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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.514 ian 19: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
1.518 ian 21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 23: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ! ian 24: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
! 25: and
! 26: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 27: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 28: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 29: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ! ian 30: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 31: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
32: their plans for the week.
33: <p>
34:
35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ! ian 36: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
! 37: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
! 38: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
! 39: </strong></font><br>
! 40: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
! 41: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
! 42: <p>
! 43:
! 44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 45: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
46: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
47: </strong></font><br>
48: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
49: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
50: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
51: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ! ian 52: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 53: (introduced with 3.9).
54: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
55: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 59: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
60: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
61: </strong></font><br>
62: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
63: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
64: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
65: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
66: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
67: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
68: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
69: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
70: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
74: [GERMAN]
75: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
76: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
77: </strong></font><br>
78: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
79: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
80: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
81: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
82: is connected to OpenBSD.
83: <p>
84:
1.514 ian 85: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
86: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
87: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
88: </strong></font><br>
89: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
90: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
91: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 92: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 93: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 94: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 95: running this project) is so important to Theo,
96: and even why he does mountain biking!
97: <p>
98:
99: </ul>
100:
1.503 ian 101: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
102: <ul>
103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 104: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
105: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
106: </strong></font><br>
107: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
108: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
109: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 110: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 111: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
112: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
113: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
114: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
115: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
116: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 117: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 118: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
119: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 123: [GERMAN]
124: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
125: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
126: </strong></font><br>
127: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
128: are and why they are bad.
129: <p>
130:
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 132: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
133: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
134: </strong></font><br>
135: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
136: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
137: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
138: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
139: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
140: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
141: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
142: pages."
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 146: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
147: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
148: </strong></font><br>
149: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
150: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
151: and continues:
152: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
153: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
154: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
155: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
156: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
157: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
158: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
159: and more. Final thought:
160: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
161: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
162: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
163: true for business environments."
164: <p>
165:
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 167: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 168: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 169: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 170: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
171: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
172: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 173: for funding.
1.509 djm 174: <p>
175:
176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 177: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
178: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
179: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
180: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
181: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
182: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
183: <p>
184:
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 186: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
187: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
188: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
189: </strong></font><br>
190: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 191: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 192: is punctuated with examples.
193: Tunneling features are described, as well as
194: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
195: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
196: and
197: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
198: <p>
199:
200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 201: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
202: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
203: </strong></font><br>
204: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
205: further OpenSSH development.
206: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
207: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
208: project's funding needs for all time.
209: <p>
1.504 bernd 210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
211: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
212: April 3, 2006
213: </strong></font><br>
214: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
215: this could compromise future hackathons.
216: <p>
1.503 ian 217:
218: </ul>
219:
1.487 ian 220: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
221: <ul>
1.495 ian 222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 223: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 224: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 225: </strong></font><br>
226: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
227: on topics including "Puffy",
228: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
229: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
230: what's new in 3.9,
231: and of course project expenses.
232: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
233: <!--
234: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
235: -->
236: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
237: <p>
238:
239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 240: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
241: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
242: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 243: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
244: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 245: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
246: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
247: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
248: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
249: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
250: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
251: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
252: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
253: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
254: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
255: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
256: but Matzan does - is that
257: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
258: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
259: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
260: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
261: <br/>
262: <p>
263:
264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
265: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
266: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
267: </strong></font><br>
268: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
269: "blob" drivers, and more.
270: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
271: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
272: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
273: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
274: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
275: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
276: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
277: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
278: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
279: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
280: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
281: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
282: <p>
283:
284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 285: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
286: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
287: </strong></font><br>
288: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
289: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
290: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
291: in general temperature and environmental issues.
292: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
293: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
294: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
295: other major operating systems." ...
296: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
297: machines running in
298: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
299: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
303: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
304: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
305: </strong></font><br>
306: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
307: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
308: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
309: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
310: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
311: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
312: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
313: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
314: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
315: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
316: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
317: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
318: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
319: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
320: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
321: <p>
322:
1.487 ian 323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 324: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
325: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
326: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 327: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 328: financial situation.
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 332: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
333: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
334: </strong></font><br>
335: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
336: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
337: produce our favorite operating system.
338: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
339: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
340: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
341: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
342: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 343: <br/>
344: Also online at
345: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
346: <p>
347:
348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
349: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
350: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
351: </strong></font><br>
352: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
353: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
354: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
355: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
356: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
357: sustain indefinitely."
358: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
359: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
360: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
361: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
362: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 363: <p>
364:
365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 366: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
367: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
368: </strong></font><br>
369: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
370: with a reminder that
371: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
372: used nowadays almost everywhere."
373: Ends with this quote from Marco:
374: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
375: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
376: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
377: <p>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 380: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 381: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
382: </strong></font><br>
383: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
384: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
385: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
386: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
387: a few of them each year.
388: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
389: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
390: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
391: to the OpenBSD project.
392: It's time for them to do so.
393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 396: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
397: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
398: </strong></font><br>
399: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
400: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
401: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
402: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
403: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
404: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
405: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
406: <p>
407:
408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 409: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
410: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 411: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
412: <!-- North America mirror:
413: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 414: -->
1.490 deraadt 415: European mirror:
416: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
417: <br>
418: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 419: <p>
420:
421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 422: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
423: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 424: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 425: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
426: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
427: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
428: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
429: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
430: designed to provide reliability and security.
431: <p>
432:
433: </ul>
434:
1.485 ian 435: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
436: <ul>
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 438: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
439: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
440: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 441: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 442: installations in about four minutes flat".
443: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
444: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 445: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 446: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
447: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
448: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
449: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
450: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
451: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
452: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
453: the steps in the article.
454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 457: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
458: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
459: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
460: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
461: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
462: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
463: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
464: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
465: happening in real life.
466: <p>
467:
468: </ul>
469:
1.492 ian 470: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
471: <ul>
472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
473: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
474: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
475: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
476: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
477: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
478: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 479: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 480: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
481: </ul>
482:
1.483 ian 483: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
484: <ul>
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 486: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
487: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
488: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
489: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
490: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
491: <p>
492:
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 494: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 495: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
496: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
497: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
498: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
499: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
500: to sites with more information on most topics.
501: <p>
502:
503: </ul>
504:
505:
1.479 grunk 506: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
507: <ul>
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 509: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 510: Goes to Venice</a>,
511: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 512: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 513: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
514: <br/>
515: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
516: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
517: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 518: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 519: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
520: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
521: Contains a link to
522: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
523: pval's summary slides</a>.
524: <p>
525:
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 527: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
528: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
529: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
530: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
531: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
532: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
533: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
534: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 535: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 536: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
537: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
538: the packages and ports system"</i>.
539: <p>
540:
541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
542: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
543: Return of The BSDs</a>,
544: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
545: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
546: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
547: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
548: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
549: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
550: quotes from Bob Beck.
551: <p>
552:
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 554: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
555: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
556: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 557: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
558: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 559: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
560: and Linux.<br>
561: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
562: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
563: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
564: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
565: of the release
566: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
567: <p>
568: </ul>
569:
1.476 ian 570: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
571: <ul>
572:
573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
574: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
575: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
576: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
577: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
578: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
579: and too unreliable.
580: This quote will rattle some cages:
581: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
582: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
583: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
584: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
585: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
586: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
587: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
588: costs without any commercial lock-in."
589: <p>
590:
1.477 saad 591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
592: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
593: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
594: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
595: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
596: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
597: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
598: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
599: discussion about future plans.
600: <p>
601:
1.478 grunk 602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
603: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
604: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
605: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
606: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
607: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
608: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
609: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
610: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
611: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
612: <p>
613:
1.476 ian 614: </ul>
615:
1.470 saad 616: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
617: <ul>
618:
619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 620: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
621: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
622: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
623: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
624: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
625: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
626: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
627: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
628: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
629: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
630: <p>
631:
632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 633: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
634: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
635: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
636: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
637: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
638: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
639: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
640: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
641: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
642: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
643: <p>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 646: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
647: Big debate over small packets</a>,
648: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
649: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
650: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
651: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
652: draft.
653: <p>
654:
655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 656: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
657: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
658: ordinateur ?"</a>,
659: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
660: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
661: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
662: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
663: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
664: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
665: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
666: <p>
667:
668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 669: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
670: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
671: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
672: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
673: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
674: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
675: performance data with pfstat.
676: <p>
677:
678: </ul>
679:
1.461 grunk 680: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
681: <ul>
682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 684: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
685: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 686: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 687: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
688: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
689: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 690: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 691: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 692: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
693: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
694: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 695: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
696: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 697: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 698: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
699: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 700: <p>
701:
702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 703: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
704: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 705: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 706: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
707: poor security:
1.467 grunk 708: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 709: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 710: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 711: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
712: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
713: <p>
714:
715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 716: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
717: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 718: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 719: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
720: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 721: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
722: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
723: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
724: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
725: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
726: commercial vendors.
727: <p>
728:
729: </ul>
730:
1.454 ian 731: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
732: <ul>
1.468 grunk 733:
734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
735: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
736: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
737: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
738: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
739: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
740: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 741: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 742: <br>
743: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
744: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
745: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
746: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
747: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 748: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 749: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
750: <p>
751:
1.454 ian 752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 753: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
754: Free Bird</a>,
755: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
756: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
757: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
758: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
759: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
760: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
761: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
762: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
763: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
764: room will only be available in the print edition.
765: <p>
1.459 deraadt 766:
1.458 niallo 767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 768: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
769: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
770: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
771: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
772: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
773: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
774: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
775: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
776: <p>
1.457 deraadt 777:
1.456 niallo 778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 779: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 780: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
781: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
782: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
783: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
784: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
785: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 786: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 787: interview.</a>
788: <p>
789:
790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 791: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
792: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
793: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
794: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
795: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
796: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
797: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
798: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
799: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
800: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
801: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
802: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
803: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
804: "I have never used it."
805: <p>
806:
807: </ul>
808:
1.441 deraadt 809: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
810: <ul>
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 812: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
813: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
814: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
815: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
816: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
817: future enhancements.
818: <p>
819:
820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 821: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 822: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
823: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
824: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
825: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
826: North America mirror:
827: <ul>
1.452 marco 828: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 829: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
830: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 831: </ul>
832: European mirror:
833: <ul>
1.452 marco 834: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 835: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
836: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
837: </ul>
838: <p>
839:
840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 841: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
842: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
843: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
844: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
845: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
846: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
847: <p>
848:
849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 850: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
851: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
852: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
853: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
854: first-hand account.
855: <p>
856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 858: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
859: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
860: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
861: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
862: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
863: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
864: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
865: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
866: <p>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 869: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
870: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
871: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
872: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
873: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
874: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
875: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
876: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
877: <p>
878:
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 880: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 881: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 882: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
883: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
884: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
885: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
886: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
887: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
888: <p>
889:
890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
891: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 892: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 893: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
894: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
895: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
896: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
897: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
898: <p>
899:
900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 901: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
902: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
903: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 904: </strong></font><br>
905: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
906: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
907: with OpenBSD.
908: </ul>
909:
1.436 henning 910: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
911: <ul>
912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 913: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
914: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
915: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
916: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
917: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
918: than closed source, as we have long contended.
919: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
920: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
921: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
922: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
923: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
924: <p>
925: This article can also be found online as
926: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
927: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
928: <p>
929:
930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 931: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
932: </strong></font><br>
933: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
934: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
935: <p>
936:
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 938: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
939: </strong></font><br>
940: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
941: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 942: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 943: the issues we had with IETF.
944: </ul>
945:
1.431 ian 946: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
947: <ul>
948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 949: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
950: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
951: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
952: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
953: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
954: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
955: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
956: <p>
957:
958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 959: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
960: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
961: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
962: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
963: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
964: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 965: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 966: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
967: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
968: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
969: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
970: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
971: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
972: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
973: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
974:
975: </ul>
976:
1.427 matthieu 977: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
978: <ul>
979:
980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 981: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
982: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
983: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
984: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
985: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
986: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
987: firmware.
1.434 ian 988: Similar articles can be found online at:
989: <ul>
990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
991: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
992: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
993: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
995: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
996: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
997: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
999: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1000: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1001: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1003: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1004: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1005: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1006: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1007: </ul>
1008:
1.426 ian 1009: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1010: <ul>
1011:
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1013: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1014: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1015: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1016: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1017: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1018: mechanism: what it is and why and
1019: how to use it, with examples.
1020: Another excerpt from the book
1021: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1022: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1023: <p>
1024:
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1026: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1027: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1028: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1029: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1030: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1031: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1032: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1033: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1034: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1035: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1036: This article is a sample chapter from
1037: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1038: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1039: <p>
1.443 ian 1040:
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1042: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1043: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1044: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1045: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1046: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1047: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1048: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1049: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1050: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1051: ends with a sidebar on security.
1052: <p>
1.426 ian 1053: </ul>
1054:
1.424 ian 1055: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1056: <ul>
1057:
1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1059: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1060: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1061: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1062: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1063: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1064: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1065: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1066: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1067: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1068: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1069: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1070: <p>
1071: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1072: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1073: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1074: <p>
1075:
1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1077: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1078: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1079: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1080: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1081: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1082: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1083: operating systems.
1084: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1085: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1086: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1087: systems, he writes:
1088: <blockquote>
1089: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1090: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1091: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1092: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1093: to the operating system...
1094: <br/>
1095: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1096: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1097: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1098: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1099: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1100: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1101: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1102: in a closed source operating system).
1103: <br/>
1104: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1105: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1106: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1107: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1108: </blockquote>
1109: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1110: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1111: their hardware and software operates.
1112: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1113: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1114: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1115: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1116: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1117: <p>
1118: </ul>
1119:
1.417 pvalchev 1120: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1121: <ul>
1.421 ian 1122:
1.417 pvalchev 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1124: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1125: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1126: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1127: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1128: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1129: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1130: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1131: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1132: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1133: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1134: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1135: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1136: <p>
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1138: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1139: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1140: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1141: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1142: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1143: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1144: it claims to do".
1145: <p>
1146:
1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1148: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1149: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1150: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1151: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1152: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1153: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1154: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1155: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1156: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1157: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1158: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1159: (yes, this is a hint).
1160: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1161: picked up on the
1162: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1163: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1164: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1165: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1166: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1167: <p>
1168:
1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1170: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1171: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1172: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1173: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1174: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1175: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1176: the current efforts.
1177: <p>
1178: </ul>
1179:
1.407 henning 1180: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1181: <ul>
1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1183: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1184: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1185: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1186: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1187: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1188: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1189: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1190: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1191: <p>
1192:
1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1194: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1195: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1196: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1197: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1198: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1199: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1200: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1201: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1202: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1203: <p>
1.415 ian 1204:
1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1206: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1207: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1208: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1209: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1210: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1211: overflow attacks... because
1212: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1213: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1214: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1215: and propolice.
1216: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1217: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1218: and that's when the science falls apart."
1219: <p>
1220:
1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1222: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1223: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1224: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1225: Starts with the question:
1226: <blockquote>
1227: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1228: <br/>
1229: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1230: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1231: <br/>
1232: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1233: Should we believe them?"
1234: </blockquote>
1235: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1236: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1237: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1238: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1239: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1240: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1241: <p>
1242:
1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1244: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1245: Simple Simon</a>,
1246: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1247: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1248: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1249: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1250: routing/firewall, and more.
1251: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1252: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1253: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1254: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1255: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1256: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1257: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1258: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1259: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1260: </blockquote>
1261: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1262: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1263: <p>
1264:
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1266: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1267: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1268: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1269: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1270: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1271: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1272: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1273: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1274: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1275: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1276: in spite of it
1277: (registration required, but worth it).
1278: <p>
1279:
1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1281: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1282: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1283: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1284: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1285: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1286: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1287: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1288: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1289: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1290: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1291: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1292: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1293: <p>
1294:
1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1296: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1297: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1298: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1299: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1300: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1301: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1302: <blockquote>
1303: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1304: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1305: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1306: a lot of analysis.
1307: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1308: </blockquote>
1309: <p>
1310: </ul>
1311:
1.400 marco 1312: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1313: <ul>
1314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1315: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1316: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1317: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1318: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1319: UNIX-like systems.
1320: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1321: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1322: <p>
1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1324: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1325: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1326: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1327: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1328: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1329: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1330: At one point, the article states:
1331: <blockquote>
1332: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1333: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1334: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1335: </blockquote>
1336: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1337: <blockquote>
1338: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1339: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1340: </blockquote>
1341: <p>
1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1343: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1344: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1345: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1346: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1347: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1348: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1349: required).
1350: <p>
1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1352: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1353: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1354: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1355: </strong></font><br>
1356: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1357: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1358: <p>
1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1360: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1361: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1362: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1363: </strong></font><br>
1364: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1365: <p>
1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1367: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1368: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1369: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1370: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1371: 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 1372: <p>
1373: </ul>
1374:
1.396 henning 1375: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1376: <ul>
1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1378: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1379: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1380: Unix Review, July, 2004
1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1383: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1384: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1385: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1386: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1387: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1388: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1389: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1390: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1391: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1392: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1393: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1394: and even spelling/wording errors.
1395: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1396: <p>
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1398: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1399: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1400: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1401: </strong></font><br>
1402: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1403: <p>
1404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1405: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1406: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1407: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1408: </strong></font><br>
1409: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1410: <p>
1411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1412: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1413: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1414: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1415: </strong></font><br>
1416: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1417: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1418: <p>
1419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1420: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1421: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1422: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1423: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1424: <p>
1425: </ul>
1426:
1.405 jolan 1427: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1428: <ul>
1429: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1430: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1431: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1432: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1433: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1434: details on how funds are dispersed.
1435: <p>
1436: </ul>
1437:
1.393 david 1438: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1439: <ul>
1440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1441: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1442: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1443: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1444: </strong></font><br>
1445: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1446: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1447: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1448: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1449: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1450: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1451: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1452: <p>
1453:
1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1455: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1456: Secure by Default</a>,
1457: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1458: </strong></font><br>
1459: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1460: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1461: <p>
1462:
1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1464: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1465: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1466: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1467: </strong></font><br>
1468: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1469: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1470: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1471: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1472: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1473: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1474: <p>
1475:
1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1477: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1478: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1479: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1480: </strong></font><br>
1481: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1482: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1483: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1484: <p>
1485:
1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1487: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1488: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1489: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1490: </strong></font><br>
1491: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1492: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1493: <p>
1494: </ul>
1495:
1.388 mcbride 1496: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1497: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1498:
1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1500: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1501: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1502: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1503: </strong></font><br>
1504: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1505: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1506: available for sparc64.
1507: <p>
1508:
1.390 beck 1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1510: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1511: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1512: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1513: </strong></font><br>
1514: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1515: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1516: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1517: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1518: <p>
1519:
1520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1521: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1522: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1523: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1524: </strong></font><br>
1525: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1526: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1527: it does: CARP provides sharing
1528: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1529: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1530: detail to get you started using it.
1531: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1532: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1533: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1534: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1535: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1536: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1537: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1538: <p>
1.391 ian 1539:
1540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1541: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1542: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1543: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1544: </strong></font><br>
1545: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1546: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1547: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1548: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1551: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1552: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1553: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1554: </strong></font><br>
1555: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1556: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1557: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1558: unencumbered by patents.
1559: <p>
1560: </ul>
1561:
1.378 henning 1562: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1563: <ul>
1.384 jose 1564:
1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1566: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1567: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1568: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1569: </strong></font><br>
1570: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1571: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1572: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1573: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1574: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1575: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1576: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1577: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1578: in the page tables."
1579: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1580: <p>
1581:
1582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1583: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1584: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1585: </strong></font><br>
1586: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1587: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1588: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1589: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1590: <p>
1.384 jose 1591:
1.378 henning 1592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1593: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1594: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1595: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1596: </strong></font><br>
1597: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1598: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1599: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1600: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1601: (quote:
1602: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1603: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1604: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1605: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1606: the other developers for their work on the system.
1607: <p>
1608:
1609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1610: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1611: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1612: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1613: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1614: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1615: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1616: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1617: too.
1618: <p>
1619:
1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1621: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1622: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1623: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1624: OpenBSD source code using
1625: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1626: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1627: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1628: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1629: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1630: <p>
1631: </ul>
1632:
1.374 jose 1633: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1634: <ul>
1635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1636: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1637: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1638: </strong></font><br>
1639: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1640: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1641: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1642: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1643: it."
1644: <p>
1645:
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1647: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1648: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1649: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1650: </strong></font><br/>
1651: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1652: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1653: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1654: <p>
1655: </ul>
1656:
1.369 ian 1657: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1658: <ul>
1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1660: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1661: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1662: </strong></font><br/>
1663: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1664: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1665: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1666: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1667: <p>
1668:
1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1670: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1671: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1672: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1673: </strong></font><br/>
1674: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1675: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1676: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1677: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1678: form factor.
1679: <p>
1680:
1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1682: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1683: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1684: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1685: Features</a>,
1686: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1687: </strong></font><br/>
1688: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1689: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1690: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1691: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1692: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1693: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1694: <p>
1695: This article can also be found online at:
1696: <ul>
1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1698: <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 1699: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1700: </strong></font>
1701: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1702: </ul>
1703: <p>
1.392 david 1704:
1.371 jose 1705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1706: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1707: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1708: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1709: </strong></font><br/>
1710: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1711: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1712: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1713: <p>
1.371 jose 1714:
1715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1716: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1717: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1718: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1719: </strong></font><br/>
1720: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1721: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1722: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1723: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1724: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1725: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1726: and its history with OpenBSD.
1727: </ul>
1728:
1.368 henning 1729: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1730: <ul>
1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1732: [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 1733: </strong></font><br>
1734: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1735: </ul>
1736:
1.364 jose 1737: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1738: <ul>
1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1740: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1741: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1742: UNIX Review,
1743: July, 2003.
1744: </strong></font><br>
1745: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1746: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1747: who want more information.
1748: <p>
1749:
1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1751: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1752: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1753: Government Computer News,
1754: July 22, 2003.
1755: </strong></font><br>
1756: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1757: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1758: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1759: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1760: <p>
1761:
1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1763: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1764: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1765: SANS Institute,
1766: July 22, 2003.
1767: </strong></font><br>
1768: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1769: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1770: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1771: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1772: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1773: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1774: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1775: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1776: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1777: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1778: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1779: <p>
1780:
1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1782: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1783: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1784: OnLamp.com,
1785: July 17, 2003.
1786: </strong></font><br>
1787: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1788: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1789: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1790: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1791: have been working on.
1792:
1793: </ul>
1794:
1.356 jose 1795: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1796: <ul>
1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1799: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1800: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1801: UNIX Review,
1802: June, 2003.
1803: </strong></font><br>
1804: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1805: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1806: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1807: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1808: <p>
1809:
1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1811: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1812: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1813: eWeek,
1814: June 23, 2003.
1815: </strong></font><br>
1816: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1817: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1818: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1819: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1820: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1821: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1822: <p>
1823:
1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1825: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1826: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1827: Software Development Online,
1828: June, 2003.
1829: </strong></font><br>
1830: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1831: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1832: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1833: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1834: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1835: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1836: current activities.
1837: <p>
1838:
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1840: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1841: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1842: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1843: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1844: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1845: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1846: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1847: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1848: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1849: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1850: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1851: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1852: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1853: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1854: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1855: decisions.
1856: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1857: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1858: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1859: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1860: <p>
1861:
1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1863: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1864: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1865: Page 58, eWeek,
1866: June 2, 2003.
1867: </strong></font><br>
1868: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1869: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1870: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1871: been addressed in -current.
1872: <p>
1873:
1.356 jose 1874: </ul>
1875:
1876: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1877: <ul>
1878:
1.355 jose 1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1880: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1881: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1882: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1883: </strong></font><br>
1884: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1885: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1886: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1887: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1888: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1889: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1890: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1891: <p>
1892:
1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1894: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1895: Beyond Linux</a>,
1896: InfoWorld,
1897: May 23, 2003.
1898: </strong></font><br>
1899: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1900: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1901: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1902: compared to the GPL.
1903: <p>
1904:
1905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1906: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1907: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1908: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1909: May 17, 2003.
1910: </strong></font><br>
1911: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1912: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1913: the business section and half of another page inside
1914: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1915: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1916: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1917: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1918: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1919: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1920: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1921: <br>
1922: This article can also be found online at:
1923: <ul>
1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1925: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1926: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1927: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1928: May 17, 2003
1929: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1930: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1932: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1933: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1934: Montreal Gazette,
1935: May 21, 2003
1936: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1937: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1938: <p>
1.346 ian 1939:
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1941: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1942: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1943: May 7, 2003.
1944: </strong></font><br>
1945: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1946: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1947: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1948: <p>
1949:
1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1951: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1952: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1953: OsOpinion,
1954: May 6, 2003.
1955: </strong></font><br>
1956: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1957: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1958: <br>
1959: This article can also be found online at:
1960: <ul>
1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1962: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1963: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1964: NewsFactor Network.
1965: </strong></font>
1966: </ul>
1967: <p>
1968:
1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1970: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1971: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1972: ITBusiness,
1973: May 2, 2003.
1974: </strong></font><br>
1975: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1976: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1977: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1978: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1979: <p>
1980:
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1982: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1983: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1984: InfoWorld,
1985: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1986: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1987: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1988: <br>
1989: This article can also be found online at:
1990: <ul>
1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1992: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1993: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1994: IDG Singapore.
1995: </strong></font>
1996: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1997: <p>
1998:
1.339 jose 1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2000: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2001: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2002: ZDNet,
2003: May 1, 2003.
2004: </strong></font><br>
2005: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2006: someone using parts from previous articles.
2007: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2008: This article can also be found online at:
2009: <ul>
2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2011: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2012: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2013: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2014: </strong></font>
2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2016: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2017: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2018: CNET News.com.
2019: </strong></font>
2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2021: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2022: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2023: ZDNet UK.
2024: </strong></font>
2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2026: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2027: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2028: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2029: </strong></font>
2030: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2031: <p>
1.339 jose 2032:
1.341 deraadt 2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2034: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2035: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2036: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2037: May 1, 2003.
2038: </strong></font><br>
2039: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2040: that have been added
2041: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2042: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2043: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2044: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2045: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2046: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2047: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2048: <p>
2049:
2050: </ul>
2051:
1.253 ian 2052: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2053: <ul>
1.255 ian 2054:
1.260 ian 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2056: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2057: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2058: TechRepublic,
2059: April 28, 2003.
2060: </strong></font><br>
2061: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2062: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2063: work.<br>
2064: Can also be found online at:
2065: <ul>
2066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2067: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2068: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2069: ZDNet UK.
2070: </strong></font>
2071: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2072: <p>
2073:
2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2075: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2076: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2077: IDG,
2078: April 24, 2003.
2079: </strong></font><br>
2080: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2081: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2082: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2083: Can also be found online at:
2084: <ul>
2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2086: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2087: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2088: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2089: </strong></font>
2090: </ul>
2091: <p>
2092:
2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2094: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2095: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2096: Slate,
2097: April 24, 2003.
2098: </strong></font><br>
2099: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2100: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2101: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2102: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2103: <p>
2104:
2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2106: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2107: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2108: April 24, 2003.
2109: </strong></font><br>
2110: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2111: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2112: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2113: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2114: <p>
2115:
2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2117: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2118: April 24, 2003.
2119: </strong></font><br>
2120: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2121: the free software community".
2122: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2123: other articles.
2124: <p>
2125:
2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2127: <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 2128: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2129: </strong></font><br>
2130: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2131: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2132: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2133: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2134: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2135: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2136: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2137: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2138: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2139: <br/>
2140: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2141: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2142: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2143: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2144: <br>
2145: Can also be found online at:
2146: <ul>
2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2148: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2149: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2150: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2151: </strong></font>
2152: </ul>
1.324 ian 2153: <p>
2154:
2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2156: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2157: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2158: </strong></font><br>
2159: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2160: article above.
2161: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2162: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2163: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2164: <br>
2165: Can also be found online at:
2166: <ul>
2167: <li>
2168: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2169: </strong></font>
2170: </ul>
1.324 ian 2171: <p>
2172:
2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2174: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2175: </strong></font><br>
2176: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2177: <p>
2178:
2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2180: <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.
2181: </strong></font><br>
2182: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2183: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2184: <p>
2185:
2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2187: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2188: April 23, 2003.
2189: </strong></font><br>
2190: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2191: <p>
2192:
2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2194: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2195: April 22, 2003.
2196: </strong></font><br>
2197: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2198: <p>
2199:
2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2201: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2202: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2203: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2204: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2205: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2206: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2207: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2208: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2209: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2210: Can also be found online at:
2211: <ul>
2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2213: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2214: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2215: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2216: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2218: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2219: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2220: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2221: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2222: </ul>
2223: <p>
2224:
2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2226: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2227: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2228: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2229: </strong></font><br>
2230: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2231: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2232: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2233: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2234: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2235: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2236: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2237: <p>
2238:
2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2240: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2241: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2242: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2243: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2244: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2245: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2246: at UPenn and DARPA.
2247: <p>
2248:
2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2250: [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,
2251: France
1.315 deraadt 2252: April 18, 2003.
2253: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2254: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2255: <p>
2256:
2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2258: [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 2259: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2260: </strong></font><br>
2261: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2262: <p>
2263:
2264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2265: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2266: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2267: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2269: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2270: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2271: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2272: <p>
2273:
2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2275: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2276: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2277: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2278: </strong></font><br>
2279: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2280: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2281: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2282: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2283: <p>
2284:
2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2286: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2287: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2288: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2289: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2290: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2291: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2292: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2293: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2294: Can also be found online at:
2295: <ul>
2296: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2297: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2298: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2299: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2300: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2301: <p>
2302:
2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2304: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2305: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2306: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2307: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2308: </strong></font><br>
2309: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2310: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2311: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2312: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2313: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2314:
2315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2316: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2317: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2318: New York Times.
2319: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2320:
1.273 deraadt 2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2322: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2323: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2324: ABC News.
2325: </strong></font>
2326:
2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2328: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2329: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2330: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2331: </strong></font>
2332:
2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2334: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2335: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2336: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2337: </strong></font>
2338:
2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2340: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2341: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2342: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2343: </strong></font>
2344:
2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2346: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2347: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2348: Times Daily, AL.
2349: </strong></font>
2350:
2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2352: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2353: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2354: Boston.com, MA.
2355: </strong></font>
2356:
2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2358: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2359: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2360: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2361: </strong></font>
2362:
2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2364: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2365: [Article was pulled]</a>
2366: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2367: </strong></font>
2368:
2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2370: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2371: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2372: Infoshop News.
2373: </strong></font>
2374:
2375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2376: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2377: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2378: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2379: </strong></font>
2380:
2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2382: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2383: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2384: Raleigh News, NC.
2385: </strong></font>
2386:
2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2388: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2389: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2390: Napa News, CA.
2391: </strong></font>
2392:
2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2394: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2395: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2396: NEPA News, PA.
2397: </strong></font>
2398:
2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2400: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2401: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2402: Wired News.
2403: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2404: <br>
2405: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2406: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2407: [JAPANESE]
2408: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2409: Wired News Japan</a>
2410: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2411:
1.271 deraadt 2412: </ul>
2413: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2414: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2415: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2416: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2417: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2418: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2419: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2420: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2421: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2422: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2423: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2424: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2425: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2426: <p>
2427: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2428:
2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2430: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2431: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2432: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2433: </strong></font>
2434:
2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2436: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2437: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2438: Miami Herald, FL.
2439: </strong></font>
2440:
2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2442: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2443: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2444: </strong></font>
2445:
2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2447: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2448: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2449: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2450: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2451:
2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2453: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2454: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2455: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2456: ABC News.
2457: </strong></font>
2458:
1.276 deraadt 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2460: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2461: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2462: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2463: </strong></font>
2464:
1.286 dhartmei 2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2466: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2467: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2468: Wilmington Star, NC.
2469: </strong></font>
2470:
1.300 jose 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2472: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2473: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2474: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2475: </strong></font>
2476:
1.309 jose 2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2478: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2479: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2480: Globe Technology.
2481: </strong></font>
2482:
1.263 deraadt 2483: </ul>
1.262 beck 2484: <p>
2485:
2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2487: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2488: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2489: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2490: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2491: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2492: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2493: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2494: <p>
2495:
2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2497: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2498: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2499: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2500: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2501: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2502: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2503: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2504: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2505: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2506: and simply restates other press reports.
2507: <p>
2508:
2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2510: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2511: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2512: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2513: </strong></font><br>
2514: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2515: <p>
2516:
2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2518: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2519: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2520: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2521: </strong></font><br>
2522: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2523: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2524: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2525: <p>
2526:
2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2528: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2529: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2530: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2531: April 17, 2003.
2532: </strong></font><br>
2533: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2534: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2535: Tech Anthems</a>
2536: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2537: 4 so far.
2538: <p>
2539:
2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2541: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2542: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2543: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2544: </strong></font><br>
2545: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2546: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2547: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2548: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2549: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2550: Goes on to say:
2551: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2552: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2553: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2554: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2555: This article is also found online at:
2556: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2558: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2559: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2560: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2561: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2563: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2564: ZDnet</a>,
2565: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2566: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2568: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2569: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2570: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2571: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2572: </ul>
1.260 ian 2573: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2574:
1.260 ian 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2576: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2577: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2578: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2579: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2580: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2581: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2582: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2583: without notice or justification.
2584: <p>
2585:
2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2587: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2588: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2589: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2590: </strong></font><br>
2591: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2592: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2593: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2594: effective today, without any warning..."
2595: <p>
1.257 ian 2596:
2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2598: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2599: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2600: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2601: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2602: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2603: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2604: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2605: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2606: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2607: <p>
2608:
2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2610: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2611: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2612: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2613: </strong></font><br>
2614: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2615: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2616: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2617: quoting two of them:
2618: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2619: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2620: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2621: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2622: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2623: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2624: <p>
2625:
1.255 ian 2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2627: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2628: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2629: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2630: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2631: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2632: <p>
2633:
2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2635: [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 2636: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2637: </strong></font><br>
2638: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2639: <p>
2640:
2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2642: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2643: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2644: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2645: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2646: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2647: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2648: security experts for more than three decades."
2649: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2650: <p>
1.261 ian 2651:
1.254 drahn 2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2653: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2654: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2655: </strong></font><br>
2656: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2657: <p>
2658:
2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2660: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2661: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2662: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2663: </strong></font><br>
2664: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2665: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2666: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2667: <p>
2668:
2669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2670: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2671: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2672: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2673: </strong></font><br>
2674: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2675: from US DARPA.
2676: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2677: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2678: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2679: the BSD license.
2680: <p>
2681: </ul>
2682:
1.251 ian 2683: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2684: <ul>
2685:
2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2687: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2688: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2689: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2690: </strong></font><br>
2691:
2692: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2693: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2694: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2695: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2696: <p>
2697:
2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2699: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2700: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2701: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2702: </strong></font><br>
2703: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2704: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2705: Mentions
2706: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2707: and
2708: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2709: programs.
2710: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2711: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2712: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2713: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2714: <p>
1.325 ian 2715: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2716: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2717:
2718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2719: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2720: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2721: </strong></font><br>
2722: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2723: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2724: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2725: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2726: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2727: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2728: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2729: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2730: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2731: put into service."
2732: <p>
2733: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2734: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2735: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2736: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2737: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2738: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2739: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2740: computers with security features."
2741: <p>
1.329 ian 2742:
2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2744: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2745: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2746: Slate,
2747: March 3, 2003.
2748: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2749: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2750: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2751: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2752: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2753: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2754: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2755: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2756: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2757: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2758: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2759: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2760: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2761: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2762: of more secure open-source solutions like
2763: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2764: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2765: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2766: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2767: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2768: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2769: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2770: the Beltway."
2771: <p>
1.251 ian 2772: </ul>
2773:
1.249 jufi 2774: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2775: <ul>
2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2777: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2778: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2779: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2780: </strong></font><br>
2781: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2782: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2783: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2784: <p>
1.334 ian 2785:
2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2787: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2788: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2789: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2790: </strong></font><br>
2791: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2792: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2793: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2794: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2795: "... the hypothetical question ...
2796: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2797: <br>
2798: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2799: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2800: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2801: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2802: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2803: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2804: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2805: support network security.
2806: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2807: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2808: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2809: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2810: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2811: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2812: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2813: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2814: <br>
2815: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2816: <p>
2817:
1.249 jufi 2818: </ul>
2819:
1.246 jufi 2820: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2821: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2824: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2825: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2826: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2827: </strong></font><br>
2828: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2829: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2830: <p>
2831:
1.247 jufi 2832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2833: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2834: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2835: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2836: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2837: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2838: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2839: <p>
2840:
2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2842: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2843: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2844: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2845: </strong></font><br>
2846: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2847: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2848: <p>
1.247 jufi 2849: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2850:
1.244 jufi 2851: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2852: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2855: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2856: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2857: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2858: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2859: </strong></font><br>
2860: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2861: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2862: md5 digests.
2863: <p>
2864:
1.247 jufi 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2866: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2867: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2868: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2869: </strong></font><br>
2870: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2871: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2872: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2873: right the first time."
2874: <p>
1.247 jufi 2875: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2876:
2877:
2878: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2879: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2880:
1.247 jufi 2881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2882: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2883: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2884: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2885: </strong></font><br>
2886: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2887: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2888: part 6</a>.
2889: <p>
2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2892: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2893: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2894: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2895: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2896: </strong></font><br>
2897: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2898: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2899: <p>
1.301 jose 2900:
2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2902: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2903: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2904: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2905: </strong></font><br>
2906:
2907: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2908: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2909: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2910: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2911: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2912: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2913: <i>Here's the
2914: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2915: <p>
1.247 jufi 2916: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2917:
2918: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2919: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2920:
1.247 jufi 2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2922: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2923: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2924: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2925: </strong></font><br>
2926: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2927: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2928: <p>
2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2931: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2932: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2933: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2934: </strong></font><br>
2935: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2936: this time using pf.
2937: <p>
1.247 jufi 2938: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2939:
2940: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2941: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2944: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2945: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2946: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2947: </strong></font><br>
2948: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2949: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2950: their rotation.
2951: <p>
2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2954: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2955: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2956: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2957: </strong></font><br>
2958: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2959: <p>
1.247 jufi 2960: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2961:
1.239 jufi 2962: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2963: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2966: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2967: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2968: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2969: </strong></font><br>
2970: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2971: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2972: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2973: <p>
2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2976: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2977: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2978: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2979: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2980: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2981: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2982: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2983: <p>
1.247 jufi 2984: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2985:
1.235 lebel 2986: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2987: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2988:
1.239 jufi 2989:
1.247 jufi 2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2991: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2992: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2993: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2994: </strong></font><br>
2995: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2996: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2997: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2998: <p>
1.301 jose 2999:
1.247 jufi 3000: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3001:
1.228 horacio 3002: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3003: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3004:
1.247 jufi 3005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3006: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3007: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3008: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3009: </strong></font><br>
3010: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3011: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3012: <p>
3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3015: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3016: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3017: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3018: </strong></font><br>
3019: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3020: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3021: <p>
3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3024: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3025: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3026: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3027: </strong></font><br>
3028: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3029: on the desktop of his parents.
3030: <p>
3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3033: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3034: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3035: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3036: </strong></font><br>
3037: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3038: using IPFilter.
3039:
3040: <p>
3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3043: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3044: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3045: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3046: </strong></font><br>
3047: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3048: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3049: perspectives of the four OS.
3050: <br>
3051: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3052: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3053: <p>
3054:
1.247 jufi 3055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3056: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3057: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3058: software and security</a>,
3059: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3060: </strong></font><br>
3061:
3062: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3063: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3064: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3065: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3066: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3067: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3068: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3069: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3070: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3071: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3072: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3073: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3074: <p>
1.247 jufi 3075: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3076:
1.225 horacio 3077: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3078: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3079:
1.247 jufi 3080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3081: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3082: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3083: Interview</a>,
3084: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3085: </strong></font><br>
3086:
3087: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3088: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3089: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3090: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3091: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3092: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3093: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3094: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3095: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3096: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3097: of choice.
3098: <p>
1.247 jufi 3099: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3100:
3101: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3102: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3105: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3106: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3107: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3108: </strong></font><br>
3109:
3110: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3111: <p>
3112:
1.247 jufi 3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3114: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3115: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3116: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3117: </strong></font><br>
3118:
3119: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3120: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3121: <p>
1.247 jufi 3122: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3123:
1.218 horacio 3124: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3125: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3126:
1.247 jufi 3127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3128: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3129: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3130: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3131: </strong></font><br>
3132:
3133: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3134: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3135: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3136: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3137: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3138: subjects. Worth a read.
3139: <p>
3140:
3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3143: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3144: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3145: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3146: </strong></font><br>
3147:
3148: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3149: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3150: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3151: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3152: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3153: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3154: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3155: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3156: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3157: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3158: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3159: on other operating systems.<br>
3160: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3161: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3162: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3163: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3164: <p>
3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3167: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3168: Operating System 2010</a>,
3169: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3170: </strong></font><br>
3171:
3172: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3173: covering the level of software integration into the core
3174: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3175: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3176: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3177: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3178: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3179: <p>
3180:
1.247 jufi 3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3182: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3183: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3184: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3185: </strong></font><br>
3186:
3187: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3188: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3189: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3190: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3191: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3192: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3193: <p>
1.247 jufi 3194: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3195:
1.210 jufi 3196: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3197: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3198:
1.247 jufi 3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3200: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3201: Already a Contender</a>,
3202: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3203: </strong></font><br>
3204:
3205: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3206: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3207: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3208: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3209: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3210: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3211: <p>
3212:
1.247 jufi 3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3214: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3215: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3216: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3217: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3218:
1.224 horacio 3219: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3220: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3221: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3222: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3223: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3224: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3225: <p>
1.247 jufi 3226: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3227:
3228: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3229: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3230:
1.247 jufi 3231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3232: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3233: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3234: Division</a>,
3235: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3236: </strong></font><br>
3237:
3238: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3239: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3240: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3241: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3242: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3243: investment</em>.<br>
3244: The implementation details can be seen on their
3245: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3246: <p>
3247:
1.247 jufi 3248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3249: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3250: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3251: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3252: </strong></font><br>
3253:
3254: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3255: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3256: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3257: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3258: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3259: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3260: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3261: <p>
3262:
3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3264: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3265: Thinking about Security</a>,
3266: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3267: </strong></font><br>
3268:
3269: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3270: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3271: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3272: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3273: to time.<br>
3274: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3275: system and just the most secure system.
3276: <p>
3277:
1.247 jufi 3278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3279: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3280: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3281: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3282: </strong></font><br>
3283:
3284: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3285: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3286: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3287: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3288: choice:<br>
3289: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3290: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3291: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3292: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3293: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3294: network security devices and as such must be well
3295: armored."</em><br>
3296: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3297: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3298: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3299: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3300: <br>
3301: Bravo!
3302: <p>
1.247 jufi 3303: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3304:
1.207 ian 3305: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3306: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3307:
1.247 jufi 3308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3309: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3310: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3311: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3312:
1.207 ian 3313: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3314: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3315: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3316: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3317: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3318: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3319: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3320: <p>
1.247 jufi 3321: </ul>
1.207 ian 3322:
1.194 jufi 3323: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3324: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3325:
1.247 jufi 3326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3327: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3328: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3329: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3330: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3331:
1.240 miod 3332: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3333: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3334: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3335: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3336: <p>
3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3339: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3340: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3341: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3342:
3343: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3344: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3345: <p>
3346:
3347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3348: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3349: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3350: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3351:
3352: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3353: <p>
3354:
3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3356: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3357: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3358: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3359: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3360:
1.240 miod 3361: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3362: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3363: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3364: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3365: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3366: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3367: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3368: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3369: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3370: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3371: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3372: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3373: <p>
3374:
1.247 jufi 3375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3376: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3377: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3378: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3379: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3380:
1.194 jufi 3381: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3382: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3383: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3384: <br>
3385: The new
3386: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3387: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3388: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3389: <p>
1.247 jufi 3390: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3391:
1.190 horacio 3392: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3393: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3396:
3397: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3398: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3399:
1.301 jose 3400:
1.191 jufi 3401: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3402: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3403:
3404: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3405: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3406:
1.212 horacio 3407: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3408: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3409: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3410:
1.211 horacio 3411: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3412: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3413: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3414:
1.247 jufi 3415: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3416: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3419: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3420:
1.212 horacio 3421: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3422: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3423: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3424:
3425: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3426: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3427:
3428: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3429: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3430:
1.301 jose 3431: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3432: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3433:
1.191 jufi 3434: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3435: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3436:
3437: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3438: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3439:
1.192 jufi 3440: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3441: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3442: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3443:
1.193 deraadt 3444: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3445: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3446: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3447:
1.247 jufi 3448: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3449: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3450:
1.247 jufi 3451: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3452: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3453: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3454:
1.213 horacio 3455: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3456: 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 3457: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3458:
1.190 horacio 3459: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3460: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3461: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3462: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3463: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3464: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3465: <p>
1.190 horacio 3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3468: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3469: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3470: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3471: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3472:
1.195 jufi 3473: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3474: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3475: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3476: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3477: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3478: <p>
3479:
1.247 jufi 3480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3481: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3482: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3483: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3484: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3485:
1.191 jufi 3486: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3487: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3488: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3489: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3490: <p>
3491:
3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3493: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3494: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3495: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3496:
3497: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3498: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3499: <p>
1.247 jufi 3500: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3501:
1.191 jufi 3502:
1.186 jufi 3503: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3504: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3505:
1.247 jufi 3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3507: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3508: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3509: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3510: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3511:
1.188 jufi 3512: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3513: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3514: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3515: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3516: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3517: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3518: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3519: <p>
3520:
1.301 jose 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3522: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3523: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3524: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3525:
3526: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3527: <p>
1.191 jufi 3528:
1.247 jufi 3529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3530: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3531: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3532: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3533: </strong></font><br>
3534:
3535: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3536: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3537: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3538: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3539: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3540: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3541: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3542: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3543: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3544: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3545: familiar?
3546: <p>
1.247 jufi 3547: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3548:
1.178 louis 3549: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3550: <ul>
1.178 louis 3551:
1.247 jufi 3552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3553: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3554: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3555: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3556: </strong></font><br>
3557:
3558: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3559: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3560: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3561: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3562: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3563: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3564: <p>
3565:
1.247 jufi 3566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3567: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3568: Open source under the hood</a>,
3569: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3570: </strong></font><br>
3571:
3572: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3573: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3574: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3575: <p>
3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3578: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3579: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3580: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3581: </strong></font><br>
3582:
3583: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3584: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3585: <p>
1.247 jufi 3586: </ul>
1.179 louis 3587:
1.174 louis 3588:
1.175 louis 3589: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3590: <ul>
1.175 louis 3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3593: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3594: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3595: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3596: </strong></font><br>
3597:
3598: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3599: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3600: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3601: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3602: <p>
3603:
1.247 jufi 3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3605: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3606: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3607: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3608: </strong></font><br>
3609:
3610: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3611: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3612: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3613: <p>
1.247 jufi 3614: </ul>
1.175 louis 3615:
1.176 louis 3616:
1.172 mickey 3617: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3618: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3619:
1.247 jufi 3620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3621: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3622: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3623: </strong></font><br>
3624:
3625: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3626: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3627: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3628: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3629: <p>
3630:
1.247 jufi 3631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3632: <a
1.269 deraadt 3633: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3634: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3635: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3636: </strong></font><br>
3637:
3638: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3639: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3640: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3641: <p>
3642:
1.247 jufi 3643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3644: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3645: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3646: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3647: </strong></font><br>
3648:
3649: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3650: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3651: <p>
3652:
1.247 jufi 3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3654: <a
1.269 deraadt 3655: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3656: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3657: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3658: </strong></font><br>
3659:
3660: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3661: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3662: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3663: our own Theo de Raadt.
3664: <p>
3665:
1.247 jufi 3666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3667: <a
1.269 deraadt 3668: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3669: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3670: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3671: </strong></font><br>
3672:
3673: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3674: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3675: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3676: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3677: shut down.]
3678: <p>
3679:
1.247 jufi 3680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3681: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3682: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3683: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3684: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3685: </strong></font><br>
3686:
3687: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3688: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3689: <p>
1.247 jufi 3690: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3691:
1.161 louis 3692: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3693: <ul>
1.161 louis 3694:
1.247 jufi 3695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3696: <a
1.269 deraadt 3697: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3698: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3699: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3700: </strong></font><br>
3701:
3702: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3703: by John Wolley
3704: <p>
3705:
1.247 jufi 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3707: <a
1.269 deraadt 3708: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3709: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3710: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3711: </strong></font><br>
3712:
3713: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3714: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3715: OpenBSD).
3716: <p>
3717:
1.247 jufi 3718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3719: <a
1.247 jufi 3720: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3721: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3722: </strong></font><br>
3723:
3724: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3725: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3726: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3727: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3728: and hindsight.
3729: <p>
3730:
1.247 jufi 3731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3732: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3733: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3734: </strong></font><br>
3735:
3736: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3737: <p>
3738:
1.247 jufi 3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3740: <a
1.168 provos 3741: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3742: December 7, 2000
3743: </strong></font><br>
3744:
3745: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3746: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3747: us explain.
3748: <p>
3749:
1.247 jufi 3750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3751: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3752: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3753: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3754: December 6, 2000
3755: </strong></font><br>
3756:
3757: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3758: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3759: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3760: <p>
3761:
1.247 jufi 3762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3763: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3764: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3765: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3766: </strong></font><br>
3767:
3768: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3769: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3770: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3771: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3772: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3773: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3774: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3775: <p>
3776:
3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3778: <a
1.226 horacio 3779: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3780: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3781: </strong></font><br>
3782:
3783: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3784: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3785: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3786: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3787: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3788: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3789: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3790: <p>
1.162 millert 3791:
1.247 jufi 3792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3793: <a
1.161 louis 3794: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3795: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3796: </strong></font><br>
3797:
3798: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3799: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3800: <p>
3801:
1.247 jufi 3802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3803: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3804: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3805: </strong></font><br>
3806:
3807: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3808: <p>
3809:
3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3812: <a
1.226 horacio 3813: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3814: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3815: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3816: </strong></font><br>
3817:
3818: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3819: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3820: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3821: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3822: <p>
1.247 jufi 3823: </ul>
1.169 louis 3824:
1.158 louis 3825: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3826: <ul>
1.147 louis 3827:
1.247 jufi 3828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3829: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3830: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3831: </strong></font><br>
3832:
3833: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3834: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3835: <p>
3836:
1.247 jufi 3837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3838: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3839: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3840: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3841: </strong></font><br>
3842: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3843: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3844: <p>
3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3847: <a
3848: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3849: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3850: </strong></font><br>
3851:
3852: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3853: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3854: <p>
3855:
1.247 jufi 3856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3857: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3858: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3859: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3860:
1.213 horacio 3861: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3862: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3863: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3864: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3865: <p>
1.215 horacio 3866:
1.247 jufi 3867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3868: <a
3869: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3870: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3871: </strong></font><br>
3872:
3873: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3874: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3875: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3876: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3877: much of the attitude too).
3878: <p>
1.161 louis 3879:
1.247 jufi 3880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3881: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3882: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3883: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3884:
1.157 louis 3885: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3886: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3887: <p>
1.247 jufi 3888: </ul>
1.157 louis 3889:
3890: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3891: <ul>
1.157 louis 3892:
1.247 jufi 3893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3894: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3895: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3896: </strong></font><br>
3897:
3898: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3899: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3900: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3901: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3902: <p>
3903:
1.247 jufi 3904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3905: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3906: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3907: </strong></font><br>
3908:
3909: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3910: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3911: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3912: it because they love coding...
3913: <p>
3914:
1.247 jufi 3915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3916: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3917: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3918: </strong></font><br>
3919:
3920: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3921: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3922: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3923: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3924: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3925: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3926: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3927: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3928: <p>
3929:
1.247 jufi 3930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3931: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3932: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3933: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3934: </strong></font><br>
3935:
3936: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3937: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3938: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3939: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3940: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3941: the pizza.
3942: <p>
3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3945: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3946: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3947: </strong></font><br>
3948:
3949: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3950: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3951: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3952: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3953: problems.
3954: <p>
3955:
1.247 jufi 3956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3957: <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 3958: </strong></font><br>
3959:
1.222 miod 3960: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3961: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3962: - whether they like it or not.
3963: <p>
3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3966: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3967: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3968: </strong></font><br>
3969:
3970: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3971: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3972: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3973: <p>
1.148 aaron 3974:
1.247 jufi 3975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3976: <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 3977: </strong></font><br>
3978:
3979: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3980: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3981: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3982: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3983: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3984: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3985: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3986: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3987: <p>
3988:
1.247 jufi 3989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3990: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3991: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3992: </strong></font><br>
3993:
3994: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3995: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3996: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3997: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3998: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3999: <p>
1.247 jufi 4000: </ul>
1.147 louis 4001:
1.138 louis 4002: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4003: <ul>
1.138 louis 4004:
1.247 jufi 4005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4006: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4007: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4008: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4009: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4010: </strong></font><br>
4011:
1.227 horacio 4012: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4013: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4014: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4015: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4016: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4017: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4018: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4019: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4020: <p>
4021:
1.247 jufi 4022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4023: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4024: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4025: </strong></font><br>
4026:
4027: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4028: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4029: groups, and even Linux.
4030: <p>
4031:
1.247 jufi 4032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4033: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4034: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4035: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4036: </strong></font><br>
4037:
4038: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4039: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4040: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4041: library after installing the OS.
4042: <p>
4043:
1.247 jufi 4044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4045: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4046: Sys Admin, September 2000
4047: </strong></font><br>
4048:
4049: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4050: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4051: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4052: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4053: (<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>,
4054: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4055: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4056: <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 4057: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4058: out of the system.
4059: <p>
4060:
1.247 jufi 4061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4062: <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
4063: </strong></font><br>
4064:
4065: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4066: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4067: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4068: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4069: the IP filtering and address translation.
4070: <p>
1.301 jose 4071:
4072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4073: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4074: </strong></font><br>
4075:
4076: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4077: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4078: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4079: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4080: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4081: <p>
1.247 jufi 4082: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4083:
1.131 louis 4084: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4085: <ul>
1.131 louis 4086:
1.247 jufi 4087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4088: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4089: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4090: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4091: </strong></font><br>
4092:
4093: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4094: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4095: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4096: <p>
4097:
1.247 jufi 4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4099: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4100: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4101: </strong></font><br>
4102:
4103: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4104: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4105: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4106: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4107: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4108: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4109: note of"</i>.
4110: <p>
4111:
1.247 jufi 4112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4113: <a
1.247 jufi 4114: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4115: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4116: </strong></font><br>
4117:
4118: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4119: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4120: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4121: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4122: <p>
4123:
1.247 jufi 4124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4125: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4126: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4127: </strong></font><br>
4128:
4129: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4130: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4131: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4132: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4133: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4134: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4135: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4136: <p>
4137:
1.247 jufi 4138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4139: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4140: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4141: 2000
4142: </strong></font><br>
4143:
4144: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4145: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4146: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4147: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4148: against current industry practices.
4149: <p>
4150:
1.247 jufi 4151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4152: <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
4153: </strong></font><br>
4154:
4155: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4156: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4157: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4158: <p>
4159:
1.247 jufi 4160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4161: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4162: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4163: </strong></font><br>
4164:
4165: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4166: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4167: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4168: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4169: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4170: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4171: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4172: <p>
4173:
1.247 jufi 4174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4175: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4176: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4177: </strong></font><br>
4178:
4179: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4180: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4181: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4182: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4183: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4184: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4185: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4186: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4187: <p>
1.247 jufi 4188: </ul>
1.131 louis 4189:
1.118 louis 4190: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4191: <ul>
1.118 louis 4192:
1.247 jufi 4193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4194: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4195: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4196: </strong></font><br>
4197:
4198: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4199: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4200: about time. The article mentions that
4201: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4202: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4203: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4204: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4205: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4206: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4207: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4208: <p>
4209:
1.247 jufi 4210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4211: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4212: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4213: </strong></font><br>
4214:
4215: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4216: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4217: of OpenSSH.
4218: <p>
4219:
1.247 jufi 4220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4221: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4222: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4223: </strong></font><br>
4224:
4225: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4226: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4227: bridging.
4228: <p>
4229:
1.247 jufi 4230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4231: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4232: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4233: </strong></font><br>
4234:
1.121 deraadt 4235: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4236: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4237: <p>
4238:
1.247 jufi 4239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4240: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4241: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4242: </strong></font><br>
4243:
4244: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4245: <p>
4246:
1.247 jufi 4247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4248: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4249: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4250: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4251: </strong></font><br>
4252:
1.120 deraadt 4253: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4254: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4255: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4256: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4257: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4258: <p>
4259:
1.247 jufi 4260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4261: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4262: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4263: </strong></font><br>
4264:
1.222 miod 4265: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4266: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4267: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4268: protocols and their quirks.
4269: <p>
4270:
1.247 jufi 4271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4272: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4273: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4274: </strong></font><br>
4275:
4276: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4277: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4278: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4279: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4280: <p>
4281:
1.247 jufi 4282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4283: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4284: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4285: </strong></font><br>
4286:
4287: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4288: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4289: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4290: <p>
4291:
1.247 jufi 4292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4293: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4294: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4295: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4296: </strong></font><br>
4297:
4298: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4299: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4300: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4301: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4302: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4303: <p>
1.247 jufi 4304: </ul>
1.118 louis 4305:
1.104 louis 4306: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4307: <ul>
1.104 louis 4308:
1.247 jufi 4309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4310: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4311: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4312: </strong></font><br>
4313:
4314: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4315: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4316: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4317: be a bit dry.
4318: <p>
4319:
1.247 jufi 4320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4321: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4322: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4323: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4324: </strong></font><br>
4325: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4326: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4327: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4328: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4329: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4330: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4331: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4332: <p>
4333:
1.247 jufi 4334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4335: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4336: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4337: 2000
1.128 louis 4338: </strong></font><br>
4339:
4340: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4341: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4342: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4343: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4344: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4345: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4346: <p>
4347:
1.247 jufi 4348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4349: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4350: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4351: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4352:
4353: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4354: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4355: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4356: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4357: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4358: <p>
1.110 louis 4359:
1.247 jufi 4360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4361: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4362: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4363: </strong></font><br>
4364:
4365: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4366: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4367: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4368: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4369: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4370: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4371: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4372: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4373: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4374: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4375: <p>
4376:
1.247 jufi 4377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4378: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4379: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4380:
4381: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4382: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4383: <p>
1.108 louis 4384:
1.247 jufi 4385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4386: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4387: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4388: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4389:
4390: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4391: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4392: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4393: <p>
1.106 louis 4394:
1.247 jufi 4395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4396: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4397: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4398: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4399:
4400: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4401: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4402: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4403: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4404: <p>
1.107 louis 4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4407: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4408: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4409: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4410:
4411: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4412: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4413: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4414: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4415: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4416: <p>
1.105 louis 4417:
1.247 jufi 4418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4419: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4420: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4421: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4422:
1.113 naddy 4423: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4424: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4425: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4426: <p>
1.104 louis 4427:
1.247 jufi 4428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4429: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4430: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4431: </strong></font><br>
4432:
4433: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4434: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4435: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4436: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4437: <p>
1.301 jose 4438:
4439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4440: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4441: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4442: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4443:
4444: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4445: hardware-supported cryptography.
4446: <p>
1.247 jufi 4447: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4448:
1.85 louis 4449: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4450: <ul>
1.85 louis 4451:
1.247 jufi 4452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4453: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4454: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4455: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4456:
4457: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4458: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4459: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4460: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4461: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4462: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4463: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4464: <p>
1.99 louis 4465:
1.247 jufi 4466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4467: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4468: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4469: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4470:
4471: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4472: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4473: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4474: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4475: <p>
1.100 louis 4476:
1.247 jufi 4477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4478: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4479: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4480: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4481:
4482: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4483: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4484: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4485: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4486: <p>
1.95 louis 4487:
1.247 jufi 4488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4489: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4490: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4491: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4492:
4493: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4494: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4495: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4496: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4497: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4498: <p>
1.92 louis 4499:
1.247 jufi 4500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4501: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4502: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4503: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4504:
4505: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4506: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4507: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4508: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4509: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4510: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4511: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4512: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4513: <p>
1.91 louis 4514:
1.247 jufi 4515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4516: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4517: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4518: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4519:
4520: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4521: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4522: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4523: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4524: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4525: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4526: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4527: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4528: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4529: <p>
1.90 louis 4530:
1.247 jufi 4531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4532: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4533: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4534: </strong></font><br>
4535: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4536: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4537: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4538: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4539: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4540: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4541: <p>
4542:
1.247 jufi 4543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4544: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4545: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4546: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4547:
1.113 naddy 4548: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4549: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4550: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4551: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4552: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4553: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4554: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4555: <p>
1.87 louis 4556:
1.247 jufi 4557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4558: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4559: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4560: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4561:
4562: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4563: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4564: <p>
1.85 louis 4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4567: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4568: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4569: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4570:
4571: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4572: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4573: <p>
4574:
4575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4576: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4577: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4578: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4579:
4580: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4581: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4582: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4583: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4584: <p>
1.89 louis 4585:
1.247 jufi 4586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4587: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4588: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4589: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4590:
4591: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4592: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4593: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4594: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4595: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4596: </ul>
1.85 louis 4597:
1.78 deraadt 4598: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4599: <ul>
1.74 louis 4600:
1.247 jufi 4601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4602: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4603: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4604: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4605: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4606:
4607: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4608: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4609: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4610: <p>
1.83 louis 4611:
1.247 jufi 4612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4613: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4614: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4615: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4616:
4617: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4618: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4619: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4620: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4621: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4622: <p>
1.93 louis 4623:
1.247 jufi 4624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4625: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4626: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4627: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4628: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4629:
1.83 louis 4630: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4631: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4632: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4633: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4634: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4635: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4636: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4637: <p>
1.82 aaron 4638:
1.247 jufi 4639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4640: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4641: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4642: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4643:
1.83 louis 4644: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4645: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4646: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4647: <p>
1.80 louis 4648:
1.247 jufi 4649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4650: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4651: Bad Press</a>,
4652: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4653: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4654:
4655: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4656: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4657: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4658: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4659: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4660: <p>
1.247 jufi 4661: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4662:
4663: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4664: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4665:
1.247 jufi 4666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4667: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4668: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4669: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4670: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4671:
4672: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4673: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4674: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4675: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4676: <p>
1.74 louis 4677:
1.247 jufi 4678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4679: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4680: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4681: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4682:
1.219 horacio 4683: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4684: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4685: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4686: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4687: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4688: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4689: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4690: <p>
1.88 louis 4691:
1.247 jufi 4692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4693: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4694: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4695: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4696:
4697: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4698: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4699: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4700: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4701: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4702: <p>
1.81 louis 4703:
1.247 jufi 4704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4705: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4706: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4707: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4708:
4709: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4710: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4711: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4712: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4713: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4714: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4715: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4716: <p>
1.90 louis 4717:
1.247 jufi 4718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4719: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4720: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4721: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4722:
4723: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4724: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4725: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4726: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4727: <p>
1.247 jufi 4728: </ul>
1.71 louis 4729:
1.69 deraadt 4730: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4731: <ul>
1.70 louis 4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4734: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4735: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4736: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4737:
4738: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4739: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4740: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4741: <p>
1.70 louis 4742:
1.247 jufi 4743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4744: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4745: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4746: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4747:
4748: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4749: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4750: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4751: <p>
1.68 louis 4752:
1.247 jufi 4753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4754: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4755: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4756: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4757: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4758:
1.111 jufi 4759: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4760: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4761: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4762: "secure by default" installation.
4763: <p>
1.64 louis 4764:
1.247 jufi 4765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4766: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4767: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4768: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4769:
1.113 naddy 4770: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4771: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4772: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4773: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4774: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4775: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4776: <p>
1.66 louis 4777:
1.247 jufi 4778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4779: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4780: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4781: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4782:
4783: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4784: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4785: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4786: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4787: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4788: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4789: <p>
1.83 louis 4790:
1.247 jufi 4791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4792: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4793: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4794: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4795:
4796: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4797: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4798: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4799: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4800: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4801: <p>
1.64 louis 4802:
1.247 jufi 4803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4804: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4805: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4806: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4807:
4808: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4809: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4810: <p>
1.301 jose 4811:
4812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4813: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4814: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4815: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4816: </strong></font><br>
4817:
4818: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4819: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4820: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4821: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4822: Giving way to
4823: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4824: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4825: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4826: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4827: <p>
1.247 jufi 4828: </ul>
1.65 louis 4829:
1.69 deraadt 4830: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4831: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4832:
1.247 jufi 4833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4834: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4835: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4836: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4837:
4838: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4839: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4840: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4841: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4842: <p>
1.88 louis 4843:
1.247 jufi 4844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4845: <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 4846: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4847:
4848: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4849: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4850: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4851: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4852: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4853: <p>
1.60 louis 4854:
1.247 jufi 4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4856: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4857: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4858: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4859: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4860:
4861: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4862: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4863: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4864: <p>
1.58 louis 4865:
1.247 jufi 4866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4867: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4868: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4869:
4870: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4871: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4872: <p>
1.53 louis 4873:
1.247 jufi 4874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4875: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4876: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4877: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4878:
4879: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4880: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4881: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4882: <p>
1.99 louis 4883:
1.247 jufi 4884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4885: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4886: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4887:
4888: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4889: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4890: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4891: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4892: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4893:
1.247 jufi 4894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4895: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4896: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4897: </strong></font><br>
4898:
4899: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4900: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4901: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4902: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4903: <p>
4904:
1.247 jufi 4905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4906: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4907: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4908: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4909:
4910: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4911: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4912: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4913:
1.247 jufi 4914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4915: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4916: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4917:
4918: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4919: in
1.247 jufi 4920: <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 4921: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4922: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4923: <p>
1.53 louis 4924:
1.247 jufi 4925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4926: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4927: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4928: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4929: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4930:
1.58 louis 4931: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4932: <p>
1.301 jose 4933:
4934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4935: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4936: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4937: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4938: Informacyjny, January 2000
4939: </strong></font><br>
4940:
4941: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4942: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4943: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4944: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4945: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4946: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4947: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4948: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4949: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4950: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4951: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4952: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4953: <p>
4954:
4955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4956: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4957: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4958: </strong></font><br>
4959:
4960: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4961: <p>
4962: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4963:
1.69 deraadt 4964: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4965: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4966:
1.247 jufi 4967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4968: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4969: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4970: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4971: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4972:
1.58 louis 4973: Kurt Seifried
4974: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4975: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4976: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4977: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4978:
1.247 jufi 4979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4980: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4981: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4982: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4983:
4984: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4985: <p>
1.96 louis 4986:
1.247 jufi 4987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4988: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4989: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4990: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4991: </strong></font><br>
4992:
4993: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4994: <p>
4995:
4996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4997: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4998: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4999: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5000:
5001: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5002: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5003: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5004: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5005: <p>
1.247 jufi 5006: </ul>
1.86 louis 5007:
1.69 deraadt 5008: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5009: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5010:
1.247 jufi 5011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5012: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5013: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5014: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5015:
5016: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5017: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5018: <p>
1.61 louis 5019:
1.247 jufi 5020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5021: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5022: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5023: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5024: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5025:
5026: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5027: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5028: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5029: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5030: right -- or at least strives to".
5031: <p>
1.48 louis 5032:
1.247 jufi 5033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5034: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5035: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5036: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5037: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5038: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5039: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5040: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5041: <p>
1.61 louis 5042:
1.247 jufi 5043: <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 5044: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5045: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5046:
5047: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5048: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5049: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5050: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5051: <p>
1.46 louis 5052:
1.247 jufi 5053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5054: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5055: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5056: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5057:
5058: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5059: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5060: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5061:
1.247 jufi 5062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5063: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5064: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5065: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5066:
5067: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5068: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5069: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5070: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5071: <p>
1.247 jufi 5072: </ul>
1.70 louis 5073:
1.69 deraadt 5074: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5075: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5076:
1.247 jufi 5077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5078: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5079: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5080: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5081: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5082:
5083: Kurt Seifried
5084: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5085: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5086: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5087: <p>
1.44 philen 5088:
1.247 jufi 5089: <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 5090: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5091: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5092:
5093: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5094: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5095:
1.247 jufi 5096: <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 5097: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5098: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5099:
5100: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5101: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5102:
1.247 jufi 5103: <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 5104: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5105: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5106:
5107: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5108: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5109: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5110: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5111: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5112:
1.247 jufi 5113: <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 5114: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5115: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5116:
1.36 louis 5117: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5118: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5119:
1.247 jufi 5120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5121: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5122: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5123: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5124:
5125: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5126: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5127: </ul>
1.38 louis 5128:
1.69 deraadt 5129: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5130: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5131:
1.247 jufi 5132: <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 5133: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5134: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5135:
5136: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5137: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5138: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5139:
1.113 naddy 5140: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5141: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5142: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5143: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5144:
5145: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5146: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5147: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5148: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5149: <blockquote>
5150: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5151: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5152: <br>
5153: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5154: </code>
5155: </blockquote>
5156: <p>
5157:
1.247 jufi 5158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5159: <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 5160: <p>
5161:
5162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5163: <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 5164: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5165:
5166: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5167: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5168: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5169: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5170:
1.247 jufi 5171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5172: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5173: Sept. 28, 1999
5174: </strong></font><br>
5175:
5176: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5177: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5178: translating and reprinting articles from
5179: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5180: <p>
5181:
5182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5183: <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 5184: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5185:
5186: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5187: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5188: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5189: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5190: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5191: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5192: <p>
1.19 louis 5193:
1.113 naddy 5194: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5195: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5196: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5197:
5198: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5199: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5200: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5201: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5202: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5203: <p>
1.16 louis 5204:
1.247 jufi 5205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5206: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5207: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5208: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5209:
1.57 louis 5210: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5211: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5212: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5213: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5214:
1.247 jufi 5215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5216: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5217: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5218: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5219:
1.113 naddy 5220: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5221:
1.247 jufi 5222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5223: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5224: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5225: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5226:
1.23 louis 5227: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5228: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5229: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5230: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5231: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5232: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5233:
1.247 jufi 5234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5235: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5236: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5237: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5238:
1.199 pvalchev 5239: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5240: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5241: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5242: installation.
1.113 naddy 5243: <p>
1.47 louis 5244:
1.247 jufi 5245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5246: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5247: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5248: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5249:
1.301 jose 5250: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5251: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5252: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5253: </ul>
1.57 louis 5254:
1.69 deraadt 5255: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5256: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5257:
1.247 jufi 5258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5259: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5260: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5261: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5262:
5263: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5264: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5265: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5266: <p>
1.12 louis 5267:
1.247 jufi 5268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5269: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5270: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5271: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5272:
5273: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5274: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5275: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5276: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5277: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5278: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5279: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5280: <p>
1.247 jufi 5281: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5282:
1.69 deraadt 5283: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5284: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5285:
1.247 jufi 5286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5287: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5288: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5289:
5290: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5291: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5292: available."
1.113 naddy 5293: <p>
1.301 jose 5294:
5295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5296: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5297: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5298: </strong></font><br>
5299:
5300: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5301: <p>
1.247 jufi 5302: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5303:
1.69 deraadt 5304: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5305: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5306:
1.247 jufi 5307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5308: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5309: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5310:
5311: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5312: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5313: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5314: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5315: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5316: <p>
1.33 louis 5317:
1.247 jufi 5318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5319: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5320: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5321: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5322:
1.113 naddy 5323: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5324: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5325: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5326: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5327: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5328: <p>
1.247 jufi 5329: </ul>
1.57 louis 5330:
1.69 deraadt 5331: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5332: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5333:
1.247 jufi 5334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5335: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5336: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5337: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5338:
5339: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5340: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5341: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5342:
1.247 jufi 5343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5344: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5345: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5346: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5347: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5348:
5349: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5350: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5351:
1.247 jufi 5352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5353: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5354:
1.113 naddy 5355: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5356:
1.247 jufi 5357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5358: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5359: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5360: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5361:
5362: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5363: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5364: </ul>
1.23 louis 5365:
1.69 deraadt 5366: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5367: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5368:
1.247 jufi 5369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5370: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5371: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5372:
5373: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5374: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5375: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5376:
1.247 jufi 5377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5378: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5379: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5380: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5381:
5382: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5383: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5384: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5385: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5386: </ul>
1.57 louis 5387:
1.69 deraadt 5388: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5389: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5390:
1.247 jufi 5391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5392: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5393: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5394: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5395:
5396: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5397: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5398: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5399: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5400: <p>
1.15 louis 5401:
1.247 jufi 5402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5403: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5404: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5405: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5406:
5407: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5408: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5409: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5410: columns."
1.113 naddy 5411: <p>
1.247 jufi 5412: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5413:
1.69 deraadt 5414: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5415: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5416:
1.247 jufi 5417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5418: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5419: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5420: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5421:
5422: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5423: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5424:
1.113 naddy 5425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5426: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5427: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5428:
5429: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5430: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5431: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5432: </ul>
1.57 louis 5433:
1.69 deraadt 5434: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5435: <ul>
1.301 jose 5436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5437: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5438: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5439: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5440:
5441: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5442: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5443: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5444: <p>
5445:
5446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5447: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5448: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5449: Nov 13, 1998 and
5450: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5451: Datateknik</a>,
5452: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5453:
1.380 saad 5454: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5455: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5456: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5457: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5458: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5459:
1.113 naddy 5460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5461: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5462: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5463: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5464:
1.222 miod 5465: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5466: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5467: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5468: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5469: <p>
1.247 jufi 5470: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5471:
1.69 deraadt 5472: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5473: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5474:
1.247 jufi 5475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5476: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5477: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5478:
1.69 deraadt 5479: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5480: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5481: <p>
1.247 jufi 5482: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5483:
1.69 deraadt 5484: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5485: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5486:
1.247 jufi 5487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5488: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5489: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5490: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5491:
1.383 jcs 5492: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5493: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5494: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5495:
1.247 jufi 5496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5497: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5498: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5499: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5500: <p>
1.247 jufi 5501: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5502:
1.69 deraadt 5503: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5504: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5505:
1.247 jufi 5506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5507: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5508: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5509: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5510: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5511: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5512:
5513: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5514: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5515: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5516: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5517: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5518: <p>
1.247 jufi 5519: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5520:
5521: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5522: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5523:
1.247 jufi 5524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5525: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5526: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5527:
1.69 deraadt 5528: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5529: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5530: <p>
1.112 naddy 5531:
1.247 jufi 5532: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5533: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5534:
1.292 camield 5535: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5536: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5537: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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