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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.525 ian 19: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ! ian 22: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 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:
1.526 ian 32: </ul>
1.525 ian 33:
1.514 ian 34: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
35: <ul>
1.524 ian 36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
37: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
38: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
41: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
42: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
43: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
44: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
45: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
46: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
47: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
48: to make them useful.
49: <p>
1.518 ian 50:
51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 52: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 53: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
54: and
55: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 56: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 57: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 58: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 59: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 60: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
61: their plans for the week.
62: <p>
63:
64: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 65: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
66: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
67: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
68: </strong></font><br>
69: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
70: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 74: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
75: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
76: </strong></font><br>
77: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
78: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
79: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
80: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 81: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 82: (introduced with 3.9).
83: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
84: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 88: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
89: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
90: </strong></font><br>
91: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
92: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
93: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
94: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
95: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
96: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
97: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
98: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
99: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
100: <p>
101:
102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
103: [GERMAN]
104: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
105: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
106: </strong></font><br>
107: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
108: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
109: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
110: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
111: is connected to OpenBSD.
112: <p>
113:
1.514 ian 114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
115: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
116: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
117: </strong></font><br>
118: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
119: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
120: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 121: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 122: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 123: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 124: running this project) is so important to Theo,
125: and even why he does mountain biking!
126: <p>
127:
128: </ul>
129:
1.503 ian 130: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
131: <ul>
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 133: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
134: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
135: </strong></font><br>
136: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
137: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
138: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 139: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 140: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
141: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
142: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
143: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
144: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
145: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 146: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 147: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
148: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
149: <p>
150:
151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 152: [GERMAN]
153: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
154: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
155: </strong></font><br>
156: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
157: are and why they are bad.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 161: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
162: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
163: </strong></font><br>
164: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
165: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
166: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
167: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
168: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
169: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
170: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
171: pages."
172: <p>
173:
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 175: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
176: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
177: </strong></font><br>
178: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
179: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
180: and continues:
181: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
182: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
183: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
184: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
185: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
186: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
187: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
188: and more. Final thought:
189: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
190: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
191: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
192: true for business environments."
193: <p>
194:
195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 196: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 197: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 198: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 199: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
200: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
201: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 202: for funding.
1.509 djm 203: <p>
204:
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 206: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
207: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
208: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
209: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
210: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
211: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
212: <p>
213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 215: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
216: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
217: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
218: </strong></font><br>
219: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 220: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 221: is punctuated with examples.
222: Tunneling features are described, as well as
223: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
224: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
225: and
226: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
227: <p>
228:
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 230: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
231: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
232: </strong></font><br>
233: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
234: further OpenSSH development.
235: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
236: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
237: project's funding needs for all time.
238: <p>
1.504 bernd 239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
240: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
241: April 3, 2006
242: </strong></font><br>
243: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
244: this could compromise future hackathons.
245: <p>
1.503 ian 246:
247: </ul>
248:
1.487 ian 249: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
250: <ul>
1.495 ian 251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 252: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 253: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 254: </strong></font><br>
255: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
256: on topics including "Puffy",
257: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
258: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
259: what's new in 3.9,
260: and of course project expenses.
261: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
262: <!--
263: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
264: -->
265: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 269: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
270: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
271: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 272: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
273: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 274: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
275: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
276: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
277: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
278: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
279: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
280: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
281: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
282: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
283: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
284: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
285: but Matzan does - is that
286: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
287: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
288: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
289: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
290: <br/>
291: <p>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
294: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
295: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
296: </strong></font><br>
297: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
298: "blob" drivers, and more.
299: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
300: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
301: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
302: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
303: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
304: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
305: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
306: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
307: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
308: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
309: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
310: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
311: <p>
312:
313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 314: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
315: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
316: </strong></font><br>
317: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
318: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
319: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
320: in general temperature and environmental issues.
321: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
322: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
323: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
324: other major operating systems." ...
325: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
326: machines running in
327: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
328: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
332: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
333: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
334: </strong></font><br>
335: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
336: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
337: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
338: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
339: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
340: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
341: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
342: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
343: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
344: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
345: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
346: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
347: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
348: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
349: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
350: <p>
351:
1.487 ian 352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 353: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
354: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
355: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 356: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 357: financial situation.
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 361: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
362: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
363: </strong></font><br>
364: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
365: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
366: produce our favorite operating system.
367: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
368: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
369: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
370: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
371: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 372: <br/>
373: Also online at
374: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
375: <p>
376:
377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
378: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
379: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
380: </strong></font><br>
381: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
382: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
383: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
384: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
385: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
386: sustain indefinitely."
387: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
388: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
389: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
390: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
391: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 392: <p>
393:
394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 395: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
396: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
397: </strong></font><br>
398: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
399: with a reminder that
400: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
401: used nowadays almost everywhere."
402: Ends with this quote from Marco:
403: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
404: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
405: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
406: <p>
407:
408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 409: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 410: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
411: </strong></font><br>
412: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
413: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
414: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
415: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
416: a few of them each year.
417: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
418: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
419: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
420: to the OpenBSD project.
421: It's time for them to do so.
422: <p>
423:
424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 425: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
426: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
427: </strong></font><br>
428: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
429: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
430: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
431: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
432: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
433: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
434: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 438: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
439: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 440: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
441: <!-- North America mirror:
442: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 443: -->
1.490 deraadt 444: European mirror:
445: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
446: <br>
447: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 448: <p>
449:
450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 451: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
452: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 453: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 454: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
455: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
456: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
457: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
458: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
459: designed to provide reliability and security.
460: <p>
461:
462: </ul>
463:
1.485 ian 464: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
465: <ul>
466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 467: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
468: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
469: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 470: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 471: installations in about four minutes flat".
472: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
473: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 474: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 475: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
476: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
477: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
478: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
479: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
480: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
481: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
482: the steps in the article.
483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 486: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
487: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
488: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
489: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
490: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
491: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
492: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
493: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
494: happening in real life.
495: <p>
496:
497: </ul>
498:
1.492 ian 499: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
500: <ul>
501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
502: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
503: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
504: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
505: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
506: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
507: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 508: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 509: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
510: </ul>
511:
1.483 ian 512: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
513: <ul>
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 515: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
516: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
517: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
518: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
519: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
520: <p>
521:
522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 523: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 524: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
525: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
526: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
527: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
528: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
529: to sites with more information on most topics.
530: <p>
531:
532: </ul>
533:
534:
1.479 grunk 535: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
536: <ul>
537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 538: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 539: Goes to Venice</a>,
540: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 541: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 542: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
543: <br/>
544: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
545: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
546: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 547: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 548: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
549: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
550: Contains a link to
551: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
552: pval's summary slides</a>.
553: <p>
554:
555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 556: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
557: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
558: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
559: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
560: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
561: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
562: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
563: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 564: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 565: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
566: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
567: the packages and ports system"</i>.
568: <p>
569:
570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
571: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
572: Return of The BSDs</a>,
573: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
574: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
575: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
576: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
577: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
578: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
579: quotes from Bob Beck.
580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 583: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
584: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
585: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 586: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
587: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 588: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
589: and Linux.<br>
590: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
591: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
592: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
593: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
594: of the release
595: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
596: <p>
597: </ul>
598:
1.476 ian 599: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
600: <ul>
601:
602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
603: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
604: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
605: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
606: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
607: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
608: and too unreliable.
609: This quote will rattle some cages:
610: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
611: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
612: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
613: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
614: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
615: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
616: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
617: costs without any commercial lock-in."
618: <p>
619:
1.477 saad 620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
621: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
622: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
623: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
624: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
625: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
626: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
627: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
628: discussion about future plans.
629: <p>
630:
1.478 grunk 631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
632: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
633: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
634: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
635: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
636: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
637: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
638: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
639: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
640: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
641: <p>
642:
1.476 ian 643: </ul>
644:
1.470 saad 645: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
646: <ul>
647:
648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 649: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
650: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
651: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
652: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
653: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
654: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
655: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
656: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
657: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
658: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
659: <p>
660:
661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 662: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
663: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
664: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
665: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
666: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
667: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
668: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
669: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
670: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
671: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
672: <p>
673:
674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 675: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
676: Big debate over small packets</a>,
677: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
678: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
679: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
680: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
681: draft.
682: <p>
683:
684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 685: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
686: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
687: ordinateur ?"</a>,
688: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
689: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
690: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
691: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
692: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
693: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
694: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 698: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
699: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
700: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
701: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
702: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
703: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
704: performance data with pfstat.
705: <p>
706:
707: </ul>
708:
1.461 grunk 709: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
710: <ul>
711:
712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 713: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
714: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 715: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 716: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
717: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
718: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 719: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 720: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 721: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
722: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
723: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 724: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
725: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 726: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 727: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
728: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 729: <p>
730:
731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 732: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
733: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 734: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 735: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
736: poor security:
1.467 grunk 737: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 738: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 739: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 740: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
741: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
742: <p>
743:
744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 745: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
746: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 747: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 748: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
749: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 750: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
751: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
752: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
753: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
754: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
755: commercial vendors.
756: <p>
757:
758: </ul>
759:
1.454 ian 760: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
761: <ul>
1.468 grunk 762:
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
764: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
765: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
766: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
767: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
768: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
769: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 770: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 771: <br>
772: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
773: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
774: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
775: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
776: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 777: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 778: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
779: <p>
780:
1.454 ian 781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 782: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
783: Free Bird</a>,
784: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
785: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
786: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
787: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
788: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
789: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
790: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
791: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
792: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
793: room will only be available in the print edition.
794: <p>
1.459 deraadt 795:
1.458 niallo 796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 797: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
798: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
799: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
800: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
801: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
802: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
803: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
804: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
805: <p>
1.457 deraadt 806:
1.456 niallo 807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 808: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 809: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
810: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
811: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
812: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
813: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
814: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 815: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 816: interview.</a>
817: <p>
818:
819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 820: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
821: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
822: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
823: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
824: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
825: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
826: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
827: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
828: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
829: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
830: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
831: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
832: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
833: "I have never used it."
834: <p>
835:
836: </ul>
837:
1.441 deraadt 838: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
839: <ul>
840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 841: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
842: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
843: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
844: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
845: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
846: future enhancements.
847: <p>
848:
849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 850: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 851: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
852: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
853: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
854: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
855: North America mirror:
856: <ul>
1.452 marco 857: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 858: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
859: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 860: </ul>
861: European mirror:
862: <ul>
1.452 marco 863: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 864: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
865: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
866: </ul>
867: <p>
868:
869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 870: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
871: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
872: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
873: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
874: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
875: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
876: <p>
877:
878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 879: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
880: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
881: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
882: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
883: first-hand account.
884: <p>
885:
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 887: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
888: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
889: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
890: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
891: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
892: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
893: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
894: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
895: <p>
896:
897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 898: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
899: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
900: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
901: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
902: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
903: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
904: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
905: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
906: <p>
907:
908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 909: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 910: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 911: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
912: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
913: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
914: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
915: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
916: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
917: <p>
918:
919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
920: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 921: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 922: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
923: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
924: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
925: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
926: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
927: <p>
928:
929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 930: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
931: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
932: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 933: </strong></font><br>
934: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
935: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
936: with OpenBSD.
937: </ul>
938:
1.436 henning 939: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
940: <ul>
941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 942: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
943: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
944: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
945: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
946: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
947: than closed source, as we have long contended.
948: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
949: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
950: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
951: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
952: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
953: <p>
954: This article can also be found online as
955: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
956: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
957: <p>
958:
959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 960: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
961: </strong></font><br>
962: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
963: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
964: <p>
965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 967: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
968: </strong></font><br>
969: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
970: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 971: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 972: the issues we had with IETF.
973: </ul>
974:
1.431 ian 975: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
976: <ul>
977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 978: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
979: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
980: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
981: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
982: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
983: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
984: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
985: <p>
986:
987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 988: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
989: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
990: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
991: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
992: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
993: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 994: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 995: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
996: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
997: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
998: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
999: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1000: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1001: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1002: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1003:
1004: </ul>
1005:
1.427 matthieu 1006: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1007: <ul>
1008:
1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1010: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1011: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1012: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1013: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1014: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1015: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1016: firmware.
1.434 ian 1017: Similar articles can be found online at:
1018: <ul>
1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1020: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1021: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1022: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1024: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1025: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1026: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1028: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1029: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1030: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1032: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1033: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1034: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1035: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1036: </ul>
1037:
1.426 ian 1038: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1039: <ul>
1040:
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1042: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1043: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1044: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1045: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1046: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1047: mechanism: what it is and why and
1048: how to use it, with examples.
1049: Another excerpt from the book
1050: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1051: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1052: <p>
1053:
1054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1055: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1056: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1057: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1058: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1059: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1060: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1061: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1062: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1063: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1064: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1065: This article is a sample chapter from
1066: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1067: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1068: <p>
1.443 ian 1069:
1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1071: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1072: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1073: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1074: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1075: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1076: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1077: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1078: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1079: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1080: ends with a sidebar on security.
1081: <p>
1.426 ian 1082: </ul>
1083:
1.424 ian 1084: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1085: <ul>
1086:
1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1088: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1089: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1090: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1091: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1092: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1093: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1094: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1095: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1096: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1097: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1098: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1099: <p>
1100: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1101: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1102: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1103: <p>
1104:
1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1106: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1107: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1108: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1109: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1110: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1111: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1112: operating systems.
1113: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1114: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1115: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1116: systems, he writes:
1117: <blockquote>
1118: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1119: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1120: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1121: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1122: to the operating system...
1123: <br/>
1124: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1125: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1126: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1127: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1128: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1129: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1130: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1131: in a closed source operating system).
1132: <br/>
1133: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1134: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1135: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1136: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1137: </blockquote>
1138: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1139: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1140: their hardware and software operates.
1141: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1142: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1144: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1145: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1146: <p>
1147: </ul>
1148:
1.417 pvalchev 1149: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1150: <ul>
1.421 ian 1151:
1.417 pvalchev 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1153: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1154: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1155: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1156: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1157: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1158: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1159: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1160: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1161: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1162: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1163: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1164: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1165: <p>
1166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1167: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1168: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1169: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1170: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1171: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1172: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1173: it claims to do".
1174: <p>
1175:
1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1177: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1178: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1179: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1180: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1181: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1182: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1183: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1184: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1185: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1186: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1187: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1188: (yes, this is a hint).
1189: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1190: picked up on the
1191: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1192: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1193: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1194: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1195: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1196: <p>
1197:
1198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1199: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1200: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1201: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1202: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1203: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1204: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1205: the current efforts.
1206: <p>
1207: </ul>
1208:
1.407 henning 1209: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1210: <ul>
1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1212: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1213: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1214: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1215: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1216: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1217: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1218: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1219: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1220: <p>
1221:
1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1223: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1224: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1225: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1226: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1227: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1228: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1229: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1230: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1231: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1232: <p>
1.415 ian 1233:
1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1235: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1236: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1237: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1238: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1239: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1240: overflow attacks... because
1241: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1242: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1243: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1244: and propolice.
1245: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1246: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1247: and that's when the science falls apart."
1248: <p>
1249:
1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1251: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1252: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1253: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1254: Starts with the question:
1255: <blockquote>
1256: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1257: <br/>
1258: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1259: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1260: <br/>
1261: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1262: Should we believe them?"
1263: </blockquote>
1264: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1265: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1266: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1267: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1268: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1269: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1270: <p>
1271:
1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1273: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1274: Simple Simon</a>,
1275: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1276: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1277: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1278: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1279: routing/firewall, and more.
1280: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1281: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1282: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1283: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1284: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1285: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1286: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1287: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1288: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1289: </blockquote>
1290: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1291: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1292: <p>
1293:
1294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1295: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1296: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1297: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1298: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1299: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1300: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1301: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1302: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1303: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1304: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1305: in spite of it
1306: (registration required, but worth it).
1307: <p>
1308:
1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1310: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1311: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1312: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1313: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1314: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1315: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1316: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1317: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1318: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1319: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1320: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1321: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1322: <p>
1323:
1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1325: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1326: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1327: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1328: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1329: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1330: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1331: <blockquote>
1332: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1333: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1334: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1335: a lot of analysis.
1336: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1337: </blockquote>
1338: <p>
1339: </ul>
1340:
1.400 marco 1341: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1342: <ul>
1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1344: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1345: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1346: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1347: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1348: UNIX-like systems.
1349: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1350: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1351: <p>
1352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1353: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1354: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1355: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1356: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1357: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1358: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1359: At one point, the article states:
1360: <blockquote>
1361: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1362: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1363: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1364: </blockquote>
1365: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1366: <blockquote>
1367: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1368: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1369: </blockquote>
1370: <p>
1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1372: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1373: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1374: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1375: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1376: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1377: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1378: required).
1379: <p>
1380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1381: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1382: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1383: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1384: </strong></font><br>
1385: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1386: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1387: <p>
1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1389: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1390: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1391: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1392: </strong></font><br>
1393: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1394: <p>
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1396: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1397: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1398: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1399: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1400: 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 1401: <p>
1402: </ul>
1403:
1.396 henning 1404: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1405: <ul>
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1407: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1408: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1409: Unix Review, July, 2004
1410: </strong></font><br>
1411: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1412: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1413: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1414: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1415: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1416: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1417: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1418: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1419: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1420: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1421: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1422: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1423: and even spelling/wording errors.
1424: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1425: <p>
1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1427: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1428: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1429: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1430: </strong></font><br>
1431: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1432: <p>
1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1434: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1435: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1436: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1437: </strong></font><br>
1438: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1439: <p>
1440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1441: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1442: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1443: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1444: </strong></font><br>
1445: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1446: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1447: <p>
1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1449: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1450: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1451: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1452: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1453: <p>
1454: </ul>
1455:
1.405 jolan 1456: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1457: <ul>
1458: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1459: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1460: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1461: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1462: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1463: details on how funds are dispersed.
1464: <p>
1465: </ul>
1466:
1.393 david 1467: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1468: <ul>
1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1470: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1471: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1472: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1473: </strong></font><br>
1474: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1475: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1476: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1477: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1478: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1479: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1480: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1481: <p>
1482:
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1484: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1485: Secure by Default</a>,
1486: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1487: </strong></font><br>
1488: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1489: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1490: <p>
1491:
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1493: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1494: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1495: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1496: </strong></font><br>
1497: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1498: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1499: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1500: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1501: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1502: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1503: <p>
1504:
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1506: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1507: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1508: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1509: </strong></font><br>
1510: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1511: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1512: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1513: <p>
1514:
1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1516: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1517: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1518: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1519: </strong></font><br>
1520: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1521: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1522: <p>
1523: </ul>
1524:
1.388 mcbride 1525: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1526: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1527:
1528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1529: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1530: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1531: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1532: </strong></font><br>
1533: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1534: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1535: available for sparc64.
1536: <p>
1537:
1.390 beck 1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1539: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1540: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1541: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1542: </strong></font><br>
1543: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1544: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1545: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1546: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1547: <p>
1548:
1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1550: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1551: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1552: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1553: </strong></font><br>
1554: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1555: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1556: it does: CARP provides sharing
1557: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1558: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1559: detail to get you started using it.
1560: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1561: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1562: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1563: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1564: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1565: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1566: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1567: <p>
1.391 ian 1568:
1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1570: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1571: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1572: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1573: </strong></font><br>
1574: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1575: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1576: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1577: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1578:
1579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1580: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1581: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1582: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1583: </strong></font><br>
1584: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1585: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1586: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1587: unencumbered by patents.
1588: <p>
1589: </ul>
1590:
1.378 henning 1591: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1592: <ul>
1.384 jose 1593:
1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1595: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1596: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1597: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1598: </strong></font><br>
1599: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1600: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1601: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1602: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1603: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1604: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1605: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1606: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1607: in the page tables."
1608: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1609: <p>
1610:
1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1612: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1613: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1614: </strong></font><br>
1615: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1616: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1617: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1618: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1619: <p>
1.384 jose 1620:
1.378 henning 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1622: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1623: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1624: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1625: </strong></font><br>
1626: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1627: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1628: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1629: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1630: (quote:
1631: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1632: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1633: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1634: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1635: the other developers for their work on the system.
1636: <p>
1637:
1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1639: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1640: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1641: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1642: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1643: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1644: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1645: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1646: too.
1647: <p>
1648:
1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1650: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1651: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1652: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1653: OpenBSD source code using
1654: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1655: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1656: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1657: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1658: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1659: <p>
1660: </ul>
1661:
1.374 jose 1662: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1663: <ul>
1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1665: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1666: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1667: </strong></font><br>
1668: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1669: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1670: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1671: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1672: it."
1673: <p>
1674:
1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1676: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1677: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1678: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1679: </strong></font><br/>
1680: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1681: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1682: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1683: <p>
1684: </ul>
1685:
1.369 ian 1686: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1687: <ul>
1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1689: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1690: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1691: </strong></font><br/>
1692: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1693: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1694: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1695: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1696: <p>
1697:
1698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1699: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1700: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1701: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1702: </strong></font><br/>
1703: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1704: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1705: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1706: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1707: form factor.
1708: <p>
1709:
1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1711: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1712: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1713: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1714: Features</a>,
1715: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1716: </strong></font><br/>
1717: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1718: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1719: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1720: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1721: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1722: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1723: <p>
1724: This article can also be found online at:
1725: <ul>
1726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1727: <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 1728: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1729: </strong></font>
1730: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1731: </ul>
1732: <p>
1.392 david 1733:
1.371 jose 1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1735: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1736: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1737: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1738: </strong></font><br/>
1739: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1740: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1741: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1742: <p>
1.371 jose 1743:
1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1745: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1746: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1747: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1748: </strong></font><br/>
1749: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1750: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1751: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1752: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1753: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1754: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1755: and its history with OpenBSD.
1756: </ul>
1757:
1.368 henning 1758: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1759: <ul>
1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1761: [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 1762: </strong></font><br>
1763: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1764: </ul>
1765:
1.364 jose 1766: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1767: <ul>
1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1769: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1770: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1771: UNIX Review,
1772: July, 2003.
1773: </strong></font><br>
1774: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1775: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1776: who want more information.
1777: <p>
1778:
1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1780: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1781: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1782: Government Computer News,
1783: July 22, 2003.
1784: </strong></font><br>
1785: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1786: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1787: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1788: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1789: <p>
1790:
1791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1792: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1793: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1794: SANS Institute,
1795: July 22, 2003.
1796: </strong></font><br>
1797: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1798: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1799: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1800: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1801: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1802: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1803: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1804: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1805: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1806: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1807: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1808: <p>
1809:
1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1811: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1812: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1813: OnLamp.com,
1814: July 17, 2003.
1815: </strong></font><br>
1816: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1817: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1818: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1819: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1820: have been working on.
1821:
1822: </ul>
1823:
1.356 jose 1824: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1825: <ul>
1826:
1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1828: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1829: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1830: UNIX Review,
1831: June, 2003.
1832: </strong></font><br>
1833: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1834: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1835: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1836: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1837: <p>
1838:
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1840: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1841: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1842: eWeek,
1843: June 23, 2003.
1844: </strong></font><br>
1845: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1846: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1847: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1848: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1849: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1850: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1851: <p>
1852:
1853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1854: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1855: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1856: Software Development Online,
1857: June, 2003.
1858: </strong></font><br>
1859: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1860: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1861: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1862: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1863: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1864: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1865: current activities.
1866: <p>
1867:
1868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1869: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1870: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1871: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1872: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1873: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1874: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1875: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1876: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1877: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1878: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1879: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1880: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1881: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1882: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1883: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1884: decisions.
1885: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1886: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1887: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1888: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1889: <p>
1890:
1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1892: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1893: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1894: Page 58, eWeek,
1895: June 2, 2003.
1896: </strong></font><br>
1897: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1898: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1899: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1900: been addressed in -current.
1901: <p>
1902:
1.356 jose 1903: </ul>
1904:
1905: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1906: <ul>
1907:
1.355 jose 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1909: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1910: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1911: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1912: </strong></font><br>
1913: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1914: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1915: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1916: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1917: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1918: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1919: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1920: <p>
1921:
1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1923: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1924: Beyond Linux</a>,
1925: InfoWorld,
1926: May 23, 2003.
1927: </strong></font><br>
1928: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1929: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1930: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1931: compared to the GPL.
1932: <p>
1933:
1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1935: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1936: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1937: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1938: May 17, 2003.
1939: </strong></font><br>
1940: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1941: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1942: the business section and half of another page inside
1943: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1944: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1945: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1946: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1947: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1948: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1949: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1950: <br>
1951: This article can also be found online at:
1952: <ul>
1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1954: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1955: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1956: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1957: May 17, 2003
1958: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1959: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1961: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1962: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1963: Montreal Gazette,
1964: May 21, 2003
1965: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1966: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1967: <p>
1.346 ian 1968:
1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1970: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1971: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1972: May 7, 2003.
1973: </strong></font><br>
1974: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1975: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1976: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1977: <p>
1978:
1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1980: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1981: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1982: OsOpinion,
1983: May 6, 2003.
1984: </strong></font><br>
1985: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1986: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1987: <br>
1988: This article can also be found online at:
1989: <ul>
1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1991: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1992: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1993: NewsFactor Network.
1994: </strong></font>
1995: </ul>
1996: <p>
1997:
1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1999: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2000: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2001: ITBusiness,
2002: May 2, 2003.
2003: </strong></font><br>
2004: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2005: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2006: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2007: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2008: <p>
2009:
2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2011: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2012: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2013: InfoWorld,
2014: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2015: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2016: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2017: <br>
2018: This article can also be found online at:
2019: <ul>
2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2021: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2022: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2023: IDG Singapore.
2024: </strong></font>
2025: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2026: <p>
2027:
1.339 jose 2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2029: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2030: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2031: ZDNet,
2032: May 1, 2003.
2033: </strong></font><br>
2034: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2035: someone using parts from previous articles.
2036: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2037: This article can also be found online at:
2038: <ul>
2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2040: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2041: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2042: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2043: </strong></font>
2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2045: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2046: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2047: CNET News.com.
2048: </strong></font>
2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2050: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2051: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2052: ZDNet UK.
2053: </strong></font>
2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2055: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2056: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2057: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2058: </strong></font>
2059: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2060: <p>
1.339 jose 2061:
1.341 deraadt 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2063: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2064: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2065: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2066: May 1, 2003.
2067: </strong></font><br>
2068: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2069: that have been added
2070: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2071: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2072: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2073: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2074: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2075: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2076: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2077: <p>
2078:
2079: </ul>
2080:
1.253 ian 2081: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2082: <ul>
1.255 ian 2083:
1.260 ian 2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2085: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2086: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2087: TechRepublic,
2088: April 28, 2003.
2089: </strong></font><br>
2090: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2091: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2092: work.<br>
2093: Can also be found online at:
2094: <ul>
2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2096: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2097: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2098: ZDNet UK.
2099: </strong></font>
2100: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2101: <p>
2102:
2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2104: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2105: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2106: IDG,
2107: April 24, 2003.
2108: </strong></font><br>
2109: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2110: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2111: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2112: Can also be found online at:
2113: <ul>
2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2115: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2116: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2117: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2118: </strong></font>
2119: </ul>
2120: <p>
2121:
2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2123: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2124: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2125: Slate,
2126: April 24, 2003.
2127: </strong></font><br>
2128: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2129: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2130: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2131: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2132: <p>
2133:
2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2135: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2136: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2137: April 24, 2003.
2138: </strong></font><br>
2139: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2140: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2141: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2142: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2143: <p>
2144:
2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2146: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2147: April 24, 2003.
2148: </strong></font><br>
2149: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2150: the free software community".
2151: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2152: other articles.
2153: <p>
2154:
2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2156: <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 2157: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2158: </strong></font><br>
2159: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2160: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2161: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2162: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2163: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2164: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2165: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2166: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2167: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2168: <br/>
2169: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2170: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2171: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2172: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2173: <br>
2174: Can also be found online at:
2175: <ul>
2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2177: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2178: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2179: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2180: </strong></font>
2181: </ul>
1.324 ian 2182: <p>
2183:
2184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2185: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2186: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2187: </strong></font><br>
2188: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2189: article above.
2190: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2191: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2192: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2193: <br>
2194: Can also be found online at:
2195: <ul>
2196: <li>
2197: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2198: </strong></font>
2199: </ul>
1.324 ian 2200: <p>
2201:
2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2203: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2204: </strong></font><br>
2205: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2206: <p>
2207:
2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2209: <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.
2210: </strong></font><br>
2211: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2212: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2213: <p>
2214:
2215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2216: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2217: April 23, 2003.
2218: </strong></font><br>
2219: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2220: <p>
2221:
2222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2223: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2224: April 22, 2003.
2225: </strong></font><br>
2226: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2227: <p>
2228:
2229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2230: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2231: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2232: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2233: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2234: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2235: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2236: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2237: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2238: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2239: Can also be found online at:
2240: <ul>
2241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2242: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2243: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2244: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2245: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2247: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2248: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2249: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2250: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2251: </ul>
2252: <p>
2253:
2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2255: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2256: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2257: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2258: </strong></font><br>
2259: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2260: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2261: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2262: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2263: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2264: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2265: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2266: <p>
2267:
2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2269: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2270: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2271: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2272: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2273: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2274: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2275: at UPenn and DARPA.
2276: <p>
2277:
2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2279: [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,
2280: France
1.315 deraadt 2281: April 18, 2003.
2282: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2283: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2284: <p>
2285:
2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2287: [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 2288: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2289: </strong></font><br>
2290: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2291: <p>
2292:
2293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2294: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2295: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2296: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2297: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2298: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2299: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2300: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2301: <p>
2302:
2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2304: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2305: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2306: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2307: </strong></font><br>
2308: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2309: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2310: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2311: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2312: <p>
2313:
2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2315: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2316: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2317: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2318: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2319: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2320: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2321: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2322: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2323: Can also be found online at:
2324: <ul>
2325: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2326: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2327: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2328: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2329: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2330: <p>
2331:
2332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2333: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2334: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2335: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2336: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2337: </strong></font><br>
2338: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2339: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2340: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2341: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2342: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2343:
2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2345: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2346: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2347: New York Times.
2348: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2349:
1.273 deraadt 2350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2351: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2352: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2353: ABC News.
2354: </strong></font>
2355:
2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2357: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2358: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2359: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2360: </strong></font>
2361:
2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2363: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2364: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2365: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2366: </strong></font>
2367:
2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2369: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2370: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2371: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2372: </strong></font>
2373:
2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2375: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2376: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2377: Times Daily, AL.
2378: </strong></font>
2379:
2380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2381: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2382: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2383: Boston.com, MA.
2384: </strong></font>
2385:
2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2387: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2388: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2389: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2390: </strong></font>
2391:
2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2393: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2394: [Article was pulled]</a>
2395: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2396: </strong></font>
2397:
2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2399: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2400: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2401: Infoshop News.
2402: </strong></font>
2403:
2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2405: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2406: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2407: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2408: </strong></font>
2409:
2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2411: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2412: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2413: Raleigh News, NC.
2414: </strong></font>
2415:
2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2417: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2418: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2419: Napa News, CA.
2420: </strong></font>
2421:
2422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2423: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2424: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2425: NEPA News, PA.
2426: </strong></font>
2427:
2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2429: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2430: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2431: Wired News.
2432: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2433: <br>
2434: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2435: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2436: [JAPANESE]
2437: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2438: Wired News Japan</a>
2439: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2440:
1.271 deraadt 2441: </ul>
2442: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2443: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2444: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2445: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2446: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2447: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2448: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2449: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2450: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2451: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2452: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2453: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2454: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2455: <p>
2456: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2457:
2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2459: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2460: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2461: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2462: </strong></font>
2463:
2464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2465: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2466: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2467: Miami Herald, FL.
2468: </strong></font>
2469:
2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2471: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2472: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2473: </strong></font>
2474:
2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2476: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2477: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2478: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2479: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2480:
2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2482: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2483: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2484: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2485: ABC News.
2486: </strong></font>
2487:
1.276 deraadt 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2489: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2490: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2491: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2492: </strong></font>
2493:
1.286 dhartmei 2494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2495: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2496: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2497: Wilmington Star, NC.
2498: </strong></font>
2499:
1.300 jose 2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2501: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2502: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2503: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2504: </strong></font>
2505:
1.309 jose 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2507: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2508: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2509: Globe Technology.
2510: </strong></font>
2511:
1.263 deraadt 2512: </ul>
1.262 beck 2513: <p>
2514:
2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2516: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2517: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2518: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2519: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2520: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2521: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2522: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2523: <p>
2524:
2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2526: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2527: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2528: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2529: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2530: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2531: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2532: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2533: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2534: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2535: and simply restates other press reports.
2536: <p>
2537:
2538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2539: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2540: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2541: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2542: </strong></font><br>
2543: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2544: <p>
2545:
2546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2547: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2548: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2549: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2550: </strong></font><br>
2551: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2552: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2553: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2554: <p>
2555:
2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2557: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2558: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2559: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2560: April 17, 2003.
2561: </strong></font><br>
2562: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2563: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2564: Tech Anthems</a>
2565: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2566: 4 so far.
2567: <p>
2568:
2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2570: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2571: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2572: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2573: </strong></font><br>
2574: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2575: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2576: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2577: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2578: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2579: Goes on to say:
2580: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2581: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2582: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2583: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2584: This article is also found online at:
2585: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2587: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2588: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2589: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2590: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2592: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2593: ZDnet</a>,
2594: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2595: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2597: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2598: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2599: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2600: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2601: </ul>
1.260 ian 2602: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2603:
1.260 ian 2604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2605: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2606: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2607: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2608: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2609: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2610: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2611: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2612: without notice or justification.
2613: <p>
2614:
2615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2616: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2617: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2618: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2619: </strong></font><br>
2620: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2621: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2622: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2623: effective today, without any warning..."
2624: <p>
1.257 ian 2625:
2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2627: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2628: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2629: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2630: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2631: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2632: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2633: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2634: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2635: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2636: <p>
2637:
2638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2639: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2640: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2641: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2642: </strong></font><br>
2643: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2644: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2645: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2646: quoting two of them:
2647: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2648: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2649: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2650: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2651: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2652: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2653: <p>
2654:
1.255 ian 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2656: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2657: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2658: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2659: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2660: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2661: <p>
2662:
2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2664: [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 2665: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2666: </strong></font><br>
2667: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2668: <p>
2669:
2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2671: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2672: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2673: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2674: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2675: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2676: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2677: security experts for more than three decades."
2678: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2679: <p>
1.261 ian 2680:
1.254 drahn 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2682: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2683: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2684: </strong></font><br>
2685: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2686: <p>
2687:
2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2689: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2690: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2691: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2692: </strong></font><br>
2693: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2694: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2695: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2696: <p>
2697:
2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2699: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2700: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2701: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2702: </strong></font><br>
2703: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2704: from US DARPA.
2705: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2706: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2707: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2708: the BSD license.
2709: <p>
2710: </ul>
2711:
1.251 ian 2712: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2713: <ul>
2714:
2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2716: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2717: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2718: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2719: </strong></font><br>
2720:
2721: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2722: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2723: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2724: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2725: <p>
2726:
2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2728: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2729: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2730: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2731: </strong></font><br>
2732: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2733: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2734: Mentions
2735: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2736: and
2737: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2738: programs.
2739: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2740: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2741: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2742: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2743: <p>
1.325 ian 2744: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2745: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2746:
2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2748: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2749: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2750: </strong></font><br>
2751: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2752: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2753: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2754: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2755: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2756: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2757: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2758: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2759: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2760: put into service."
2761: <p>
2762: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2763: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2764: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2765: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2766: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2767: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2768: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2769: computers with security features."
2770: <p>
1.329 ian 2771:
2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2773: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2774: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2775: Slate,
2776: March 3, 2003.
2777: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2778: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2779: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2780: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2781: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2782: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2783: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2784: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2785: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2786: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2787: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2788: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2789: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2790: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2791: of more secure open-source solutions like
2792: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2793: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2794: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2795: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2796: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2797: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2798: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2799: the Beltway."
2800: <p>
1.251 ian 2801: </ul>
2802:
1.249 jufi 2803: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2804: <ul>
2805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2806: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2807: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2808: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2809: </strong></font><br>
2810: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2811: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2812: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2813: <p>
1.334 ian 2814:
2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2816: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2817: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2818: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2819: </strong></font><br>
2820: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2821: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2822: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2823: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2824: "... the hypothetical question ...
2825: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2826: <br>
2827: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2828: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2829: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2830: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2831: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2832: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2833: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2834: support network security.
2835: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2836: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2837: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2838: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2839: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2840: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2841: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2842: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2843: <br>
2844: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2845: <p>
2846:
1.249 jufi 2847: </ul>
2848:
1.246 jufi 2849: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2850: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2853: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2854: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2855: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2856: </strong></font><br>
2857: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2858: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2859: <p>
2860:
1.247 jufi 2861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2862: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2863: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2864: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2865: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2866: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2867: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2868: <p>
2869:
2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2871: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2872: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2873: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2874: </strong></font><br>
2875: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2876: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2877: <p>
1.247 jufi 2878: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2879:
1.244 jufi 2880: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2881: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2884: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2885: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2886: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2887: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2888: </strong></font><br>
2889: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2890: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2891: md5 digests.
2892: <p>
2893:
1.247 jufi 2894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2895: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2896: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2897: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2898: </strong></font><br>
2899: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2900: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2901: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2902: right the first time."
2903: <p>
1.247 jufi 2904: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2905:
2906:
2907: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2908: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2909:
1.247 jufi 2910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2911: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2912: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2913: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2914: </strong></font><br>
2915: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2916: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2917: part 6</a>.
2918: <p>
2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2921: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2922: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2923: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2924: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2925: </strong></font><br>
2926: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2927: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2928: <p>
1.301 jose 2929:
2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2931: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2932: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2933: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2934: </strong></font><br>
2935:
2936: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2937: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2938: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2939: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2940: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2941: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2942: <i>Here's the
2943: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2944: <p>
1.247 jufi 2945: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2946:
2947: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2948: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2949:
1.247 jufi 2950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2951: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2952: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2953: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2954: </strong></font><br>
2955: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2956: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2957: <p>
2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2960: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2961: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2962: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2963: </strong></font><br>
2964: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2965: this time using pf.
2966: <p>
1.247 jufi 2967: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2968:
2969: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2970: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2973: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2974: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2975: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2976: </strong></font><br>
2977: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2978: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2979: their rotation.
2980: <p>
2981:
1.247 jufi 2982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2983: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2984: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2985: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2986: </strong></font><br>
2987: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2988: <p>
1.247 jufi 2989: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2990:
1.239 jufi 2991: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2992: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2993:
1.247 jufi 2994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2995: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2996: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2997: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2998: </strong></font><br>
2999: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3000: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3001: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3002: <p>
3003:
1.247 jufi 3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3005: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3006: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3007: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3008: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3009: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3010: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3011: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3012: <p>
1.247 jufi 3013: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3014:
1.235 lebel 3015: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3016: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3017:
1.239 jufi 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3020: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3021: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3022: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3023: </strong></font><br>
3024: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3025: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3026: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3027: <p>
1.301 jose 3028:
1.247 jufi 3029: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3030:
1.228 horacio 3031: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3032: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3035: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3036: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3037: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3038: </strong></font><br>
3039: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3040: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3041: <p>
3042:
1.247 jufi 3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3044: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3045: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3046: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3047: </strong></font><br>
3048: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3049: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3050: <p>
3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3053: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3054: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3055: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3056: </strong></font><br>
3057: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3058: on the desktop of his parents.
3059: <p>
3060:
1.247 jufi 3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3062: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3063: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3064: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3065: </strong></font><br>
3066: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3067: using IPFilter.
3068:
3069: <p>
3070:
1.247 jufi 3071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3072: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3073: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3074: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3075: </strong></font><br>
3076: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3077: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3078: perspectives of the four OS.
3079: <br>
3080: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3081: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3082: <p>
3083:
1.247 jufi 3084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3085: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3086: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3087: software and security</a>,
3088: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3089: </strong></font><br>
3090:
3091: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3092: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3093: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3094: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3095: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3096: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3097: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3098: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3099: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3100: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3101: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3102: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3103: <p>
1.247 jufi 3104: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3105:
1.225 horacio 3106: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3107: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3110: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3111: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3112: Interview</a>,
3113: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3114: </strong></font><br>
3115:
3116: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3117: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3118: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3119: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3120: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3121: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3122: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3123: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3124: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3125: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3126: of choice.
3127: <p>
1.247 jufi 3128: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3129:
3130: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3131: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3132:
1.247 jufi 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3134: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3135: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3136: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3137: </strong></font><br>
3138:
3139: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3140: <p>
3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3143: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3144: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3145: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3146: </strong></font><br>
3147:
3148: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3149: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3150: <p>
1.247 jufi 3151: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3152:
1.218 horacio 3153: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3154: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3155:
1.247 jufi 3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3157: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3158: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3159: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3160: </strong></font><br>
3161:
3162: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3163: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3164: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3165: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3166: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3167: subjects. Worth a read.
3168: <p>
3169:
3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3172: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3173: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3174: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3175: </strong></font><br>
3176:
3177: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3178: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3179: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3180: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3181: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3182: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3183: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3184: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3185: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3186: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3187: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3188: on other operating systems.<br>
3189: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3190: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3191: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3192: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3193: <p>
3194:
1.247 jufi 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3196: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3197: Operating System 2010</a>,
3198: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3199: </strong></font><br>
3200:
3201: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3202: covering the level of software integration into the core
3203: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3204: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3205: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3206: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3207: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3208: <p>
3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3211: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3212: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3213: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3214: </strong></font><br>
3215:
3216: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3217: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3218: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3219: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3220: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3221: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3222: <p>
1.247 jufi 3223: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3224:
1.210 jufi 3225: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3226: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3227:
1.247 jufi 3228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3229: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3230: Already a Contender</a>,
3231: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3232: </strong></font><br>
3233:
3234: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3235: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3236: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3237: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3238: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3239: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3240: <p>
3241:
1.247 jufi 3242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3243: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3244: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3245: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3246: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3247:
1.224 horacio 3248: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3249: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3250: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3251: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3252: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3253: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3254: <p>
1.247 jufi 3255: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3256:
3257: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3258: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3259:
1.247 jufi 3260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3261: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3262: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3263: Division</a>,
3264: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3265: </strong></font><br>
3266:
3267: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3268: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3269: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3270: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3271: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3272: investment</em>.<br>
3273: The implementation details can be seen on their
3274: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3275: <p>
3276:
1.247 jufi 3277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3278: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3279: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3280: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3281: </strong></font><br>
3282:
3283: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3284: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3285: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3286: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3287: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3288: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3289: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3290: <p>
3291:
3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3293: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3294: Thinking about Security</a>,
3295: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3296: </strong></font><br>
3297:
3298: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3299: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3300: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3301: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3302: to time.<br>
3303: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3304: system and just the most secure system.
3305: <p>
3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3308: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3309: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3310: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3311: </strong></font><br>
3312:
3313: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3314: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3315: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3316: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3317: choice:<br>
3318: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3319: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3320: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3321: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3322: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3323: network security devices and as such must be well
3324: armored."</em><br>
3325: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3326: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3327: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3328: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3329: <br>
3330: Bravo!
3331: <p>
1.247 jufi 3332: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3333:
1.207 ian 3334: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3335: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3336:
1.247 jufi 3337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3338: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3339: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3340: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3341:
1.207 ian 3342: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3343: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3344: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3345: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3346: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3347: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3348: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3349: <p>
1.247 jufi 3350: </ul>
1.207 ian 3351:
1.194 jufi 3352: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3353: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3354:
1.247 jufi 3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3356: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3357: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3358: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3359: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3360:
1.240 miod 3361: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3362: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3363: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3364: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3365: <p>
3366:
1.247 jufi 3367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3368: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3369: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3370: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3371:
3372: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3373: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3374: <p>
3375:
3376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3377: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3378: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3379: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3380:
3381: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3382: <p>
3383:
3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3385: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3386: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3387: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3388: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3389:
1.240 miod 3390: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3391: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3392: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3393: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3394: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3395: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3396: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3397: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3398: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3399: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3400: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3401: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3402: <p>
3403:
1.247 jufi 3404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3405: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3406: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3407: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3408: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3409:
1.194 jufi 3410: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3411: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3412: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3413: <br>
3414: The new
3415: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3416: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3417: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3418: <p>
1.247 jufi 3419: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3420:
1.190 horacio 3421: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3422: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3425:
3426: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3427: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3428:
1.301 jose 3429:
1.191 jufi 3430: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3431: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3432:
3433: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3434: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3435:
1.212 horacio 3436: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3437: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3438: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3439:
1.211 horacio 3440: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3441: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3442: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3445: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3446:
1.247 jufi 3447: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3448: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3449:
1.212 horacio 3450: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3451: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3452: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3453:
3454: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3455: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3456:
3457: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3458: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3459:
1.301 jose 3460: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3461: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3462:
1.191 jufi 3463: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3464: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3465:
3466: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3467: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3468:
1.192 jufi 3469: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3470: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3471: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3472:
1.193 deraadt 3473: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3474: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3475: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3476:
1.247 jufi 3477: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3478: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3479:
1.247 jufi 3480: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3481: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3482: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3483:
1.213 horacio 3484: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3485: 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 3486: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3487:
1.190 horacio 3488: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3489: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3490: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3491: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3492: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3493: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3494: <p>
1.190 horacio 3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3497: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3498: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3499: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3500: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3501:
1.195 jufi 3502: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3503: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3504: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3505: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3506: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3507: <p>
3508:
1.247 jufi 3509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3510: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3511: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3512: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3513: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3514:
1.191 jufi 3515: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3516: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3517: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3518: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3519: <p>
3520:
3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3522: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3523: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3524: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3525:
3526: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3527: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3528: <p>
1.247 jufi 3529: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3530:
1.191 jufi 3531:
1.186 jufi 3532: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3533: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3534:
1.247 jufi 3535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3536: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3537: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3538: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3539: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3540:
1.188 jufi 3541: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3542: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3543: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3544: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3545: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3546: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3547: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3548: <p>
3549:
1.301 jose 3550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3551: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3552: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3553: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3554:
3555: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3556: <p>
1.191 jufi 3557:
1.247 jufi 3558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3559: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3560: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3561: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3562: </strong></font><br>
3563:
3564: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3565: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3566: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3567: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3568: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3569: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3570: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3571: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3572: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3573: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3574: familiar?
3575: <p>
1.247 jufi 3576: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3577:
1.178 louis 3578: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3579: <ul>
1.178 louis 3580:
1.247 jufi 3581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3582: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3583: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3584: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3585: </strong></font><br>
3586:
3587: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3588: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3589: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3590: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3591: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3592: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3593: <p>
3594:
1.247 jufi 3595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3596: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3597: Open source under the hood</a>,
3598: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3599: </strong></font><br>
3600:
3601: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3602: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3603: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3604: <p>
3605:
1.247 jufi 3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3607: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3608: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3609: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3610: </strong></font><br>
3611:
3612: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3613: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3614: <p>
1.247 jufi 3615: </ul>
1.179 louis 3616:
1.174 louis 3617:
1.175 louis 3618: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3619: <ul>
1.175 louis 3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3622: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3623: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3624: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3625: </strong></font><br>
3626:
3627: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3628: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3629: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3630: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3631: <p>
3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3634: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3635: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3636: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3637: </strong></font><br>
3638:
3639: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3640: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3641: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3642: <p>
1.247 jufi 3643: </ul>
1.175 louis 3644:
1.176 louis 3645:
1.172 mickey 3646: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3647: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3648:
1.247 jufi 3649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3650: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3651: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3652: </strong></font><br>
3653:
3654: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3655: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3656: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3657: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3658: <p>
3659:
1.247 jufi 3660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3661: <a
1.269 deraadt 3662: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3663: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3664: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3665: </strong></font><br>
3666:
3667: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3668: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3669: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3670: <p>
3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3673: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3674: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3675: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3676: </strong></font><br>
3677:
3678: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3679: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3680: <p>
3681:
1.247 jufi 3682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3683: <a
1.269 deraadt 3684: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3685: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3686: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3687: </strong></font><br>
3688:
3689: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3690: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3691: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3692: our own Theo de Raadt.
3693: <p>
3694:
1.247 jufi 3695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3696: <a
1.269 deraadt 3697: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3698: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3699: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3700: </strong></font><br>
3701:
3702: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3703: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3704: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3705: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3706: shut down.]
3707: <p>
3708:
1.247 jufi 3709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3710: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3711: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3712: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3713: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3714: </strong></font><br>
3715:
3716: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3717: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3718: <p>
1.247 jufi 3719: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3720:
1.161 louis 3721: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3722: <ul>
1.161 louis 3723:
1.247 jufi 3724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3725: <a
1.269 deraadt 3726: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3727: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3728: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3729: </strong></font><br>
3730:
3731: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3732: by John Wolley
3733: <p>
3734:
1.247 jufi 3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3736: <a
1.269 deraadt 3737: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3738: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3739: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3740: </strong></font><br>
3741:
3742: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3743: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3744: OpenBSD).
3745: <p>
3746:
1.247 jufi 3747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3748: <a
1.247 jufi 3749: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3750: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3751: </strong></font><br>
3752:
3753: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3754: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3755: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3756: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3757: and hindsight.
3758: <p>
3759:
1.247 jufi 3760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3761: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3762: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3763: </strong></font><br>
3764:
3765: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3766: <p>
3767:
1.247 jufi 3768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3769: <a
1.168 provos 3770: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3771: December 7, 2000
3772: </strong></font><br>
3773:
3774: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3775: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3776: us explain.
3777: <p>
3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3780: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3781: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3782: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3783: December 6, 2000
3784: </strong></font><br>
3785:
3786: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3787: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3788: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3789: <p>
3790:
1.247 jufi 3791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3792: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3793: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3794: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3795: </strong></font><br>
3796:
3797: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3798: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3799: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3800: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3801: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3802: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3803: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3804: <p>
3805:
3806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3807: <a
1.226 horacio 3808: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3809: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3810: </strong></font><br>
3811:
3812: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3813: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3814: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3815: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3816: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3817: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3818: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3819: <p>
1.162 millert 3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3822: <a
1.161 louis 3823: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3824: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3825: </strong></font><br>
3826:
3827: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3828: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3829: <p>
3830:
1.247 jufi 3831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3832: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3833: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3834: </strong></font><br>
3835:
3836: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3837: <p>
3838:
3839:
1.247 jufi 3840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3841: <a
1.226 horacio 3842: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3843: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3844: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3845: </strong></font><br>
3846:
3847: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3848: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3849: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3850: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3851: <p>
1.247 jufi 3852: </ul>
1.169 louis 3853:
1.158 louis 3854: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3855: <ul>
1.147 louis 3856:
1.247 jufi 3857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3858: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3859: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3860: </strong></font><br>
3861:
3862: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3863: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3864: <p>
3865:
1.247 jufi 3866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3867: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3868: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3869: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3870: </strong></font><br>
3871: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3872: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3873: <p>
3874:
1.247 jufi 3875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3876: <a
3877: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3878: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3879: </strong></font><br>
3880:
3881: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3882: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3883: <p>
3884:
1.247 jufi 3885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3886: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3887: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3888: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3889:
1.213 horacio 3890: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3891: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3892: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3893: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3894: <p>
1.215 horacio 3895:
1.247 jufi 3896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3897: <a
3898: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3899: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3900: </strong></font><br>
3901:
3902: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3903: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3904: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3905: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3906: much of the attitude too).
3907: <p>
1.161 louis 3908:
1.247 jufi 3909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3910: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3911: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3912: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3913:
1.157 louis 3914: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3915: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3916: <p>
1.247 jufi 3917: </ul>
1.157 louis 3918:
3919: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3920: <ul>
1.157 louis 3921:
1.247 jufi 3922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3923: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3924: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3925: </strong></font><br>
3926:
3927: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3928: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3929: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3930: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3931: <p>
3932:
1.247 jufi 3933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3934: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3935: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3936: </strong></font><br>
3937:
3938: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3939: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3940: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3941: it because they love coding...
3942: <p>
3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3945: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3946: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3947: </strong></font><br>
3948:
3949: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3950: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3951: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3952: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3953: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3954: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3955: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3956: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3957: <p>
3958:
1.247 jufi 3959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3960: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3961: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3962: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3963: </strong></font><br>
3964:
3965: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3966: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3967: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3968: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3969: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3970: the pizza.
3971: <p>
3972:
1.247 jufi 3973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3974: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3975: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3976: </strong></font><br>
3977:
3978: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3979: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3980: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3981: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3982: problems.
3983: <p>
3984:
1.247 jufi 3985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3986: <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 3987: </strong></font><br>
3988:
1.222 miod 3989: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3990: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3991: - whether they like it or not.
3992: <p>
3993:
1.247 jufi 3994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3995: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3996: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3997: </strong></font><br>
3998:
3999: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4000: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4001: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4002: <p>
1.148 aaron 4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4005: <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 4006: </strong></font><br>
4007:
4008: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4009: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4010: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4011: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4012: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4013: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4014: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4015: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4016: <p>
4017:
1.247 jufi 4018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4019: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4020: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4021: </strong></font><br>
4022:
4023: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4024: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4025: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4026: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4027: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4028: <p>
1.247 jufi 4029: </ul>
1.147 louis 4030:
1.138 louis 4031: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4032: <ul>
1.138 louis 4033:
1.247 jufi 4034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4035: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4036: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4037: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4038: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4039: </strong></font><br>
4040:
1.227 horacio 4041: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4042: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4043: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4044: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4045: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4046: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4047: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4048: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4049: <p>
4050:
1.247 jufi 4051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4052: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4053: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4054: </strong></font><br>
4055:
4056: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4057: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4058: groups, and even Linux.
4059: <p>
4060:
1.247 jufi 4061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4062: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4063: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4064: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4065: </strong></font><br>
4066:
4067: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4068: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4069: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4070: library after installing the OS.
4071: <p>
4072:
1.247 jufi 4073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4074: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4075: Sys Admin, September 2000
4076: </strong></font><br>
4077:
4078: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4079: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4080: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4081: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4082: (<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>,
4083: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4084: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4085: <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 4086: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4087: out of the system.
4088: <p>
4089:
1.247 jufi 4090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4091: <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
4092: </strong></font><br>
4093:
4094: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4095: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4096: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4097: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4098: the IP filtering and address translation.
4099: <p>
1.301 jose 4100:
4101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4102: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4103: </strong></font><br>
4104:
4105: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4106: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4107: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4108: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4109: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4110: <p>
1.247 jufi 4111: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4112:
1.131 louis 4113: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4114: <ul>
1.131 louis 4115:
1.247 jufi 4116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4117: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4118: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4119: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4120: </strong></font><br>
4121:
4122: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4123: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4124: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4125: <p>
4126:
1.247 jufi 4127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4128: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4129: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4130: </strong></font><br>
4131:
4132: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4133: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4134: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4135: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4136: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4137: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4138: note of"</i>.
4139: <p>
4140:
1.247 jufi 4141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4142: <a
1.247 jufi 4143: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4144: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4145: </strong></font><br>
4146:
4147: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4148: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4149: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4150: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4151: <p>
4152:
1.247 jufi 4153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4154: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4155: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4156: </strong></font><br>
4157:
4158: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4159: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4160: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4161: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4162: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4163: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4164: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4165: <p>
4166:
1.247 jufi 4167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4168: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4169: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4170: 2000
4171: </strong></font><br>
4172:
4173: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4174: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4175: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4176: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4177: against current industry practices.
4178: <p>
4179:
1.247 jufi 4180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4181: <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
4182: </strong></font><br>
4183:
4184: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4185: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4186: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4187: <p>
4188:
1.247 jufi 4189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4190: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4191: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4192: </strong></font><br>
4193:
4194: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4195: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4196: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4197: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4198: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4199: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4200: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4201: <p>
4202:
1.247 jufi 4203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4204: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4205: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4206: </strong></font><br>
4207:
4208: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4209: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4210: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4211: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4212: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4213: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4214: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4215: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4216: <p>
1.247 jufi 4217: </ul>
1.131 louis 4218:
1.118 louis 4219: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4220: <ul>
1.118 louis 4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4223: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4224: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4225: </strong></font><br>
4226:
4227: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4228: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4229: about time. The article mentions that
4230: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4231: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4232: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4233: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4234: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4235: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4236: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4237: <p>
4238:
1.247 jufi 4239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4240: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4241: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4242: </strong></font><br>
4243:
4244: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4245: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4246: of OpenSSH.
4247: <p>
4248:
1.247 jufi 4249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4250: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4251: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4252: </strong></font><br>
4253:
4254: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4255: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4256: bridging.
4257: <p>
4258:
1.247 jufi 4259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4260: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4261: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4262: </strong></font><br>
4263:
1.121 deraadt 4264: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4265: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4266: <p>
4267:
1.247 jufi 4268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4269: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4270: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4271: </strong></font><br>
4272:
4273: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4274: <p>
4275:
1.247 jufi 4276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4277: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4278: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4279: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4280: </strong></font><br>
4281:
1.120 deraadt 4282: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4283: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4284: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4285: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4286: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4287: <p>
4288:
1.247 jufi 4289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4290: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4291: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4292: </strong></font><br>
4293:
1.222 miod 4294: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4295: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4296: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4297: protocols and their quirks.
4298: <p>
4299:
1.247 jufi 4300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4301: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4302: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4303: </strong></font><br>
4304:
4305: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4306: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4307: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4308: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4309: <p>
4310:
1.247 jufi 4311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4312: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4313: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4314: </strong></font><br>
4315:
4316: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4317: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4318: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4319: <p>
4320:
1.247 jufi 4321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4322: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4323: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4324: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4325: </strong></font><br>
4326:
4327: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4328: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4329: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4330: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4331: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4332: <p>
1.247 jufi 4333: </ul>
1.118 louis 4334:
1.104 louis 4335: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4336: <ul>
1.104 louis 4337:
1.247 jufi 4338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4339: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4340: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4341: </strong></font><br>
4342:
4343: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4344: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4345: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4346: be a bit dry.
4347: <p>
4348:
1.247 jufi 4349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4350: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4351: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4352: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4353: </strong></font><br>
4354: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4355: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4356: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4357: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4358: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4359: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4360: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4361: <p>
4362:
1.247 jufi 4363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4364: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4365: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4366: 2000
1.128 louis 4367: </strong></font><br>
4368:
4369: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4370: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4371: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4372: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4373: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4374: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4375: <p>
4376:
1.247 jufi 4377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4378: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4379: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4380: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4381:
4382: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4383: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4384: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4385: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4386: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4387: <p>
1.110 louis 4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4390: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4391: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4392: </strong></font><br>
4393:
4394: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4395: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4396: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4397: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4398: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4399: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4400: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4401: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4402: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4403: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4404: <p>
4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4407: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4408: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4409:
4410: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4411: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4412: <p>
1.108 louis 4413:
1.247 jufi 4414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4415: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4416: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4417: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4418:
4419: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4420: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4421: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4422: <p>
1.106 louis 4423:
1.247 jufi 4424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4425: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4426: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4427: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4428:
4429: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4430: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4431: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4432: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4433: <p>
1.107 louis 4434:
1.247 jufi 4435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4436: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4437: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4438: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4439:
4440: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4441: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4442: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4443: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4444: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4445: <p>
1.105 louis 4446:
1.247 jufi 4447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4448: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4449: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4450: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4451:
1.113 naddy 4452: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4453: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4454: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4455: <p>
1.104 louis 4456:
1.247 jufi 4457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4458: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4459: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4460: </strong></font><br>
4461:
4462: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4463: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4464: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4465: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4466: <p>
1.301 jose 4467:
4468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4469: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4470: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4471: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4472:
4473: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4474: hardware-supported cryptography.
4475: <p>
1.247 jufi 4476: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4477:
1.85 louis 4478: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4479: <ul>
1.85 louis 4480:
1.247 jufi 4481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4482: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4483: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4484: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4485:
4486: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4487: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4488: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4489: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4490: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4491: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4492: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4493: <p>
1.99 louis 4494:
1.247 jufi 4495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4496: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4497: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4498: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4499:
4500: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4501: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4502: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4503: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4504: <p>
1.100 louis 4505:
1.247 jufi 4506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4507: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4508: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4509: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4510:
4511: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4512: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4513: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4514: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4515: <p>
1.95 louis 4516:
1.247 jufi 4517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4518: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4519: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4520: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4521:
4522: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4523: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4524: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4525: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4526: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4527: <p>
1.92 louis 4528:
1.247 jufi 4529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4530: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4531: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4532: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4533:
4534: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4535: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4536: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4537: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4538: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4539: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4540: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4541: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4542: <p>
1.91 louis 4543:
1.247 jufi 4544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4545: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4546: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4547: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4548:
4549: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4550: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4551: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4552: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4553: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4554: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4555: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4556: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4557: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4558: <p>
1.90 louis 4559:
1.247 jufi 4560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4561: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4562: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4563: </strong></font><br>
4564: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4565: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4566: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4567: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4568: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4569: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4570: <p>
4571:
1.247 jufi 4572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4573: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4574: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4575: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4576:
1.113 naddy 4577: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4578: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4579: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4580: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4581: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4582: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4583: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4584: <p>
1.87 louis 4585:
1.247 jufi 4586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4587: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4588: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4589: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4590:
4591: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4592: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4593: <p>
1.85 louis 4594:
1.247 jufi 4595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4596: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4597: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4598: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4599:
4600: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4601: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4602: <p>
4603:
4604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4605: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4606: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4607: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4608:
4609: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4610: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4611: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4612: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4613: <p>
1.89 louis 4614:
1.247 jufi 4615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4616: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4617: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4618: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4619:
4620: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4621: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4622: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4623: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4624: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4625: </ul>
1.85 louis 4626:
1.78 deraadt 4627: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4628: <ul>
1.74 louis 4629:
1.247 jufi 4630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4631: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4632: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4633: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4634: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4635:
4636: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4637: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4638: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.83 louis 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4642: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4643: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4644: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4645:
4646: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4647: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4648: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4649: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4650: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4651: <p>
1.93 louis 4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4654: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4655: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4656: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4657: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4658:
1.83 louis 4659: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4660: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4661: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4662: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4663: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4664: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4665: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4666: <p>
1.82 aaron 4667:
1.247 jufi 4668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4669: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4670: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4671: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4672:
1.83 louis 4673: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4674: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4675: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4676: <p>
1.80 louis 4677:
1.247 jufi 4678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4679: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4680: Bad Press</a>,
4681: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4682: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4683:
4684: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4685: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4686: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4687: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4688: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4689: <p>
1.247 jufi 4690: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4691:
4692: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4693: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4694:
1.247 jufi 4695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4696: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4697: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4698: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4699: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4700:
4701: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4702: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4703: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4704: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4705: <p>
1.74 louis 4706:
1.247 jufi 4707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4708: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4709: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4710: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4711:
1.219 horacio 4712: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4713: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4714: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4715: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4716: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4717: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4718: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4719: <p>
1.88 louis 4720:
1.247 jufi 4721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4722: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4723: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4724: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4725:
4726: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4727: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4728: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4729: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4730: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4731: <p>
1.81 louis 4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4734: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4735: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4736: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4737:
4738: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4739: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4740: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4741: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4742: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4743: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4744: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4745: <p>
1.90 louis 4746:
1.247 jufi 4747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4748: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4749: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4750: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4751:
4752: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4753: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4754: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4755: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4756: <p>
1.247 jufi 4757: </ul>
1.71 louis 4758:
1.69 deraadt 4759: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4760: <ul>
1.70 louis 4761:
1.247 jufi 4762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4763: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4764: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4765: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4766:
4767: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4768: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4769: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4770: <p>
1.70 louis 4771:
1.247 jufi 4772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4773: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4774: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4775: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4776:
4777: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4778: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4779: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4780: <p>
1.68 louis 4781:
1.247 jufi 4782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4783: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4784: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4785: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4786: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4787:
1.111 jufi 4788: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4789: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4790: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4791: "secure by default" installation.
4792: <p>
1.64 louis 4793:
1.247 jufi 4794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4795: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4796: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4797: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4798:
1.113 naddy 4799: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4800: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4801: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4802: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4803: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4804: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4805: <p>
1.66 louis 4806:
1.247 jufi 4807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4808: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4809: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4810: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4811:
4812: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4813: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4814: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4815: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4816: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4817: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4818: <p>
1.83 louis 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4821: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4822: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4823: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4824:
4825: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4826: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4827: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4828: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4829: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4830: <p>
1.64 louis 4831:
1.247 jufi 4832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4833: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4834: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4835: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4836:
4837: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4838: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4839: <p>
1.301 jose 4840:
4841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4842: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4843: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4844: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4845: </strong></font><br>
4846:
4847: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4848: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4849: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4850: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4851: Giving way to
4852: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4853: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4854: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4855: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4856: <p>
1.247 jufi 4857: </ul>
1.65 louis 4858:
1.69 deraadt 4859: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4860: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4861:
1.247 jufi 4862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4863: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4864: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4865: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4866:
4867: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4868: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4869: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4870: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4871: <p>
1.88 louis 4872:
1.247 jufi 4873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4874: <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 4875: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4876:
4877: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4878: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4879: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4880: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4881: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4882: <p>
1.60 louis 4883:
1.247 jufi 4884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4885: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4886: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4887: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4888: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4889:
4890: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4891: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4892: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4893: <p>
1.58 louis 4894:
1.247 jufi 4895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4896: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4897: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4898:
4899: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4900: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4901: <p>
1.53 louis 4902:
1.247 jufi 4903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4904: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4905: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4906: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4907:
4908: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4909: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4910: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4911: <p>
1.99 louis 4912:
1.247 jufi 4913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4914: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4915: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4916:
4917: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4918: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4919: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4920: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4921: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4922:
1.247 jufi 4923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4924: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4925: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4926: </strong></font><br>
4927:
4928: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4929: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4930: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4931: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4932: <p>
4933:
1.247 jufi 4934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4935: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4936: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4937: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4938:
4939: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4940: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4941: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4942:
1.247 jufi 4943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4944: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4945: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4946:
4947: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4948: in
1.247 jufi 4949: <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 4950: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4951: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4952: <p>
1.53 louis 4953:
1.247 jufi 4954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4955: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4956: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4957: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4958: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4959:
1.58 louis 4960: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4961: <p>
1.301 jose 4962:
4963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4964: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4965: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4966: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4967: Informacyjny, January 2000
4968: </strong></font><br>
4969:
4970: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4971: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4972: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4973: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4974: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4975: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4976: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4977: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4978: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4979: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4980: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4981: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4982: <p>
4983:
4984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4985: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4986: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4987: </strong></font><br>
4988:
4989: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4990: <p>
4991: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4992:
1.69 deraadt 4993: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4994: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4995:
1.247 jufi 4996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4997: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4998: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4999: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5000: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5001:
1.58 louis 5002: Kurt Seifried
5003: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5004: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5005: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5006: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5007:
1.247 jufi 5008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5009: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5010: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5011: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5012:
5013: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5014: <p>
1.96 louis 5015:
1.247 jufi 5016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5017: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5018: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5019: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5020: </strong></font><br>
5021:
5022: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5023: <p>
5024:
5025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5026: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5027: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5028: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5029:
5030: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5031: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5032: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5033: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5034: <p>
1.247 jufi 5035: </ul>
1.86 louis 5036:
1.69 deraadt 5037: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5038: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5039:
1.247 jufi 5040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5041: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5042: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5043: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5044:
5045: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5046: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5047: <p>
1.61 louis 5048:
1.247 jufi 5049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5050: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5051: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5052: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5053: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5054:
5055: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5056: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5057: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5058: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5059: right -- or at least strives to".
5060: <p>
1.48 louis 5061:
1.247 jufi 5062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5063: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5064: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5065: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5066: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5067: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5068: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5069: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5070: <p>
1.61 louis 5071:
1.247 jufi 5072: <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 5073: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5074: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5075:
5076: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5077: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5078: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5079: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5080: <p>
1.46 louis 5081:
1.247 jufi 5082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5083: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5084: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5085: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5086:
5087: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5088: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5089: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5090:
1.247 jufi 5091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5092: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5093: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5094: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5095:
5096: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5097: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5098: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5099: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5100: <p>
1.247 jufi 5101: </ul>
1.70 louis 5102:
1.69 deraadt 5103: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5104: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5105:
1.247 jufi 5106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5107: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5108: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5109: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5110: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5111:
5112: Kurt Seifried
5113: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5114: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5115: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5116: <p>
1.44 philen 5117:
1.247 jufi 5118: <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 5119: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5120: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5121:
5122: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5123: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5124:
1.247 jufi 5125: <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 5126: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5127: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5128:
5129: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5130: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5131:
1.247 jufi 5132: <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 5133: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5134: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5135:
5136: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5137: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5138: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5139: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5140: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5141:
1.247 jufi 5142: <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 5143: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5144: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5145:
1.36 louis 5146: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5147: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5148:
1.247 jufi 5149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5150: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5151: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5152: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5153:
5154: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5155: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5156: </ul>
1.38 louis 5157:
1.69 deraadt 5158: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5159: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5160:
1.247 jufi 5161: <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 5162: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5163: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5164:
5165: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5166: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5167: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5168:
1.113 naddy 5169: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5170: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5171: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5172: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5173:
5174: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5175: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5176: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5177: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5178: <blockquote>
5179: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5180: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5181: <br>
5182: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5183: </code>
5184: </blockquote>
5185: <p>
5186:
1.247 jufi 5187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5188: <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 5189: <p>
5190:
5191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5192: <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 5193: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5194:
5195: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5196: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5197: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5198: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5199:
1.247 jufi 5200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5201: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5202: Sept. 28, 1999
5203: </strong></font><br>
5204:
5205: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5206: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5207: translating and reprinting articles from
5208: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5209: <p>
5210:
5211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5212: <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 5213: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5214:
5215: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5216: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5217: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5218: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5219: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5220: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5221: <p>
1.19 louis 5222:
1.113 naddy 5223: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5224: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5225: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5226:
5227: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5228: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5229: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5230: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5231: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5232: <p>
1.16 louis 5233:
1.247 jufi 5234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5235: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5236: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5237: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5238:
1.57 louis 5239: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5240: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5241: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5242: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5243:
1.247 jufi 5244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5245: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5246: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5247: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5248:
1.113 naddy 5249: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5250:
1.247 jufi 5251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5252: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5253: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5254: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5255:
1.23 louis 5256: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5257: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5258: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5259: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5260: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5261: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5262:
1.247 jufi 5263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5264: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5265: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5266: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5267:
1.199 pvalchev 5268: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5269: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5270: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5271: installation.
1.113 naddy 5272: <p>
1.47 louis 5273:
1.247 jufi 5274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5275: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5276: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5277: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5278:
1.301 jose 5279: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5280: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5281: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5282: </ul>
1.57 louis 5283:
1.69 deraadt 5284: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5285: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5286:
1.247 jufi 5287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5288: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5289: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5290: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5291:
5292: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5293: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5294: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5295: <p>
1.12 louis 5296:
1.247 jufi 5297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5298: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5299: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5300: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5301:
5302: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5303: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5304: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5305: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5306: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5307: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5308: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5309: <p>
1.247 jufi 5310: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5311:
1.69 deraadt 5312: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5313: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5314:
1.247 jufi 5315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5316: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5317: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5318:
5319: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5320: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5321: available."
1.113 naddy 5322: <p>
1.301 jose 5323:
5324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5325: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5326: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5327: </strong></font><br>
5328:
5329: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5330: <p>
1.247 jufi 5331: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5332:
1.69 deraadt 5333: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5334: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5335:
1.247 jufi 5336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5337: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5338: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5339:
5340: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5341: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5342: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5343: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5344: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5345: <p>
1.33 louis 5346:
1.247 jufi 5347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5348: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5349: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5350: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5351:
1.113 naddy 5352: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5353: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5354: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5355: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5356: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5357: <p>
1.247 jufi 5358: </ul>
1.57 louis 5359:
1.69 deraadt 5360: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5361: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5362:
1.247 jufi 5363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5364: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5365: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5366: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5367:
5368: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5369: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5370: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5371:
1.247 jufi 5372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5373: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5374: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5375: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5376: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5377:
5378: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5379: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5380:
1.247 jufi 5381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5382: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5383:
1.113 naddy 5384: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5385:
1.247 jufi 5386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5387: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5388: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5389: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5390:
5391: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5392: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5393: </ul>
1.23 louis 5394:
1.69 deraadt 5395: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5396: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5397:
1.247 jufi 5398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5399: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5400: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5401:
5402: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5403: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5404: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5405:
1.247 jufi 5406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5407: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5408: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5409: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5410:
5411: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5412: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5413: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5414: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5415: </ul>
1.57 louis 5416:
1.69 deraadt 5417: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5418: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5419:
1.247 jufi 5420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5421: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5422: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5423: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5424:
5425: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5426: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5427: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5428: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5429: <p>
1.15 louis 5430:
1.247 jufi 5431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5432: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5433: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5434: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5435:
5436: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5437: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5438: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5439: columns."
1.113 naddy 5440: <p>
1.247 jufi 5441: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5442:
1.69 deraadt 5443: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5444: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5445:
1.247 jufi 5446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5447: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5448: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5449: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5450:
5451: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5452: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5453:
1.113 naddy 5454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5455: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5456: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5457:
5458: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5459: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5460: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5461: </ul>
1.57 louis 5462:
1.69 deraadt 5463: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5464: <ul>
1.301 jose 5465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5466: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5467: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5468: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5469:
5470: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5471: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5472: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5473: <p>
5474:
5475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5476: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5477: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5478: Nov 13, 1998 and
5479: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5480: Datateknik</a>,
5481: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5482:
1.380 saad 5483: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5484: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5485: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5486: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5487: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5488:
1.113 naddy 5489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5490: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5491: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5492: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5493:
1.222 miod 5494: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5495: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5496: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5497: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5498: <p>
1.247 jufi 5499: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5500:
1.69 deraadt 5501: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5502: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5503:
1.247 jufi 5504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5505: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5506: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5507:
1.69 deraadt 5508: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5509: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5510: <p>
1.247 jufi 5511: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5512:
1.69 deraadt 5513: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5514: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5515:
1.247 jufi 5516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5517: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5518: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5519: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5520:
1.383 jcs 5521: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5522: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5523: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5524:
1.247 jufi 5525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5526: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5527: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5528: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5529: <p>
1.247 jufi 5530: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5531:
1.69 deraadt 5532: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5533: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5534:
1.247 jufi 5535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5536: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5537: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5538: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5539: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5540: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5541:
5542: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5543: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5544: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5545: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5546: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5547: <p>
1.247 jufi 5548: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5549:
5550: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5551: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5552:
1.247 jufi 5553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5554: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5555: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5556:
1.69 deraadt 5557: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5558: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5559: <p>
1.112 naddy 5560:
1.247 jufi 5561: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5562: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5563:
1.292 camield 5564: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5565: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5566: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.527 ! ian 5567: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.526 2006/06/01 17:24:24 ian Exp $</small>
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5570: </html>