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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.525 ! ian 19: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="URL">
! 23: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
! 24: </strong></font><br>
! 25: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
! 26: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
! 27: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
! 28: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
! 29: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32:
1.514 ian 33: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
34: <ul>
1.524 ian 35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
36: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
37: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
38: </strong></font><br>
39: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
40: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
41: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
42: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
43: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
44: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
45: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
46: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
47: to make them useful.
48: <p>
1.518 ian 49:
50: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 51: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 52: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
53: and
54: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 55: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 56: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 57: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 58: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 59: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
60: their plans for the week.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 64: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
65: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
66: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
67: </strong></font><br>
68: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
69: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
70: <p>
71:
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 73: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
74: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
75: </strong></font><br>
76: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
77: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
78: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
79: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 80: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 81: (introduced with 3.9).
82: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
83: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
84: <p>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 87: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
88: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
89: </strong></font><br>
90: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
91: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
92: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
93: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
94: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
95: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
96: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
97: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
98: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
99: <p>
100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
102: [GERMAN]
103: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
104: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
105: </strong></font><br>
106: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
107: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
108: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
109: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
110: is connected to OpenBSD.
111: <p>
112:
1.514 ian 113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
114: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
115: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
116: </strong></font><br>
117: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
118: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
119: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 120: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 121: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 122: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 123: running this project) is so important to Theo,
124: and even why he does mountain biking!
125: <p>
126:
127: </ul>
128:
1.503 ian 129: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
130: <ul>
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 132: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
133: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
134: </strong></font><br>
135: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
136: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
137: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 138: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 139: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
140: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
141: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
142: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
143: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
144: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 145: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 146: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
147: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 151: [GERMAN]
152: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
153: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
154: </strong></font><br>
155: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
156: are and why they are bad.
157: <p>
158:
159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 160: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
161: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
162: </strong></font><br>
163: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
164: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
165: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
166: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
167: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
168: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
169: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
170: pages."
171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 174: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
175: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
176: </strong></font><br>
177: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
178: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
179: and continues:
180: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
181: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
182: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
183: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
184: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
185: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
186: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
187: and more. Final thought:
188: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
189: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
190: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
191: true for business environments."
192: <p>
193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 195: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 196: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 197: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 198: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
199: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
200: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 201: for funding.
1.509 djm 202: <p>
203:
204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 205: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
206: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
207: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
208: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
209: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
210: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
211: <p>
212:
213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 214: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
215: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
216: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
217: </strong></font><br>
218: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 219: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 220: is punctuated with examples.
221: Tunneling features are described, as well as
222: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
223: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
224: and
225: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
226: <p>
227:
228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 229: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
230: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
231: </strong></font><br>
232: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
233: further OpenSSH development.
234: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
235: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
236: project's funding needs for all time.
237: <p>
1.504 bernd 238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
239: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
240: April 3, 2006
241: </strong></font><br>
242: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
243: this could compromise future hackathons.
244: <p>
1.503 ian 245:
246: </ul>
247:
1.487 ian 248: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
249: <ul>
1.495 ian 250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 251: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 252: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 253: </strong></font><br>
254: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
255: on topics including "Puffy",
256: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
257: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
258: what's new in 3.9,
259: and of course project expenses.
260: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
261: <!--
262: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
263: -->
264: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 268: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
269: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
270: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 271: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
272: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 273: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
274: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
275: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
276: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
277: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
278: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
279: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
280: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
281: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
282: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
283: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
284: but Matzan does - is that
285: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
286: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
287: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
288: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
289: <br/>
290: <p>
291:
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
293: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
294: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
295: </strong></font><br>
296: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
297: "blob" drivers, and more.
298: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
299: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
300: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
301: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
302: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
303: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
304: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
305: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
306: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
307: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
308: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
309: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
310: <p>
311:
312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 313: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
314: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
315: </strong></font><br>
316: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
317: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
318: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
319: in general temperature and environmental issues.
320: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
321: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
322: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
323: other major operating systems." ...
324: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
325: machines running in
326: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
327: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
328: <p>
329:
330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
331: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
332: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
333: </strong></font><br>
334: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
335: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
336: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
337: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
338: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
339: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
340: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
341: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
342: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
343: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
344: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
345: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
346: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
347: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
348: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
349: <p>
350:
1.487 ian 351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 352: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
353: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
354: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 355: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 356: financial situation.
357: <p>
358:
359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 360: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
361: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
362: </strong></font><br>
363: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
364: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
365: produce our favorite operating system.
366: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
367: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
368: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
369: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
370: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 371: <br/>
372: Also online at
373: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
374: <p>
375:
376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
377: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
378: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
379: </strong></font><br>
380: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
381: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
382: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
383: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
384: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
385: sustain indefinitely."
386: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
387: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
388: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
389: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
390: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 391: <p>
392:
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 394: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
395: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
396: </strong></font><br>
397: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
398: with a reminder that
399: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
400: used nowadays almost everywhere."
401: Ends with this quote from Marco:
402: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
403: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
404: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 408: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 409: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
410: </strong></font><br>
411: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
412: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
413: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
414: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
415: a few of them each year.
416: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
417: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
418: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
419: to the OpenBSD project.
420: It's time for them to do so.
421: <p>
422:
423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 424: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
425: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
426: </strong></font><br>
427: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
428: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
429: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
430: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
431: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
432: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
433: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
434: <p>
435:
436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 437: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
438: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 439: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
440: <!-- North America mirror:
441: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 442: -->
1.490 deraadt 443: European mirror:
444: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
445: <br>
446: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 447: <p>
448:
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 450: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
451: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 452: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 453: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
454: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
455: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
456: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
457: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
458: designed to provide reliability and security.
459: <p>
460:
461: </ul>
462:
1.485 ian 463: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
464: <ul>
465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 466: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
467: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
468: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 469: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 470: installations in about four minutes flat".
471: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
472: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 473: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 474: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
475: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
476: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
477: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
478: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
479: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
480: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
481: the steps in the article.
482: <p>
483:
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 485: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
486: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
487: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
488: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
489: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
490: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
491: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
492: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
493: happening in real life.
494: <p>
495:
496: </ul>
497:
1.492 ian 498: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
499: <ul>
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
501: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
502: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
503: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
504: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
505: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
506: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 507: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 508: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
509: </ul>
510:
1.483 ian 511: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
512: <ul>
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 514: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
515: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
516: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
517: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
518: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 522: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 523: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
524: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
525: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
526: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
527: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
528: to sites with more information on most topics.
529: <p>
530:
531: </ul>
532:
533:
1.479 grunk 534: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
535: <ul>
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 537: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 538: Goes to Venice</a>,
539: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 540: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 541: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
542: <br/>
543: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
544: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
545: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 546: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 547: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
548: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
549: Contains a link to
550: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
551: pval's summary slides</a>.
552: <p>
553:
554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 555: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
556: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
557: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
558: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
559: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
560: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
561: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
562: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 563: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 564: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
565: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
566: the packages and ports system"</i>.
567: <p>
568:
569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
570: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
571: Return of The BSDs</a>,
572: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
573: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
574: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
575: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
576: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
577: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
578: quotes from Bob Beck.
579: <p>
580:
581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 582: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
583: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
584: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 585: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
586: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 587: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
588: and Linux.<br>
589: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
590: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
591: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
592: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
593: of the release
594: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
595: <p>
596: </ul>
597:
1.476 ian 598: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
599: <ul>
600:
601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
602: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
603: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
604: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
605: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
606: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
607: and too unreliable.
608: This quote will rattle some cages:
609: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
610: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
611: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
612: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
613: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
614: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
615: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
616: costs without any commercial lock-in."
617: <p>
618:
1.477 saad 619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
620: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
621: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
622: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
623: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
624: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
625: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
626: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
627: discussion about future plans.
628: <p>
629:
1.478 grunk 630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
631: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
632: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
633: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
634: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
635: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
636: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
637: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
638: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
639: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
640: <p>
641:
1.476 ian 642: </ul>
643:
1.470 saad 644: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
645: <ul>
646:
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 648: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
649: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
650: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
651: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
652: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
653: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
654: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
655: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
656: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
657: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 661: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
662: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
663: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
664: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
665: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
666: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
667: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
668: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
669: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
670: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
671: <p>
672:
673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 674: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
675: Big debate over small packets</a>,
676: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
677: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
678: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
679: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
680: draft.
681: <p>
682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 684: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
685: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
686: ordinateur ?"</a>,
687: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
688: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
689: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
690: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
691: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
692: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
693: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
694: <p>
695:
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 697: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
698: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
699: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
700: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
701: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
702: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
703: performance data with pfstat.
704: <p>
705:
706: </ul>
707:
1.461 grunk 708: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
709: <ul>
710:
711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 712: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
713: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 714: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 715: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
716: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
717: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 718: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 719: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 720: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
721: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
722: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 723: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
724: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 725: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 726: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
727: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 728: <p>
729:
730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 731: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
732: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 733: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 734: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
735: poor security:
1.467 grunk 736: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 737: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 738: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 739: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
740: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
741: <p>
742:
743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 744: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
745: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 746: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 747: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
748: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 749: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
750: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
751: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
752: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
753: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
754: commercial vendors.
755: <p>
756:
757: </ul>
758:
1.454 ian 759: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
760: <ul>
1.468 grunk 761:
762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
763: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
764: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
765: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
766: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
767: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
768: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 769: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 770: <br>
771: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
772: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
773: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
774: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
775: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 776: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 777: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
778: <p>
779:
1.454 ian 780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 781: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
782: Free Bird</a>,
783: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
784: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
785: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
786: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
787: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
788: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
789: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
790: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
791: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
792: room will only be available in the print edition.
793: <p>
1.459 deraadt 794:
1.458 niallo 795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 796: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
797: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
798: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
799: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
800: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
801: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
802: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
803: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
804: <p>
1.457 deraadt 805:
1.456 niallo 806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 807: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 808: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
809: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
810: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
811: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
812: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
813: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 814: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 815: interview.</a>
816: <p>
817:
818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 819: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
820: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
821: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
822: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
823: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
824: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
825: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
826: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
827: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
828: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
829: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
830: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
831: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
832: "I have never used it."
833: <p>
834:
835: </ul>
836:
1.441 deraadt 837: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
838: <ul>
839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 840: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
841: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
842: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
843: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
844: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
845: future enhancements.
846: <p>
847:
848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 849: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 850: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
851: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
852: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
853: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
854: North America mirror:
855: <ul>
1.452 marco 856: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 857: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
858: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 859: </ul>
860: European mirror:
861: <ul>
1.452 marco 862: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 863: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
864: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
865: </ul>
866: <p>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 869: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
870: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
871: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
872: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
873: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
874: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
875: <p>
876:
877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 878: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
879: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
880: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
881: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
882: first-hand account.
883: <p>
884:
885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 886: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
887: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
888: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
889: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
890: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
891: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
892: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
893: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
894: <p>
895:
896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 897: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
898: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
899: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
900: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
901: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
902: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
903: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
904: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
905: <p>
906:
907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 908: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 909: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 910: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
911: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
912: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
913: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
914: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
915: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
916: <p>
917:
918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
919: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 920: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 921: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
922: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
923: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
924: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
925: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
926: <p>
927:
928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 929: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
930: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
931: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 932: </strong></font><br>
933: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
934: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
935: with OpenBSD.
936: </ul>
937:
1.436 henning 938: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
939: <ul>
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 941: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
942: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
943: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
944: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
945: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
946: than closed source, as we have long contended.
947: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
948: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
949: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
950: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
951: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
952: <p>
953: This article can also be found online as
954: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
955: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
956: <p>
957:
958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 959: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
960: </strong></font><br>
961: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
962: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
963: <p>
964:
965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 966: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
967: </strong></font><br>
968: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
969: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 970: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 971: the issues we had with IETF.
972: </ul>
973:
1.431 ian 974: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
975: <ul>
976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 977: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
978: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
979: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
980: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
981: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
982: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
983: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
984: <p>
985:
986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 987: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
988: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
989: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
990: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
991: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
992: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 993: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 994: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
995: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
996: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
997: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
998: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
999: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1000: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1001: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1002:
1003: </ul>
1004:
1.427 matthieu 1005: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1006: <ul>
1007:
1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1009: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1010: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1011: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1012: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1013: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1014: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1015: firmware.
1.434 ian 1016: Similar articles can be found online at:
1017: <ul>
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1019: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1020: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1021: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1023: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1024: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1025: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1027: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1028: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1029: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1031: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1032: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1033: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1034: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1035: </ul>
1036:
1.426 ian 1037: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1038: <ul>
1039:
1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1041: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1042: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1043: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1044: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1045: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1046: mechanism: what it is and why and
1047: how to use it, with examples.
1048: Another excerpt from the book
1049: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1050: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1051: <p>
1052:
1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1054: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1055: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1056: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1057: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1058: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1059: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1060: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1061: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1062: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1063: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1064: This article is a sample chapter from
1065: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1066: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1067: <p>
1.443 ian 1068:
1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1070: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1071: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1072: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1073: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1074: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1075: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1076: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1077: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1078: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1079: ends with a sidebar on security.
1080: <p>
1.426 ian 1081: </ul>
1082:
1.424 ian 1083: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1084: <ul>
1085:
1086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1087: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1088: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1089: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1090: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1091: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1092: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1093: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1094: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1095: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1096: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1097: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1098: <p>
1099: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1100: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1101: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1102: <p>
1103:
1104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1105: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1106: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1107: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1108: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1109: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1110: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1111: operating systems.
1112: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1113: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1114: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1115: systems, he writes:
1116: <blockquote>
1117: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1118: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1119: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1120: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1121: to the operating system...
1122: <br/>
1123: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1124: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1125: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1126: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1127: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1128: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1129: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1130: in a closed source operating system).
1131: <br/>
1132: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1133: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1134: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1135: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1136: </blockquote>
1137: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1138: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1139: their hardware and software operates.
1140: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1141: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1142: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1143: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1144: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1145: <p>
1146: </ul>
1147:
1.417 pvalchev 1148: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1149: <ul>
1.421 ian 1150:
1.417 pvalchev 1151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1152: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1153: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1154: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1155: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1156: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1157: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1158: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1159: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1160: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1161: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1162: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1163: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1164: <p>
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1166: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1167: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1168: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1169: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1170: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1171: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1172: it claims to do".
1173: <p>
1174:
1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1176: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1177: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1178: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1179: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1180: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1181: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1182: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1183: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1184: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1185: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1186: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1187: (yes, this is a hint).
1188: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1189: picked up on the
1190: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1191: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1192: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1193: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1194: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1195: <p>
1196:
1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1198: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1199: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1200: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1201: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1202: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1203: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1204: the current efforts.
1205: <p>
1206: </ul>
1207:
1.407 henning 1208: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1209: <ul>
1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1211: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1212: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1213: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1214: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1215: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1216: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1217: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1218: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1219: <p>
1220:
1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1222: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1223: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1224: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1225: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1226: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1227: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1228: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1229: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1230: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1231: <p>
1.415 ian 1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1234: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1235: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1236: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1237: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1238: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1239: overflow attacks... because
1240: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1241: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1242: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1243: and propolice.
1244: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1245: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1246: and that's when the science falls apart."
1247: <p>
1248:
1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1250: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1251: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1252: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1253: Starts with the question:
1254: <blockquote>
1255: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1256: <br/>
1257: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1258: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1259: <br/>
1260: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1261: Should we believe them?"
1262: </blockquote>
1263: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1264: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1265: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1266: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1267: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1268: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1269: <p>
1270:
1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1272: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1273: Simple Simon</a>,
1274: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1275: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1276: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1277: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1278: routing/firewall, and more.
1279: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1280: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1281: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1282: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1283: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1284: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1285: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1286: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1287: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1288: </blockquote>
1289: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1290: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1291: <p>
1292:
1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1294: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1295: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1296: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1297: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1298: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1299: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1300: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1301: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1302: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1303: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1304: in spite of it
1305: (registration required, but worth it).
1306: <p>
1307:
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1309: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1310: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1311: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1312: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1313: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1314: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1315: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1316: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1317: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1318: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1319: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1320: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1321: <p>
1322:
1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1324: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1325: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1326: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1327: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1328: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1329: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1330: <blockquote>
1331: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1332: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1333: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1334: a lot of analysis.
1335: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1336: </blockquote>
1337: <p>
1338: </ul>
1339:
1.400 marco 1340: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1341: <ul>
1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1343: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1344: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1345: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1346: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1347: UNIX-like systems.
1348: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1349: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1350: <p>
1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1352: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1353: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1354: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1355: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1356: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1357: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1358: At one point, the article states:
1359: <blockquote>
1360: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1361: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1362: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1363: </blockquote>
1364: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1365: <blockquote>
1366: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1367: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1368: </blockquote>
1369: <p>
1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1371: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1372: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1373: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1374: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1375: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1376: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1377: required).
1378: <p>
1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1380: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1381: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1382: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1383: </strong></font><br>
1384: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1385: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1386: <p>
1387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1388: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1389: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1390: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1391: </strong></font><br>
1392: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1393: <p>
1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1395: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1396: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1397: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1398: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1399: 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 1400: <p>
1401: </ul>
1402:
1.396 henning 1403: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1404: <ul>
1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1406: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1407: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1408: Unix Review, July, 2004
1409: </strong></font><br>
1410: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1411: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1412: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1413: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1414: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1415: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1416: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1417: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1418: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1419: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1420: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1421: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1422: and even spelling/wording errors.
1423: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1424: <p>
1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1426: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1427: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1428: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1429: </strong></font><br>
1430: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1431: <p>
1432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1433: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1434: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1435: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1436: </strong></font><br>
1437: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1438: <p>
1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1440: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1441: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1442: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1443: </strong></font><br>
1444: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1445: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1446: <p>
1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1448: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1449: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1450: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1451: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1452: <p>
1453: </ul>
1454:
1.405 jolan 1455: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1456: <ul>
1457: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1458: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1459: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1460: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1461: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1462: details on how funds are dispersed.
1463: <p>
1464: </ul>
1465:
1.393 david 1466: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1467: <ul>
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1469: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1470: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1471: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1474: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1475: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1476: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1477: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1478: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1479: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1480: <p>
1481:
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1483: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1484: Secure by Default</a>,
1485: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1486: </strong></font><br>
1487: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1488: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1489: <p>
1490:
1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1492: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1493: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1494: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1495: </strong></font><br>
1496: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1497: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1498: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1499: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1500: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1501: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1502: <p>
1503:
1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1505: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1506: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1507: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1508: </strong></font><br>
1509: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1510: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1511: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1512: <p>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1515: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1516: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1517: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1518: </strong></font><br>
1519: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1520: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1521: <p>
1522: </ul>
1523:
1.388 mcbride 1524: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1525: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1526:
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1528: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1529: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1530: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1531: </strong></font><br>
1532: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1533: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1534: available for sparc64.
1535: <p>
1536:
1.390 beck 1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1538: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1539: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1540: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1541: </strong></font><br>
1542: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1543: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1544: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1545: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1546: <p>
1547:
1548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1549: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1550: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1551: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1552: </strong></font><br>
1553: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1554: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1555: it does: CARP provides sharing
1556: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1557: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1558: detail to get you started using it.
1559: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1560: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1561: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1562: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1563: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1564: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1565: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1566: <p>
1.391 ian 1567:
1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1569: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1570: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1571: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1574: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1575: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1576: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1577:
1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1579: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1580: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1581: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1582: </strong></font><br>
1583: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1584: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1585: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1586: unencumbered by patents.
1587: <p>
1588: </ul>
1589:
1.378 henning 1590: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1591: <ul>
1.384 jose 1592:
1593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1594: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1595: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1596: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1597: </strong></font><br>
1598: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1599: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1600: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1601: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1602: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1603: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1604: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1605: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1606: in the page tables."
1607: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1608: <p>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1611: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1612: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1613: </strong></font><br>
1614: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1615: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1616: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1617: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1618: <p>
1.384 jose 1619:
1.378 henning 1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1621: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1622: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1623: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1624: </strong></font><br>
1625: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1626: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1627: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1628: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1629: (quote:
1630: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1631: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1632: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1633: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1634: the other developers for their work on the system.
1635: <p>
1636:
1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1638: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1639: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1640: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1641: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1642: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1643: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1644: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1645: too.
1646: <p>
1647:
1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1649: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1650: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1651: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1652: OpenBSD source code using
1653: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1654: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1655: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1656: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1657: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1658: <p>
1659: </ul>
1660:
1.374 jose 1661: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1662: <ul>
1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1664: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1665: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1666: </strong></font><br>
1667: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1668: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1669: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1670: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1671: it."
1672: <p>
1673:
1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1675: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1676: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1677: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1678: </strong></font><br/>
1679: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1680: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1681: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1682: <p>
1683: </ul>
1684:
1.369 ian 1685: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1686: <ul>
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1688: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1689: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1690: </strong></font><br/>
1691: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1692: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1693: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1694: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1695: <p>
1696:
1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1698: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1699: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1700: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1701: </strong></font><br/>
1702: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1703: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1704: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1705: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1706: form factor.
1707: <p>
1708:
1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1710: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1711: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1712: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1713: Features</a>,
1714: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1715: </strong></font><br/>
1716: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1717: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1718: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1719: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1720: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1721: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1722: <p>
1723: This article can also be found online at:
1724: <ul>
1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1726: <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 1727: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1728: </strong></font>
1729: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1730: </ul>
1731: <p>
1.392 david 1732:
1.371 jose 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1734: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1735: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1736: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1737: </strong></font><br/>
1738: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1739: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1740: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1741: <p>
1.371 jose 1742:
1743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1744: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1745: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1746: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1747: </strong></font><br/>
1748: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1749: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1750: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1751: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1752: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1753: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1754: and its history with OpenBSD.
1755: </ul>
1756:
1.368 henning 1757: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1758: <ul>
1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1760: [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 1761: </strong></font><br>
1762: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1763: </ul>
1764:
1.364 jose 1765: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1766: <ul>
1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1768: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1769: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1770: UNIX Review,
1771: July, 2003.
1772: </strong></font><br>
1773: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1774: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1775: who want more information.
1776: <p>
1777:
1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1779: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1780: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1781: Government Computer News,
1782: July 22, 2003.
1783: </strong></font><br>
1784: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1785: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1786: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1787: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1788: <p>
1789:
1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1791: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1792: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1793: SANS Institute,
1794: July 22, 2003.
1795: </strong></font><br>
1796: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1797: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1798: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1799: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1800: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1801: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1802: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1803: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1804: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1805: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1806: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1807: <p>
1808:
1809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1810: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1811: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1812: OnLamp.com,
1813: July 17, 2003.
1814: </strong></font><br>
1815: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1816: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1817: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1818: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1819: have been working on.
1820:
1821: </ul>
1822:
1.356 jose 1823: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1824: <ul>
1825:
1826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1827: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1828: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1829: UNIX Review,
1830: June, 2003.
1831: </strong></font><br>
1832: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1833: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1834: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1835: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1836: <p>
1837:
1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1839: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1840: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1841: eWeek,
1842: June 23, 2003.
1843: </strong></font><br>
1844: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1845: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1846: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1847: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1848: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1849: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1850: <p>
1851:
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1853: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1854: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1855: Software Development Online,
1856: June, 2003.
1857: </strong></font><br>
1858: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1859: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1860: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1861: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1862: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1863: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1864: current activities.
1865: <p>
1866:
1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1868: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1869: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1870: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1871: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1872: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1873: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1874: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1875: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1876: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1877: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1878: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1879: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1880: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1881: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1882: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1883: decisions.
1884: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1885: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1886: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1887: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1888: <p>
1889:
1890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1891: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1892: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1893: Page 58, eWeek,
1894: June 2, 2003.
1895: </strong></font><br>
1896: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1897: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1898: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1899: been addressed in -current.
1900: <p>
1901:
1.356 jose 1902: </ul>
1903:
1904: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1905: <ul>
1906:
1.355 jose 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1908: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1909: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1910: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1911: </strong></font><br>
1912: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1913: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1914: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1915: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1916: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1917: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1918: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1919: <p>
1920:
1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1922: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1923: Beyond Linux</a>,
1924: InfoWorld,
1925: May 23, 2003.
1926: </strong></font><br>
1927: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1928: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1929: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1930: compared to the GPL.
1931: <p>
1932:
1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1934: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1935: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1936: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1937: May 17, 2003.
1938: </strong></font><br>
1939: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1940: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1941: the business section and half of another page inside
1942: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1943: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1944: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1945: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1946: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1947: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1948: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1949: <br>
1950: This article can also be found online at:
1951: <ul>
1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1953: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1954: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1955: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1956: May 17, 2003
1957: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1958: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1960: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1961: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1962: Montreal Gazette,
1963: May 21, 2003
1964: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1965: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1966: <p>
1.346 ian 1967:
1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1969: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1970: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1971: May 7, 2003.
1972: </strong></font><br>
1973: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1974: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1975: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1976: <p>
1977:
1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1979: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1980: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1981: OsOpinion,
1982: May 6, 2003.
1983: </strong></font><br>
1984: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1985: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1986: <br>
1987: This article can also be found online at:
1988: <ul>
1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1990: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1991: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1992: NewsFactor Network.
1993: </strong></font>
1994: </ul>
1995: <p>
1996:
1997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1998: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1999: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2000: ITBusiness,
2001: May 2, 2003.
2002: </strong></font><br>
2003: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2004: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2005: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2006: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2007: <p>
2008:
2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2010: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2011: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2012: InfoWorld,
2013: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2014: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2015: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2016: <br>
2017: This article can also be found online at:
2018: <ul>
2019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2020: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2021: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2022: IDG Singapore.
2023: </strong></font>
2024: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2025: <p>
2026:
1.339 jose 2027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2028: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2029: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2030: ZDNet,
2031: May 1, 2003.
2032: </strong></font><br>
2033: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2034: someone using parts from previous articles.
2035: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2036: This article can also be found online at:
2037: <ul>
2038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2039: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2040: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2041: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2042: </strong></font>
2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2044: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2045: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2046: CNET News.com.
2047: </strong></font>
2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2049: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2050: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2051: ZDNet UK.
2052: </strong></font>
2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2054: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2055: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2056: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2057: </strong></font>
2058: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2059: <p>
1.339 jose 2060:
1.341 deraadt 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2062: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2063: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2064: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2065: May 1, 2003.
2066: </strong></font><br>
2067: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2068: that have been added
2069: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2070: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2071: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2072: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2073: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2074: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2075: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2076: <p>
2077:
2078: </ul>
2079:
1.253 ian 2080: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2081: <ul>
1.255 ian 2082:
1.260 ian 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2084: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2085: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2086: TechRepublic,
2087: April 28, 2003.
2088: </strong></font><br>
2089: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2090: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2091: work.<br>
2092: Can also be found online at:
2093: <ul>
2094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2095: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2096: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2097: ZDNet UK.
2098: </strong></font>
2099: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2100: <p>
2101:
2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2103: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2104: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2105: IDG,
2106: April 24, 2003.
2107: </strong></font><br>
2108: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2109: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2110: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2111: Can also be found online at:
2112: <ul>
2113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2114: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2115: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2116: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2117: </strong></font>
2118: </ul>
2119: <p>
2120:
2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2122: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2123: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2124: Slate,
2125: April 24, 2003.
2126: </strong></font><br>
2127: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2128: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2129: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2130: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2131: <p>
2132:
2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2134: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2135: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2136: April 24, 2003.
2137: </strong></font><br>
2138: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2139: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2140: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2141: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2142: <p>
2143:
2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2145: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2146: April 24, 2003.
2147: </strong></font><br>
2148: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2149: the free software community".
2150: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2151: other articles.
2152: <p>
2153:
2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2155: <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 2156: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2157: </strong></font><br>
2158: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2159: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2160: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2161: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2162: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2163: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2164: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2165: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2166: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2167: <br/>
2168: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2169: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2170: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2171: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2172: <br>
2173: Can also be found online at:
2174: <ul>
2175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2176: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2177: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2178: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2179: </strong></font>
2180: </ul>
1.324 ian 2181: <p>
2182:
2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2184: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2185: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2186: </strong></font><br>
2187: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2188: article above.
2189: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2190: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2191: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2192: <br>
2193: Can also be found online at:
2194: <ul>
2195: <li>
2196: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2197: </strong></font>
2198: </ul>
1.324 ian 2199: <p>
2200:
2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2202: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2203: </strong></font><br>
2204: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2205: <p>
2206:
2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2208: <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.
2209: </strong></font><br>
2210: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2211: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2212: <p>
2213:
2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2215: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2216: April 23, 2003.
2217: </strong></font><br>
2218: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2219: <p>
2220:
2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2222: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2223: April 22, 2003.
2224: </strong></font><br>
2225: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2226: <p>
2227:
2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2229: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2230: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2231: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2232: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2233: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2234: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2235: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2236: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2237: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2238: Can also be found online at:
2239: <ul>
2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2241: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2242: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2243: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2244: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2246: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2247: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2248: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2249: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2250: </ul>
2251: <p>
2252:
2253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2254: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2255: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2256: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2257: </strong></font><br>
2258: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2259: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2260: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2261: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2262: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2263: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2264: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2265: <p>
2266:
2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2268: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2269: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2270: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2271: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2272: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2273: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2274: at UPenn and DARPA.
2275: <p>
2276:
2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2278: [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,
2279: France
1.315 deraadt 2280: April 18, 2003.
2281: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2282: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2283: <p>
2284:
2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2286: [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 2287: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2288: </strong></font><br>
2289: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2290: <p>
2291:
2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2293: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2294: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2295: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2296: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2297: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2298: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2299: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2300: <p>
2301:
2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2303: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2304: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2305: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2306: </strong></font><br>
2307: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2308: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2309: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2310: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2311: <p>
2312:
2313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2314: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2315: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2316: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2317: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2318: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2319: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2320: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2321: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2322: Can also be found online at:
2323: <ul>
2324: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2325: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2326: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2327: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2328: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2329: <p>
2330:
2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2332: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2333: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2334: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2335: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2336: </strong></font><br>
2337: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2338: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2339: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2340: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2341: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2342:
2343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2344: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2345: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2346: New York Times.
2347: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2348:
1.273 deraadt 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2350: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2351: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2352: ABC News.
2353: </strong></font>
2354:
2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2356: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2357: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2358: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2359: </strong></font>
2360:
2361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2362: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2363: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2364: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2365: </strong></font>
2366:
2367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2368: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2369: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2370: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2371: </strong></font>
2372:
2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2374: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2375: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2376: Times Daily, AL.
2377: </strong></font>
2378:
2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2380: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2381: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2382: Boston.com, MA.
2383: </strong></font>
2384:
2385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2386: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2387: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2388: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2389: </strong></font>
2390:
2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2392: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2393: [Article was pulled]</a>
2394: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2395: </strong></font>
2396:
2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2398: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2399: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2400: Infoshop News.
2401: </strong></font>
2402:
2403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2404: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2405: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2406: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2407: </strong></font>
2408:
2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2410: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2411: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2412: Raleigh News, NC.
2413: </strong></font>
2414:
2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2416: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2417: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2418: Napa News, CA.
2419: </strong></font>
2420:
2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2422: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2423: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2424: NEPA News, PA.
2425: </strong></font>
2426:
2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2428: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2429: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2430: Wired News.
2431: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2432: <br>
2433: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2434: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2435: [JAPANESE]
2436: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2437: Wired News Japan</a>
2438: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2439:
1.271 deraadt 2440: </ul>
2441: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2442: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2443: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2444: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2445: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2446: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2447: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2448: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2449: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2450: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2451: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2452: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2453: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2454: <p>
2455: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2456:
2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2458: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2459: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2460: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2461: </strong></font>
2462:
2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2464: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2465: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2466: Miami Herald, FL.
2467: </strong></font>
2468:
2469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2470: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2471: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2472: </strong></font>
2473:
2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2475: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2476: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2477: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2478: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2479:
2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2481: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2482: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2483: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2484: ABC News.
2485: </strong></font>
2486:
1.276 deraadt 2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2488: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2489: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2490: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2491: </strong></font>
2492:
1.286 dhartmei 2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2494: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2495: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2496: Wilmington Star, NC.
2497: </strong></font>
2498:
1.300 jose 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2500: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2501: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2502: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2503: </strong></font>
2504:
1.309 jose 2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2506: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2507: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2508: Globe Technology.
2509: </strong></font>
2510:
1.263 deraadt 2511: </ul>
1.262 beck 2512: <p>
2513:
2514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2515: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2516: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2517: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2518: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2519: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2520: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2521: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2522: <p>
2523:
2524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2525: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2526: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2527: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2528: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2529: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2530: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2531: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2532: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2533: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2534: and simply restates other press reports.
2535: <p>
2536:
2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2538: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2539: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2540: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2541: </strong></font><br>
2542: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2543: <p>
2544:
2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2546: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2547: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2548: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2549: </strong></font><br>
2550: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2551: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2552: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2553: <p>
2554:
2555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2556: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2557: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2558: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2559: April 17, 2003.
2560: </strong></font><br>
2561: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2562: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2563: Tech Anthems</a>
2564: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2565: 4 so far.
2566: <p>
2567:
2568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2569: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2570: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2571: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2572: </strong></font><br>
2573: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2574: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2575: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2576: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2577: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2578: Goes on to say:
2579: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2580: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2581: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2582: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2583: This article is also found online at:
2584: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2586: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2587: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2588: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2589: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2591: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2592: ZDnet</a>,
2593: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2594: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2596: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2597: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2598: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2599: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2600: </ul>
1.260 ian 2601: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2602:
1.260 ian 2603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2604: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2605: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2606: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2607: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2608: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2609: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2610: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2611: without notice or justification.
2612: <p>
2613:
2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2615: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2616: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2617: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2618: </strong></font><br>
2619: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2620: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2621: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2622: effective today, without any warning..."
2623: <p>
1.257 ian 2624:
2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2626: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2627: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2628: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2629: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2630: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2631: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2632: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2633: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2634: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2635: <p>
2636:
2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2638: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2639: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2640: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2641: </strong></font><br>
2642: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2643: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2644: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2645: quoting two of them:
2646: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2647: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2648: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2649: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2650: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2651: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2652: <p>
2653:
1.255 ian 2654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2655: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2656: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2657: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2658: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2659: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2660: <p>
2661:
2662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2663: [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 2664: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2665: </strong></font><br>
2666: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2667: <p>
2668:
2669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2670: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2671: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2672: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2673: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2674: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2675: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2676: security experts for more than three decades."
2677: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2678: <p>
1.261 ian 2679:
1.254 drahn 2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2681: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2682: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2683: </strong></font><br>
2684: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2685: <p>
2686:
2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2688: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2689: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2690: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2691: </strong></font><br>
2692: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2693: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2694: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2695: <p>
2696:
2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2698: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2699: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2700: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2701: </strong></font><br>
2702: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2703: from US DARPA.
2704: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2705: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2706: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2707: the BSD license.
2708: <p>
2709: </ul>
2710:
1.251 ian 2711: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2712: <ul>
2713:
2714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2715: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2716: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2717: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2718: </strong></font><br>
2719:
2720: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2721: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2722: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2723: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2724: <p>
2725:
2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2727: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2728: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2729: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2730: </strong></font><br>
2731: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2732: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2733: Mentions
2734: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2735: and
2736: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2737: programs.
2738: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2739: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2740: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2741: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2742: <p>
1.325 ian 2743: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2744: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2745:
2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2747: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2748: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2749: </strong></font><br>
2750: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2751: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2752: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2753: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2754: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2755: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2756: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2757: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2758: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2759: put into service."
2760: <p>
2761: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2762: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2763: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2764: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2765: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2766: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2767: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2768: computers with security features."
2769: <p>
1.329 ian 2770:
2771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2772: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2773: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2774: Slate,
2775: March 3, 2003.
2776: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2777: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2778: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2779: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2780: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2781: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2782: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2783: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2784: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2785: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2786: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2787: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2788: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2789: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2790: of more secure open-source solutions like
2791: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2792: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2793: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2794: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2795: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2796: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2797: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2798: the Beltway."
2799: <p>
1.251 ian 2800: </ul>
2801:
1.249 jufi 2802: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2803: <ul>
2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2805: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2806: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2807: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2808: </strong></font><br>
2809: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2810: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2811: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2812: <p>
1.334 ian 2813:
2814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2815: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2816: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2817: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2818: </strong></font><br>
2819: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2820: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2821: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2822: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2823: "... the hypothetical question ...
2824: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2825: <br>
2826: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2827: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2828: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2829: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2830: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2831: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2832: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2833: support network security.
2834: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2835: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2836: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2837: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2838: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2839: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2840: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2841: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2842: <br>
2843: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2844: <p>
2845:
1.249 jufi 2846: </ul>
2847:
1.246 jufi 2848: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2849: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2850:
1.247 jufi 2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2852: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2853: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2854: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2855: </strong></font><br>
2856: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2857: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2858: <p>
2859:
1.247 jufi 2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2861: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2862: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2863: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2864: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2865: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2866: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2867: <p>
2868:
2869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2870: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2871: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2872: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2873: </strong></font><br>
2874: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2875: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2876: <p>
1.247 jufi 2877: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2878:
1.244 jufi 2879: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2880: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2883: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2884: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2885: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2886: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2887: </strong></font><br>
2888: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2889: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2890: md5 digests.
2891: <p>
2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2894: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2895: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2896: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2897: </strong></font><br>
2898: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2899: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2900: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2901: right the first time."
2902: <p>
1.247 jufi 2903: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2904:
2905:
2906: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2907: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2908:
1.247 jufi 2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2910: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2911: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2912: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2913: </strong></font><br>
2914: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2915: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2916: part 6</a>.
2917: <p>
2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2920: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2921: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2922: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2923: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2924: </strong></font><br>
2925: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2926: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2927: <p>
1.301 jose 2928:
2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2930: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2931: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2932: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2933: </strong></font><br>
2934:
2935: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2936: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2937: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2938: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2939: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2940: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2941: <i>Here's the
2942: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2943: <p>
1.247 jufi 2944: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2945:
2946: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2947: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2950: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2951: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2952: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2953: </strong></font><br>
2954: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2955: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2956: <p>
2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2959: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2960: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2961: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2962: </strong></font><br>
2963: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2964: this time using pf.
2965: <p>
1.247 jufi 2966: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2967:
2968: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2969: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2972: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2973: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2974: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2975: </strong></font><br>
2976: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2977: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2978: their rotation.
2979: <p>
2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2982: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2983: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2984: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2985: </strong></font><br>
2986: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2987: <p>
1.247 jufi 2988: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2989:
1.239 jufi 2990: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2991: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2994: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2995: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2996: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2997: </strong></font><br>
2998: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2999: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3000: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3001: <p>
3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3004: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3005: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3006: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3007: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3008: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3009: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3010: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3011: <p>
1.247 jufi 3012: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3013:
1.235 lebel 3014: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3015: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3016:
1.239 jufi 3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3019: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3020: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3021: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3022: </strong></font><br>
3023: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3024: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3025: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3026: <p>
1.301 jose 3027:
1.247 jufi 3028: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3029:
1.228 horacio 3030: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3031: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3032:
1.247 jufi 3033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3034: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3035: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3036: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3037: </strong></font><br>
3038: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3039: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3040: <p>
3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3043: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3044: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3045: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3046: </strong></font><br>
3047: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3048: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3049: <p>
3050:
1.247 jufi 3051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3052: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3053: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3054: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3055: </strong></font><br>
3056: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3057: on the desktop of his parents.
3058: <p>
3059:
1.247 jufi 3060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3061: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3062: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3063: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3064: </strong></font><br>
3065: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3066: using IPFilter.
3067:
3068: <p>
3069:
1.247 jufi 3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3071: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3072: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3073: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3074: </strong></font><br>
3075: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3076: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3077: perspectives of the four OS.
3078: <br>
3079: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3080: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3081: <p>
3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3084: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3085: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3086: software and security</a>,
3087: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3088: </strong></font><br>
3089:
3090: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3091: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3092: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3093: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3094: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3095: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3096: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3097: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3098: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3099: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3100: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3101: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3102: <p>
1.247 jufi 3103: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3104:
1.225 horacio 3105: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3106: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3109: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3110: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3111: Interview</a>,
3112: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3113: </strong></font><br>
3114:
3115: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3116: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3117: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3118: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3119: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3120: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3121: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3122: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3123: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3124: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3125: of choice.
3126: <p>
1.247 jufi 3127: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3128:
3129: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3130: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3133: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3134: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3135: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3136: </strong></font><br>
3137:
3138: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3139: <p>
3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3142: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3143: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3144: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3145: </strong></font><br>
3146:
3147: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3148: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3149: <p>
1.247 jufi 3150: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3151:
1.218 horacio 3152: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3153: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3154:
1.247 jufi 3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3156: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3157: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3158: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3159: </strong></font><br>
3160:
3161: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3162: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3163: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3164: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3165: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3166: subjects. Worth a read.
3167: <p>
3168:
3169:
1.247 jufi 3170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3171: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3172: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3173: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3174: </strong></font><br>
3175:
3176: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3177: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3178: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3179: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3180: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3181: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3182: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3183: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3184: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3185: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3186: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3187: on other operating systems.<br>
3188: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3189: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3190: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3191: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3192: <p>
3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3195: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3196: Operating System 2010</a>,
3197: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3198: </strong></font><br>
3199:
3200: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3201: covering the level of software integration into the core
3202: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3203: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3204: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3205: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3206: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3207: <p>
3208:
1.247 jufi 3209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3210: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3211: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3212: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3213: </strong></font><br>
3214:
3215: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3216: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3217: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3218: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3219: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3220: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3221: <p>
1.247 jufi 3222: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3223:
1.210 jufi 3224: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3225: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3226:
1.247 jufi 3227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3228: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3229: Already a Contender</a>,
3230: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3231: </strong></font><br>
3232:
3233: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3234: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3235: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3236: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3237: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3238: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3239: <p>
3240:
1.247 jufi 3241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3242: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3243: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3244: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3245: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3246:
1.224 horacio 3247: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3248: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3249: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3250: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3251: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3252: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3253: <p>
1.247 jufi 3254: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3255:
3256: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3257: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3260: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3261: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3262: Division</a>,
3263: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3264: </strong></font><br>
3265:
3266: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3267: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3268: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3269: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3270: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3271: investment</em>.<br>
3272: The implementation details can be seen on their
3273: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3274: <p>
3275:
1.247 jufi 3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3277: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3278: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3279: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3280: </strong></font><br>
3281:
3282: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3283: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3284: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3285: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3286: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3287: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3288: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3289: <p>
3290:
3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3292: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3293: Thinking about Security</a>,
3294: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3295: </strong></font><br>
3296:
3297: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3298: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3299: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3300: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3301: to time.<br>
3302: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3303: system and just the most secure system.
3304: <p>
3305:
1.247 jufi 3306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3307: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3308: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3309: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3310: </strong></font><br>
3311:
3312: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3313: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3314: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3315: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3316: choice:<br>
3317: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3318: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3319: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3320: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3321: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3322: network security devices and as such must be well
3323: armored."</em><br>
3324: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3325: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3326: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3327: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3328: <br>
3329: Bravo!
3330: <p>
1.247 jufi 3331: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3332:
1.207 ian 3333: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3334: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3335:
1.247 jufi 3336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3337: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3338: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3339: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3340:
1.207 ian 3341: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3342: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3343: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3344: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3345: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3346: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3347: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3348: <p>
1.247 jufi 3349: </ul>
1.207 ian 3350:
1.194 jufi 3351: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3352: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3353:
1.247 jufi 3354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3355: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3356: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3357: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3358: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3359:
1.240 miod 3360: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3361: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3362: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3363: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3364: <p>
3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3367: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3368: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3369: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3370:
3371: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3372: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3373: <p>
3374:
3375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3376: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3377: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3378: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3379:
3380: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3381: <p>
3382:
3383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3384: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3385: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3386: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3387: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3388:
1.240 miod 3389: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3390: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3391: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3392: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3393: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3394: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3395: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3396: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3397: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3398: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3399: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3400: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3401: <p>
3402:
1.247 jufi 3403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3404: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3405: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3406: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3407: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3408:
1.194 jufi 3409: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3410: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3411: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3412: <br>
3413: The new
3414: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3415: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3416: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3417: <p>
1.247 jufi 3418: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3419:
1.190 horacio 3420: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3421: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3422:
1.247 jufi 3423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3424:
3425: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3426: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3427:
1.301 jose 3428:
1.191 jufi 3429: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3430: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3431:
3432: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3433: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3434:
1.212 horacio 3435: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3436: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3437: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3438:
1.211 horacio 3439: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3440: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3441: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3442:
1.247 jufi 3443: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3444: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3445:
1.247 jufi 3446: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3447: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3448:
1.212 horacio 3449: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3450: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3451: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3452:
3453: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3454: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3455:
3456: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3457: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3458:
1.301 jose 3459: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3460: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3461:
1.191 jufi 3462: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3463: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3464:
3465: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3466: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3467:
1.192 jufi 3468: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3469: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3470: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3471:
1.193 deraadt 3472: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3473: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3474: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3477: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3480: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3481: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3482:
1.213 horacio 3483: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3484: 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 3485: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3486:
1.190 horacio 3487: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3488: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3489: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3490: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3491: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3492: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3493: <p>
1.190 horacio 3494:
1.247 jufi 3495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3496: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3497: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3498: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3499: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3500:
1.195 jufi 3501: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3502: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3503: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3504: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3505: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3506: <p>
3507:
1.247 jufi 3508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3509: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3510: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3511: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3512: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3513:
1.191 jufi 3514: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3515: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3516: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3517: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3518: <p>
3519:
3520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3521: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3522: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3523: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3524:
3525: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3526: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3527: <p>
1.247 jufi 3528: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3529:
1.191 jufi 3530:
1.186 jufi 3531: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3532: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3535: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3536: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3537: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3538: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3539:
1.188 jufi 3540: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3541: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3542: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3543: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3544: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3545: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3546: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3547: <p>
3548:
1.301 jose 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3550: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3551: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3552: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3553:
3554: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3555: <p>
1.191 jufi 3556:
1.247 jufi 3557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3558: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3559: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3560: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3561: </strong></font><br>
3562:
3563: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3564: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3565: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3566: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3567: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3568: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3569: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3570: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3571: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3572: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3573: familiar?
3574: <p>
1.247 jufi 3575: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3576:
1.178 louis 3577: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3578: <ul>
1.178 louis 3579:
1.247 jufi 3580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3581: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3582: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3583: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3584: </strong></font><br>
3585:
3586: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3587: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3588: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3589: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3590: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3591: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3592: <p>
3593:
1.247 jufi 3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3595: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3596: Open source under the hood</a>,
3597: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3598: </strong></font><br>
3599:
3600: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3601: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3602: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3603: <p>
3604:
1.247 jufi 3605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3606: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3607: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3608: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3609: </strong></font><br>
3610:
3611: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3612: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3613: <p>
1.247 jufi 3614: </ul>
1.179 louis 3615:
1.174 louis 3616:
1.175 louis 3617: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3618: <ul>
1.175 louis 3619:
1.247 jufi 3620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3621: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3622: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3623: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3624: </strong></font><br>
3625:
3626: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3627: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3628: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3629: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3630: <p>
3631:
1.247 jufi 3632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3633: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3634: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3635: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3636: </strong></font><br>
3637:
3638: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3639: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3640: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3641: <p>
1.247 jufi 3642: </ul>
1.175 louis 3643:
1.176 louis 3644:
1.172 mickey 3645: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3646: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3647:
1.247 jufi 3648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3649: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3650: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3651: </strong></font><br>
3652:
3653: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3654: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3655: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3656: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3657: <p>
3658:
1.247 jufi 3659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3660: <a
1.269 deraadt 3661: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3662: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3663: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3664: </strong></font><br>
3665:
3666: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3667: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3668: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3669: <p>
3670:
1.247 jufi 3671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3672: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3673: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3674: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3675: </strong></font><br>
3676:
3677: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3678: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3679: <p>
3680:
1.247 jufi 3681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3682: <a
1.269 deraadt 3683: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3684: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3685: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3686: </strong></font><br>
3687:
3688: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3689: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3690: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3691: our own Theo de Raadt.
3692: <p>
3693:
1.247 jufi 3694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3695: <a
1.269 deraadt 3696: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3697: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3698: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3699: </strong></font><br>
3700:
3701: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3702: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3703: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3704: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3705: shut down.]
3706: <p>
3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3709: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3710: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3711: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3712: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3713: </strong></font><br>
3714:
3715: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3716: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3717: <p>
1.247 jufi 3718: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3719:
1.161 louis 3720: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3721: <ul>
1.161 louis 3722:
1.247 jufi 3723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3724: <a
1.269 deraadt 3725: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3726: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3727: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3728: </strong></font><br>
3729:
3730: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3731: by John Wolley
3732: <p>
3733:
1.247 jufi 3734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3735: <a
1.269 deraadt 3736: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3737: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3738: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3739: </strong></font><br>
3740:
3741: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3742: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3743: OpenBSD).
3744: <p>
3745:
1.247 jufi 3746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3747: <a
1.247 jufi 3748: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3749: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3750: </strong></font><br>
3751:
3752: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3753: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3754: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3755: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3756: and hindsight.
3757: <p>
3758:
1.247 jufi 3759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3760: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3761: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3762: </strong></font><br>
3763:
3764: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3765: <p>
3766:
1.247 jufi 3767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3768: <a
1.168 provos 3769: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3770: December 7, 2000
3771: </strong></font><br>
3772:
3773: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3774: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3775: us explain.
3776: <p>
3777:
1.247 jufi 3778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3779: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3780: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3781: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3782: December 6, 2000
3783: </strong></font><br>
3784:
3785: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3786: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3787: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3788: <p>
3789:
1.247 jufi 3790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3791: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3792: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3793: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3794: </strong></font><br>
3795:
3796: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3797: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3798: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3799: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3800: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3801: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3802: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3803: <p>
3804:
3805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3806: <a
1.226 horacio 3807: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3808: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3809: </strong></font><br>
3810:
3811: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3812: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3813: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3814: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3815: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3816: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3817: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3818: <p>
1.162 millert 3819:
1.247 jufi 3820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3821: <a
1.161 louis 3822: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3823: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3824: </strong></font><br>
3825:
3826: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3827: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3828: <p>
3829:
1.247 jufi 3830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3831: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3832: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3833: </strong></font><br>
3834:
3835: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3836: <p>
3837:
3838:
1.247 jufi 3839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3840: <a
1.226 horacio 3841: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3842: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3843: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3844: </strong></font><br>
3845:
3846: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3847: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3848: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3849: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3850: <p>
1.247 jufi 3851: </ul>
1.169 louis 3852:
1.158 louis 3853: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3854: <ul>
1.147 louis 3855:
1.247 jufi 3856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3857: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3858: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3859: </strong></font><br>
3860:
3861: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3862: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3863: <p>
3864:
1.247 jufi 3865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3866: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3867: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3868: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3869: </strong></font><br>
3870: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3871: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3872: <p>
3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3875: <a
3876: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3877: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3878: </strong></font><br>
3879:
3880: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3881: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3882: <p>
3883:
1.247 jufi 3884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3885: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3886: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3887: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3888:
1.213 horacio 3889: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3890: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3891: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3892: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3893: <p>
1.215 horacio 3894:
1.247 jufi 3895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3896: <a
3897: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3898: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3899: </strong></font><br>
3900:
3901: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3902: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3903: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3904: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3905: much of the attitude too).
3906: <p>
1.161 louis 3907:
1.247 jufi 3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3909: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3910: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3911: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3912:
1.157 louis 3913: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3914: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3915: <p>
1.247 jufi 3916: </ul>
1.157 louis 3917:
3918: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3919: <ul>
1.157 louis 3920:
1.247 jufi 3921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3922: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3923: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3924: </strong></font><br>
3925:
3926: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3927: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3928: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3929: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3930: <p>
3931:
1.247 jufi 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3933: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3934: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3935: </strong></font><br>
3936:
3937: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3938: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3939: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3940: it because they love coding...
3941: <p>
3942:
1.247 jufi 3943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3944: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3945: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3946: </strong></font><br>
3947:
3948: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3949: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3950: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3951: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3952: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3953: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3954: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3955: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3956: <p>
3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3959: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3960: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3961: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3962: </strong></font><br>
3963:
3964: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3965: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3966: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3967: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3968: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3969: the pizza.
3970: <p>
3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3973: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3974: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3975: </strong></font><br>
3976:
3977: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3978: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3979: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3980: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3981: problems.
3982: <p>
3983:
1.247 jufi 3984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3985: <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 3986: </strong></font><br>
3987:
1.222 miod 3988: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3989: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3990: - whether they like it or not.
3991: <p>
3992:
1.247 jufi 3993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3994: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3995: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3996: </strong></font><br>
3997:
3998: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3999: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4000: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4001: <p>
1.148 aaron 4002:
1.247 jufi 4003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4004: <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 4005: </strong></font><br>
4006:
4007: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4008: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4009: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4010: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4011: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4012: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4013: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4014: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4015: <p>
4016:
1.247 jufi 4017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4018: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4019: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4020: </strong></font><br>
4021:
4022: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4023: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4024: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4025: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4026: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4027: <p>
1.247 jufi 4028: </ul>
1.147 louis 4029:
1.138 louis 4030: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4031: <ul>
1.138 louis 4032:
1.247 jufi 4033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4034: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4035: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4036: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4037: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4038: </strong></font><br>
4039:
1.227 horacio 4040: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4041: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4042: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4043: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4044: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4045: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4046: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4047: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4048: <p>
4049:
1.247 jufi 4050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4051: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4052: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4053: </strong></font><br>
4054:
4055: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4056: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4057: groups, and even Linux.
4058: <p>
4059:
1.247 jufi 4060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4061: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4062: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4063: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4064: </strong></font><br>
4065:
4066: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4067: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4068: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4069: library after installing the OS.
4070: <p>
4071:
1.247 jufi 4072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4073: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4074: Sys Admin, September 2000
4075: </strong></font><br>
4076:
4077: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4078: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4079: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4080: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4081: (<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>,
4082: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4083: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4084: <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 4085: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4086: out of the system.
4087: <p>
4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4090: <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
4091: </strong></font><br>
4092:
4093: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4094: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4095: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4096: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4097: the IP filtering and address translation.
4098: <p>
1.301 jose 4099:
4100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4101: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4102: </strong></font><br>
4103:
4104: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4105: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4106: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4107: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4108: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4109: <p>
1.247 jufi 4110: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4111:
1.131 louis 4112: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4113: <ul>
1.131 louis 4114:
1.247 jufi 4115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4116: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4117: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4118: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4119: </strong></font><br>
4120:
4121: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4122: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4123: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4124: <p>
4125:
1.247 jufi 4126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4127: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4128: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4129: </strong></font><br>
4130:
4131: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4132: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4133: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4134: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4135: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4136: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4137: note of"</i>.
4138: <p>
4139:
1.247 jufi 4140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4141: <a
1.247 jufi 4142: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4143: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4144: </strong></font><br>
4145:
4146: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4147: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4148: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4149: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4150: <p>
4151:
1.247 jufi 4152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4153: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4154: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4155: </strong></font><br>
4156:
4157: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4158: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4159: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4160: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4161: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4162: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4163: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4164: <p>
4165:
1.247 jufi 4166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4167: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4168: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4169: 2000
4170: </strong></font><br>
4171:
4172: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4173: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4174: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4175: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4176: against current industry practices.
4177: <p>
4178:
1.247 jufi 4179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4180: <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
4181: </strong></font><br>
4182:
4183: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4184: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4185: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4186: <p>
4187:
1.247 jufi 4188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4189: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4190: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4191: </strong></font><br>
4192:
4193: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4194: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4195: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4196: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4197: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4198: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4199: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4200: <p>
4201:
1.247 jufi 4202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4203: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4204: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4205: </strong></font><br>
4206:
4207: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4208: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4209: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4210: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4211: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4212: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4213: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4214: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4215: <p>
1.247 jufi 4216: </ul>
1.131 louis 4217:
1.118 louis 4218: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4219: <ul>
1.118 louis 4220:
1.247 jufi 4221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4222: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4223: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4224: </strong></font><br>
4225:
4226: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4227: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4228: about time. The article mentions that
4229: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4230: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4231: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4232: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4233: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4234: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4235: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4236: <p>
4237:
1.247 jufi 4238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4239: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4240: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4241: </strong></font><br>
4242:
4243: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4244: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4245: of OpenSSH.
4246: <p>
4247:
1.247 jufi 4248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4249: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4250: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4251: </strong></font><br>
4252:
4253: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4254: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4255: bridging.
4256: <p>
4257:
1.247 jufi 4258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4259: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4260: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4261: </strong></font><br>
4262:
1.121 deraadt 4263: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4264: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4265: <p>
4266:
1.247 jufi 4267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4268: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4269: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4270: </strong></font><br>
4271:
4272: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4273: <p>
4274:
1.247 jufi 4275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4276: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4277: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4278: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4279: </strong></font><br>
4280:
1.120 deraadt 4281: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4282: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4283: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4284: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4285: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4286: <p>
4287:
1.247 jufi 4288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4289: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4290: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4291: </strong></font><br>
4292:
1.222 miod 4293: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4294: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4295: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4296: protocols and their quirks.
4297: <p>
4298:
1.247 jufi 4299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4300: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4301: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4302: </strong></font><br>
4303:
4304: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4305: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4306: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4307: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4308: <p>
4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4311: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4312: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4313: </strong></font><br>
4314:
4315: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4316: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4317: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4318: <p>
4319:
1.247 jufi 4320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4321: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4322: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4323: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4324: </strong></font><br>
4325:
4326: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4327: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4328: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4329: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4330: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4331: <p>
1.247 jufi 4332: </ul>
1.118 louis 4333:
1.104 louis 4334: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4335: <ul>
1.104 louis 4336:
1.247 jufi 4337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4338: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4339: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4340: </strong></font><br>
4341:
4342: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4343: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4344: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4345: be a bit dry.
4346: <p>
4347:
1.247 jufi 4348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4349: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4350: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4351: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4352: </strong></font><br>
4353: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4354: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4355: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4356: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4357: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4358: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4359: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4360: <p>
4361:
1.247 jufi 4362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4363: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4364: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4365: 2000
1.128 louis 4366: </strong></font><br>
4367:
4368: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4369: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4370: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4371: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4372: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4373: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4374: <p>
4375:
1.247 jufi 4376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4377: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4378: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4379: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4380:
4381: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4382: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4383: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4384: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4385: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4386: <p>
1.110 louis 4387:
1.247 jufi 4388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4389: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4390: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4391: </strong></font><br>
4392:
4393: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4394: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4395: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4396: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4397: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4398: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4399: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4400: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4401: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4402: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4403: <p>
4404:
1.247 jufi 4405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4406: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4407: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4408:
4409: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4410: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4411: <p>
1.108 louis 4412:
1.247 jufi 4413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4414: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4415: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4416: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4417:
4418: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4419: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4420: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4421: <p>
1.106 louis 4422:
1.247 jufi 4423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4424: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4425: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4426: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4427:
4428: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4429: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4430: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4431: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4432: <p>
1.107 louis 4433:
1.247 jufi 4434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4435: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4436: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4437: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4438:
4439: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4440: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4441: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4442: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4443: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4444: <p>
1.105 louis 4445:
1.247 jufi 4446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4447: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4448: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4449: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4450:
1.113 naddy 4451: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4452: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4453: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4454: <p>
1.104 louis 4455:
1.247 jufi 4456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4457: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4458: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4459: </strong></font><br>
4460:
4461: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4462: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4463: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4464: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4465: <p>
1.301 jose 4466:
4467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4468: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4469: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4470: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4471:
4472: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4473: hardware-supported cryptography.
4474: <p>
1.247 jufi 4475: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4476:
1.85 louis 4477: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4478: <ul>
1.85 louis 4479:
1.247 jufi 4480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4481: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4482: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4483: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4484:
4485: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4486: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4487: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4488: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4489: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4490: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4491: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4492: <p>
1.99 louis 4493:
1.247 jufi 4494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4495: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4496: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4497: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4498:
4499: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4500: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4501: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4502: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4503: <p>
1.100 louis 4504:
1.247 jufi 4505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4506: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4507: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4508: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4509:
4510: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4511: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4512: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4513: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4514: <p>
1.95 louis 4515:
1.247 jufi 4516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4517: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4518: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4519: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4520:
4521: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4522: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4523: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4524: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4525: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4526: <p>
1.92 louis 4527:
1.247 jufi 4528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4529: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4530: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4531: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4532:
4533: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4534: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4535: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4536: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4537: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4538: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4539: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4540: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4541: <p>
1.91 louis 4542:
1.247 jufi 4543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4544: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4545: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4546: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4547:
4548: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4549: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4550: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4551: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4552: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4553: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4554: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4555: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4556: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4557: <p>
1.90 louis 4558:
1.247 jufi 4559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4560: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4561: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4562: </strong></font><br>
4563: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4564: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4565: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4566: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4567: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4568: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4569: <p>
4570:
1.247 jufi 4571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4572: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4573: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4574: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4575:
1.113 naddy 4576: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4577: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4578: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4579: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4580: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4581: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4582: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4583: <p>
1.87 louis 4584:
1.247 jufi 4585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4586: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4587: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4588: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4589:
4590: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4591: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4592: <p>
1.85 louis 4593:
1.247 jufi 4594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4595: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4596: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4597: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4598:
4599: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4600: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4601: <p>
4602:
4603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4604: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4605: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4606: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4607:
4608: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4609: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4610: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4611: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4612: <p>
1.89 louis 4613:
1.247 jufi 4614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4615: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4616: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4617: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4618:
4619: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4620: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4621: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4622: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4623: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4624: </ul>
1.85 louis 4625:
1.78 deraadt 4626: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4627: <ul>
1.74 louis 4628:
1.247 jufi 4629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4630: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4631: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4632: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4633: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4634:
4635: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4636: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4637: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4638: <p>
1.83 louis 4639:
1.247 jufi 4640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4641: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4642: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4643: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4644:
4645: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4646: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4647: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4648: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4649: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4650: <p>
1.93 louis 4651:
1.247 jufi 4652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4653: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4654: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4655: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4656: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4657:
1.83 louis 4658: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4659: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4660: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4661: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4662: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4663: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4664: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4665: <p>
1.82 aaron 4666:
1.247 jufi 4667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4668: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4669: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4670: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4671:
1.83 louis 4672: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4673: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4674: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4675: <p>
1.80 louis 4676:
1.247 jufi 4677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4678: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4679: Bad Press</a>,
4680: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4681: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4682:
4683: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4684: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4685: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4686: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4687: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4688: <p>
1.247 jufi 4689: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4690:
4691: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4692: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4693:
1.247 jufi 4694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4695: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4696: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4697: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4698: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4699:
4700: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4701: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4702: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4703: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4704: <p>
1.74 louis 4705:
1.247 jufi 4706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4707: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4708: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4709: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4710:
1.219 horacio 4711: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4712: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4713: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4714: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4715: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4716: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4717: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4718: <p>
1.88 louis 4719:
1.247 jufi 4720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4721: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4722: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4723: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4724:
4725: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4726: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4727: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4728: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4729: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4730: <p>
1.81 louis 4731:
1.247 jufi 4732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4733: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4734: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4735: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4736:
4737: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4738: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4739: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4740: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4741: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4742: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4743: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4744: <p>
1.90 louis 4745:
1.247 jufi 4746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4747: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4748: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4749: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4750:
4751: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4752: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4753: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4754: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4755: <p>
1.247 jufi 4756: </ul>
1.71 louis 4757:
1.69 deraadt 4758: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4759: <ul>
1.70 louis 4760:
1.247 jufi 4761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4762: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4763: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4764: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4765:
4766: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4767: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4768: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4769: <p>
1.70 louis 4770:
1.247 jufi 4771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4772: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4773: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4774: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4775:
4776: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4777: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4778: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4779: <p>
1.68 louis 4780:
1.247 jufi 4781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4782: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4783: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4784: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4785: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4786:
1.111 jufi 4787: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4788: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4789: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4790: "secure by default" installation.
4791: <p>
1.64 louis 4792:
1.247 jufi 4793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4794: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4795: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4796: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4797:
1.113 naddy 4798: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4799: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4800: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4801: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4802: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4803: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4804: <p>
1.66 louis 4805:
1.247 jufi 4806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4807: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4808: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4809: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4810:
4811: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4812: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4813: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4814: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4815: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4816: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4817: <p>
1.83 louis 4818:
1.247 jufi 4819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4820: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4821: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4822: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4823:
4824: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4825: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4826: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4827: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4828: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4829: <p>
1.64 louis 4830:
1.247 jufi 4831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4832: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4833: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4834: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4835:
4836: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4837: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4838: <p>
1.301 jose 4839:
4840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4841: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4842: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4843: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4844: </strong></font><br>
4845:
4846: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4847: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4848: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4849: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4850: Giving way to
4851: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4852: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4853: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4854: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4855: <p>
1.247 jufi 4856: </ul>
1.65 louis 4857:
1.69 deraadt 4858: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4859: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4860:
1.247 jufi 4861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4862: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4863: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4864: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4865:
4866: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4867: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4868: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4869: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4870: <p>
1.88 louis 4871:
1.247 jufi 4872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4873: <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 4874: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4875:
4876: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4877: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4878: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4879: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4880: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4881: <p>
1.60 louis 4882:
1.247 jufi 4883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4884: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4885: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4886: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4887: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4888:
4889: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4890: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4891: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4892: <p>
1.58 louis 4893:
1.247 jufi 4894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4895: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4896: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4897:
4898: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4899: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4900: <p>
1.53 louis 4901:
1.247 jufi 4902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4903: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4904: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4905: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4906:
4907: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4908: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4909: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4910: <p>
1.99 louis 4911:
1.247 jufi 4912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4913: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4914: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4915:
4916: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4917: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4918: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4919: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4920: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4921:
1.247 jufi 4922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4923: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4924: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4925: </strong></font><br>
4926:
4927: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4928: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4929: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4930: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4931: <p>
4932:
1.247 jufi 4933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4934: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4935: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4936: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4937:
4938: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4939: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4940: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4941:
1.247 jufi 4942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4943: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4944: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4945:
4946: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4947: in
1.247 jufi 4948: <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 4949: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4950: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4951: <p>
1.53 louis 4952:
1.247 jufi 4953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4954: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4955: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4956: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4957: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4958:
1.58 louis 4959: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4960: <p>
1.301 jose 4961:
4962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4963: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4964: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4965: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4966: Informacyjny, January 2000
4967: </strong></font><br>
4968:
4969: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4970: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4971: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4972: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4973: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4974: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4975: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4976: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4977: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4978: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4979: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4980: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4981: <p>
4982:
4983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4984: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4985: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4986: </strong></font><br>
4987:
4988: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4989: <p>
4990: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4991:
1.69 deraadt 4992: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4993: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4994:
1.247 jufi 4995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4996: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4997: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4998: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4999: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5000:
1.58 louis 5001: Kurt Seifried
5002: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5003: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5004: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5005: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5006:
1.247 jufi 5007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5008: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5009: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5010: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5011:
5012: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5013: <p>
1.96 louis 5014:
1.247 jufi 5015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5016: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5017: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5018: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5019: </strong></font><br>
5020:
5021: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5022: <p>
5023:
5024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5025: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5026: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5027: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5028:
5029: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5030: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5031: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5032: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5033: <p>
1.247 jufi 5034: </ul>
1.86 louis 5035:
1.69 deraadt 5036: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5037: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5038:
1.247 jufi 5039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5040: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5041: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5042: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5043:
5044: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5045: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5046: <p>
1.61 louis 5047:
1.247 jufi 5048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5049: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5050: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5051: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5052: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5053:
5054: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5055: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5056: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5057: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5058: right -- or at least strives to".
5059: <p>
1.48 louis 5060:
1.247 jufi 5061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5062: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5063: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5064: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5065: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5066: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5067: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5068: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5069: <p>
1.61 louis 5070:
1.247 jufi 5071: <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 5072: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5073: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5074:
5075: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5076: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5077: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5078: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5079: <p>
1.46 louis 5080:
1.247 jufi 5081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5082: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5083: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5084: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5085:
5086: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5087: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5088: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5089:
1.247 jufi 5090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5091: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5092: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5093: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5094:
5095: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5096: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5097: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5098: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5099: <p>
1.247 jufi 5100: </ul>
1.70 louis 5101:
1.69 deraadt 5102: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5103: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5104:
1.247 jufi 5105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5106: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5107: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5108: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5109: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5110:
5111: Kurt Seifried
5112: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5113: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5114: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5115: <p>
1.44 philen 5116:
1.247 jufi 5117: <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 5118: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5119: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5120:
5121: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5122: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5123:
1.247 jufi 5124: <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 5125: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5126: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5127:
5128: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5129: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5130:
1.247 jufi 5131: <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 5132: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5133: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5134:
5135: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5136: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5137: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5138: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5139: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5140:
1.247 jufi 5141: <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 5142: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5143: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5144:
1.36 louis 5145: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5146: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5147:
1.247 jufi 5148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5149: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5150: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5151: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5152:
5153: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5154: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5155: </ul>
1.38 louis 5156:
1.69 deraadt 5157: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5158: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5159:
1.247 jufi 5160: <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 5161: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5162: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5163:
5164: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5165: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5166: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5167:
1.113 naddy 5168: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5169: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5170: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5171: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5172:
5173: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5174: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5175: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5176: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5177: <blockquote>
5178: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5179: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5180: <br>
5181: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5182: </code>
5183: </blockquote>
5184: <p>
5185:
1.247 jufi 5186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5187: <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 5188: <p>
5189:
5190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5191: <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 5192: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5193:
5194: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5195: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5196: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5197: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5198:
1.247 jufi 5199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5200: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5201: Sept. 28, 1999
5202: </strong></font><br>
5203:
5204: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5205: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5206: translating and reprinting articles from
5207: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5208: <p>
5209:
5210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5211: <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 5212: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5213:
5214: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5215: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5216: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5217: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5218: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5219: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5220: <p>
1.19 louis 5221:
1.113 naddy 5222: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5223: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5224: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5225:
5226: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5227: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5228: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5229: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5230: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5231: <p>
1.16 louis 5232:
1.247 jufi 5233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5234: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5235: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5236: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5237:
1.57 louis 5238: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5239: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5240: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5241: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5242:
1.247 jufi 5243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5244: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5245: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5246: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5247:
1.113 naddy 5248: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5249:
1.247 jufi 5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5251: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5252: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5253: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5254:
1.23 louis 5255: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5256: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5257: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5258: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5259: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5260: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5261:
1.247 jufi 5262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5263: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5264: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5265: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5266:
1.199 pvalchev 5267: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5268: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5269: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5270: installation.
1.113 naddy 5271: <p>
1.47 louis 5272:
1.247 jufi 5273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5274: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5275: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5276: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5277:
1.301 jose 5278: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5279: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5280: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5281: </ul>
1.57 louis 5282:
1.69 deraadt 5283: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5284: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5285:
1.247 jufi 5286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5287: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5288: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5289: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5290:
5291: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5292: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5293: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5294: <p>
1.12 louis 5295:
1.247 jufi 5296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5297: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5298: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5299: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5300:
5301: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5302: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5303: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5304: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5305: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5306: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5307: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5308: <p>
1.247 jufi 5309: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5310:
1.69 deraadt 5311: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5312: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5313:
1.247 jufi 5314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5315: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5316: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5317:
5318: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5319: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5320: available."
1.113 naddy 5321: <p>
1.301 jose 5322:
5323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5324: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5325: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5326: </strong></font><br>
5327:
5328: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5329: <p>
1.247 jufi 5330: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5331:
1.69 deraadt 5332: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5333: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5334:
1.247 jufi 5335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5336: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5337: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5338:
5339: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5340: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5341: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5342: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5343: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5344: <p>
1.33 louis 5345:
1.247 jufi 5346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5347: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5348: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5349: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5350:
1.113 naddy 5351: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5352: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5353: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5354: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5355: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5356: <p>
1.247 jufi 5357: </ul>
1.57 louis 5358:
1.69 deraadt 5359: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5360: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5361:
1.247 jufi 5362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5363: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5364: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5365: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5366:
5367: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5368: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5369: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5370:
1.247 jufi 5371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5372: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5373: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5374: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5375: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5376:
5377: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5378: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5379:
1.247 jufi 5380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5381: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5382:
1.113 naddy 5383: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5384:
1.247 jufi 5385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5386: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5387: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5388: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5389:
5390: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5391: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5392: </ul>
1.23 louis 5393:
1.69 deraadt 5394: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5395: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5396:
1.247 jufi 5397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5398: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5399: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5400:
5401: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5402: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5403: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5404:
1.247 jufi 5405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5406: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5407: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5408: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5409:
5410: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5411: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5412: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5413: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5414: </ul>
1.57 louis 5415:
1.69 deraadt 5416: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5417: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5418:
1.247 jufi 5419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5420: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5421: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5422: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5423:
5424: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5425: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5426: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5427: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5428: <p>
1.15 louis 5429:
1.247 jufi 5430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5431: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5432: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5433: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5434:
5435: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5436: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5437: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5438: columns."
1.113 naddy 5439: <p>
1.247 jufi 5440: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5441:
1.69 deraadt 5442: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5443: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5444:
1.247 jufi 5445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5446: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5447: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5448: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5449:
5450: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5451: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5452:
1.113 naddy 5453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5454: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5455: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5456:
5457: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5458: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5459: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5460: </ul>
1.57 louis 5461:
1.69 deraadt 5462: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5463: <ul>
1.301 jose 5464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5465: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5466: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5467: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5468:
5469: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5470: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5471: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5472: <p>
5473:
5474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5475: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5476: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5477: Nov 13, 1998 and
5478: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5479: Datateknik</a>,
5480: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5481:
1.380 saad 5482: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5483: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5484: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5485: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5486: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5487:
1.113 naddy 5488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5489: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5490: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5491: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5492:
1.222 miod 5493: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5494: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5495: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5496: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5497: <p>
1.247 jufi 5498: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5499:
1.69 deraadt 5500: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5501: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5502:
1.247 jufi 5503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5504: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5505: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5506:
1.69 deraadt 5507: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5508: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5509: <p>
1.247 jufi 5510: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5511:
1.69 deraadt 5512: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5513: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5514:
1.247 jufi 5515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5516: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5517: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5518: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5519:
1.383 jcs 5520: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5521: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5522: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5523:
1.247 jufi 5524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5525: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5526: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5527: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5528: <p>
1.247 jufi 5529: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5530:
1.69 deraadt 5531: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5532: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5533:
1.247 jufi 5534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5535: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5536: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5537: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5538: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5539: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5540:
5541: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5542: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5543: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5544: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5545: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5546: <p>
1.247 jufi 5547: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5548:
5549: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5550: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5551:
1.247 jufi 5552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5553: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5554: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5555:
1.69 deraadt 5556: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5557: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5558: <p>
1.112 naddy 5559:
1.247 jufi 5560: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5561: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5562:
1.292 camield 5563: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5564: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5565: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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