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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>
1.528 ian 215: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
216: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
217: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
218: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
219: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
220: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
221: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
222: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
223: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
224: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
225: <br/>
1.529 ! ian 226: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 227: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ! ian 228: hostsearch.com</a> and
! 229: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
! 230: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 234: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
235: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
236: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
237: </strong></font><br>
238: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 239: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 240: is punctuated with examples.
241: Tunneling features are described, as well as
242: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
243: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
244: and
245: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
246: <p>
247:
248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 249: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
250: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
251: </strong></font><br>
252: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
253: further OpenSSH development.
254: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
255: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
256: project's funding needs for all time.
257: <p>
1.504 bernd 258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
259: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
260: April 3, 2006
261: </strong></font><br>
262: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
263: this could compromise future hackathons.
264: <p>
1.503 ian 265:
266: </ul>
267:
1.487 ian 268: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
269: <ul>
1.495 ian 270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 271: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 272: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 273: </strong></font><br>
274: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
275: on topics including "Puffy",
276: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
277: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
278: what's new in 3.9,
279: and of course project expenses.
280: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
281: <!--
282: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
283: -->
284: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
285: <p>
286:
287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 288: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
289: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
290: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 291: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
292: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 293: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
294: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
295: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
296: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
297: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
298: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
299: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
300: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
301: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
302: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
303: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
304: but Matzan does - is that
305: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
306: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
307: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
308: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
309: <br/>
310: <p>
311:
312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
313: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
314: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
315: </strong></font><br>
316: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
317: "blob" drivers, and more.
318: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
319: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
320: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
321: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
322: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
323: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
324: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
325: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
326: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
327: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
328: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
329: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
330: <p>
331:
332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 333: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
334: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
335: </strong></font><br>
336: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
337: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
338: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
339: in general temperature and environmental issues.
340: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
341: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
342: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
343: other major operating systems." ...
344: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
345: machines running in
346: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
347: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
348: <p>
349:
350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
351: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
352: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
353: </strong></font><br>
354: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
355: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
356: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
357: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
358: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
359: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
360: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
361: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
362: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
363: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
364: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
365: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
366: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
367: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
368: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
369: <p>
370:
1.487 ian 371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 372: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
373: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
374: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 375: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 376: financial situation.
377: <p>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 380: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
381: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
382: </strong></font><br>
383: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
384: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
385: produce our favorite operating system.
386: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
387: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
388: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
389: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
390: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 391: <br/>
392: Also online at
393: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
394: <p>
395:
396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
397: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
398: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
399: </strong></font><br>
400: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
401: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
402: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
403: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
404: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
405: sustain indefinitely."
406: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
407: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
408: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
409: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
410: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 414: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
415: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
416: </strong></font><br>
417: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
418: with a reminder that
419: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
420: used nowadays almost everywhere."
421: Ends with this quote from Marco:
422: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
423: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
424: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
425: <p>
426:
427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 428: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 429: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
430: </strong></font><br>
431: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
432: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
433: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
434: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
435: a few of them each year.
436: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
437: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
438: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
439: to the OpenBSD project.
440: It's time for them to do so.
441: <p>
442:
443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 444: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
445: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
446: </strong></font><br>
447: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
448: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
449: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
450: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
451: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
452: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
453: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 457: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
458: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 459: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
460: <!-- North America mirror:
461: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 462: -->
1.490 deraadt 463: European mirror:
464: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
465: <br>
466: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 470: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
471: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 472: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 473: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
474: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
475: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
476: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
477: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
478: designed to provide reliability and security.
479: <p>
480:
481: </ul>
482:
1.485 ian 483: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
484: <ul>
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 486: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
487: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
488: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 489: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 490: installations in about four minutes flat".
491: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
492: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 493: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 494: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
495: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
496: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
497: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
498: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
499: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
500: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
501: the steps in the article.
502: <p>
503:
504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 505: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
506: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
507: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
508: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
509: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
510: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
511: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
512: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
513: happening in real life.
514: <p>
515:
516: </ul>
517:
1.492 ian 518: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
519: <ul>
520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
521: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
522: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
523: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
524: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
525: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
526: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 527: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 528: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
529: </ul>
530:
1.483 ian 531: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
532: <ul>
533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 534: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
535: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
536: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
537: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
538: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
539: <p>
540:
541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 542: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 543: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
544: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
545: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
546: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
547: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
548: to sites with more information on most topics.
549: <p>
550:
551: </ul>
552:
553:
1.479 grunk 554: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
555: <ul>
556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 557: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 558: Goes to Venice</a>,
559: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 560: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 561: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
562: <br/>
563: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
564: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
565: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 566: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 567: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
568: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
569: Contains a link to
570: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
571: pval's summary slides</a>.
572: <p>
573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 575: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
576: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
577: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
578: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
579: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
580: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
581: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
582: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 583: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 584: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
585: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
586: the packages and ports system"</i>.
587: <p>
588:
589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
590: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
591: Return of The BSDs</a>,
592: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
593: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
594: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
595: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
596: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
597: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
598: quotes from Bob Beck.
599: <p>
600:
601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 602: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
603: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
604: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 605: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
606: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 607: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
608: and Linux.<br>
609: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
610: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
611: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
612: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
613: of the release
614: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
615: <p>
616: </ul>
617:
1.476 ian 618: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
619: <ul>
620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
622: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
623: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
624: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
625: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
626: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
627: and too unreliable.
628: This quote will rattle some cages:
629: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
630: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
631: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
632: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
633: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
634: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
635: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
636: costs without any commercial lock-in."
637: <p>
638:
1.477 saad 639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
640: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
641: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
642: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
643: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
644: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
645: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
646: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
647: discussion about future plans.
648: <p>
649:
1.478 grunk 650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
651: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
652: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
653: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
654: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
655: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
656: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
657: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
658: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
659: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
660: <p>
661:
1.476 ian 662: </ul>
663:
1.470 saad 664: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
665: <ul>
666:
667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 668: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
669: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
670: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
671: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
672: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
673: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
674: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
675: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
676: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
677: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
678: <p>
679:
680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 681: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
682: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
683: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
684: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
685: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
686: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
687: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
688: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
689: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
690: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
691: <p>
692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 694: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
695: Big debate over small packets</a>,
696: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
697: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
698: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
699: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
700: draft.
701: <p>
702:
703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 704: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
705: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
706: ordinateur ?"</a>,
707: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
708: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
709: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
710: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
711: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
712: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
713: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
714: <p>
715:
716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 717: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
718: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
719: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
720: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
721: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
722: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
723: performance data with pfstat.
724: <p>
725:
726: </ul>
727:
1.461 grunk 728: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
729: <ul>
730:
731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 732: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
733: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 734: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 735: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
736: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
737: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 738: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 739: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 740: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
741: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
742: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 743: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
744: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 745: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 746: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
747: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 751: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
752: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 753: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 754: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
755: poor security:
1.467 grunk 756: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 757: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 758: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 759: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
760: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
761: <p>
762:
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 764: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
765: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 766: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 767: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
768: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 769: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
770: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
771: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
772: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
773: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
774: commercial vendors.
775: <p>
776:
777: </ul>
778:
1.454 ian 779: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
780: <ul>
1.468 grunk 781:
782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
783: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
784: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
785: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
786: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
787: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
788: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 789: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 790: <br>
791: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
792: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
793: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
794: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
795: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 796: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 797: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
798: <p>
799:
1.454 ian 800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 801: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
802: Free Bird</a>,
803: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
804: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
805: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
806: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
807: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
808: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
809: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
810: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
811: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
812: room will only be available in the print edition.
813: <p>
1.459 deraadt 814:
1.458 niallo 815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 816: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
817: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
818: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
819: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
820: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
821: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
822: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
823: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
824: <p>
1.457 deraadt 825:
1.456 niallo 826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 827: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 828: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
829: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
830: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
831: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
832: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
833: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 834: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 835: interview.</a>
836: <p>
837:
838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 839: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
840: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
841: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
842: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
843: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
844: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
845: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
846: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
847: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
848: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
849: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
850: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
851: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
852: "I have never used it."
853: <p>
854:
855: </ul>
856:
1.441 deraadt 857: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
858: <ul>
859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 860: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
861: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
862: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
863: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
864: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
865: future enhancements.
866: <p>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 869: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 870: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
871: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
872: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
873: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
874: North America mirror:
875: <ul>
1.452 marco 876: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 877: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
878: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 879: </ul>
880: European mirror:
881: <ul>
1.452 marco 882: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 883: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
884: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
885: </ul>
886: <p>
887:
888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 889: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
890: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
891: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
892: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
893: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
894: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
895: <p>
896:
897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 898: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
899: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
900: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
901: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
902: first-hand account.
903: <p>
904:
905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 906: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
907: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
908: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
909: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
910: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
911: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
912: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
913: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 917: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
918: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
919: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
920: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
921: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
922: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
923: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
924: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
925: <p>
926:
927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 928: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 929: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 930: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
931: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
932: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
933: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
934: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
935: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
936: <p>
937:
938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
939: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 940: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 941: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
942: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
943: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
944: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
945: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
946: <p>
947:
948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 949: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
950: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
951: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 952: </strong></font><br>
953: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
954: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
955: with OpenBSD.
956: </ul>
957:
1.436 henning 958: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
959: <ul>
960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 961: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
962: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
963: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
964: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
965: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
966: than closed source, as we have long contended.
967: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
968: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
969: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
970: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
971: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
972: <p>
973: This article can also be found online as
974: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
975: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
976: <p>
977:
978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 979: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
980: </strong></font><br>
981: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
982: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
983: <p>
984:
985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 986: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
987: </strong></font><br>
988: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
989: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 990: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 991: the issues we had with IETF.
992: </ul>
993:
1.431 ian 994: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
995: <ul>
996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 997: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
998: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
999: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1000: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1001: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1002: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1003: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1004: <p>
1005:
1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1007: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1008: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1009: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1010: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1011: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1012: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1013: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1014: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1015: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1016: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1017: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1018: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1019: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1020: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1021: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1022:
1023: </ul>
1024:
1.427 matthieu 1025: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1026: <ul>
1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1029: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1030: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1031: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1032: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1033: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1034: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1035: firmware.
1.434 ian 1036: Similar articles can be found online at:
1037: <ul>
1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1039: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1040: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1041: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1043: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1044: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1045: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1047: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1048: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1049: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1051: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1052: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1053: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1054: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1055: </ul>
1056:
1.426 ian 1057: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1058: <ul>
1059:
1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1061: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1062: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1063: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1064: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1065: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1066: mechanism: what it is and why and
1067: how to use it, with examples.
1068: Another excerpt from the book
1069: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1070: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1071: <p>
1072:
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1074: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1075: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1076: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1077: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1078: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1079: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1080: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1081: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1082: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1083: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1084: This article is a sample chapter from
1085: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1086: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1087: <p>
1.443 ian 1088:
1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1090: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1091: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1092: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1093: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1094: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1095: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1096: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1097: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1098: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1099: ends with a sidebar on security.
1100: <p>
1.426 ian 1101: </ul>
1102:
1.424 ian 1103: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1104: <ul>
1105:
1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1107: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1108: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1109: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1110: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1111: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1112: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1113: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1114: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1115: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1116: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1117: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1118: <p>
1119: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1120: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1121: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1122: <p>
1123:
1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1125: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1126: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1127: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1128: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1129: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1130: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1131: operating systems.
1132: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1133: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1134: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1135: systems, he writes:
1136: <blockquote>
1137: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1138: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1139: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1140: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1141: to the operating system...
1142: <br/>
1143: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1144: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1145: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1146: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1147: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1148: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1149: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1150: in a closed source operating system).
1151: <br/>
1152: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1153: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1154: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1155: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1156: </blockquote>
1157: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1158: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1159: their hardware and software operates.
1160: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1161: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1162: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1163: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1164: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1165: <p>
1166: </ul>
1167:
1.417 pvalchev 1168: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1169: <ul>
1.421 ian 1170:
1.417 pvalchev 1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1172: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1173: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1174: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1175: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1176: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1177: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1178: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1179: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1180: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1181: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1182: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1183: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1184: <p>
1185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1186: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1187: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1188: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1189: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1190: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1191: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1192: it claims to do".
1193: <p>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1196: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1197: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1198: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1199: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1200: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1201: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1202: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1203: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1204: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1205: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1206: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1207: (yes, this is a hint).
1208: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1209: picked up on the
1210: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1211: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1212: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1213: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1214: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1215: <p>
1216:
1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1218: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1219: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1220: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1221: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1222: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1223: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1224: the current efforts.
1225: <p>
1226: </ul>
1227:
1.407 henning 1228: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1229: <ul>
1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1231: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1232: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1233: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1234: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1235: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1236: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1237: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1238: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1239: <p>
1240:
1241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1242: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1243: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1244: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1245: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1246: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1247: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1248: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1249: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1250: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1251: <p>
1.415 ian 1252:
1253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1254: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1255: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1256: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1257: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1258: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1259: overflow attacks... because
1260: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1261: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1262: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1263: and propolice.
1264: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1265: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1266: and that's when the science falls apart."
1267: <p>
1268:
1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1270: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1271: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1272: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1273: Starts with the question:
1274: <blockquote>
1275: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1276: <br/>
1277: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1278: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1279: <br/>
1280: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1281: Should we believe them?"
1282: </blockquote>
1283: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1284: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1285: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1286: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1287: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1288: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1289: <p>
1290:
1291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1292: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1293: Simple Simon</a>,
1294: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1295: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1296: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1297: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1298: routing/firewall, and more.
1299: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1300: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1301: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1302: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1303: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1304: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1305: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1306: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1307: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1308: </blockquote>
1309: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1310: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1311: <p>
1312:
1313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1314: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1315: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1316: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1317: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1318: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1319: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1320: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1321: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1322: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1323: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1324: in spite of it
1325: (registration required, but worth it).
1326: <p>
1327:
1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1329: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1330: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1331: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1332: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1333: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1334: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1335: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1336: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1337: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1338: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1339: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1340: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1341: <p>
1342:
1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1344: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1345: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1346: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1347: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1348: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1349: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1350: <blockquote>
1351: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1352: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1353: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1354: a lot of analysis.
1355: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1356: </blockquote>
1357: <p>
1358: </ul>
1359:
1.400 marco 1360: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1361: <ul>
1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1363: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1364: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1365: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1366: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1367: UNIX-like systems.
1368: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1369: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1370: <p>
1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1372: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1373: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1374: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1375: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1376: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1377: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1378: At one point, the article states:
1379: <blockquote>
1380: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1381: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1382: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1383: </blockquote>
1384: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1385: <blockquote>
1386: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1387: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1388: </blockquote>
1389: <p>
1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1391: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1392: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1393: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1394: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1395: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1396: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1397: required).
1398: <p>
1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1400: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1401: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1402: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1403: </strong></font><br>
1404: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1405: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1406: <p>
1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1408: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1409: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1410: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1411: </strong></font><br>
1412: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1413: <p>
1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1415: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1416: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1417: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1418: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1419: 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 1420: <p>
1421: </ul>
1422:
1.396 henning 1423: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1424: <ul>
1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1426: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1427: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1428: Unix Review, July, 2004
1429: </strong></font><br>
1430: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1431: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1432: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1433: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1434: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1435: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1436: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1437: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1438: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1439: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1440: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1441: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1442: and even spelling/wording errors.
1443: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1444: <p>
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1446: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1447: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1448: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1449: </strong></font><br>
1450: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1451: <p>
1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1453: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1454: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1455: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1456: </strong></font><br>
1457: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1458: <p>
1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1460: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1461: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1462: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1463: </strong></font><br>
1464: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1465: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1466: <p>
1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1468: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1469: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1470: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1471: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1472: <p>
1473: </ul>
1474:
1.405 jolan 1475: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1476: <ul>
1477: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1478: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1479: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1480: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1481: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1482: details on how funds are dispersed.
1483: <p>
1484: </ul>
1485:
1.393 david 1486: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1487: <ul>
1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1489: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1490: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1491: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1492: </strong></font><br>
1493: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1494: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1495: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1496: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1497: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1498: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1499: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1500: <p>
1501:
1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1503: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1504: Secure by Default</a>,
1505: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1506: </strong></font><br>
1507: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1508: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1509: <p>
1510:
1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1512: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1513: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1514: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1515: </strong></font><br>
1516: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1517: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1518: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1519: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1520: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1521: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1522: <p>
1523:
1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1525: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1526: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1527: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1528: </strong></font><br>
1529: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1530: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1531: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1532: <p>
1533:
1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1535: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1536: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1537: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1538: </strong></font><br>
1539: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1540: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1541: <p>
1542: </ul>
1543:
1.388 mcbride 1544: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1545: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1546:
1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1548: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1549: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1550: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1551: </strong></font><br>
1552: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1553: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1554: available for sparc64.
1555: <p>
1556:
1.390 beck 1557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1558: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1559: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1560: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1561: </strong></font><br>
1562: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1563: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1564: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1565: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1566: <p>
1567:
1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1569: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1570: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1571: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1574: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1575: it does: CARP provides sharing
1576: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1577: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1578: detail to get you started using it.
1579: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1580: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1581: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1582: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1583: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1584: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1585: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1586: <p>
1.391 ian 1587:
1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1589: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1590: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1591: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1592: </strong></font><br>
1593: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1594: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1595: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1596: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1597:
1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1599: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1600: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1601: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1602: </strong></font><br>
1603: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1604: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1605: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1606: unencumbered by patents.
1607: <p>
1608: </ul>
1609:
1.378 henning 1610: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1611: <ul>
1.384 jose 1612:
1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1614: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1615: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1616: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1617: </strong></font><br>
1618: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1619: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1620: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1621: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1622: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1623: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1624: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1625: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1626: in the page tables."
1627: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1628: <p>
1629:
1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1631: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1632: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1633: </strong></font><br>
1634: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1635: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1636: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1637: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1638: <p>
1.384 jose 1639:
1.378 henning 1640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1641: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1642: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1643: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1644: </strong></font><br>
1645: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1646: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1647: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1648: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1649: (quote:
1650: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1651: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1652: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1653: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1654: the other developers for their work on the system.
1655: <p>
1656:
1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1658: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1659: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1660: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1661: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1662: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1663: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1664: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1665: too.
1666: <p>
1667:
1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1669: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1670: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1671: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1672: OpenBSD source code using
1673: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1674: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1675: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1676: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1677: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1678: <p>
1679: </ul>
1680:
1.374 jose 1681: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1682: <ul>
1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1684: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1685: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1686: </strong></font><br>
1687: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1688: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1689: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1690: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1691: it."
1692: <p>
1693:
1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1695: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1696: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1697: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1698: </strong></font><br/>
1699: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1700: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1701: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1702: <p>
1703: </ul>
1704:
1.369 ian 1705: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1706: <ul>
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1708: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1709: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1710: </strong></font><br/>
1711: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1712: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1713: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1714: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1715: <p>
1716:
1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1718: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1719: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1720: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1721: </strong></font><br/>
1722: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1723: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1724: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1725: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1726: form factor.
1727: <p>
1728:
1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1730: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1731: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1732: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1733: Features</a>,
1734: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1735: </strong></font><br/>
1736: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1737: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1738: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1739: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1740: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1741: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1742: <p>
1743: This article can also be found online at:
1744: <ul>
1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1746: <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 1747: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1748: </strong></font>
1749: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1750: </ul>
1751: <p>
1.392 david 1752:
1.371 jose 1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1754: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1755: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1756: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1757: </strong></font><br/>
1758: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1759: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1760: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1761: <p>
1.371 jose 1762:
1763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1764: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1765: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1766: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1767: </strong></font><br/>
1768: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1769: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1770: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1771: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1772: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1773: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1774: and its history with OpenBSD.
1775: </ul>
1776:
1.368 henning 1777: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1778: <ul>
1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1780: [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 1781: </strong></font><br>
1782: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1783: </ul>
1784:
1.364 jose 1785: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1786: <ul>
1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1788: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1789: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1790: UNIX Review,
1791: July, 2003.
1792: </strong></font><br>
1793: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1794: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1795: who want more information.
1796: <p>
1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1799: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1800: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1801: Government Computer News,
1802: July 22, 2003.
1803: </strong></font><br>
1804: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1805: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1806: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1807: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1808: <p>
1809:
1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1811: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1812: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1813: SANS Institute,
1814: July 22, 2003.
1815: </strong></font><br>
1816: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1817: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1818: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1819: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1820: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1821: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1822: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1823: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1824: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1825: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1826: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1827: <p>
1828:
1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1830: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1831: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1832: OnLamp.com,
1833: July 17, 2003.
1834: </strong></font><br>
1835: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1836: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1837: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1838: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1839: have been working on.
1840:
1841: </ul>
1842:
1.356 jose 1843: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1844: <ul>
1845:
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1847: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1848: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1849: UNIX Review,
1850: June, 2003.
1851: </strong></font><br>
1852: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1853: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1854: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1855: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1856: <p>
1857:
1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1859: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1860: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1861: eWeek,
1862: June 23, 2003.
1863: </strong></font><br>
1864: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1865: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1866: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1867: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1868: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1869: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1870: <p>
1871:
1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1873: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1874: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1875: Software Development Online,
1876: June, 2003.
1877: </strong></font><br>
1878: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1879: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1880: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1881: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1882: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1883: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1884: current activities.
1885: <p>
1886:
1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1888: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1889: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1890: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1891: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1892: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1893: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1894: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1895: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1896: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1897: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1898: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1899: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1900: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1901: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1902: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1903: decisions.
1904: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1905: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1906: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1907: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1908: <p>
1909:
1910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1911: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1912: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1913: Page 58, eWeek,
1914: June 2, 2003.
1915: </strong></font><br>
1916: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1917: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1918: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1919: been addressed in -current.
1920: <p>
1921:
1.356 jose 1922: </ul>
1923:
1924: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1925: <ul>
1926:
1.355 jose 1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1928: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1929: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1930: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1931: </strong></font><br>
1932: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1933: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1934: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1935: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1936: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1937: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1938: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1939: <p>
1940:
1941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1942: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1943: Beyond Linux</a>,
1944: InfoWorld,
1945: May 23, 2003.
1946: </strong></font><br>
1947: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1948: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1949: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1950: compared to the GPL.
1951: <p>
1952:
1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1954: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1955: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1956: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1957: May 17, 2003.
1958: </strong></font><br>
1959: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1960: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1961: the business section and half of another page inside
1962: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1963: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1964: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1965: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1966: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1967: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1968: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1969: <br>
1970: This article can also be found online at:
1971: <ul>
1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1973: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1974: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1975: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1976: May 17, 2003
1977: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1978: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1980: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1981: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1982: Montreal Gazette,
1983: May 21, 2003
1984: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1985: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1986: <p>
1.346 ian 1987:
1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1989: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1990: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1991: May 7, 2003.
1992: </strong></font><br>
1993: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1994: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1995: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1996: <p>
1997:
1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1999: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2000: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2001: OsOpinion,
2002: May 6, 2003.
2003: </strong></font><br>
2004: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2005: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2006: <br>
2007: This article can also be found online at:
2008: <ul>
2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2010: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2011: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2012: NewsFactor Network.
2013: </strong></font>
2014: </ul>
2015: <p>
2016:
2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2018: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2019: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2020: ITBusiness,
2021: May 2, 2003.
2022: </strong></font><br>
2023: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2024: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2025: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2026: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2027: <p>
2028:
2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2030: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2031: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2032: InfoWorld,
2033: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2034: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2035: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2036: <br>
2037: This article can also be found online at:
2038: <ul>
2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2040: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2041: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2042: IDG Singapore.
2043: </strong></font>
2044: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2045: <p>
2046:
1.339 jose 2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2048: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2049: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2050: ZDNet,
2051: May 1, 2003.
2052: </strong></font><br>
2053: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2054: someone using parts from previous articles.
2055: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2056: This article can also be found online at:
2057: <ul>
2058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2059: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2060: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2061: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2062: </strong></font>
2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2064: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2065: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2066: CNET News.com.
2067: </strong></font>
2068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2069: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2070: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2071: ZDNet UK.
2072: </strong></font>
2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2074: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2075: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2076: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2077: </strong></font>
2078: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2079: <p>
1.339 jose 2080:
1.341 deraadt 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2082: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2083: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2084: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2085: May 1, 2003.
2086: </strong></font><br>
2087: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2088: that have been added
2089: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2090: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2091: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2092: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2093: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2094: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2095: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2096: <p>
2097:
2098: </ul>
2099:
1.253 ian 2100: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2101: <ul>
1.255 ian 2102:
1.260 ian 2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2104: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2105: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2106: TechRepublic,
2107: April 28, 2003.
2108: </strong></font><br>
2109: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2110: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2111: work.<br>
2112: Can also be found online at:
2113: <ul>
2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2115: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2116: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2117: ZDNet UK.
2118: </strong></font>
2119: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2120: <p>
2121:
2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2123: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2124: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2125: IDG,
2126: April 24, 2003.
2127: </strong></font><br>
2128: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2129: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2130: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2131: Can also be found online at:
2132: <ul>
2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2134: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2135: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2136: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2137: </strong></font>
2138: </ul>
2139: <p>
2140:
2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2142: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2143: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2144: Slate,
2145: April 24, 2003.
2146: </strong></font><br>
2147: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2148: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2149: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2150: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2151: <p>
2152:
2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2154: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2155: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2156: April 24, 2003.
2157: </strong></font><br>
2158: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2159: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2160: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2161: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2162: <p>
2163:
2164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2165: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2166: April 24, 2003.
2167: </strong></font><br>
2168: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2169: the free software community".
2170: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2171: other articles.
2172: <p>
2173:
2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2175: <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 2176: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2177: </strong></font><br>
2178: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2179: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2180: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2181: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2182: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2183: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2184: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2185: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2186: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2187: <br/>
2188: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2189: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2190: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2191: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2192: <br>
2193: Can also be found online at:
2194: <ul>
2195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2196: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2197: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2198: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2199: </strong></font>
2200: </ul>
1.324 ian 2201: <p>
2202:
2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2204: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2205: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2206: </strong></font><br>
2207: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2208: article above.
2209: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2210: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2211: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2212: <br>
2213: Can also be found online at:
2214: <ul>
2215: <li>
2216: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2217: </strong></font>
2218: </ul>
1.324 ian 2219: <p>
2220:
2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2222: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2223: </strong></font><br>
2224: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2225: <p>
2226:
2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2228: <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.
2229: </strong></font><br>
2230: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2231: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2232: <p>
2233:
2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2235: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2236: April 23, 2003.
2237: </strong></font><br>
2238: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2239: <p>
2240:
2241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2242: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2243: April 22, 2003.
2244: </strong></font><br>
2245: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2246: <p>
2247:
2248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2249: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2250: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2251: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2252: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2253: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2254: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2255: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2256: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2257: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2258: Can also be found online at:
2259: <ul>
2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2261: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2262: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2263: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2264: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2266: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2267: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2268: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2269: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2270: </ul>
2271: <p>
2272:
2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2274: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2275: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2276: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2277: </strong></font><br>
2278: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2279: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2280: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2281: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2282: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2283: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2284: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2285: <p>
2286:
2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2288: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2289: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2290: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2291: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2292: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2293: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2294: at UPenn and DARPA.
2295: <p>
2296:
2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2298: [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,
2299: France
1.315 deraadt 2300: April 18, 2003.
2301: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2302: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2303: <p>
2304:
2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2306: [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 2307: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2308: </strong></font><br>
2309: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2310: <p>
2311:
2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2313: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2314: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2315: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2316: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2317: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2318: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2319: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2320: <p>
2321:
2322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2323: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2324: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2325: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2326: </strong></font><br>
2327: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2328: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2329: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2330: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2331: <p>
2332:
2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2334: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2335: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2336: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2337: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2338: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2339: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2340: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2341: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2342: Can also be found online at:
2343: <ul>
2344: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2345: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2346: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2347: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2348: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2349: <p>
2350:
2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2352: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2353: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2354: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2355: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2356: </strong></font><br>
2357: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2358: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2359: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2360: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2361: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2362:
2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2364: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2365: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2366: New York Times.
2367: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2368:
1.273 deraadt 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2370: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2371: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2372: ABC News.
2373: </strong></font>
2374:
2375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2376: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2377: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2378: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2379: </strong></font>
2380:
2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2382: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2383: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2384: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2385: </strong></font>
2386:
2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2388: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2389: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2390: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2391: </strong></font>
2392:
2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2394: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2395: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2396: Times Daily, AL.
2397: </strong></font>
2398:
2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2400: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2401: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2402: Boston.com, MA.
2403: </strong></font>
2404:
2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2406: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2407: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2408: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2409: </strong></font>
2410:
2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2412: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2413: [Article was pulled]</a>
2414: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2415: </strong></font>
2416:
2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2418: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2419: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2420: Infoshop News.
2421: </strong></font>
2422:
2423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2424: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2425: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2426: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2427: </strong></font>
2428:
2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2430: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2431: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2432: Raleigh News, NC.
2433: </strong></font>
2434:
2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2436: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2437: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2438: Napa News, CA.
2439: </strong></font>
2440:
2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2442: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2443: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2444: NEPA News, PA.
2445: </strong></font>
2446:
2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2448: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2449: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2450: Wired News.
2451: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2452: <br>
2453: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2454: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2455: [JAPANESE]
2456: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2457: Wired News Japan</a>
2458: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2459:
1.271 deraadt 2460: </ul>
2461: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2462: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2463: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2464: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2465: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2466: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2467: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2468: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2469: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2470: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2471: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2472: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2473: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2474: <p>
2475: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2476:
2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2478: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2479: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2480: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2481: </strong></font>
2482:
2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2484: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2485: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2486: Miami Herald, FL.
2487: </strong></font>
2488:
2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2490: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2491: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2492: </strong></font>
2493:
2494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2495: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2496: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2497: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2498: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2499:
2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2501: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2502: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2503: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2504: ABC News.
2505: </strong></font>
2506:
1.276 deraadt 2507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2508: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2509: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2510: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2511: </strong></font>
2512:
1.286 dhartmei 2513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2514: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2515: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2516: Wilmington Star, NC.
2517: </strong></font>
2518:
1.300 jose 2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2520: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2521: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2522: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2523: </strong></font>
2524:
1.309 jose 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2526: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2527: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2528: Globe Technology.
2529: </strong></font>
2530:
1.263 deraadt 2531: </ul>
1.262 beck 2532: <p>
2533:
2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2535: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2536: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2537: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2538: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2539: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2540: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2541: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2542: <p>
2543:
2544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2545: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2546: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2547: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2548: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2549: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2550: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2551: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2552: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2553: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2554: and simply restates other press reports.
2555: <p>
2556:
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2558: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2559: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2560: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2561: </strong></font><br>
2562: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2563: <p>
2564:
2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2566: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2567: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2568: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2569: </strong></font><br>
2570: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2571: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2572: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2573: <p>
2574:
2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2576: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2577: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2578: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2579: April 17, 2003.
2580: </strong></font><br>
2581: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2582: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2583: Tech Anthems</a>
2584: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2585: 4 so far.
2586: <p>
2587:
2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2589: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2590: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2591: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2592: </strong></font><br>
2593: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2594: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2595: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2596: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2597: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2598: Goes on to say:
2599: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2600: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2601: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2602: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2603: This article is also found online at:
2604: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2606: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2607: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2608: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2609: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2611: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2612: ZDnet</a>,
2613: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2614: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2616: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2617: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2618: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2619: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2620: </ul>
1.260 ian 2621: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2622:
1.260 ian 2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2624: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2625: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2626: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2627: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2628: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2629: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2630: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2631: without notice or justification.
2632: <p>
2633:
2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2635: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2636: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2637: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2638: </strong></font><br>
2639: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2640: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2641: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2642: effective today, without any warning..."
2643: <p>
1.257 ian 2644:
2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2646: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2647: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2648: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2649: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2650: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2651: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2652: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2653: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2654: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2655: <p>
2656:
2657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2658: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2659: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2660: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2661: </strong></font><br>
2662: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2663: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2664: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2665: quoting two of them:
2666: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2667: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2668: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2669: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2670: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2671: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2672: <p>
2673:
1.255 ian 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2675: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2676: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2677: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2678: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2679: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2680: <p>
2681:
2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2683: [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 2684: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2685: </strong></font><br>
2686: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2687: <p>
2688:
2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2690: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2691: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2692: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2693: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2694: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2695: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2696: security experts for more than three decades."
2697: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2698: <p>
1.261 ian 2699:
1.254 drahn 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2701: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2702: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2703: </strong></font><br>
2704: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2705: <p>
2706:
2707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2708: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2709: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2710: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2711: </strong></font><br>
2712: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2713: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2714: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2715: <p>
2716:
2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2718: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2719: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2720: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2721: </strong></font><br>
2722: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2723: from US DARPA.
2724: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2725: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2726: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2727: the BSD license.
2728: <p>
2729: </ul>
2730:
1.251 ian 2731: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2732: <ul>
2733:
2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2735: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2736: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2737: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2738: </strong></font><br>
2739:
2740: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2741: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2742: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2743: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2744: <p>
2745:
2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2747: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2748: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2749: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2750: </strong></font><br>
2751: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2752: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2753: Mentions
2754: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2755: and
2756: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2757: programs.
2758: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2759: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2760: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2761: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2762: <p>
1.325 ian 2763: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2764: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2765:
2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2767: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2768: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2769: </strong></font><br>
2770: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2771: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2772: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2773: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2774: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2775: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2776: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2777: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2778: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2779: put into service."
2780: <p>
2781: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2782: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2783: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2784: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2785: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2786: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2787: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2788: computers with security features."
2789: <p>
1.329 ian 2790:
2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2792: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2793: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2794: Slate,
2795: March 3, 2003.
2796: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2797: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2798: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2799: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2800: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2801: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2802: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2803: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2804: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2805: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2806: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2807: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2808: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2809: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2810: of more secure open-source solutions like
2811: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2812: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2813: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2814: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2815: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2816: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2817: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2818: the Beltway."
2819: <p>
1.251 ian 2820: </ul>
2821:
1.249 jufi 2822: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2823: <ul>
2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2825: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2826: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2827: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2828: </strong></font><br>
2829: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2830: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2831: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2832: <p>
1.334 ian 2833:
2834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2835: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2836: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2837: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2838: </strong></font><br>
2839: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2840: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2841: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2842: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2843: "... the hypothetical question ...
2844: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2845: <br>
2846: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2847: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2848: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2849: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2850: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2851: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2852: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2853: support network security.
2854: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2855: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2856: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2857: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2858: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2859: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2860: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2861: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2862: <br>
2863: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2864: <p>
2865:
1.249 jufi 2866: </ul>
2867:
1.246 jufi 2868: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2869: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2872: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2873: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2874: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2875: </strong></font><br>
2876: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2877: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2878: <p>
2879:
1.247 jufi 2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2881: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2882: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2883: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2884: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2885: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2886: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2887: <p>
2888:
2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2890: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2891: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2892: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2893: </strong></font><br>
2894: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2895: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2896: <p>
1.247 jufi 2897: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2898:
1.244 jufi 2899: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2900: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2901:
1.247 jufi 2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2903: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2904: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2905: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2906: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2907: </strong></font><br>
2908: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2909: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2910: md5 digests.
2911: <p>
2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2914: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2915: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2916: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2917: </strong></font><br>
2918: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2919: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2920: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2921: right the first time."
2922: <p>
1.247 jufi 2923: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2924:
2925:
2926: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2930: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2931: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2932: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2933: </strong></font><br>
2934: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2935: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2936: part 6</a>.
2937: <p>
2938:
1.247 jufi 2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2940: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2941: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2942: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2943: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2944: </strong></font><br>
2945: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2946: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2947: <p>
1.301 jose 2948:
2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2950: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2951: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2952: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2953: </strong></font><br>
2954:
2955: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2956: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2957: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2958: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2959: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2960: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2961: <i>Here's the
2962: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2963: <p>
1.247 jufi 2964: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2965:
2966: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2967: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2968:
1.247 jufi 2969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2970: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2971: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2972: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2973: </strong></font><br>
2974: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2975: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2976: <p>
2977:
1.247 jufi 2978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2979: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2980: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2981: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2982: </strong></font><br>
2983: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2984: this time using pf.
2985: <p>
1.247 jufi 2986: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2987:
2988: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2989: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2990:
1.247 jufi 2991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2992: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2993: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2994: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2995: </strong></font><br>
2996: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2997: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2998: their rotation.
2999: <p>
3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3002: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3003: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3004: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3005: </strong></font><br>
3006: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3007: <p>
1.247 jufi 3008: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3009:
1.239 jufi 3010: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3011: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3014: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3015: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3016: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3017: </strong></font><br>
3018: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3019: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3020: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3021: <p>
3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3024: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3025: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3026: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3027: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3028: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3029: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3030: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3031: <p>
1.247 jufi 3032: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3033:
1.235 lebel 3034: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3035: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3036:
1.239 jufi 3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3039: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3040: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3041: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3042: </strong></font><br>
3043: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3044: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3045: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3046: <p>
1.301 jose 3047:
1.247 jufi 3048: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3049:
1.228 horacio 3050: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3051: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3052:
1.247 jufi 3053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3054: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3055: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3056: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3057: </strong></font><br>
3058: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3059: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3060: <p>
3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3063: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3064: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3065: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3066: </strong></font><br>
3067: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3068: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3069: <p>
3070:
1.247 jufi 3071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3072: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3073: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3074: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3075: </strong></font><br>
3076: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3077: on the desktop of his parents.
3078: <p>
3079:
1.247 jufi 3080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3081: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3082: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3083: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3084: </strong></font><br>
3085: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3086: using IPFilter.
3087:
3088: <p>
3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3091: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3092: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3093: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3094: </strong></font><br>
3095: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3096: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3097: perspectives of the four OS.
3098: <br>
3099: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3100: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3101: <p>
3102:
1.247 jufi 3103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3104: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3105: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3106: software and security</a>,
3107: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3108: </strong></font><br>
3109:
3110: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3111: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3112: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3113: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3114: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3115: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3116: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3117: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3118: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3119: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3120: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3121: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3122: <p>
1.247 jufi 3123: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3124:
1.225 horacio 3125: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3126: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3129: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3130: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3131: Interview</a>,
3132: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3133: </strong></font><br>
3134:
3135: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3136: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3137: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3138: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3139: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3140: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3141: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3142: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3143: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3144: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3145: of choice.
3146: <p>
1.247 jufi 3147: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3148:
3149: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3150: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3153: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3154: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3155: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3156: </strong></font><br>
3157:
3158: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3159: <p>
3160:
1.247 jufi 3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3162: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3163: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3164: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3165: </strong></font><br>
3166:
3167: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3168: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3169: <p>
1.247 jufi 3170: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3171:
1.218 horacio 3172: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3173: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3174:
1.247 jufi 3175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3176: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3177: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3178: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3179: </strong></font><br>
3180:
3181: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3182: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3183: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3184: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3185: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3186: subjects. Worth a read.
3187: <p>
3188:
3189:
1.247 jufi 3190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3191: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3192: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3193: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3194: </strong></font><br>
3195:
3196: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3197: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3198: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3199: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3200: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3201: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3202: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3203: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3204: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3205: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3206: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3207: on other operating systems.<br>
3208: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3209: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3210: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3211: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3212: <p>
3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3215: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3216: Operating System 2010</a>,
3217: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3218: </strong></font><br>
3219:
3220: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3221: covering the level of software integration into the core
3222: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3223: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3224: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3225: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3226: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3227: <p>
3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3230: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3231: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3232: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3233: </strong></font><br>
3234:
3235: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3236: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3237: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3238: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3239: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3240: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3241: <p>
1.247 jufi 3242: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3243:
1.210 jufi 3244: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3245: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3248: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3249: Already a Contender</a>,
3250: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3251: </strong></font><br>
3252:
3253: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3254: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3255: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3256: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3257: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3258: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3259: <p>
3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3262: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3263: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3264: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3265: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3266:
1.224 horacio 3267: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3268: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3269: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3270: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3271: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3272: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3273: <p>
1.247 jufi 3274: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3275:
3276: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3277: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3278:
1.247 jufi 3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3280: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3281: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3282: Division</a>,
3283: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3284: </strong></font><br>
3285:
3286: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3287: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3288: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3289: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3290: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3291: investment</em>.<br>
3292: The implementation details can be seen on their
3293: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3294: <p>
3295:
1.247 jufi 3296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3297: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3298: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3299: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3300: </strong></font><br>
3301:
3302: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3303: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3304: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3305: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3306: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3307: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3308: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3309: <p>
3310:
3311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3312: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3313: Thinking about Security</a>,
3314: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3315: </strong></font><br>
3316:
3317: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3318: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3319: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3320: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3321: to time.<br>
3322: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3323: system and just the most secure system.
3324: <p>
3325:
1.247 jufi 3326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3327: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3328: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3329: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3330: </strong></font><br>
3331:
3332: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3333: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3334: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3335: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3336: choice:<br>
3337: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3338: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3339: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3340: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3341: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3342: network security devices and as such must be well
3343: armored."</em><br>
3344: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3345: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3346: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3347: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3348: <br>
3349: Bravo!
3350: <p>
1.247 jufi 3351: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3352:
1.207 ian 3353: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3354: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3357: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3358: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3359: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3360:
1.207 ian 3361: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3362: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3363: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3364: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3365: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3366: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3367: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3368: <p>
1.247 jufi 3369: </ul>
1.207 ian 3370:
1.194 jufi 3371: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3372: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3373:
1.247 jufi 3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3375: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3376: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3377: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3378: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3379:
1.240 miod 3380: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3381: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3382: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3383: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3384: <p>
3385:
1.247 jufi 3386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3387: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3388: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3389: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3390:
3391: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3392: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3393: <p>
3394:
3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3396: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3397: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3398: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3399:
3400: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3401: <p>
3402:
3403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3404: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3405: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3406: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3407: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3408:
1.240 miod 3409: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3410: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3411: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3412: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3413: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3414: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3415: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3416: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3417: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3418: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3419: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3420: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3421: <p>
3422:
1.247 jufi 3423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3424: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3425: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3426: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3427: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3428:
1.194 jufi 3429: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3430: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3431: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3432: <br>
3433: The new
3434: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3435: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3436: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3437: <p>
1.247 jufi 3438: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3439:
1.190 horacio 3440: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3441: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3442:
1.247 jufi 3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3444:
3445: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3446: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3447:
1.301 jose 3448:
1.191 jufi 3449: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3450: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3451:
3452: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3453: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3454:
1.212 horacio 3455: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3456: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3457: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3458:
1.211 horacio 3459: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3460: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3461: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3464: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3465:
1.247 jufi 3466: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3467: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3468:
1.212 horacio 3469: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3470: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3471: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3472:
3473: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3474: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3475:
3476: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3477: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3478:
1.301 jose 3479: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3480: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3481:
1.191 jufi 3482: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3483: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3484:
3485: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3486: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3487:
1.192 jufi 3488: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3489: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3490: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3491:
1.193 deraadt 3492: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3493: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3494: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3497: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3498:
1.247 jufi 3499: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3500: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3501: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3502:
1.213 horacio 3503: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3504: 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 3505: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3506:
1.190 horacio 3507: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3508: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3509: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3510: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3511: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3512: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3513: <p>
1.190 horacio 3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3516: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3517: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3518: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3519: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3520:
1.195 jufi 3521: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3522: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3523: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3524: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3525: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3526: <p>
3527:
1.247 jufi 3528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3529: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3530: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3531: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3532: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3533:
1.191 jufi 3534: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3535: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3536: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3537: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3538: <p>
3539:
3540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3541: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3542: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3543: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3544:
3545: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3546: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3547: <p>
1.247 jufi 3548: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3549:
1.191 jufi 3550:
1.186 jufi 3551: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3552: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3555: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3556: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3557: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3558: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3559:
1.188 jufi 3560: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3561: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3562: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3563: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3564: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3565: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3566: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3567: <p>
3568:
1.301 jose 3569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3570: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3571: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3572: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3573:
3574: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3575: <p>
1.191 jufi 3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3578: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3579: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3580: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3581: </strong></font><br>
3582:
3583: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3584: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3585: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3586: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3587: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3588: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3589: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3590: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3591: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3592: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3593: familiar?
3594: <p>
1.247 jufi 3595: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3596:
1.178 louis 3597: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3598: <ul>
1.178 louis 3599:
1.247 jufi 3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3601: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3602: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3603: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3604: </strong></font><br>
3605:
3606: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3607: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3608: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3609: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3610: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3611: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3612: <p>
3613:
1.247 jufi 3614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3615: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3616: Open source under the hood</a>,
3617: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3618: </strong></font><br>
3619:
3620: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3621: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3622: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3623: <p>
3624:
1.247 jufi 3625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3626: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3627: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3628: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3629: </strong></font><br>
3630:
3631: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3632: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3633: <p>
1.247 jufi 3634: </ul>
1.179 louis 3635:
1.174 louis 3636:
1.175 louis 3637: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3638: <ul>
1.175 louis 3639:
1.247 jufi 3640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3641: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3642: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3643: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3644: </strong></font><br>
3645:
3646: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3647: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3648: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3649: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3650: <p>
3651:
1.247 jufi 3652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3653: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3654: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3655: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3656: </strong></font><br>
3657:
3658: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3659: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3660: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3661: <p>
1.247 jufi 3662: </ul>
1.175 louis 3663:
1.176 louis 3664:
1.172 mickey 3665: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3666: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3667:
1.247 jufi 3668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3669: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3670: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3671: </strong></font><br>
3672:
3673: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3674: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3675: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3676: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3677: <p>
3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3680: <a
1.269 deraadt 3681: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3682: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3683: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3684: </strong></font><br>
3685:
3686: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3687: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3688: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3689: <p>
3690:
1.247 jufi 3691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3692: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3693: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3694: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3695: </strong></font><br>
3696:
3697: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3698: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3699: <p>
3700:
1.247 jufi 3701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3702: <a
1.269 deraadt 3703: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3704: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3705: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3706: </strong></font><br>
3707:
3708: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3709: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3710: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3711: our own Theo de Raadt.
3712: <p>
3713:
1.247 jufi 3714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3715: <a
1.269 deraadt 3716: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3717: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3718: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3719: </strong></font><br>
3720:
3721: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3722: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3723: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3724: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3725: shut down.]
3726: <p>
3727:
1.247 jufi 3728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3729: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3730: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3731: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3732: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3733: </strong></font><br>
3734:
3735: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3736: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3737: <p>
1.247 jufi 3738: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3739:
1.161 louis 3740: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3741: <ul>
1.161 louis 3742:
1.247 jufi 3743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3744: <a
1.269 deraadt 3745: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3746: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3747: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3748: </strong></font><br>
3749:
3750: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3751: by John Wolley
3752: <p>
3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3755: <a
1.269 deraadt 3756: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3757: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3758: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3759: </strong></font><br>
3760:
3761: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3762: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3763: OpenBSD).
3764: <p>
3765:
1.247 jufi 3766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3767: <a
1.247 jufi 3768: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3769: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3770: </strong></font><br>
3771:
3772: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3773: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3774: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3775: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3776: and hindsight.
3777: <p>
3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3780: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3781: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3782: </strong></font><br>
3783:
3784: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3785: <p>
3786:
1.247 jufi 3787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3788: <a
1.168 provos 3789: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3790: December 7, 2000
3791: </strong></font><br>
3792:
3793: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3794: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3795: us explain.
3796: <p>
3797:
1.247 jufi 3798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3799: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3800: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3801: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3802: December 6, 2000
3803: </strong></font><br>
3804:
3805: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3806: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3807: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3808: <p>
3809:
1.247 jufi 3810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3811: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3812: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3813: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3814: </strong></font><br>
3815:
3816: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3817: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3818: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3819: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3820: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3821: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3822: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3823: <p>
3824:
3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3826: <a
1.226 horacio 3827: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3828: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3829: </strong></font><br>
3830:
3831: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3832: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3833: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3834: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3835: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3836: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3837: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3838: <p>
1.162 millert 3839:
1.247 jufi 3840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3841: <a
1.161 louis 3842: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3843: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3844: </strong></font><br>
3845:
3846: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3847: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3848: <p>
3849:
1.247 jufi 3850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3851: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3852: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3853: </strong></font><br>
3854:
3855: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3856: <p>
3857:
3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3860: <a
1.226 horacio 3861: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3862: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3863: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3864: </strong></font><br>
3865:
3866: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3867: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3868: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3869: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3870: <p>
1.247 jufi 3871: </ul>
1.169 louis 3872:
1.158 louis 3873: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3874: <ul>
1.147 louis 3875:
1.247 jufi 3876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3877: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3878: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3879: </strong></font><br>
3880:
3881: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3882: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3883: <p>
3884:
1.247 jufi 3885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3886: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3887: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3888: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3889: </strong></font><br>
3890: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3891: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3892: <p>
3893:
1.247 jufi 3894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3895: <a
3896: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3897: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3898: </strong></font><br>
3899:
3900: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3901: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3902: <p>
3903:
1.247 jufi 3904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3905: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3906: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3907: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3908:
1.213 horacio 3909: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3910: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3911: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3912: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3913: <p>
1.215 horacio 3914:
1.247 jufi 3915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3916: <a
3917: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3918: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3919: </strong></font><br>
3920:
3921: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3922: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3923: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3924: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3925: much of the attitude too).
3926: <p>
1.161 louis 3927:
1.247 jufi 3928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3929: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3930: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3931: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3932:
1.157 louis 3933: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3934: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3935: <p>
1.247 jufi 3936: </ul>
1.157 louis 3937:
3938: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3939: <ul>
1.157 louis 3940:
1.247 jufi 3941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3942: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3943: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3944: </strong></font><br>
3945:
3946: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3947: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3948: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3949: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3950: <p>
3951:
1.247 jufi 3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3953: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3954: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3955: </strong></font><br>
3956:
3957: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3958: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3959: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3960: it because they love coding...
3961: <p>
3962:
1.247 jufi 3963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3964: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3965: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3966: </strong></font><br>
3967:
3968: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3969: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3970: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3971: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3972: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3973: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3974: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3975: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3976: <p>
3977:
1.247 jufi 3978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3979: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3980: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3981: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3982: </strong></font><br>
3983:
3984: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3985: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3986: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3987: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3988: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3989: the pizza.
3990: <p>
3991:
1.247 jufi 3992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3993: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3994: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3995: </strong></font><br>
3996:
3997: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3998: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3999: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4000: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4001: problems.
4002: <p>
4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4005: <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 4006: </strong></font><br>
4007:
1.222 miod 4008: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4009: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4010: - whether they like it or not.
4011: <p>
4012:
1.247 jufi 4013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4014: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4015: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4016: </strong></font><br>
4017:
4018: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4019: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4020: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4021: <p>
1.148 aaron 4022:
1.247 jufi 4023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4024: <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 4025: </strong></font><br>
4026:
4027: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4028: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4029: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4030: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4031: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4032: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4033: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4034: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4035: <p>
4036:
1.247 jufi 4037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4038: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4039: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4040: </strong></font><br>
4041:
4042: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4043: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4044: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4045: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4046: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4047: <p>
1.247 jufi 4048: </ul>
1.147 louis 4049:
1.138 louis 4050: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4051: <ul>
1.138 louis 4052:
1.247 jufi 4053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4054: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4055: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4056: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4057: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4058: </strong></font><br>
4059:
1.227 horacio 4060: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4061: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4062: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4063: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4064: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4065: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4066: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4067: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4068: <p>
4069:
1.247 jufi 4070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4071: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4072: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4073: </strong></font><br>
4074:
4075: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4076: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4077: groups, and even Linux.
4078: <p>
4079:
1.247 jufi 4080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4081: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4082: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4083: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4084: </strong></font><br>
4085:
4086: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4087: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4088: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4089: library after installing the OS.
4090: <p>
4091:
1.247 jufi 4092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4093: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4094: Sys Admin, September 2000
4095: </strong></font><br>
4096:
4097: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4098: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4099: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4100: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4101: (<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>,
4102: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4103: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4104: <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 4105: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4106: out of the system.
4107: <p>
4108:
1.247 jufi 4109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4110: <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
4111: </strong></font><br>
4112:
4113: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4114: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4115: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4116: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4117: the IP filtering and address translation.
4118: <p>
1.301 jose 4119:
4120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4121: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4122: </strong></font><br>
4123:
4124: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4125: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4126: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4127: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4128: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4129: <p>
1.247 jufi 4130: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4131:
1.131 louis 4132: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4133: <ul>
1.131 louis 4134:
1.247 jufi 4135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4136: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4137: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4138: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4139: </strong></font><br>
4140:
4141: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4142: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4143: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4144: <p>
4145:
1.247 jufi 4146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4147: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4148: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4149: </strong></font><br>
4150:
4151: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4152: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4153: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4154: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4155: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4156: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4157: note of"</i>.
4158: <p>
4159:
1.247 jufi 4160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4161: <a
1.247 jufi 4162: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4163: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4164: </strong></font><br>
4165:
4166: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4167: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4168: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4169: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4170: <p>
4171:
1.247 jufi 4172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4173: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4174: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4175: </strong></font><br>
4176:
4177: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4178: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4179: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4180: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4181: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4182: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4183: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4184: <p>
4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4187: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4188: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4189: 2000
4190: </strong></font><br>
4191:
4192: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4193: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4194: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4195: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4196: against current industry practices.
4197: <p>
4198:
1.247 jufi 4199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4200: <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
4201: </strong></font><br>
4202:
4203: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4204: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4205: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4206: <p>
4207:
1.247 jufi 4208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4209: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4210: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4211: </strong></font><br>
4212:
4213: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4214: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4215: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4216: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4217: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4218: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4219: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4220: <p>
4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4223: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4224: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4225: </strong></font><br>
4226:
4227: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4228: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4229: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4230: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4231: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4232: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4233: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4234: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4235: <p>
1.247 jufi 4236: </ul>
1.131 louis 4237:
1.118 louis 4238: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4239: <ul>
1.118 louis 4240:
1.247 jufi 4241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4242: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4243: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4244: </strong></font><br>
4245:
4246: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4247: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4248: about time. The article mentions that
4249: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4250: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4251: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4252: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4253: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4254: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4255: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4256: <p>
4257:
1.247 jufi 4258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4259: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4260: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4261: </strong></font><br>
4262:
4263: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4264: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4265: of OpenSSH.
4266: <p>
4267:
1.247 jufi 4268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4269: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4270: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4271: </strong></font><br>
4272:
4273: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4274: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4275: bridging.
4276: <p>
4277:
1.247 jufi 4278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4279: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4280: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4281: </strong></font><br>
4282:
1.121 deraadt 4283: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4284: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4285: <p>
4286:
1.247 jufi 4287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4288: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4289: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4290: </strong></font><br>
4291:
4292: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4293: <p>
4294:
1.247 jufi 4295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4296: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4297: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4298: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4299: </strong></font><br>
4300:
1.120 deraadt 4301: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4302: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4303: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4304: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4305: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4306: <p>
4307:
1.247 jufi 4308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4309: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4310: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4311: </strong></font><br>
4312:
1.222 miod 4313: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4314: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4315: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4316: protocols and their quirks.
4317: <p>
4318:
1.247 jufi 4319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4320: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4321: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4322: </strong></font><br>
4323:
4324: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4325: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4326: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4327: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4328: <p>
4329:
1.247 jufi 4330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4331: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4332: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4333: </strong></font><br>
4334:
4335: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4336: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4337: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4338: <p>
4339:
1.247 jufi 4340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4341: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4342: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4343: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4344: </strong></font><br>
4345:
4346: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4347: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4348: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4349: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4350: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4351: <p>
1.247 jufi 4352: </ul>
1.118 louis 4353:
1.104 louis 4354: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4355: <ul>
1.104 louis 4356:
1.247 jufi 4357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4358: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4359: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4360: </strong></font><br>
4361:
4362: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4363: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4364: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4365: be a bit dry.
4366: <p>
4367:
1.247 jufi 4368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4369: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4370: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4371: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4372: </strong></font><br>
4373: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4374: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4375: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4376: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4377: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4378: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4379: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4380: <p>
4381:
1.247 jufi 4382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4383: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4384: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4385: 2000
1.128 louis 4386: </strong></font><br>
4387:
4388: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4389: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4390: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4391: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4392: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4393: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4394: <p>
4395:
1.247 jufi 4396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4397: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4398: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4399: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4400:
4401: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4402: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4403: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4404: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4405: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4406: <p>
1.110 louis 4407:
1.247 jufi 4408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4409: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4410: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4411: </strong></font><br>
4412:
4413: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4414: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4415: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4416: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4417: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4418: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4419: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4420: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4421: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4422: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4423: <p>
4424:
1.247 jufi 4425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4426: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4427: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4428:
4429: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4430: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4431: <p>
1.108 louis 4432:
1.247 jufi 4433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4434: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4435: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4436: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4437:
4438: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4439: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4440: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4441: <p>
1.106 louis 4442:
1.247 jufi 4443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4444: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4445: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4446: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4447:
4448: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4449: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4450: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4451: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4452: <p>
1.107 louis 4453:
1.247 jufi 4454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4455: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4456: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4457: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4458:
4459: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4460: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4461: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4462: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4463: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4464: <p>
1.105 louis 4465:
1.247 jufi 4466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4467: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4468: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4469: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4470:
1.113 naddy 4471: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4472: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4473: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4474: <p>
1.104 louis 4475:
1.247 jufi 4476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4477: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4478: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4479: </strong></font><br>
4480:
4481: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4482: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4483: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4484: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4485: <p>
1.301 jose 4486:
4487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4488: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4489: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4490: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4491:
4492: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4493: hardware-supported cryptography.
4494: <p>
1.247 jufi 4495: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4496:
1.85 louis 4497: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4498: <ul>
1.85 louis 4499:
1.247 jufi 4500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4501: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4502: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4503: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4504:
4505: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4506: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4507: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4508: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4509: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4510: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4511: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4512: <p>
1.99 louis 4513:
1.247 jufi 4514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4515: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4516: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4517: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4518:
4519: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4520: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4521: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4522: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4523: <p>
1.100 louis 4524:
1.247 jufi 4525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4526: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4527: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4528: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4529:
4530: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4531: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4532: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4533: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4534: <p>
1.95 louis 4535:
1.247 jufi 4536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4537: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4538: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4539: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4540:
4541: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4542: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4543: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4544: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4545: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4546: <p>
1.92 louis 4547:
1.247 jufi 4548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4549: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4550: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4551: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4552:
4553: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4554: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4555: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4556: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4557: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4558: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4559: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4560: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4561: <p>
1.91 louis 4562:
1.247 jufi 4563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4564: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4565: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4566: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4567:
4568: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4569: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4570: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4571: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4572: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4573: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4574: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4575: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4576: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4577: <p>
1.90 louis 4578:
1.247 jufi 4579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4580: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4581: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4582: </strong></font><br>
4583: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4584: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4585: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4586: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4587: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4588: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4589: <p>
4590:
1.247 jufi 4591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4592: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4593: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4594: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4595:
1.113 naddy 4596: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4597: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4598: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4599: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4600: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4601: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4602: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4603: <p>
1.87 louis 4604:
1.247 jufi 4605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4606: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4607: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4608: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4609:
4610: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4611: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4612: <p>
1.85 louis 4613:
1.247 jufi 4614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4615: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4616: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4617: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4618:
4619: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4620: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4621: <p>
4622:
4623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4624: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4625: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4626: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4627:
4628: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4629: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4630: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4631: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4632: <p>
1.89 louis 4633:
1.247 jufi 4634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4635: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4636: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4637: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4638:
4639: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4640: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4641: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4642: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4643: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4644: </ul>
1.85 louis 4645:
1.78 deraadt 4646: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4647: <ul>
1.74 louis 4648:
1.247 jufi 4649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4650: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4651: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4652: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4653: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4654:
4655: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4656: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4657: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4658: <p>
1.83 louis 4659:
1.247 jufi 4660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4661: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4662: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4663: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4664:
4665: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4666: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4667: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4668: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4669: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4670: <p>
1.93 louis 4671:
1.247 jufi 4672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4673: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4674: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4675: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4676: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4677:
1.83 louis 4678: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4679: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4680: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4681: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4682: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4683: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4684: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4685: <p>
1.82 aaron 4686:
1.247 jufi 4687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4688: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4689: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4690: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4691:
1.83 louis 4692: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4693: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4694: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4695: <p>
1.80 louis 4696:
1.247 jufi 4697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4698: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4699: Bad Press</a>,
4700: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4701: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4702:
4703: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4704: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4705: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4706: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4707: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4708: <p>
1.247 jufi 4709: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4710:
4711: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4712: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4713:
1.247 jufi 4714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4715: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4716: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4717: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4718: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4719:
4720: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4721: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4722: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4723: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4724: <p>
1.74 louis 4725:
1.247 jufi 4726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4727: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4728: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4729: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4730:
1.219 horacio 4731: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4732: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4733: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4734: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4735: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4736: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4737: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4738: <p>
1.88 louis 4739:
1.247 jufi 4740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4741: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4742: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4743: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4744:
4745: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4746: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4747: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4748: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4749: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4750: <p>
1.81 louis 4751:
1.247 jufi 4752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4753: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4754: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4755: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4756:
4757: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4758: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4759: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4760: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4761: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4762: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4763: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4764: <p>
1.90 louis 4765:
1.247 jufi 4766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4767: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4768: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4769: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4770:
4771: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4772: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4773: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4774: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4775: <p>
1.247 jufi 4776: </ul>
1.71 louis 4777:
1.69 deraadt 4778: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4779: <ul>
1.70 louis 4780:
1.247 jufi 4781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4782: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4783: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4784: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4785:
4786: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4787: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4788: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4789: <p>
1.70 louis 4790:
1.247 jufi 4791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4792: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4793: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4794: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4795:
4796: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4797: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4798: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4799: <p>
1.68 louis 4800:
1.247 jufi 4801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4802: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4803: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4804: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4805: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4806:
1.111 jufi 4807: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4808: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4809: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4810: "secure by default" installation.
4811: <p>
1.64 louis 4812:
1.247 jufi 4813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4814: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4815: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4816: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4817:
1.113 naddy 4818: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4819: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4820: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4821: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4822: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4823: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4824: <p>
1.66 louis 4825:
1.247 jufi 4826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4827: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4828: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4829: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4830:
4831: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4832: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4833: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4834: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4835: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4836: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4837: <p>
1.83 louis 4838:
1.247 jufi 4839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4840: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4841: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4842: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4843:
4844: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4845: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4846: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4847: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4848: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4849: <p>
1.64 louis 4850:
1.247 jufi 4851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4852: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4853: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4854: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4855:
4856: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4857: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4858: <p>
1.301 jose 4859:
4860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4861: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4862: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4863: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4864: </strong></font><br>
4865:
4866: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4867: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4868: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4869: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4870: Giving way to
4871: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4872: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4873: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4874: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4875: <p>
1.247 jufi 4876: </ul>
1.65 louis 4877:
1.69 deraadt 4878: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4879: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4880:
1.247 jufi 4881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4882: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4883: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4884: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4885:
4886: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4887: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4888: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4889: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4890: <p>
1.88 louis 4891:
1.247 jufi 4892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4893: <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 4894: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4895:
4896: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4897: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4898: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4899: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4900: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4901: <p>
1.60 louis 4902:
1.247 jufi 4903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4904: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4905: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4906: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4907: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4908:
4909: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4910: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4911: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4912: <p>
1.58 louis 4913:
1.247 jufi 4914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4915: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4916: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4917:
4918: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4919: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4920: <p>
1.53 louis 4921:
1.247 jufi 4922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4923: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4924: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4925: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4926:
4927: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4928: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4929: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4930: <p>
1.99 louis 4931:
1.247 jufi 4932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4933: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4934: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4935:
4936: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4937: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4938: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4939: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4940: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4941:
1.247 jufi 4942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4943: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4944: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4945: </strong></font><br>
4946:
4947: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4948: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4949: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4950: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4951: <p>
4952:
1.247 jufi 4953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4954: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4955: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4956: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4957:
4958: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4959: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4960: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4961:
1.247 jufi 4962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4963: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4964: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4965:
4966: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4967: in
1.247 jufi 4968: <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 4969: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4970: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4971: <p>
1.53 louis 4972:
1.247 jufi 4973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4974: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4975: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4976: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4977: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4978:
1.58 louis 4979: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4980: <p>
1.301 jose 4981:
4982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4983: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4984: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4985: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4986: Informacyjny, January 2000
4987: </strong></font><br>
4988:
4989: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4990: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4991: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4992: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4993: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4994: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4995: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4996: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4997: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4998: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4999: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5000: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5001: <p>
5002:
5003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5004: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5005: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5006: </strong></font><br>
5007:
5008: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5009: <p>
5010: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5011:
1.69 deraadt 5012: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5013: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5014:
1.247 jufi 5015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5016: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5017: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5018: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5019: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5020:
1.58 louis 5021: Kurt Seifried
5022: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5023: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5024: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5025: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5026:
1.247 jufi 5027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5028: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5029: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5030: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5031:
5032: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5033: <p>
1.96 louis 5034:
1.247 jufi 5035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5036: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5037: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5038: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5039: </strong></font><br>
5040:
5041: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5042: <p>
5043:
5044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5045: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5046: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5047: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5048:
5049: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5050: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5051: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5052: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5053: <p>
1.247 jufi 5054: </ul>
1.86 louis 5055:
1.69 deraadt 5056: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5057: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5058:
1.247 jufi 5059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5060: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5061: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5062: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5063:
5064: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5065: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5066: <p>
1.61 louis 5067:
1.247 jufi 5068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5069: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5070: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5071: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5072: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5073:
5074: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5075: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5076: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5077: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5078: right -- or at least strives to".
5079: <p>
1.48 louis 5080:
1.247 jufi 5081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5082: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5083: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5084: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5085: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5086: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5087: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5088: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5089: <p>
1.61 louis 5090:
1.247 jufi 5091: <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 5092: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5093: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5094:
5095: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5096: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5097: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5098: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5099: <p>
1.46 louis 5100:
1.247 jufi 5101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5102: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5103: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5104: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5105:
5106: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5107: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5108: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5109:
1.247 jufi 5110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5111: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5112: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5113: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5114:
5115: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5116: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5117: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5118: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5119: <p>
1.247 jufi 5120: </ul>
1.70 louis 5121:
1.69 deraadt 5122: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5123: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5124:
1.247 jufi 5125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5126: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5127: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5128: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5129: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5130:
5131: Kurt Seifried
5132: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5133: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5134: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5135: <p>
1.44 philen 5136:
1.247 jufi 5137: <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 5138: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5139: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5140:
5141: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5142: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5143:
1.247 jufi 5144: <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 5145: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5146: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5147:
5148: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5149: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5150:
1.247 jufi 5151: <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 5152: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5153: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5154:
5155: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5156: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5157: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5158: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5159: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5160:
1.247 jufi 5161: <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 5162: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5163: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5164:
1.36 louis 5165: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5166: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5167:
1.247 jufi 5168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5169: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5170: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5171: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5172:
5173: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5174: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5175: </ul>
1.38 louis 5176:
1.69 deraadt 5177: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5178: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5179:
1.247 jufi 5180: <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 5181: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5182: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5183:
5184: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5185: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5186: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5187:
1.113 naddy 5188: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5189: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5190: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5191: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5192:
5193: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5194: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5195: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5196: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5197: <blockquote>
5198: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5199: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5200: <br>
5201: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5202: </code>
5203: </blockquote>
5204: <p>
5205:
1.247 jufi 5206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5207: <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 5208: <p>
5209:
5210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5211: <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 5212: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5213:
5214: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5215: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5216: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5217: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5218:
1.247 jufi 5219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5220: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5221: Sept. 28, 1999
5222: </strong></font><br>
5223:
5224: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5225: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5226: translating and reprinting articles from
5227: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5228: <p>
5229:
5230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5231: <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 5232: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5233:
5234: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5235: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5236: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5237: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5238: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5239: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5240: <p>
1.19 louis 5241:
1.113 naddy 5242: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5243: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5244: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5245:
5246: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5247: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5248: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5249: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5250: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5251: <p>
1.16 louis 5252:
1.247 jufi 5253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5254: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5255: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5256: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5257:
1.57 louis 5258: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5259: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5260: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5261: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5262:
1.247 jufi 5263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5264: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5265: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5266: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5267:
1.113 naddy 5268: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5269:
1.247 jufi 5270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5271: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5272: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5273: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5274:
1.23 louis 5275: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5276: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5277: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5278: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5279: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5280: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5281:
1.247 jufi 5282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5283: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5284: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5285: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5286:
1.199 pvalchev 5287: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5288: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5289: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5290: installation.
1.113 naddy 5291: <p>
1.47 louis 5292:
1.247 jufi 5293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5294: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5295: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5296: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5297:
1.301 jose 5298: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5299: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5300: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5301: </ul>
1.57 louis 5302:
1.69 deraadt 5303: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5304: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5305:
1.247 jufi 5306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5307: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5308: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5309: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5310:
5311: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5312: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5313: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5314: <p>
1.12 louis 5315:
1.247 jufi 5316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5317: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5318: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5319: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5320:
5321: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5322: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5323: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5324: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5325: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5326: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5327: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5328: <p>
1.247 jufi 5329: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5330:
1.69 deraadt 5331: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5332: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5333:
1.247 jufi 5334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5335: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5336: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5337:
5338: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5339: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5340: available."
1.113 naddy 5341: <p>
1.301 jose 5342:
5343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5344: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5345: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5346: </strong></font><br>
5347:
5348: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5349: <p>
1.247 jufi 5350: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5351:
1.69 deraadt 5352: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5353: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5354:
1.247 jufi 5355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5356: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5357: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5358:
5359: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5360: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5361: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5362: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5363: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5364: <p>
1.33 louis 5365:
1.247 jufi 5366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5367: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5368: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5369: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5370:
1.113 naddy 5371: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5372: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5373: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5374: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5375: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5376: <p>
1.247 jufi 5377: </ul>
1.57 louis 5378:
1.69 deraadt 5379: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5380: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5381:
1.247 jufi 5382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5383: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5384: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5385: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5386:
5387: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5388: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5389: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5390:
1.247 jufi 5391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5392: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5393: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5394: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5395: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5396:
5397: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5398: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5399:
1.247 jufi 5400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5401: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5402:
1.113 naddy 5403: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5404:
1.247 jufi 5405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5406: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5407: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5408: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5409:
5410: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5411: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5412: </ul>
1.23 louis 5413:
1.69 deraadt 5414: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5415: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5416:
1.247 jufi 5417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5418: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5419: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5420:
5421: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5422: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5423: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5424:
1.247 jufi 5425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5426: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5427: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5428: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5429:
5430: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5431: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5432: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5433: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5434: </ul>
1.57 louis 5435:
1.69 deraadt 5436: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5437: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5438:
1.247 jufi 5439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5440: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5441: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5442: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5443:
5444: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5445: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5446: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5447: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5448: <p>
1.15 louis 5449:
1.247 jufi 5450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5451: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5452: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5453: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5454:
5455: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5456: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5457: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5458: columns."
1.113 naddy 5459: <p>
1.247 jufi 5460: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5461:
1.69 deraadt 5462: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5463: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5464:
1.247 jufi 5465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5466: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5467: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5468: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5469:
5470: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5471: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5472:
1.113 naddy 5473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5474: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5475: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5476:
5477: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5478: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5479: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5480: </ul>
1.57 louis 5481:
1.69 deraadt 5482: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5483: <ul>
1.301 jose 5484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5485: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5486: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5487: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5488:
5489: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5490: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5491: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5492: <p>
5493:
5494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5495: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5496: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5497: Nov 13, 1998 and
5498: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5499: Datateknik</a>,
5500: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5501:
1.380 saad 5502: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5503: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5504: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5505: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5506: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5507:
1.113 naddy 5508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5509: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5510: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5511: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5512:
1.222 miod 5513: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5514: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5515: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5516: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5517: <p>
1.247 jufi 5518: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5519:
1.69 deraadt 5520: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5521: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5522:
1.247 jufi 5523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5524: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5525: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5526:
1.69 deraadt 5527: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5528: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5529: <p>
1.247 jufi 5530: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5531:
1.69 deraadt 5532: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5533: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5534:
1.247 jufi 5535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5536: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5537: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5538: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5539:
1.383 jcs 5540: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5541: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5542: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5543:
1.247 jufi 5544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5545: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5546: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5547: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5548: <p>
1.247 jufi 5549: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5550:
1.69 deraadt 5551: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5552: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5553:
1.247 jufi 5554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5555: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5556: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5557: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5558: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5559: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5560:
5561: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5562: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5563: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5564: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5565: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5566: <p>
1.247 jufi 5567: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5568:
5569: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5570: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5571:
1.247 jufi 5572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5573: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5574: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5575:
1.69 deraadt 5576: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5577: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5578: <p>
1.112 naddy 5579:
1.247 jufi 5580: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5581: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5582:
1.292 camield 5583: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5584: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5585: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.529 ! ian 5586: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.528 2006/06/02 02:00:45 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5587:
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