: </strong></font><br>
2125: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2126: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2127: <p>
2128:
2129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2130: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2131: April 23, 2003.
2132: </strong></font><br>
2133: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2134: <p>
2135:
2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2137: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2138: April 22, 2003.
2139: </strong></font><br>
2140: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2141: <p>
2142:
2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2144: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2145: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2146: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2147: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2148: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2149: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2150: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2151: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2152: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2153: Can also be found online at:
2154: <ul>
2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2156: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2157: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2158: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2159: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2161: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2162: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2163: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2164: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2165: </ul>
2166: <p>
2167:
2168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2169: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2170: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2171: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2172: </strong></font><br>
2173: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2174: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2175: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2176: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2177: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2178: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2179: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2180: <p>
2181:
2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2183: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2184: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2185: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2186: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2187: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2188: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2189: at UPenn and DARPA.
2190: <p>
2191:
2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2193: [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,
2194: France
1.315 deraadt 2195: April 18, 2003.
2196: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2197: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2198: <p>
2199:
2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2201: [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 2202: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2203: </strong></font><br>
2204: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2205: <p>
2206:
2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2208: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2209: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2210: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2211: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2212: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2213: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2214: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2215: <p>
2216:
2217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2218: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2219: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2220: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2221: </strong></font><br>
2222: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2223: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2224: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2225: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2226: <p>
2227:
2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2229: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2230: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2231: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2232: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2233: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2234: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2235: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2236: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2237: Can also be found online at:
2238: <ul>
2239: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2240: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2241: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2242: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2243: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2244: <p>
2245:
2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2247: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2248: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2249: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2250: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2251: </strong></font><br>
2252: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2253: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2254: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2255: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2256: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2257:
2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2259: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2260: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2261: New York Times.
2262: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2263:
1.273 deraadt 2264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2265: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2266: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2267: ABC News.
2268: </strong></font>
2269:
2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2271: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2272: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2273: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2274: </strong></font>
2275:
2276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2277: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2278: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2279: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2280: </strong></font>
2281:
2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2283: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2284: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2285: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2286: </strong></font>
2287:
2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2289: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2290: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2291: Times Daily, AL.
2292: </strong></font>
2293:
2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2295: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2296: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2297: Boston.com, MA.
2298: </strong></font>
2299:
2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2301: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2302: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2303: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2304: </strong></font>
2305:
2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2307: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2308: [Article was pulled]</a>
2309: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2310: </strong></font>
2311:
2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2313: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2314: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2315: Infoshop News.
2316: </strong></font>
2317:
2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2319: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2320: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2321: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2322: </strong></font>
2323:
2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2325: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2326: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2327: Raleigh News, NC.
2328: </strong></font>
2329:
2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2331: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2332: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2333: Napa News, CA.
2334: </strong></font>
2335:
2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2337: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2338: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2339: NEPA News, PA.
2340: </strong></font>
2341:
2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2343: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2344: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2345: Wired News.
2346: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2347: <br>
2348: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2349: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2350: [JAPANESE]
2351: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2352: Wired News Japan</a>
2353: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2354:
1.271 deraadt 2355: </ul>
2356: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2357: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2358: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2359: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2360: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2361: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2362: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2363: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2364: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2365: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2366: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2367: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2368: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2369: <p>
2370: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2371:
2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2373: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2374: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2375: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2376: </strong></font>
2377:
2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2379: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2380: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2381: Miami Herald, FL.
2382: </strong></font>
2383:
2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2385: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2386: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2387: </strong></font>
2388:
2389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2390: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2391: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2392: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2393: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2394:
2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2396: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2397: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2398: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2399: ABC News.
2400: </strong></font>
2401:
1.276 deraadt 2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2403: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2404: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2405: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2406: </strong></font>
2407:
1.286 dhartmei 2408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2409: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2410: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2411: Wilmington Star, NC.
2412: </strong></font>
2413:
1.300 jose 2414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2415: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2416: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2417: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2418: </strong></font>
2419:
1.309 jose 2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2421: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2422: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2423: Globe Technology.
2424: </strong></font>
2425:
1.263 deraadt 2426: </ul>
1.262 beck 2427: <p>
2428:
2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2430: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2431: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2432: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2433: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2434: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2435: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2436: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2437: <p>
2438:
2439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2440: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2441: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2442: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2443: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2444: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2445: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2446: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2447: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2448: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2449: and simply restates other press reports.
2450: <p>
2451:
2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2453: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2454: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2455: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2456: </strong></font><br>
2457: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2458: <p>
2459:
2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2461: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2462: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2463: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2464: </strong></font><br>
2465: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2466: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2467: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2468: <p>
2469:
2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2471: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2472: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2473: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2474: April 17, 2003.
2475: </strong></font><br>
2476: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2477: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2478: Tech Anthems</a>
2479: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2480: 4 so far.
2481: <p>
2482:
2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2484: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2485: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2486: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2487: </strong></font><br>
2488: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2489: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2490: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2491: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2492: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2493: Goes on to say:
2494: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2495: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2496: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2497: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2498: This article is also found online at:
2499: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2501: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2502: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2503: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2504: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2506: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2507: ZDnet</a>,
2508: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2509: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2511: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2512: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2513: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2514: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2515: </ul>
1.260 ian 2516: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2517:
1.260 ian 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2519: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2520: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2521: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2522: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2523: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2524: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2525: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2526: without notice or justification.
2527: <p>
2528:
2529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2530: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2531: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2532: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2533: </strong></font><br>
2534: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2535: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2536: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2537: effective today, without any warning..."
2538: <p>
1.257 ian 2539:
2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2541: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2542: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2543: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2544: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2545: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2546: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2547: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2548: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2549: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2550: <p>
2551:
2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2553: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2554: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2555: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2556: </strong></font><br>
2557: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2558: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2559: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2560: quoting two of them:
2561: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2562: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2563: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2564: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2565: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2566: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2567: <p>
2568:
1.255 ian 2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2570: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2571: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2572: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2573: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2574: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2575: <p>
2576:
2577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2578: [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 2579: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2580: </strong></font><br>
2581: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2582: <p>
2583:
2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2585: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2586: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2587: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2588: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2589: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2590: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2591: security experts for more than three decades."
2592: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2593: <p>
1.261 ian 2594:
1.254 drahn 2595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2596: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2597: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2598: </strong></font><br>
2599: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2600: <p>
2601:
2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2603: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2604: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2605: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2606: </strong></font><br>
2607: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2608: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2609: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2610: <p>
2611:
2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2613: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2614: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2615: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2616: </strong></font><br>
2617: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2618: from US DARPA.
2619: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2620: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2621: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2622: the BSD license.
2623: <p>
2624: </ul>
2625:
1.251 ian 2626: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2627: <ul>
2628:
2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2630: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2631: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2632: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2633: </strong></font><br>
2634:
2635: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2636: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2637: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2638: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2639: <p>
2640:
2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2642: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2643: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2644: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2645: </strong></font><br>
2646: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2647: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2648: Mentions
2649: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2650: and
2651: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2652: programs.
2653: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2654: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2655: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2656: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2657: <p>
1.325 ian 2658: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2659: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2660:
2661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2662: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2663: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2664: </strong></font><br>
2665: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2666: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2667: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2668: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2669: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2670: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2671: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2672: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2673: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2674: put into service."
2675: <p>
2676: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2677: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2678: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2679: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2680: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2681: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2682: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2683: computers with security features."
2684: <p>
1.329 ian 2685:
2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2687: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2688: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2689: Slate,
2690: March 3, 2003.
2691: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2692: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2693: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2694: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2695: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2696: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2697: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2698: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2699: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2700: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2701: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2702: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2703: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2704: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2705: of more secure open-source solutions like
2706: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2707: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2708: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2709: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2710: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2711: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2712: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2713: the Beltway."
2714: <p>
1.251 ian 2715: </ul>
2716:
1.249 jufi 2717: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2718: <ul>
2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2720: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2721: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2722: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2723: </strong></font><br>
2724: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2725: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2726: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2727: <p>
1.334 ian 2728:
2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2730: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2731: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2732: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2733: </strong></font><br>
2734: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2735: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2736: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2737: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2738: "... the hypothetical question ...
2739: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2740: <br>
2741: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2742: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2743: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2744: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2745: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2746: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2747: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2748: support network security.
2749: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2750: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2751: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2752: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2753: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2754: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2755: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2756: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2757: <br>
2758: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2759: <p>
2760:
1.249 jufi 2761: </ul>
2762:
1.246 jufi 2763: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2764: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2767: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2768: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2769: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2770: </strong></font><br>
2771: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2772: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2773: <p>
2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2776: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2777: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2778: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2779: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2780: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2781: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2782: <p>
2783:
2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2785: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2786: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2787: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2788: </strong></font><br>
2789: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2790: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2791: <p>
1.247 jufi 2792: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2793:
1.244 jufi 2794: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2795: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2798: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2799: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2800: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2801: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2802: </strong></font><br>
2803: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2804: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2805: md5 digests.
2806: <p>
2807:
1.247 jufi 2808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2809: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2810: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2811: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2812: </strong></font><br>
2813: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2814: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2815: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2816: right the first time."
2817: <p>
1.247 jufi 2818: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2819:
2820:
2821: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2822: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2825: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2826: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2827: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2828: </strong></font><br>
2829: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2830: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2831: part 6</a>.
2832: <p>
2833:
1.247 jufi 2834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2835: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2836: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2837: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2838: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2839: </strong></font><br>
2840: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2841: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2842: <p>
1.301 jose 2843:
2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2845: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2846: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2847: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2848: </strong></font><br>
2849:
2850: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2851: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2852: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2853: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2854: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2855: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2856: <i>Here's the
2857: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2858: <p>
1.247 jufi 2859: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2860:
2861: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2862: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2865: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2866: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2867: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2868: </strong></font><br>
2869: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2870: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2871: <p>
2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2874: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2875: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2876: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2877: </strong></font><br>
2878: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2879: this time using pf.
2880: <p>
1.247 jufi 2881: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2882:
2883: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2884: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2885:
1.247 jufi 2886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2887: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2888: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2889: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2890: </strong></font><br>
2891: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2892: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2893: their rotation.
2894: <p>
2895:
1.247 jufi 2896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2897: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2898: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2899: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2900: </strong></font><br>
2901: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2902: <p>
1.247 jufi 2903: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2904:
1.239 jufi 2905: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2906: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2907:
1.247 jufi 2908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2909: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2910: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2911: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2912: </strong></font><br>
2913: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2914: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2915: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2916: <p>
2917:
1.247 jufi 2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2919: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2920: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2921: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2922: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2923: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2924: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2925: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2926: <p>
1.247 jufi 2927: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2928:
1.235 lebel 2929: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2930: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2931:
1.239 jufi 2932:
1.247 jufi 2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2934: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2935: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2936: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2937: </strong></font><br>
2938: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2939: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2940: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2941: <p>
1.301 jose 2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2944:
1.228 horacio 2945: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2946: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2949: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2950: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2951: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2952: </strong></font><br>
2953: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2954: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2955: <p>
2956:
1.247 jufi 2957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2958: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2959: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2960: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2961: </strong></font><br>
2962: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2963: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2964: <p>
2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2967: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2968: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2969: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2970: </strong></font><br>
2971: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2972: on the desktop of his parents.
2973: <p>
2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2976: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2977: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2978: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2979: </strong></font><br>
2980: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2981: using IPFilter.
2982:
2983: <p>
2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2986: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2987: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2988: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2989: </strong></font><br>
2990: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2991: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2992: perspectives of the four OS.
2993: <br>
2994: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2995: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2996: <p>
2997:
1.247 jufi 2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2999: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3000: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3001: software and security</a>,
3002: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3003: </strong></font><br>
3004:
3005: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3006: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3007: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3008: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3009: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3010: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3011: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3012: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3013: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3014: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3015: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3016: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3017: <p>
1.247 jufi 3018: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3019:
1.225 horacio 3020: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3021: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3024: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3025: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3026: Interview</a>,
3027: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3028: </strong></font><br>
3029:
3030: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3031: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3032: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3033: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3034: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3035: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3036: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3037: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3038: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3039: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3040: of choice.
3041: <p>
1.247 jufi 3042: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3043:
3044: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3045: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3046:
1.247 jufi 3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3048: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3049: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3050: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3051: </strong></font><br>
3052:
3053: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3054: <p>
3055:
1.247 jufi 3056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3057: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3058: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3059: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3060: </strong></font><br>
3061:
3062: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3063: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3064: <p>
1.247 jufi 3065: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3066:
1.218 horacio 3067: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3068: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3069:
1.247 jufi 3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3071: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3072: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3073: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3074: </strong></font><br>
3075:
3076: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3077: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3078: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3079: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3080: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3081: subjects. Worth a read.
3082: <p>
3083:
3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3086: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3087: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3088: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3089: </strong></font><br>
3090:
3091: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3092: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3093: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3094: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3095: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3096: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3097: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3098: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3099: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3100: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3101: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3102: on other operating systems.<br>
3103: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3104: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3105: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3106: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3107: <p>
3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3110: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3111: Operating System 2010</a>,
3112: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3113: </strong></font><br>
3114:
3115: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3116: covering the level of software integration into the core
3117: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3118: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3119: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3120: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3121: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3122: <p>
3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3125: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3126: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3127: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3128: </strong></font><br>
3129:
3130: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3131: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3132: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3133: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3134: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3135: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3136: <p>
1.247 jufi 3137: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3138:
1.210 jufi 3139: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3140: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3143: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3144: Already a Contender</a>,
3145: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3146: </strong></font><br>
3147:
3148: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3149: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3150: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3151: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3152: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3153: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3154: <p>
3155:
1.247 jufi 3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3157: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3158: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3159: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3160: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3161:
1.224 horacio 3162: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3163: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3164: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3165: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3166: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3167: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3168: <p>
1.247 jufi 3169: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3170:
3171: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3172: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3175: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3176: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3177: Division</a>,
3178: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3179: </strong></font><br>
3180:
3181: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3182: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3183: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3184: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3185: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3186: investment</em>.<br>
3187: The implementation details can be seen on their
3188: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3189: <p>
3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3192: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3193: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3194: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3195: </strong></font><br>
3196:
3197: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3198: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3199: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3200: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3201: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3202: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3203: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3204: <p>
3205:
3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3207: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3208: Thinking about Security</a>,
3209: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3210: </strong></font><br>
3211:
3212: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3213: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3214: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3215: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3216: to time.<br>
3217: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3218: system and just the most secure system.
3219: <p>
3220:
1.247 jufi 3221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3222: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3223: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3224: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3225: </strong></font><br>
3226:
3227: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3228: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3229: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3230: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3231: choice:<br>
3232: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3233: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3234: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3235: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3236: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3237: network security devices and as such must be well
3238: armored."</em><br>
3239: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3240: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3241: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3242: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3243: <br>
3244: Bravo!
3245: <p>
1.247 jufi 3246: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3247:
1.207 ian 3248: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3249: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3250:
1.247 jufi 3251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3252: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3253: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3254: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3255:
1.207 ian 3256: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3257: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3258: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3259: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3260: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3261: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3262: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3263: <p>
1.247 jufi 3264: </ul>
1.207 ian 3265:
1.194 jufi 3266: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3267: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3268:
1.247 jufi 3269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3270: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3271: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3272: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3273: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3274:
1.240 miod 3275: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3276: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3277: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3278: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3279: <p>
3280:
1.247 jufi 3281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3282: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3283: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3284: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3285:
3286: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3287: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3288: <p>
3289:
3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3291: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3292: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3293: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3294:
3295: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3296: <p>
3297:
3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3299: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3300: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3301: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3302: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3303:
1.240 miod 3304: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3305: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3306: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3307: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3308: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3309: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3310: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3311: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3312: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3313: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3314: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3315: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3316: <p>
3317:
1.247 jufi 3318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3319: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3320: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3321: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3322: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3323:
1.194 jufi 3324: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3325: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3326: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3327: <br>
3328: The new
3329: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3330: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3331: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3332: <p>
1.247 jufi 3333: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3334:
1.190 horacio 3335: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3336: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3339:
3340: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3341: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3342:
1.301 jose 3343:
1.191 jufi 3344: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3345: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3346:
3347: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3348: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3349:
1.212 horacio 3350: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3351: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3352: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3353:
1.211 horacio 3354: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3355: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3356: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3357:
1.247 jufi 3358: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3359: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3360:
1.247 jufi 3361: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3362: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3363:
1.212 horacio 3364: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3365: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3366: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3367:
3368: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3369: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3370:
3371: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3372: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3373:
1.301 jose 3374: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3375: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3376:
1.191 jufi 3377: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3378: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3379:
3380: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3381: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3382:
1.192 jufi 3383: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3384: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3385: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3386:
1.193 deraadt 3387: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3388: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3389: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3390:
1.247 jufi 3391: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3392: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3395: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3396: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3397:
1.213 horacio 3398: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3399: 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 3400: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3401:
1.190 horacio 3402: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3403: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3404: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3405: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3406: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3407: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3408: <p>
1.190 horacio 3409:
1.247 jufi 3410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3411: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3412: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3413: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3414: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3415:
1.195 jufi 3416: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3417: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3418: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3419: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3420: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3421: <p>
3422:
1.247 jufi 3423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3424: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3425: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3426: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3427: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3428:
1.191 jufi 3429: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3430: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3431: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3432: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3433: <p>
3434:
3435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3436: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3437: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3438: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3439:
3440: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3441: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3442: <p>
1.247 jufi 3443: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3444:
1.191 jufi 3445:
1.186 jufi 3446: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3447: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3450: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3451: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3452: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3453: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3454:
1.188 jufi 3455: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3456: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3457: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3458: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3459: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3460: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3461: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3462: <p>
3463:
1.301 jose 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3465: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3466: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3467: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3468:
3469: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3470: <p>
1.191 jufi 3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3473: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3474: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3475: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3476: </strong></font><br>
3477:
3478: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3479: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3480: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3481: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3482: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3483: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3484: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3485: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3486: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3487: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3488: familiar?
3489: <p>
1.247 jufi 3490: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3491:
1.178 louis 3492: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3493: <ul>
1.178 louis 3494:
1.247 jufi 3495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3496: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3497: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3498: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3499: </strong></font><br>
3500:
3501: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3502: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3503: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3504: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3505: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3506: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3507: <p>
3508:
1.247 jufi 3509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3510: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3511: Open source under the hood</a>,
3512: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3513: </strong></font><br>
3514:
3515: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3516: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3517: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3518: <p>
3519:
1.247 jufi 3520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3521: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3522: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3523: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3524: </strong></font><br>
3525:
3526: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3527: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3528: <p>
1.247 jufi 3529: </ul>
1.179 louis 3530:
1.174 louis 3531:
1.175 louis 3532: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3533: <ul>
1.175 louis 3534:
1.247 jufi 3535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3536: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3537: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3538: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3539: </strong></font><br>
3540:
3541: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3542: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3543: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3544: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3545: <p>
3546:
1.247 jufi 3547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3548: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3549: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3550: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3551: </strong></font><br>
3552:
3553: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3554: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3555: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3556: <p>
1.247 jufi 3557: </ul>
1.175 louis 3558:
1.176 louis 3559:
1.172 mickey 3560: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3561: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3564: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3565: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3566: </strong></font><br>
3567:
3568: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3569: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3570: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3571: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3572: <p>
3573:
1.247 jufi 3574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3575: <a
1.269 deraadt 3576: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3577: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3578: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
3581: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3582: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3583: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3584: <p>
3585:
1.247 jufi 3586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3587: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3588: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3589: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3590: </strong></font><br>
3591:
3592: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3593: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3594: <p>
3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3597: <a
1.269 deraadt 3598: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3599: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3600: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3601: </strong></font><br>
3602:
3603: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3604: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3605: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3606: our own Theo de Raadt.
3607: <p>
3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3610: <a
1.269 deraadt 3611: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3612: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3613: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3614: </strong></font><br>
3615:
3616: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3617: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3618: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3619: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3620: shut down.]
3621: <p>
3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3624: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3625: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3626: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3627: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3628: </strong></font><br>
3629:
3630: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3631: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3632: <p>
1.247 jufi 3633: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3634:
1.161 louis 3635: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3636: <ul>
1.161 louis 3637:
1.247 jufi 3638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3639: <a
1.269 deraadt 3640: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3641: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3642: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3643: </strong></font><br>
3644:
3645: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3646: by John Wolley
3647: <p>
3648:
1.247 jufi 3649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3650: <a
1.269 deraadt 3651: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3652: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3653: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3654: </strong></font><br>
3655:
3656: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3657: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3658: OpenBSD).
3659: <p>
3660:
1.247 jufi 3661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3662: <a
1.247 jufi 3663: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3664: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3665: </strong></font><br>
3666:
3667: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3668: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3669: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3670: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3671: and hindsight.
3672: <p>
3673:
1.247 jufi 3674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3675: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3676: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3677: </strong></font><br>
3678:
3679: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3680: <p>
3681:
1.247 jufi 3682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3683: <a
1.168 provos 3684: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3685: December 7, 2000
3686: </strong></font><br>
3687:
3688: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3689: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3690: us explain.
3691: <p>
3692:
1.247 jufi 3693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3694: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3695: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3696: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3697: December 6, 2000
3698: </strong></font><br>
3699:
3700: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3701: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3702: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3703: <p>
3704:
1.247 jufi 3705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3706: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3707: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3708: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3709: </strong></font><br>
3710:
3711: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3712: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3713: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3714: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3715: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3716: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3717: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3718: <p>
3719:
3720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3721: <a
1.226 horacio 3722: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3723: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3724: </strong></font><br>
3725:
3726: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3727: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3728: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3729: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3730: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3731: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3732: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3733: <p>
1.162 millert 3734:
1.247 jufi 3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3736: <a
1.161 louis 3737: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3738: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3739: </strong></font><br>
3740:
3741: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3742: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3743: <p>
3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3746: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3747: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3748: </strong></font><br>
3749:
3750: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3751: <p>
3752:
3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3755: <a
1.226 horacio 3756: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3757: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3758: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3759: </strong></font><br>
3760:
3761: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3762: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3763: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3764: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3765: <p>
1.247 jufi 3766: </ul>
1.169 louis 3767:
1.158 louis 3768: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3769: <ul>
1.147 louis 3770:
1.247 jufi 3771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3772: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3773: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3774: </strong></font><br>
3775:
3776: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3777: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3778: <p>
3779:
1.247 jufi 3780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3781: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3782: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3783: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3784: </strong></font><br>
3785: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3786: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3787: <p>
3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3790: <a
3791: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3792: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3793: </strong></font><br>
3794:
3795: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3796: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3797: <p>
3798:
1.247 jufi 3799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3800: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3801: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3802: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3803:
1.213 horacio 3804: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3805: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3806: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3807: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3808: <p>
1.215 horacio 3809:
1.247 jufi 3810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3811: <a
3812: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3813: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3814: </strong></font><br>
3815:
3816: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3817: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3818: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3819: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3820: much of the attitude too).
3821: <p>
1.161 louis 3822:
1.247 jufi 3823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3824: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3825: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3826: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3827:
1.157 louis 3828: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3829: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3830: <p>
1.247 jufi 3831: </ul>
1.157 louis 3832:
3833: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3834: <ul>
1.157 louis 3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3837: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3838: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3839: </strong></font><br>
3840:
3841: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3842: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3843: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3844: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3845: <p>
3846:
1.247 jufi 3847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3848: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3849: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3850: </strong></font><br>
3851:
3852: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3853: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3854: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3855: it because they love coding...
3856: <p>
3857:
1.247 jufi 3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3859: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3860: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3861: </strong></font><br>
3862:
3863: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3864: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3865: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3866: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3867: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3868: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3869: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3870: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3871: <p>
3872:
1.247 jufi 3873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3874: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3875: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3876: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3877: </strong></font><br>
3878:
3879: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3880: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3881: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3882: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3883: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3884: the pizza.
3885: <p>
3886:
1.247 jufi 3887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3888: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3889: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3890: </strong></font><br>
3891:
3892: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3893: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3894: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3895: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3896: problems.
3897: <p>
3898:
1.247 jufi 3899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3900: <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 3901: </strong></font><br>
3902:
1.222 miod 3903: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3904: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3905: - whether they like it or not.
3906: <p>
3907:
1.247 jufi 3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3909: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3910: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3911: </strong></font><br>
3912:
3913: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3914: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3915: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3916: <p>
1.148 aaron 3917:
1.247 jufi 3918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3919: <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 3920: </strong></font><br>
3921:
3922: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3923: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3924: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3925: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3926: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3927: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3928: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3929: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3930: <p>
3931:
1.247 jufi 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3933: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3934: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3935: </strong></font><br>
3936:
3937: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3938: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3939: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3940: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3941: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3942: <p>
1.247 jufi 3943: </ul>
1.147 louis 3944:
1.138 louis 3945: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3946: <ul>
1.138 louis 3947:
1.247 jufi 3948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3949: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3950: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3951: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3952: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3953: </strong></font><br>
3954:
1.227 horacio 3955: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3956: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3957: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3958: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3959: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3960: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3961: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3962: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3963: <p>
3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3966: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3967: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3968: </strong></font><br>
3969:
3970: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3971: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3972: groups, and even Linux.
3973: <p>
3974:
1.247 jufi 3975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3976: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3977: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3978: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3979: </strong></font><br>
3980:
3981: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3982: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3983: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3984: library after installing the OS.
3985: <p>
3986:
1.247 jufi 3987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3988: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3989: Sys Admin, September 2000
3990: </strong></font><br>
3991:
3992: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3993: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3994: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3995: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3996: (<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>,
3997: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3998: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3999: <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 4000: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4001: out of the system.
4002: <p>
4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4005: <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
4006: </strong></font><br>
4007:
4008: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4009: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4010: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4011: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4012: the IP filtering and address translation.
4013: <p>
1.301 jose 4014:
4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4016: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4017: </strong></font><br>
4018:
4019: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4020: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4021: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4022: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4023: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4024: <p>
1.247 jufi 4025: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4026:
1.131 louis 4027: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4028: <ul>
1.131 louis 4029:
1.247 jufi 4030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4031: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4032: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4033: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4034: </strong></font><br>
4035:
4036: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4037: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4038: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4039: <p>
4040:
1.247 jufi 4041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4042: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4043: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4044: </strong></font><br>
4045:
4046: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4047: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4048: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4049: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4050: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4051: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4052: note of"</i>.
4053: <p>
4054:
1.247 jufi 4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4056: <a
1.247 jufi 4057: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4058: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4059: </strong></font><br>
4060:
4061: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4062: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4063: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4064: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4065: <p>
4066:
1.247 jufi 4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4068: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4069: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4070: </strong></font><br>
4071:
4072: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4073: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4074: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4075: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4076: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4077: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4078: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4079: <p>
4080:
1.247 jufi 4081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4082: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4083: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4084: 2000
4085: </strong></font><br>
4086:
4087: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4088: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4089: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4090: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4091: against current industry practices.
4092: <p>
4093:
1.247 jufi 4094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4095: <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
4096: </strong></font><br>
4097:
4098: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4099: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4100: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4101: <p>
4102:
1.247 jufi 4103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4104: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4105: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4106: </strong></font><br>
4107:
4108: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4109: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4110: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4111: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4112: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4113: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4114: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4115: <p>
4116:
1.247 jufi 4117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4118: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4119: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4120: </strong></font><br>
4121:
4122: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4123: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4124: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4125: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4126: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4127: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4128: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4129: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4130: <p>
1.247 jufi 4131: </ul>
1.131 louis 4132:
1.118 louis 4133: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4134: <ul>
1.118 louis 4135:
1.247 jufi 4136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4137: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4138: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4139: </strong></font><br>
4140:
4141: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4142: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4143: about time. The article mentions that
4144: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4145: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4146: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4147: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4148: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4149: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4150: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4151: <p>
4152:
1.247 jufi 4153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4154: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4155: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4156: </strong></font><br>
4157:
4158: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4159: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4160: of OpenSSH.
4161: <p>
4162:
1.247 jufi 4163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4164: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4165: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4166: </strong></font><br>
4167:
4168: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4169: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4170: bridging.
4171: <p>
4172:
1.247 jufi 4173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4174: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4175: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4176: </strong></font><br>
4177:
1.121 deraadt 4178: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4179: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4180: <p>
4181:
1.247 jufi 4182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4183: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4184: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4185: </strong></font><br>
4186:
4187: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4188: <p>
4189:
1.247 jufi 4190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4191: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4192: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4193: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4194: </strong></font><br>
4195:
1.120 deraadt 4196: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4197: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4198: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4199: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4200: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4201: <p>
4202:
1.247 jufi 4203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4204: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4205: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4206: </strong></font><br>
4207:
1.222 miod 4208: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4209: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4210: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4211: protocols and their quirks.
4212: <p>
4213:
1.247 jufi 4214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4215: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4216: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4217: </strong></font><br>
4218:
4219: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4220: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4221: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4222: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4223: <p>
4224:
1.247 jufi 4225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4226: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4227: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4228: </strong></font><br>
4229:
4230: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4231: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4232: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4233: <p>
4234:
1.247 jufi 4235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4236: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4237: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4238: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4239: </strong></font><br>
4240:
4241: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4242: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4243: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4244: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4245: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4246: <p>
1.247 jufi 4247: </ul>
1.118 louis 4248:
1.104 louis 4249: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4250: <ul>
1.104 louis 4251:
1.247 jufi 4252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4253: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4254: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4255: </strong></font><br>
4256:
4257: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4258: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4259: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4260: be a bit dry.
4261: <p>
4262:
1.247 jufi 4263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4264: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4265: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4266: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4267: </strong></font><br>
4268: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4269: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4270: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4271: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4272: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4273: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4274: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4275: <p>
4276:
1.247 jufi 4277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4278: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4279: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4280: 2000
1.128 louis 4281: </strong></font><br>
4282:
4283: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4284: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4285: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4286: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4287: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4288: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4289: <p>
4290:
1.247 jufi 4291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4292: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4293: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4294: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4295:
4296: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4297: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4298: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4299: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4300: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4301: <p>
1.110 louis 4302:
1.247 jufi 4303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4304: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4305: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4306: </strong></font><br>
4307:
4308: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4309: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4310: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4311: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4312: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4313: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4314: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4315: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4316: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4317: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4318: <p>
4319:
1.247 jufi 4320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4321: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4322: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4323:
4324: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4325: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4326: <p>
1.108 louis 4327:
1.247 jufi 4328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4329: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4330: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4331: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4332:
4333: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4334: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4335: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4336: <p>
1.106 louis 4337:
1.247 jufi 4338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4339: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4340: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4341: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4342:
4343: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4344: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4345: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4346: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4347: <p>
1.107 louis 4348:
1.247 jufi 4349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4350: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4351: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4352: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4353:
4354: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4355: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4356: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4357: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4358: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4359: <p>
1.105 louis 4360:
1.247 jufi 4361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4362: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4363: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4364: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4365:
1.113 naddy 4366: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4367: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4368: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4369: <p>
1.104 louis 4370:
1.247 jufi 4371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4372: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4373: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4374: </strong></font><br>
4375:
4376: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4377: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4378: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4379: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4380: <p>
1.301 jose 4381:
4382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4383: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4384: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4385: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4386:
4387: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4388: hardware-supported cryptography.
4389: <p>
1.247 jufi 4390: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4391:
1.85 louis 4392: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4393: <ul>
1.85 louis 4394:
1.247 jufi 4395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4396: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4397: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4398: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4399:
4400: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4401: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4402: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4403: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4404: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4405: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4406: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4407: <p>
1.99 louis 4408:
1.247 jufi 4409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4410: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4411: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4412: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4413:
4414: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4415: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4416: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4417: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4418: <p>
1.100 louis 4419:
1.247 jufi 4420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4421: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4422: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4423: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4424:
4425: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4426: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4427: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4428: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4429: <p>
1.95 louis 4430:
1.247 jufi 4431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4432: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4433: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4434: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4435:
4436: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4437: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4438: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4439: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4440: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4441: <p>
1.92 louis 4442:
1.247 jufi 4443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4444: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4445: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4446: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4447:
4448: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4449: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4450: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4451: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4452: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4453: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4454: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4455: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4456: <p>
1.91 louis 4457:
1.247 jufi 4458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4459: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4460: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4461: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4462:
4463: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4464: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4465: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4466: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4467: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4468: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4469: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4470: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4471: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4472: <p>
1.90 louis 4473:
1.247 jufi 4474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4475: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4476: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4477: </strong></font><br>
4478: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4479: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4480: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4481: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4482: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4483: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4484: <p>
4485:
1.247 jufi 4486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4487: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4488: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4489: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4490:
1.113 naddy 4491: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4492: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4493: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4494: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4495: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4496: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4497: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4498: <p>
1.87 louis 4499:
1.247 jufi 4500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4501: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4502: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4503: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4504:
4505: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4506: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4507: <p>
1.85 louis 4508:
1.247 jufi 4509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4510: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4511: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4512: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4513:
4514: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4515: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4516: <p>
4517:
4518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4519: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4520: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4521: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4522:
4523: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4524: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4525: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4526: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4527: <p>
1.89 louis 4528:
1.247 jufi 4529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4530: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4531: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4532: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4533:
4534: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4535: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4536: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4537: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4538: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4539: </ul>
1.85 louis 4540:
1.78 deraadt 4541: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4542: <ul>
1.74 louis 4543:
1.247 jufi 4544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4545: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4546: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4547: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4548: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4549:
4550: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4551: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4552: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4553: <p>
1.83 louis 4554:
1.247 jufi 4555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4556: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4557: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4558: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4559:
4560: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4561: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4562: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4563: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4564: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4565: <p>
1.93 louis 4566:
1.247 jufi 4567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4568: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4569: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4570: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4571: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4572:
1.83 louis 4573: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4574: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4575: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4576: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4577: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4578: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4579: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4580: <p>
1.82 aaron 4581:
1.247 jufi 4582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4583: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4584: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4585: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4586:
1.83 louis 4587: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4588: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4589: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4590: <p>
1.80 louis 4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4593: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4594: Bad Press</a>,
4595: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4596: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4597:
4598: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4599: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4600: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4601: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4602: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4603: <p>
1.247 jufi 4604: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4605:
4606: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4607: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4608:
1.247 jufi 4609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4610: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4611: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4612: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4613: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4614:
4615: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4616: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4617: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4618: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4619: <p>
1.74 louis 4620:
1.247 jufi 4621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4622: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4623: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4624: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4625:
1.219 horacio 4626: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4627: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4628: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4629: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4630: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4631: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4632: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4633: <p>
1.88 louis 4634:
1.247 jufi 4635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4636: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4637: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4638: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4639:
4640: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4641: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4642: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4643: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4644: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4645: <p>
1.81 louis 4646:
1.247 jufi 4647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4648: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4649: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4650: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4651:
4652: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4653: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4654: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4655: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4656: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4657: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4658: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4659: <p>
1.90 louis 4660:
1.247 jufi 4661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4662: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4663: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4664: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4665:
4666: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4667: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4668: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4669: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4670: <p>
1.247 jufi 4671: </ul>
1.71 louis 4672:
1.69 deraadt 4673: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4674: <ul>
1.70 louis 4675:
1.247 jufi 4676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4677: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4678: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4679: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4680:
4681: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4682: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4683: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4684: <p>
1.70 louis 4685:
1.247 jufi 4686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4687: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4688: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4689: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4690:
4691: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4692: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4693: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4694: <p>
1.68 louis 4695:
1.247 jufi 4696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4697: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4698: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4699: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4700: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4701:
1.111 jufi 4702: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4703: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4704: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4705: "secure by default" installation.
4706: <p>
1.64 louis 4707:
1.247 jufi 4708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4709: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4710: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4711: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4712:
1.113 naddy 4713: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4714: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4715: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4716: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4717: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4718: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4719: <p>
1.66 louis 4720:
1.247 jufi 4721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4722: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4723: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4724: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4725:
4726: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4727: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4728: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4729: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4730: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4731: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4732: <p>
1.83 louis 4733:
1.247 jufi 4734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4735: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4736: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4737: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4738:
4739: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4740: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4741: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4742: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4743: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4744: <p>
1.64 louis 4745:
1.247 jufi 4746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4747: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4748: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4749: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4750:
4751: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4752: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4753: <p>
1.301 jose 4754:
4755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4756: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4757: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4758: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4759: </strong></font><br>
4760:
4761: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4762: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4763: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4764: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4765: Giving way to
4766: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4767: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4768: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4769: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4770: <p>
1.247 jufi 4771: </ul>
1.65 louis 4772:
1.69 deraadt 4773: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4774: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4775:
1.247 jufi 4776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4777: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4778: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4779: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4780:
4781: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4782: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4783: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4784: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4785: <p>
1.88 louis 4786:
1.247 jufi 4787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4788: <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 4789: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4790:
4791: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4792: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4793: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4794: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4795: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4796: <p>
1.60 louis 4797:
1.247 jufi 4798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4799: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4800: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4801: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4802: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4803:
4804: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4805: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4806: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4807: <p>
1.58 louis 4808:
1.247 jufi 4809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4810: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4811: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4812:
4813: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4814: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4815: <p>
1.53 louis 4816:
1.247 jufi 4817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4818: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4819: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4820: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4821:
4822: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4823: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4824: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4825: <p>
1.99 louis 4826:
1.247 jufi 4827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4828: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4829: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4830:
4831: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4832: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4833: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4834: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4835: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4836:
1.247 jufi 4837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4838: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4839: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4840: </strong></font><br>
4841:
4842: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4843: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4844: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4845: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4846: <p>
4847:
1.247 jufi 4848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4849: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4850: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4851: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4852:
4853: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4854: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4855: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4856:
1.247 jufi 4857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4858: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4859: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4860:
4861: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4862: in
1.247 jufi 4863: <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 4864: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4865: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4866: <p>
1.53 louis 4867:
1.247 jufi 4868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4869: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4870: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4871: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4872: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4873:
1.58 louis 4874: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4875: <p>
1.301 jose 4876:
4877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4878: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4879: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4880: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4881: Informacyjny, January 2000
4882: </strong></font><br>
4883:
4884: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4885: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4886: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4887: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4888: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4889: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4890: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4891: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4892: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4893: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4894: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4895: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4896: <p>
4897:
4898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4899: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4900: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4901: </strong></font><br>
4902:
4903: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4904: <p>
4905: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4906:
1.69 deraadt 4907: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4908: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4909:
1.247 jufi 4910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4911: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4912: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4913: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4914: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4915:
1.58 louis 4916: Kurt Seifried
4917: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4918: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4919: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4920: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4921:
1.247 jufi 4922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4923: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4924: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4925: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4926:
4927: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4928: <p>
1.96 louis 4929:
1.247 jufi 4930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4931: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4932: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4933: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4934: </strong></font><br>
4935:
4936: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4937: <p>
4938:
4939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4940: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4941: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4942: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4943:
4944: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4945: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4946: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4947: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4948: <p>
1.247 jufi 4949: </ul>
1.86 louis 4950:
1.69 deraadt 4951: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4952: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4953:
1.247 jufi 4954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4955: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4956: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4957: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4958:
4959: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4960: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4961: <p>
1.61 louis 4962:
1.247 jufi 4963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4964: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4965: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4966: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4967: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4968:
4969: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4970: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4971: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4972: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4973: right -- or at least strives to".
4974: <p>
1.48 louis 4975:
1.247 jufi 4976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4977: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4978: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4979: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4980: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4981: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4982: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4983: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4984: <p>
1.61 louis 4985:
1.247 jufi 4986: <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 4987: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4988: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4989:
4990: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4991: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4992: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4993: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4994: <p>
1.46 louis 4995:
1.247 jufi 4996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4997: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4998: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4999: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5000:
5001: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5002: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5003: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5004:
1.247 jufi 5005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5006: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5007: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5008: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5009:
5010: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5011: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5012: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5013: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5014: <p>
1.247 jufi 5015: </ul>
1.70 louis 5016:
1.69 deraadt 5017: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5018: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5019:
1.247 jufi 5020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5021: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5022: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5023: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5024: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5025:
5026: Kurt Seifried
5027: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5028: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5029: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5030: <p>
1.44 philen 5031:
1.247 jufi 5032: <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 5033: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5034: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5035:
5036: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5037: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5038:
1.247 jufi 5039: <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 5040: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5041: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5042:
5043: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5044: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5045:
1.247 jufi 5046: <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 5047: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5048: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5049:
5050: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5051: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5052: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5053: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5054: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5055:
1.247 jufi 5056: <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 5057: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5058: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5059:
1.36 louis 5060: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5061: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5062:
1.247 jufi 5063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5064: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5065: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5066: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5067:
5068: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5069: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5070: </ul>
1.38 louis 5071:
1.69 deraadt 5072: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5073: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5074:
1.247 jufi 5075: <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 5076: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5077: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5078:
5079: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5080: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5081: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5082:
1.113 naddy 5083: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5084: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5085: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5086: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5087:
5088: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5089: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5090: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5091: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5092: <blockquote>
5093: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5094: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5095: <br>
5096: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5097: </code>
5098: </blockquote>
5099: <p>
5100:
1.247 jufi 5101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5102: <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 5103: <p>
5104:
5105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5106: <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 5107: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5108:
5109: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5110: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5111: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5112: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5113:
1.247 jufi 5114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5115: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5116: Sept. 28, 1999
5117: </strong></font><br>
5118:
5119: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5120: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5121: translating and reprinting articles from
5122: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5123: <p>
5124:
5125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5126: <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 5127: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5128:
5129: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5130: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5131: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5132: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5133: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5134: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5135: <p>
1.19 louis 5136:
1.113 naddy 5137: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5138: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5139: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5140:
5141: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5142: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5143: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5144: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5145: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5146: <p>
1.16 louis 5147:
1.247 jufi 5148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5149: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5150: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5151: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5152:
1.57 louis 5153: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5154: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5155: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5156: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5157:
1.247 jufi 5158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5159: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5160: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5161: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5162:
1.113 naddy 5163: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5164:
1.247 jufi 5165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5166: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5167: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5168: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5169:
1.23 louis 5170: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5171: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5172: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5173: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5174: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5175: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5176:
1.247 jufi 5177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5178: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5179: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5180: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5181:
1.199 pvalchev 5182: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5183: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5184: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5185: installation.
1.113 naddy 5186: <p>
1.47 louis 5187:
1.247 jufi 5188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5189: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5190: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5191: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5192:
1.301 jose 5193: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5194: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5195: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5196: </ul>
1.57 louis 5197:
1.69 deraadt 5198: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5199: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5200:
1.247 jufi 5201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5202: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5203: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5204: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5205:
5206: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5207: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5208: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5209: <p>
1.12 louis 5210:
1.247 jufi 5211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5212: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5213: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5214: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5215:
5216: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5217: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5218: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5219: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5220: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5221: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5222: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5223: <p>
1.247 jufi 5224: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5225:
1.69 deraadt 5226: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5227: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5228:
1.247 jufi 5229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5230: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5231: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5232:
5233: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5234: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5235: available."
1.113 naddy 5236: <p>
1.301 jose 5237:
5238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5239: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5240: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5241: </strong></font><br>
5242:
5243: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5244: <p>
1.247 jufi 5245: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5246:
1.69 deraadt 5247: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5248: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5249:
1.247 jufi 5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5251: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5252: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5253:
5254: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5255: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5256: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5257: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5258: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5259: <p>
1.33 louis 5260:
1.247 jufi 5261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5262: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5263: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5264: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5265:
1.113 naddy 5266: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5267: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5268: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5269: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5270: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5271: <p>
1.247 jufi 5272: </ul>
1.57 louis 5273:
1.69 deraadt 5274: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5275: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5276:
1.247 jufi 5277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5278: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5279: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5280: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5281:
5282: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5283: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5284: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5285:
1.247 jufi 5286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5287: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5288: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5289: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5290: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5291:
5292: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5293: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5294:
1.247 jufi 5295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5296: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5297:
1.113 naddy 5298: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5299:
1.247 jufi 5300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5301: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5302: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5303: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5304:
5305: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5306: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5307: </ul>
1.23 louis 5308:
1.69 deraadt 5309: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5310: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5311:
1.247 jufi 5312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5313: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5314: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5315:
5316: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5317: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5318: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5319:
1.247 jufi 5320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5321: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5322: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5323: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5324:
5325: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5326: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5327: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5328: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5329: </ul>
1.57 louis 5330:
1.69 deraadt 5331: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5332: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5333:
1.247 jufi 5334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5335: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5336: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5337: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5338:
5339: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5340: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5341: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5342: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5343: <p>
1.15 louis 5344:
1.247 jufi 5345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5346: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5347: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5348: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5349:
5350: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5351: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5352: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5353: columns."
1.113 naddy 5354: <p>
1.247 jufi 5355: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5356:
1.69 deraadt 5357: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5358: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5359:
1.247 jufi 5360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5361: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5362: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5363: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5364:
5365: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5366: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5367:
1.113 naddy 5368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5369: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5370: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5371:
5372: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5373: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5374: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5375: </ul>
1.57 louis 5376:
1.69 deraadt 5377: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5378: <ul>
1.301 jose 5379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5380: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5381: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5382: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5383:
5384: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5385: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5386: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5387: <p>
5388:
5389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5390: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5391: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5392: Nov 13, 1998 and
5393: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5394: Datateknik</a>,
5395: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5396:
1.380 saad 5397: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5398: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5399: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5400: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5401: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5402:
1.113 naddy 5403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5404: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5405: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5406: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5407:
1.222 miod 5408: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5409: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5410: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5411: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5412: <p>
1.247 jufi 5413: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5414:
1.69 deraadt 5415: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5416: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5417:
1.247 jufi 5418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5419: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5420: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5421:
1.69 deraadt 5422: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5423: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5424: <p>
1.247 jufi 5425: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5426:
1.69 deraadt 5427: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5428: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5429:
1.247 jufi 5430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5431: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5432: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5433: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5434:
1.383 jcs 5435: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5436: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5437: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5438:
1.247 jufi 5439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5440: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5441: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5442: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5443: <p>
1.247 jufi 5444: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5445:
1.69 deraadt 5446: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5447: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5448:
1.247 jufi 5449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5450: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5451: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5452: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5453: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5454: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5455:
5456: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5457: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5458: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5459: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5460: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5461: <p>
1.247 jufi 5462: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5463:
5464: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5465: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5466:
1.247 jufi 5467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5468: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5469: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5470:
1.69 deraadt 5471: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5472: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5473: <p>
1.112 naddy 5474:
1.247 jufi 5475: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5476: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5477:
1.292 camield 5478: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5479: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5480: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.518 ! ian 5481: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.517 2006/05/06 10:09:42 mbalmer Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5482:
5483: </body>
5484: </html>
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