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1.525 ian 19: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.530 ! ian 22: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
! 23: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
! 24: </strong></font><br>
! 25: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
! 26: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
! 27: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
! 28: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
! 29: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
! 30: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
! 31: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
! 32: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
! 33: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
! 34: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
! 35: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
! 36: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
! 37: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
! 38: <p>
! 39:
! 40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 41: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 42: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
43: </strong></font><br>
44: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
45: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
46: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
47: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
48: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
49: <p>
50:
1.526 ian 51: </ul>
1.525 ian 52:
1.514 ian 53: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
54: <ul>
1.524 ian 55: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
56: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
57: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
58: </strong></font><br>
59: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
60: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
61: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
62: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
63: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
64: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
65: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
66: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
67: to make them useful.
68: <p>
1.518 ian 69:
70: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 71: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 72: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
73: and
74: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 75: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 76: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 77: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 78: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 79: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
80: their plans for the week.
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 84: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
85: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
86: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
87: </strong></font><br>
88: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
89: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 93: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
94: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
95: </strong></font><br>
96: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
97: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
98: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
99: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 100: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 101: (introduced with 3.9).
102: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
103: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
104: <p>
105:
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 107: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
108: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
109: </strong></font><br>
110: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
111: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
112: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
113: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
114: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
115: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
116: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
117: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
118: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
122: [GERMAN]
123: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
124: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
125: </strong></font><br>
126: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
127: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
128: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
129: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
130: is connected to OpenBSD.
131: <p>
132:
1.514 ian 133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
134: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
135: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
136: </strong></font><br>
137: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
138: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
139: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 140: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 141: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 142: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 143: running this project) is so important to Theo,
144: and even why he does mountain biking!
145: <p>
146:
147: </ul>
148:
1.503 ian 149: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
150: <ul>
151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 152: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
153: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
154: </strong></font><br>
155: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
156: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
157: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 158: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 159: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
160: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
161: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
162: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
163: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
164: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 165: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 166: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
167: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 171: [GERMAN]
172: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
173: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
174: </strong></font><br>
175: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
176: are and why they are bad.
177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 180: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
181: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
182: </strong></font><br>
183: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
184: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
185: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
186: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
187: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
188: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
189: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
190: pages."
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 194: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
195: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
196: </strong></font><br>
197: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
198: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
199: and continues:
200: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
201: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
202: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
203: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
204: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
205: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
206: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
207: and more. Final thought:
208: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
209: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
210: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
211: true for business environments."
212: <p>
213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 215: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 216: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 217: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 218: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
219: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
220: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 221: for funding.
1.509 djm 222: <p>
223:
224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 225: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
226: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
227: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
228: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
229: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
230: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 234: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
235: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
236: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
237: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
238: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
239: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
240: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
241: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
242: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
243: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
244: <br/>
1.529 ian 245: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 246: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 247: hostsearch.com</a> and
248: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
249: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 250: <p>
251:
252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 253: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
254: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
255: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
256: </strong></font><br>
257: A 6 pages article from Alexandre Courbot focusses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 258: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 259: is punctuated with examples.
260: Tunneling features are described, as well as
261: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=0">scp</a>,
262: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=0">ssh-agent</a>,
263: and
264: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=0">sftp</a>.
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 268: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
269: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
270: </strong></font><br>
271: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
272: further OpenSSH development.
273: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
274: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
275: project's funding needs for all time.
276: <p>
1.504 bernd 277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
278: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
279: April 3, 2006
280: </strong></font><br>
281: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
282: this could compromise future hackathons.
283: <p>
1.503 ian 284:
285: </ul>
286:
1.487 ian 287: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
288: <ul>
1.495 ian 289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 290: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 291: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 292: </strong></font><br>
293: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
294: on topics including "Puffy",
295: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
296: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
297: what's new in 3.9,
298: and of course project expenses.
299: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
300: <!--
301: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
302: -->
303: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
304: <p>
305:
306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 307: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
308: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
309: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 310: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
311: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 312: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
313: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
314: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
315: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
316: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
317: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
318: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
319: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
320: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
321: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
322: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
323: but Matzan does - is that
324: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
325: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
326: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
327: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
328: <br/>
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
332: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
333: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
334: </strong></font><br>
335: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
336: "blob" drivers, and more.
337: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
338: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
339: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
340: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
341: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
342: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
343: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
344: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
345: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
346: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
347: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
348: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
349: <p>
350:
351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 352: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
353: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
354: </strong></font><br>
355: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
356: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
357: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
358: in general temperature and environmental issues.
359: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
360: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
361: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
362: other major operating systems." ...
363: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
364: machines running in
365: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
366: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
367: <p>
368:
369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
370: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
371: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
372: </strong></font><br>
373: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
374: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
375: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
376: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
377: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
378: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
379: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
380: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
381: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
382: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
383: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
384: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
385: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
386: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
387: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
388: <p>
389:
1.487 ian 390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 391: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
392: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
393: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 394: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 395: financial situation.
396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 399: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
400: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
401: </strong></font><br>
402: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
403: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
404: produce our favorite operating system.
405: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
406: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
407: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
408: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
409: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 410: <br/>
411: Also online at
412: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
413: <p>
414:
415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
416: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
417: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
418: </strong></font><br>
419: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
420: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
421: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
422: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
423: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
424: sustain indefinitely."
425: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
426: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
427: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
428: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
429: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 430: <p>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 433: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
434: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
435: </strong></font><br>
436: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
437: with a reminder that
438: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
439: used nowadays almost everywhere."
440: Ends with this quote from Marco:
441: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
442: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
443: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
444: <p>
445:
446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 447: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 448: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
449: </strong></font><br>
450: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
451: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
452: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
453: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
454: a few of them each year.
455: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
456: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
457: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
458: to the OpenBSD project.
459: It's time for them to do so.
460: <p>
461:
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 463: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
464: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
465: </strong></font><br>
466: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
467: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
468: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
469: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
470: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
471: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
472: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
473: <p>
474:
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 476: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
477: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 478: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
479: <!-- North America mirror:
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1.490 deraadt 482: European mirror:
483: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
484: <br>
485: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 486: <p>
487:
488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 489: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
490: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 491: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 492: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
493: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
494: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
495: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
496: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
497: designed to provide reliability and security.
498: <p>
499:
500: </ul>
501:
1.485 ian 502: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
503: <ul>
504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 505: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
506: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
507: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 508: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 509: installations in about four minutes flat".
510: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
511: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 512: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 513: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
514: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
515: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
516: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
517: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
518: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
519: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
520: the steps in the article.
521: <p>
522:
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 524: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
525: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
526: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
527: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
528: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
529: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
530: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
531: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
532: happening in real life.
533: <p>
534:
535: </ul>
536:
1.492 ian 537: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
538: <ul>
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
540: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
541: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
542: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
543: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
544: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
545: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 546: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 547: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
548: </ul>
549:
1.483 ian 550: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
551: <ul>
552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 553: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
554: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
555: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
556: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
557: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
558: <p>
559:
560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 561: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 562: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
563: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
564: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
565: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
566: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
567: to sites with more information on most topics.
568: <p>
569:
570: </ul>
571:
572:
1.479 grunk 573: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
574: <ul>
575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 576: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 577: Goes to Venice</a>,
578: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 579: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 580: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
581: <br/>
582: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
583: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
584: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 585: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 586: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
587: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
588: Contains a link to
589: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
590: pval's summary slides</a>.
591: <p>
592:
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 594: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
595: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
596: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
597: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
598: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
599: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
600: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
601: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 602: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 603: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
604: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
605: the packages and ports system"</i>.
606: <p>
607:
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
609: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
610: Return of The BSDs</a>,
611: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
612: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
613: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
614: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
615: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
616: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
617: quotes from Bob Beck.
618: <p>
619:
620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 621: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
622: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
623: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 624: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
625: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 626: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
627: and Linux.<br>
628: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
629: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
630: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
631: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
632: of the release
633: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
634: <p>
635: </ul>
636:
1.476 ian 637: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
638: <ul>
639:
640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
641: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
642: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
643: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
644: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
645: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
646: and too unreliable.
647: This quote will rattle some cages:
648: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
649: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
650: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
651: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
652: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
653: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
654: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
655: costs without any commercial lock-in."
656: <p>
657:
1.477 saad 658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
659: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
660: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
661: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
662: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
663: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
664: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
665: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
666: discussion about future plans.
667: <p>
668:
1.478 grunk 669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
670: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
671: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
672: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
673: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
674: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
675: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
676: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
677: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
678: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
679: <p>
680:
1.476 ian 681: </ul>
682:
1.470 saad 683: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
684: <ul>
685:
686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 687: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
688: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
689: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
690: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
691: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
692: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
693: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
694: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
695: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
696: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
697: <p>
698:
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 700: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
701: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
702: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
703: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
704: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
705: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
706: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
707: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
708: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
709: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
710: <p>
711:
712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 713: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
714: Big debate over small packets</a>,
715: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
716: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
717: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
718: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
719: draft.
720: <p>
721:
722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 723: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
724: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
725: ordinateur ?"</a>,
726: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
727: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
728: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
729: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
730: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
731: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
732: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
733: <p>
734:
735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 736: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
737: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
738: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
739: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
740: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
741: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
742: performance data with pfstat.
743: <p>
744:
745: </ul>
746:
1.461 grunk 747: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
748: <ul>
749:
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 751: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
752: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 753: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 754: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
755: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
756: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 757: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 758: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 759: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
760: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
761: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 762: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
763: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 764: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 765: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
766: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 767: <p>
768:
769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 770: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
771: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 772: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 773: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
774: poor security:
1.467 grunk 775: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 776: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 777: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 778: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
779: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
780: <p>
781:
782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 783: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
784: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 785: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 786: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
787: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 788: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
789: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
790: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
791: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
792: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
793: commercial vendors.
794: <p>
795:
796: </ul>
797:
1.454 ian 798: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
799: <ul>
1.468 grunk 800:
801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
802: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
803: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
804: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
805: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
806: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
807: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 808: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 809: <br>
810: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
811: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
812: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
813: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
814: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 815: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 816: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
817: <p>
818:
1.454 ian 819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 820: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
821: Free Bird</a>,
822: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
823: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
824: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
825: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
826: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
827: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
828: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
829: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
830: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
831: room will only be available in the print edition.
832: <p>
1.459 deraadt 833:
1.458 niallo 834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 835: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
836: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
837: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
838: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
839: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
840: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
841: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
842: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
843: <p>
1.457 deraadt 844:
1.456 niallo 845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 846: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 847: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
848: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
849: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
850: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
851: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
852: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 853: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 854: interview.</a>
855: <p>
856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 858: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
859: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
860: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
861: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
862: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
863: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
864: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
865: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
866: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
867: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
868: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
869: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
870: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
871: "I have never used it."
872: <p>
873:
874: </ul>
875:
1.441 deraadt 876: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
877: <ul>
878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 879: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
880: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
881: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
882: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
883: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
884: future enhancements.
885: <p>
886:
887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 888: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 889: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
890: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
891: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
892: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
893: North America mirror:
894: <ul>
1.452 marco 895: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 896: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
897: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 898: </ul>
899: European mirror:
900: <ul>
1.452 marco 901: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 902: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
903: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
904: </ul>
905: <p>
906:
907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 908: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
909: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
910: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
911: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
912: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
913: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 917: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
918: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
919: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
920: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
921: first-hand account.
922: <p>
923:
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 925: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
926: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
927: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
928: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
929: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
930: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
931: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
932: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
933: <p>
934:
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 936: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
937: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
938: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
939: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
940: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
941: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
942: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
943: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
944: <p>
945:
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 947: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 948: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 949: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
950: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
951: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
952: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
953: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
954: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
955: <p>
956:
957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
958: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 959: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 960: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
961: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
962: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
963: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
964: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
965: <p>
966:
967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 968: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
969: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
970: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 971: </strong></font><br>
972: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
973: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
974: with OpenBSD.
975: </ul>
976:
1.436 henning 977: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
978: <ul>
979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 980: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
981: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
982: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
983: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
984: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
985: than closed source, as we have long contended.
986: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
987: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
988: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
989: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
990: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
991: <p>
992: This article can also be found online as
993: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
994: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
995: <p>
996:
997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 998: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
999: </strong></font><br>
1000: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1001: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1002: <p>
1003:
1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1005: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1006: </strong></font><br>
1007: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1008: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1009: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1010: the issues we had with IETF.
1011: </ul>
1012:
1.431 ian 1013: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1014: <ul>
1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1016: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1017: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1018: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1019: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1020: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1021: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1022: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1023: <p>
1024:
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1026: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1027: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1028: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1029: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1030: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1031: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1032: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1033: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1034: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1035: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1036: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1037: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1038: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1039: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1040: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1041:
1042: </ul>
1043:
1.427 matthieu 1044: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1045: <ul>
1046:
1047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1048: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1049: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1050: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1051: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1052: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1053: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1054: firmware.
1.434 ian 1055: Similar articles can be found online at:
1056: <ul>
1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1058: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1059: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1060: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1062: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1063: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1064: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1066: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1067: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1068: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1070: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1071: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1072: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1073: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1074: </ul>
1075:
1.426 ian 1076: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1077: <ul>
1078:
1079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1080: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1081: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1082: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1083: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1084: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1085: mechanism: what it is and why and
1086: how to use it, with examples.
1087: Another excerpt from the book
1088: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1089: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1090: <p>
1091:
1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1093: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1094: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1095: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1096: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1097: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1098: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1099: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1100: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1101: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1102: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1103: This article is a sample chapter from
1104: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1105: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1106: <p>
1.443 ian 1107:
1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1109: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1110: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1111: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1112: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1113: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1114: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1115: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1116: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1117: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1118: ends with a sidebar on security.
1119: <p>
1.426 ian 1120: </ul>
1121:
1.424 ian 1122: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1123: <ul>
1124:
1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1126: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1127: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1128: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1129: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1130: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1131: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1132: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1133: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1134: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1135: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1136: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1137: <p>
1138: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1139: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1140: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1141: <p>
1142:
1143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1144: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1145: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1146: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1147: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1148: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1149: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1150: operating systems.
1151: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1152: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1153: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1154: systems, he writes:
1155: <blockquote>
1156: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1157: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1158: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1159: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1160: to the operating system...
1161: <br/>
1162: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1163: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1164: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1165: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1166: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1167: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1168: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1169: in a closed source operating system).
1170: <br/>
1171: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1172: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1173: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1174: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1175: </blockquote>
1176: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1177: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1178: their hardware and software operates.
1179: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1180: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1182: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1183: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1184: <p>
1185: </ul>
1186:
1.417 pvalchev 1187: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1188: <ul>
1.421 ian 1189:
1.417 pvalchev 1190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1191: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1192: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1193: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1194: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1195: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1196: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1197: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1198: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1199: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1200: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1201: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1202: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1203: <p>
1204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1205: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1206: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1207: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1208: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1209: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1210: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1211: it claims to do".
1212: <p>
1213:
1214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1215: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1216: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1217: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1218: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1219: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1220: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1221: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1222: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1223: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1224: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1225: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1226: (yes, this is a hint).
1227: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1228: picked up on the
1229: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1230: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1231: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1232: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1233: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1234: <p>
1235:
1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1237: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1238: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1239: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1240: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1241: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1242: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1243: the current efforts.
1244: <p>
1245: </ul>
1246:
1.407 henning 1247: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1248: <ul>
1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1250: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1251: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1252: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1253: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1254: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1255: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1256: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1257: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1258: <p>
1259:
1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1261: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1262: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1263: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1264: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1265: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1266: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1267: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1268: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1269: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1270: <p>
1.415 ian 1271:
1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1273: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1274: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1275: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1276: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1277: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1278: overflow attacks... because
1279: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1280: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1281: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1282: and propolice.
1283: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1284: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1285: and that's when the science falls apart."
1286: <p>
1287:
1288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1289: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1290: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1291: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1292: Starts with the question:
1293: <blockquote>
1294: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1295: <br/>
1296: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1297: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1298: <br/>
1299: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1300: Should we believe them?"
1301: </blockquote>
1302: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1303: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1304: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1305: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1306: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1307: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1308: <p>
1309:
1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1311: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1312: Simple Simon</a>,
1313: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1314: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1315: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1316: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1317: routing/firewall, and more.
1318: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1319: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1320: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1321: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1322: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1323: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1324: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1325: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1326: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1327: </blockquote>
1328: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1329: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1330: <p>
1331:
1332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1333: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1334: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1335: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1336: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1337: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1338: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1339: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1340: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1341: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1342: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1343: in spite of it
1344: (registration required, but worth it).
1345: <p>
1346:
1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1348: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1349: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1350: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1351: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1352: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1353: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1354: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1355: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1356: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1357: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1358: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1359: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1360: <p>
1361:
1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1363: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1364: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1365: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1366: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1367: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1368: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1369: <blockquote>
1370: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1371: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1372: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1373: a lot of analysis.
1374: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1375: </blockquote>
1376: <p>
1377: </ul>
1378:
1.400 marco 1379: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1380: <ul>
1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1382: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1383: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1384: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1385: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1386: UNIX-like systems.
1387: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1388: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1389: <p>
1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1391: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1392: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1393: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1394: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1395: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1396: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1397: At one point, the article states:
1398: <blockquote>
1399: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1400: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1401: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1402: </blockquote>
1403: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1404: <blockquote>
1405: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1406: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1407: </blockquote>
1408: <p>
1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1410: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1411: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1412: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1413: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1414: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1415: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1416: required).
1417: <p>
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1419: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1420: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1421: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1422: </strong></font><br>
1423: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1424: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1425: <p>
1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1427: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1428: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1429: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1430: </strong></font><br>
1431: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1432: <p>
1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1434: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1435: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1436: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1437: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1438: 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 1439: <p>
1440: </ul>
1441:
1.396 henning 1442: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1443: <ul>
1444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1445: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1446: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1447: Unix Review, July, 2004
1448: </strong></font><br>
1449: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1450: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1451: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1452: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1453: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1454: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1455: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1456: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1457: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1458: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1459: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1460: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1461: and even spelling/wording errors.
1462: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1463: <p>
1464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1465: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1466: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1467: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1468: </strong></font><br>
1469: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1470: <p>
1471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1472: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1473: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1474: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1475: </strong></font><br>
1476: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1477: <p>
1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1479: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1480: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1481: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1482: </strong></font><br>
1483: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1484: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1485: <p>
1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1487: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1488: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1489: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1490: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1491: <p>
1492: </ul>
1493:
1.405 jolan 1494: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1495: <ul>
1496: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1497: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1498: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1499: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1500: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1501: details on how funds are dispersed.
1502: <p>
1503: </ul>
1504:
1.393 david 1505: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1506: <ul>
1507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1508: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1509: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1510: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1511: </strong></font><br>
1512: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1513: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1514: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1515: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1516: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1517: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1518: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1519: <p>
1520:
1521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1522: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1523: Secure by Default</a>,
1524: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1525: </strong></font><br>
1526: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1527: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1528: <p>
1529:
1530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1531: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1532: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1533: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1534: </strong></font><br>
1535: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1536: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1537: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1538: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1539: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1540: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1541: <p>
1542:
1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1544: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1545: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1546: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1547: </strong></font><br>
1548: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1549: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1550: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1551: <p>
1552:
1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1554: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1555: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1556: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1557: </strong></font><br>
1558: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1559: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1560: <p>
1561: </ul>
1562:
1.388 mcbride 1563: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1564: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1565:
1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1567: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1568: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1569: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1570: </strong></font><br>
1571: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1572: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1573: available for sparc64.
1574: <p>
1575:
1.390 beck 1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1577: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1578: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1579: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1580: </strong></font><br>
1581: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1582: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1583: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1584: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1585: <p>
1586:
1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1588: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1589: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1590: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1591: </strong></font><br>
1592: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1593: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1594: it does: CARP provides sharing
1595: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1596: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1597: detail to get you started using it.
1598: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1599: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1600: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1601: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1602: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1603: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1604: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1605: <p>
1.391 ian 1606:
1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1608: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1609: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1610: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1611: </strong></font><br>
1612: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1613: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1614: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1615: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1616:
1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1618: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1619: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1620: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1621: </strong></font><br>
1622: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1623: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1624: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1625: unencumbered by patents.
1626: <p>
1627: </ul>
1628:
1.378 henning 1629: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1630: <ul>
1.384 jose 1631:
1632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1633: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1634: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1635: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1636: </strong></font><br>
1637: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1638: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1639: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1640: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1641: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1642: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1643: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1644: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1645: in the page tables."
1646: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1647: <p>
1648:
1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1650: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1651: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1652: </strong></font><br>
1653: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1654: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1655: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1656: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1657: <p>
1.384 jose 1658:
1.378 henning 1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1660: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1661: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1662: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1663: </strong></font><br>
1664: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1665: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1666: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1667: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1668: (quote:
1669: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1670: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1671: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1672: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1673: the other developers for their work on the system.
1674: <p>
1675:
1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1677: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1678: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1679: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1680: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1681: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1682: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1683: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1684: too.
1685: <p>
1686:
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1688: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1689: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1690: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1691: OpenBSD source code using
1692: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1693: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1694: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1695: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1696: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1697: <p>
1698: </ul>
1699:
1.374 jose 1700: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1701: <ul>
1702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1703: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1704: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1705: </strong></font><br>
1706: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1707: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1708: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1709: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1710: it."
1711: <p>
1712:
1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1714: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1715: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1716: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1717: </strong></font><br/>
1718: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1719: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1720: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1721: <p>
1722: </ul>
1723:
1.369 ian 1724: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1725: <ul>
1726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1727: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1728: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1729: </strong></font><br/>
1730: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1731: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1732: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1733: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1734: <p>
1735:
1736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1737: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1738: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1739: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1740: </strong></font><br/>
1741: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1742: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1743: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1744: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1745: form factor.
1746: <p>
1747:
1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1749: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1750: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1751: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1752: Features</a>,
1753: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1754: </strong></font><br/>
1755: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1756: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1757: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1758: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1759: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1760: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1761: <p>
1762: This article can also be found online at:
1763: <ul>
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1765: <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 1766: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1767: </strong></font>
1768: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1769: </ul>
1770: <p>
1.392 david 1771:
1.371 jose 1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1773: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1774: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1775: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1776: </strong></font><br/>
1777: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1778: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1779: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1780: <p>
1.371 jose 1781:
1782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1783: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1784: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1785: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1786: </strong></font><br/>
1787: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1788: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1789: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1790: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1791: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1792: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1793: and its history with OpenBSD.
1794: </ul>
1795:
1.368 henning 1796: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1797: <ul>
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1799: [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 1800: </strong></font><br>
1801: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1802: </ul>
1803:
1.364 jose 1804: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1805: <ul>
1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1807: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1808: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1809: UNIX Review,
1810: July, 2003.
1811: </strong></font><br>
1812: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1813: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1814: who want more information.
1815: <p>
1816:
1817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1818: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1819: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1820: Government Computer News,
1821: July 22, 2003.
1822: </strong></font><br>
1823: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1824: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1825: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1826: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1827: <p>
1828:
1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1830: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1831: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1832: SANS Institute,
1833: July 22, 2003.
1834: </strong></font><br>
1835: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1836: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1837: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1838: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1839: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1840: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1841: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1842: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1843: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1844: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1845: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1846: <p>
1847:
1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1849: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1850: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1851: OnLamp.com,
1852: July 17, 2003.
1853: </strong></font><br>
1854: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1855: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1856: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1857: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1858: have been working on.
1859:
1860: </ul>
1861:
1.356 jose 1862: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1863: <ul>
1864:
1865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1866: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1867: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1868: UNIX Review,
1869: June, 2003.
1870: </strong></font><br>
1871: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1872: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1873: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1874: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1875: <p>
1876:
1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1878: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1879: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1880: eWeek,
1881: June 23, 2003.
1882: </strong></font><br>
1883: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1884: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1885: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1886: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1887: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1888: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1889: <p>
1890:
1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1892: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1893: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1894: Software Development Online,
1895: June, 2003.
1896: </strong></font><br>
1897: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1898: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1899: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1900: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1901: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1902: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1903: current activities.
1904: <p>
1905:
1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1907: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1908: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1909: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1910: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1911: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1912: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1913: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1914: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1915: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1916: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1917: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1918: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1919: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1920: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1921: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1922: decisions.
1923: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1924: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1925: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1926: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1927: <p>
1928:
1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1930: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1931: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1932: Page 58, eWeek,
1933: June 2, 2003.
1934: </strong></font><br>
1935: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1936: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1937: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1938: been addressed in -current.
1939: <p>
1940:
1.356 jose 1941: </ul>
1942:
1943: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1944: <ul>
1945:
1.355 jose 1946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1947: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1948: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1949: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1950: </strong></font><br>
1951: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1952: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1953: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1954: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1955: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1956: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1957: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1958: <p>
1959:
1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1961: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1962: Beyond Linux</a>,
1963: InfoWorld,
1964: May 23, 2003.
1965: </strong></font><br>
1966: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1967: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1968: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1969: compared to the GPL.
1970: <p>
1971:
1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1973: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1974: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1975: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1976: May 17, 2003.
1977: </strong></font><br>
1978: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1979: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1980: the business section and half of another page inside
1981: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1982: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1983: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1984: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1985: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1986: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1987: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1988: <br>
1989: This article can also be found online at:
1990: <ul>
1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1992: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1993: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1994: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1995: May 17, 2003
1996: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1997: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1999: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2000: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2001: Montreal Gazette,
2002: May 21, 2003
2003: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2004: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2005: <p>
1.346 ian 2006:
2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2008: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2009: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2010: May 7, 2003.
2011: </strong></font><br>
2012: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2013: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2014: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2015: <p>
2016:
2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2018: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2019: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2020: OsOpinion,
2021: May 6, 2003.
2022: </strong></font><br>
2023: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2024: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2025: <br>
2026: This article can also be found online at:
2027: <ul>
2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2029: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2030: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2031: NewsFactor Network.
2032: </strong></font>
2033: </ul>
2034: <p>
2035:
2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2037: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2038: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2039: ITBusiness,
2040: May 2, 2003.
2041: </strong></font><br>
2042: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2043: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2044: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2045: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2046: <p>
2047:
2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2049: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2050: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2051: InfoWorld,
2052: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2053: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2054: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2055: <br>
2056: This article can also be found online at:
2057: <ul>
2058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2059: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2060: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2061: IDG Singapore.
2062: </strong></font>
2063: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2064: <p>
2065:
1.339 jose 2066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2067: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2068: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2069: ZDNet,
2070: May 1, 2003.
2071: </strong></font><br>
2072: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2073: someone using parts from previous articles.
2074: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2075: This article can also be found online at:
2076: <ul>
2077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2078: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2079: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2080: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2081: </strong></font>
2082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2083: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2084: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2085: CNET News.com.
2086: </strong></font>
2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2088: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2089: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2090: ZDNet UK.
2091: </strong></font>
2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2093: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2094: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2095: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2096: </strong></font>
2097: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2098: <p>
1.339 jose 2099:
1.341 deraadt 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2101: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2102: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2103: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2104: May 1, 2003.
2105: </strong></font><br>
2106: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2107: that have been added
2108: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2109: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2110: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2111: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2112: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2113: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2114: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2115: <p>
2116:
2117: </ul>
2118:
1.253 ian 2119: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2120: <ul>
1.255 ian 2121:
1.260 ian 2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2123: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2124: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2125: TechRepublic,
2126: April 28, 2003.
2127: </strong></font><br>
2128: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2129: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2130: work.<br>
2131: Can also be found online at:
2132: <ul>
2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2134: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2135: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2136: ZDNet UK.
2137: </strong></font>
2138: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2139: <p>
2140:
2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2142: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2143: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2144: IDG,
2145: April 24, 2003.
2146: </strong></font><br>
2147: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2148: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2149: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2150: Can also be found online at:
2151: <ul>
2152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2153: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2154: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2155: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2156: </strong></font>
2157: </ul>
2158: <p>
2159:
2160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2161: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2162: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2163: Slate,
2164: April 24, 2003.
2165: </strong></font><br>
2166: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2167: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2168: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2169: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2170: <p>
2171:
2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2173: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2174: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2175: April 24, 2003.
2176: </strong></font><br>
2177: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2178: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2179: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2180: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2181: <p>
2182:
2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2184: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2185: April 24, 2003.
2186: </strong></font><br>
2187: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2188: the free software community".
2189: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2190: other articles.
2191: <p>
2192:
2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2194: <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 2195: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2196: </strong></font><br>
2197: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2198: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2199: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2200: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2201: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2202: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2203: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2204: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2205: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2206: <br/>
2207: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2208: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2209: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2210: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2211: <br>
2212: Can also be found online at:
2213: <ul>
2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2215: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2216: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2217: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2218: </strong></font>
2219: </ul>
1.324 ian 2220: <p>
2221:
2222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2223: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2224: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2225: </strong></font><br>
2226: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2227: article above.
2228: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2229: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2230: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2231: <br>
2232: Can also be found online at:
2233: <ul>
2234: <li>
2235: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2236: </strong></font>
2237: </ul>
1.324 ian 2238: <p>
2239:
2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2241: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2242: </strong></font><br>
2243: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2244: <p>
2245:
2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2247: <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.
2248: </strong></font><br>
2249: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2250: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2251: <p>
2252:
2253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2254: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2255: April 23, 2003.
2256: </strong></font><br>
2257: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2258: <p>
2259:
2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2261: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2262: April 22, 2003.
2263: </strong></font><br>
2264: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2265: <p>
2266:
2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2268: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2269: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2270: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2271: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2272: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2273: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2274: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2275: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2276: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2277: Can also be found online at:
2278: <ul>
2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2280: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2281: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2282: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2283: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2285: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2286: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2287: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2288: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2289: </ul>
2290: <p>
2291:
2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2293: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2294: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2295: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2296: </strong></font><br>
2297: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2298: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2299: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2300: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2301: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2302: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2303: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2304: <p>
2305:
2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2307: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2308: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2309: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2310: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2311: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2312: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2313: at UPenn and DARPA.
2314: <p>
2315:
2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2317: [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,
2318: France
1.315 deraadt 2319: April 18, 2003.
2320: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2321: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2322: <p>
2323:
2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2325: [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 2326: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2327: </strong></font><br>
2328: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2329: <p>
2330:
2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2332: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2333: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2334: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2335: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2336: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2337: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2338: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2339: <p>
2340:
2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2342: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2343: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2344: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2345: </strong></font><br>
2346: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2347: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2348: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2349: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2350: <p>
2351:
2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2353: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2354: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2355: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2356: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2357: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2358: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2359: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2360: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2361: Can also be found online at:
2362: <ul>
2363: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2364: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2365: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2366: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2367: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2368: <p>
2369:
2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2371: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2372: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2373: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2374: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2375: </strong></font><br>
2376: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2377: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2378: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2379: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2380: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2381:
2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2383: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2384: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2385: New York Times.
2386: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2387:
1.273 deraadt 2388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2389: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2390: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2391: ABC News.
2392: </strong></font>
2393:
2394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2395: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2396: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2397: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2398: </strong></font>
2399:
2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2401: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2402: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2403: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2404: </strong></font>
2405:
2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2407: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2408: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2409: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2410: </strong></font>
2411:
2412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2413: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2414: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2415: Times Daily, AL.
2416: </strong></font>
2417:
2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2419: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2420: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2421: Boston.com, MA.
2422: </strong></font>
2423:
2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2425: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2426: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2427: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2428: </strong></font>
2429:
2430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2431: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2432: [Article was pulled]</a>
2433: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2434: </strong></font>
2435:
2436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2437: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2438: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2439: Infoshop News.
2440: </strong></font>
2441:
2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2443: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2444: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2445: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2446: </strong></font>
2447:
2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2449: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2450: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2451: Raleigh News, NC.
2452: </strong></font>
2453:
2454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2455: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2456: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2457: Napa News, CA.
2458: </strong></font>
2459:
2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2461: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2462: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2463: NEPA News, PA.
2464: </strong></font>
2465:
2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2467: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2468: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2469: Wired News.
2470: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2471: <br>
2472: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2473: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2474: [JAPANESE]
2475: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2476: Wired News Japan</a>
2477: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2478:
1.271 deraadt 2479: </ul>
2480: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2481: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2482: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2483: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2484: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2485: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2486: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2487: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2488: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2489: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2490: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2491: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2492: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2493: <p>
2494: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2495:
2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2497: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2498: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2499: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2500: </strong></font>
2501:
2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2503: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2504: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2505: Miami Herald, FL.
2506: </strong></font>
2507:
2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2509: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2510: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2511: </strong></font>
2512:
2513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2514: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2515: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2516: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2517: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2518:
2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2520: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2521: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2522: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2523: ABC News.
2524: </strong></font>
2525:
1.276 deraadt 2526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2527: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2528: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2529: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2530: </strong></font>
2531:
1.286 dhartmei 2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2533: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2534: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2535: Wilmington Star, NC.
2536: </strong></font>
2537:
1.300 jose 2538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2539: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2540: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2541: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2542: </strong></font>
2543:
1.309 jose 2544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2545: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2546: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2547: Globe Technology.
2548: </strong></font>
2549:
1.263 deraadt 2550: </ul>
1.262 beck 2551: <p>
2552:
2553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2554: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2555: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2556: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2557: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2558: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2559: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2560: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2561: <p>
2562:
2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2564: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2565: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2566: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2567: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2568: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2569: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2570: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2571: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2572: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2573: and simply restates other press reports.
2574: <p>
2575:
2576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2577: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2578: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2579: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2580: </strong></font><br>
2581: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2582: <p>
2583:
2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2585: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2586: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2587: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2588: </strong></font><br>
2589: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2590: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2591: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2592: <p>
2593:
2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2595: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2596: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2597: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2598: April 17, 2003.
2599: </strong></font><br>
2600: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2601: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2602: Tech Anthems</a>
2603: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2604: 4 so far.
2605: <p>
2606:
2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2608: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2609: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2610: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2611: </strong></font><br>
2612: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2613: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2614: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2615: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2616: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2617: Goes on to say:
2618: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2619: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2620: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2621: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2622: This article is also found online at:
2623: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2625: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2626: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2627: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2628: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2630: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2631: ZDnet</a>,
2632: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2633: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2635: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2636: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2637: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2638: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2639: </ul>
1.260 ian 2640: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2641:
1.260 ian 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2643: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2644: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2645: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2646: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2647: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2648: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2649: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2650: without notice or justification.
2651: <p>
2652:
2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2654: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2655: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2656: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2657: </strong></font><br>
2658: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2659: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2660: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2661: effective today, without any warning..."
2662: <p>
1.257 ian 2663:
2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2665: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2666: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2667: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2668: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2669: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2670: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2671: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2672: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2673: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2674: <p>
2675:
2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2677: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2678: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2679: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2680: </strong></font><br>
2681: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2682: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2683: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2684: quoting two of them:
2685: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2686: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2687: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2688: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2689: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2690: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2691: <p>
2692:
1.255 ian 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2694: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2695: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2696: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2697: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2698: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2699: <p>
2700:
2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2702: [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 2703: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2704: </strong></font><br>
2705: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2706: <p>
2707:
2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2709: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2710: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2711: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2712: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2713: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2714: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2715: security experts for more than three decades."
2716: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2717: <p>
1.261 ian 2718:
1.254 drahn 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2720: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2721: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2722: </strong></font><br>
2723: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2724: <p>
2725:
2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2727: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2728: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2729: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2730: </strong></font><br>
2731: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2732: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2733: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2734: <p>
2735:
2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2737: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2738: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2739: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2740: </strong></font><br>
2741: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2742: from US DARPA.
2743: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2744: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2745: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2746: the BSD license.
2747: <p>
2748: </ul>
2749:
1.251 ian 2750: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2751: <ul>
2752:
2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2754: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2755: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2756: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2757: </strong></font><br>
2758:
2759: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2760: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2761: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2762: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2763: <p>
2764:
2765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2766: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2767: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2768: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2769: </strong></font><br>
2770: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2771: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2772: Mentions
2773: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2774: and
2775: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2776: programs.
2777: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2778: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2779: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2780: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2781: <p>
1.325 ian 2782: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2783: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2784:
2785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2786: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2787: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2788: </strong></font><br>
2789: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2790: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2791: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2792: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2793: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2794: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2795: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2796: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2797: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2798: put into service."
2799: <p>
2800: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2801: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2802: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2803: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2804: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2805: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2806: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2807: computers with security features."
2808: <p>
1.329 ian 2809:
2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2811: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2812: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2813: Slate,
2814: March 3, 2003.
2815: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2816: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2817: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2818: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2819: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2820: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2821: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2822: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2823: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2824: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2825: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2826: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2827: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2828: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2829: of more secure open-source solutions like
2830: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2831: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2832: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2833: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2834: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2835: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2836: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2837: the Beltway."
2838: <p>
1.251 ian 2839: </ul>
2840:
1.249 jufi 2841: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2842: <ul>
2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2844: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2845: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2846: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2847: </strong></font><br>
2848: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2849: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2850: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2851: <p>
1.334 ian 2852:
2853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2854: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2855: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2856: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2857: </strong></font><br>
2858: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2859: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2860: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2861: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2862: "... the hypothetical question ...
2863: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2864: <br>
2865: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2866: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2867: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2868: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2869: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2870: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2871: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2872: support network security.
2873: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2874: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2875: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2876: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2877: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2878: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2879: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2880: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2881: <br>
2882: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2883: <p>
2884:
1.249 jufi 2885: </ul>
2886:
1.246 jufi 2887: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2888: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2891: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2892: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2893: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2894: </strong></font><br>
2895: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2896: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2897: <p>
2898:
1.247 jufi 2899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2900: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2901: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2902: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2903: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2904: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2905: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2906: <p>
2907:
2908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2909: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2910: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2911: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2912: </strong></font><br>
2913: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2914: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2915: <p>
1.247 jufi 2916: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2917:
1.244 jufi 2918: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2919: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2920:
1.247 jufi 2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2922: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2923: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2924: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2925: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2926: </strong></font><br>
2927: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2928: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2929: md5 digests.
2930: <p>
2931:
1.247 jufi 2932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2933: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2934: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2935: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2936: </strong></font><br>
2937: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2938: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2939: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2940: right the first time."
2941: <p>
1.247 jufi 2942: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2943:
2944:
2945: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2946: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2949: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2950: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2951: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2952: </strong></font><br>
2953: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2954: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2955: part 6</a>.
2956: <p>
2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2959: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2960: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2961: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2962: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2963: </strong></font><br>
2964: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2965: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2966: <p>
1.301 jose 2967:
2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2969: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2970: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2971: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2972: </strong></font><br>
2973:
2974: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2975: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2976: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2977: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2978: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2979: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2980: <i>Here's the
2981: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2982: <p>
1.247 jufi 2983: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2984:
2985: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2986: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2989: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2990: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2991: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2992: </strong></font><br>
2993: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2994: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2995: <p>
2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2998: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2999: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3000: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3001: </strong></font><br>
3002: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3003: this time using pf.
3004: <p>
1.247 jufi 3005: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3006:
3007: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3008: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3009:
1.247 jufi 3010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3011: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3012: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3013: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3014: </strong></font><br>
3015: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3016: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3017: their rotation.
3018: <p>
3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3021: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3022: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3023: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3024: </strong></font><br>
3025: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3026: <p>
1.247 jufi 3027: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3028:
1.239 jufi 3029: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3030: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3033: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3034: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3035: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3036: </strong></font><br>
3037: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3038: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3039: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3040: <p>
3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3043: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3044: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3045: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3046: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3047: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3048: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3049: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3050: <p>
1.247 jufi 3051: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3052:
1.235 lebel 3053: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3054: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3055:
1.239 jufi 3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3058: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3059: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3060: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3061: </strong></font><br>
3062: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3063: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3064: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3065: <p>
1.301 jose 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3068:
1.228 horacio 3069: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3070: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3073: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3074: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3075: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3076: </strong></font><br>
3077: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3078: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3079: <p>
3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3082: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3083: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3084: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3085: </strong></font><br>
3086: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3087: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3088: <p>
3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3091: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3092: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3093: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3094: </strong></font><br>
3095: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3096: on the desktop of his parents.
3097: <p>
3098:
1.247 jufi 3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3100: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3101: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3102: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3103: </strong></font><br>
3104: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3105: using IPFilter.
3106:
3107: <p>
3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3110: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3111: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3112: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3113: </strong></font><br>
3114: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3115: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3116: perspectives of the four OS.
3117: <br>
3118: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3119: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3120: <p>
3121:
1.247 jufi 3122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3123: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3124: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3125: software and security</a>,
3126: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3127: </strong></font><br>
3128:
3129: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3130: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3131: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3132: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3133: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3134: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3135: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3136: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3137: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3138: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3139: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3140: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3141: <p>
1.247 jufi 3142: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3143:
1.225 horacio 3144: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3145: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3148: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3149: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3150: Interview</a>,
3151: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3152: </strong></font><br>
3153:
3154: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3155: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3156: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3157: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3158: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3159: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3160: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3161: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3162: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3163: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3164: of choice.
3165: <p>
1.247 jufi 3166: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3167:
3168: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3169: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3172: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3173: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3174: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3175: </strong></font><br>
3176:
3177: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3178: <p>
3179:
1.247 jufi 3180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3181: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3182: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3183: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3184: </strong></font><br>
3185:
3186: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3187: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3188: <p>
1.247 jufi 3189: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3190:
1.218 horacio 3191: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3192: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3195: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3196: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3197: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3198: </strong></font><br>
3199:
3200: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3201: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3202: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3203: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3204: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3205: subjects. Worth a read.
3206: <p>
3207:
3208:
1.247 jufi 3209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3210: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3211: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3212: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3213: </strong></font><br>
3214:
3215: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3216: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3217: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3218: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3219: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3220: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3221: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3222: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3223: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3224: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3225: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3226: on other operating systems.<br>
3227: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3228: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3229: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3230: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3231: <p>
3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3234: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3235: Operating System 2010</a>,
3236: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3237: </strong></font><br>
3238:
3239: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3240: covering the level of software integration into the core
3241: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3242: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3243: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3244: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3245: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3246: <p>
3247:
1.247 jufi 3248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3249: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3250: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3251: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3252: </strong></font><br>
3253:
3254: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3255: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3256: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3257: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3258: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3259: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3260: <p>
1.247 jufi 3261: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3262:
1.210 jufi 3263: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3264: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3265:
1.247 jufi 3266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3267: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3268: Already a Contender</a>,
3269: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3270: </strong></font><br>
3271:
3272: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3273: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3274: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3275: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3276: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3277: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3278: <p>
3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3281: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3282: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3283: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3284: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3285:
1.224 horacio 3286: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3287: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3288: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3289: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3290: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3291: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3292: <p>
1.247 jufi 3293: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3294:
3295: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3296: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3297:
1.247 jufi 3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3299: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3300: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3301: Division</a>,
3302: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3303: </strong></font><br>
3304:
3305: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3306: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3307: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3308: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3309: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3310: investment</em>.<br>
3311: The implementation details can be seen on their
3312: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3313: <p>
3314:
1.247 jufi 3315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3316: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3317: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3318: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3319: </strong></font><br>
3320:
3321: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3322: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3323: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3324: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3325: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3326: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3327: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3328: <p>
3329:
3330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3331: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3332: Thinking about Security</a>,
3333: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3334: </strong></font><br>
3335:
3336: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3337: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3338: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3339: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3340: to time.<br>
3341: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3342: system and just the most secure system.
3343: <p>
3344:
1.247 jufi 3345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3346: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3347: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3348: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3349: </strong></font><br>
3350:
3351: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3352: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3353: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3354: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3355: choice:<br>
3356: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3357: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3358: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3359: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3360: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3361: network security devices and as such must be well
3362: armored."</em><br>
3363: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3364: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3365: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3366: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3367: <br>
3368: Bravo!
3369: <p>
1.247 jufi 3370: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3371:
1.207 ian 3372: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3373: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3374:
1.247 jufi 3375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3376: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3377: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3378: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3379:
1.207 ian 3380: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3381: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3382: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3383: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3384: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3385: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3386: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3387: <p>
1.247 jufi 3388: </ul>
1.207 ian 3389:
1.194 jufi 3390: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3391: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3392:
1.247 jufi 3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3394: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3395: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3396: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3397: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3398:
1.240 miod 3399: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3400: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3401: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3402: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3403: <p>
3404:
1.247 jufi 3405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3406: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3407: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3408: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3409:
3410: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3411: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3412: <p>
3413:
3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3415: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3416: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3417: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3418:
3419: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3420: <p>
3421:
3422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3423: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3424: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3425: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3426: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3427:
1.240 miod 3428: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3429: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3430: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3431: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3432: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3433: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3434: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3435: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3436: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3437: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3438: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3439: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3440: <p>
3441:
1.247 jufi 3442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3443: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3444: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3445: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3446: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3447:
1.194 jufi 3448: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3449: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3450: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3451: <br>
3452: The new
3453: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3454: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3455: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3456: <p>
1.247 jufi 3457: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3458:
1.190 horacio 3459: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3460: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3461:
1.247 jufi 3462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3463:
3464: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3465: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3466:
1.301 jose 3467:
1.191 jufi 3468: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3469: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3470:
3471: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3472: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3473:
1.212 horacio 3474: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3475: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3476: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3477:
1.211 horacio 3478: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3479: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3480: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3481:
1.247 jufi 3482: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3483: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3484:
1.247 jufi 3485: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3486: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3487:
1.212 horacio 3488: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3489: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3490: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3491:
3492: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3493: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3494:
3495: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3496: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3497:
1.301 jose 3498: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3499: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3500:
1.191 jufi 3501: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3502: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3503:
3504: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3505: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3506:
1.192 jufi 3507: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3508: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3509: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3510:
1.193 deraadt 3511: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3512: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3513: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3516: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3519: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3520: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3521:
1.213 horacio 3522: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3523: 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 3524: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3525:
1.190 horacio 3526: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3527: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3528: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3529: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3530: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3531: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3532: <p>
1.190 horacio 3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3535: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3536: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3537: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3538: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3539:
1.195 jufi 3540: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3541: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3542: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3543: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3544: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3545: <p>
3546:
1.247 jufi 3547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3548: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3549: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3550: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3551: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3552:
1.191 jufi 3553: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3554: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3555: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3556: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3557: <p>
3558:
3559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3560: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3561: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3562: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3563:
3564: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3565: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3566: <p>
1.247 jufi 3567: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3568:
1.191 jufi 3569:
1.186 jufi 3570: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3571: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3572:
1.247 jufi 3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3574: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3575: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3576: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3577: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3578:
1.188 jufi 3579: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3580: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3581: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3582: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3583: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3584: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3585: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3586: <p>
3587:
1.301 jose 3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3589: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3590: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3591: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3592:
3593: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3594: <p>
1.191 jufi 3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3597: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3598: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3599: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3600: </strong></font><br>
3601:
3602: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3603: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3604: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3605: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3606: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3607: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3608: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3609: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3610: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3611: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3612: familiar?
3613: <p>
1.247 jufi 3614: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3615:
1.178 louis 3616: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3617: <ul>
1.178 louis 3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3620: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3621: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3622: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3623: </strong></font><br>
3624:
3625: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3626: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3627: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3628: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3629: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3630: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3631: <p>
3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3634: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3635: Open source under the hood</a>,
3636: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3637: </strong></font><br>
3638:
3639: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3640: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3641: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3642: <p>
3643:
1.247 jufi 3644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3645: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3646: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3647: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3648: </strong></font><br>
3649:
3650: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3651: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3652: <p>
1.247 jufi 3653: </ul>
1.179 louis 3654:
1.174 louis 3655:
1.175 louis 3656: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3657: <ul>
1.175 louis 3658:
1.247 jufi 3659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3660: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3661: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3662: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3663: </strong></font><br>
3664:
3665: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3666: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3667: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3668: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3669: <p>
3670:
1.247 jufi 3671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3672: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3673: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3674: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3675: </strong></font><br>
3676:
3677: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3678: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3679: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3680: <p>
1.247 jufi 3681: </ul>
1.175 louis 3682:
1.176 louis 3683:
1.172 mickey 3684: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3685: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3686:
1.247 jufi 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3688: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3689: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3690: </strong></font><br>
3691:
3692: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3693: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3694: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3695: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3696: <p>
3697:
1.247 jufi 3698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3699: <a
1.269 deraadt 3700: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3701: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3702: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3703: </strong></font><br>
3704:
3705: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3706: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3707: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3708: <p>
3709:
1.247 jufi 3710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3711: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3712: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3713: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3714: </strong></font><br>
3715:
3716: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3717: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3718: <p>
3719:
1.247 jufi 3720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3721: <a
1.269 deraadt 3722: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3723: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3724: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3725: </strong></font><br>
3726:
3727: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3728: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3729: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3730: our own Theo de Raadt.
3731: <p>
3732:
1.247 jufi 3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3734: <a
1.269 deraadt 3735: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3736: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3737: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3738: </strong></font><br>
3739:
3740: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3741: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3742: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3743: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3744: shut down.]
3745: <p>
3746:
1.247 jufi 3747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3748: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3749: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3750: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3751: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3752: </strong></font><br>
3753:
3754: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3755: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3756: <p>
1.247 jufi 3757: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3758:
1.161 louis 3759: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3760: <ul>
1.161 louis 3761:
1.247 jufi 3762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3763: <a
1.269 deraadt 3764: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3765: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3766: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3767: </strong></font><br>
3768:
3769: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3770: by John Wolley
3771: <p>
3772:
1.247 jufi 3773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3774: <a
1.269 deraadt 3775: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3776: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3777: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3778: </strong></font><br>
3779:
3780: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3781: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3782: OpenBSD).
3783: <p>
3784:
1.247 jufi 3785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3786: <a
1.247 jufi 3787: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3788: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3789: </strong></font><br>
3790:
3791: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3792: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3793: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3794: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3795: and hindsight.
3796: <p>
3797:
1.247 jufi 3798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3799: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3800: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3801: </strong></font><br>
3802:
3803: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3804: <p>
3805:
1.247 jufi 3806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3807: <a
1.168 provos 3808: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3809: December 7, 2000
3810: </strong></font><br>
3811:
3812: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3813: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3814: us explain.
3815: <p>
3816:
1.247 jufi 3817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3818: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3819: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3820: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3821: December 6, 2000
3822: </strong></font><br>
3823:
3824: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3825: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3826: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3827: <p>
3828:
1.247 jufi 3829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3830: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3831: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3832: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3833: </strong></font><br>
3834:
3835: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3836: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3837: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3838: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3839: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3840: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3841: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3842: <p>
3843:
3844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3845: <a
1.226 horacio 3846: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3847: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3848: </strong></font><br>
3849:
3850: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3851: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3852: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3853: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3854: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3855: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3856: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3857: <p>
1.162 millert 3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3860: <a
1.161 louis 3861: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3862: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3863: </strong></font><br>
3864:
3865: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3866: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3867: <p>
3868:
1.247 jufi 3869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3870: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3871: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3872: </strong></font><br>
3873:
3874: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3875: <p>
3876:
3877:
1.247 jufi 3878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3879: <a
1.226 horacio 3880: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3881: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3882: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3883: </strong></font><br>
3884:
3885: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3886: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3887: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3888: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3889: <p>
1.247 jufi 3890: </ul>
1.169 louis 3891:
1.158 louis 3892: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3893: <ul>
1.147 louis 3894:
1.247 jufi 3895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3896: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3897: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3898: </strong></font><br>
3899:
3900: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3901: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3902: <p>
3903:
1.247 jufi 3904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3905: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3906: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3907: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3908: </strong></font><br>
3909: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3910: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3911: <p>
3912:
1.247 jufi 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3914: <a
3915: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3916: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3917: </strong></font><br>
3918:
3919: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3920: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3921: <p>
3922:
1.247 jufi 3923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3924: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3925: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3926: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3927:
1.213 horacio 3928: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3929: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3930: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3931: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3932: <p>
1.215 horacio 3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3935: <a
3936: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3937: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3938: </strong></font><br>
3939:
3940: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3941: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3942: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3943: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3944: much of the attitude too).
3945: <p>
1.161 louis 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3948: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3949: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3950: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3951:
1.157 louis 3952: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3953: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3954: <p>
1.247 jufi 3955: </ul>
1.157 louis 3956:
3957: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3958: <ul>
1.157 louis 3959:
1.247 jufi 3960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3961: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3962: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3963: </strong></font><br>
3964:
3965: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3966: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3967: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3968: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3969: <p>
3970:
1.247 jufi 3971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3972: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3973: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3974: </strong></font><br>
3975:
3976: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3977: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3978: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3979: it because they love coding...
3980: <p>
3981:
1.247 jufi 3982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3983: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3984: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3985: </strong></font><br>
3986:
3987: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3988: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3989: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3990: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3991: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3992: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3993: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3994: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3995: <p>
3996:
1.247 jufi 3997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3998: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3999: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4000: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4001: </strong></font><br>
4002:
4003: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4004: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4005: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4006: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4007: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4008: the pizza.
4009: <p>
4010:
1.247 jufi 4011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4012: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4013: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4014: </strong></font><br>
4015:
4016: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4017: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4018: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4019: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4020: problems.
4021: <p>
4022:
1.247 jufi 4023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4024: <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 4025: </strong></font><br>
4026:
1.222 miod 4027: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4028: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4029: - whether they like it or not.
4030: <p>
4031:
1.247 jufi 4032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4033: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4034: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4035: </strong></font><br>
4036:
4037: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4038: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4039: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4040: <p>
1.148 aaron 4041:
1.247 jufi 4042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4043: <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 4044: </strong></font><br>
4045:
4046: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4047: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4048: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4049: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4050: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4051: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4052: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4053: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4054: <p>
4055:
1.247 jufi 4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4057: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4058: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4059: </strong></font><br>
4060:
4061: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4062: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4063: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4064: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4065: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4066: <p>
1.247 jufi 4067: </ul>
1.147 louis 4068:
1.138 louis 4069: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4070: <ul>
1.138 louis 4071:
1.247 jufi 4072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4073: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4074: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4075: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4076: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4077: </strong></font><br>
4078:
1.227 horacio 4079: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4080: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4081: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4082: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4083: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4084: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4085: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4086: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4087: <p>
4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4090: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4091: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4092: </strong></font><br>
4093:
4094: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4095: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4096: groups, and even Linux.
4097: <p>
4098:
1.247 jufi 4099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4100: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4101: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4102: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4103: </strong></font><br>
4104:
4105: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4106: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4107: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4108: library after installing the OS.
4109: <p>
4110:
1.247 jufi 4111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4112: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4113: Sys Admin, September 2000
4114: </strong></font><br>
4115:
4116: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4117: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4118: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4119: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4120: (<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>,
4121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4122: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4123: <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 4124: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4125: out of the system.
4126: <p>
4127:
1.247 jufi 4128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4129: <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
4130: </strong></font><br>
4131:
4132: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4133: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4134: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4135: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4136: the IP filtering and address translation.
4137: <p>
1.301 jose 4138:
4139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4140: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4141: </strong></font><br>
4142:
4143: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4144: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4145: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4146: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4147: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4148: <p>
1.247 jufi 4149: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4150:
1.131 louis 4151: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4152: <ul>
1.131 louis 4153:
1.247 jufi 4154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4155: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4156: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4157: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4158: </strong></font><br>
4159:
4160: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4161: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4162: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4163: <p>
4164:
1.247 jufi 4165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4166: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4167: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4168: </strong></font><br>
4169:
4170: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4171: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4172: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4173: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4174: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4175: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4176: note of"</i>.
4177: <p>
4178:
1.247 jufi 4179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4180: <a
1.247 jufi 4181: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4182: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4183: </strong></font><br>
4184:
4185: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4186: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4187: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4188: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4189: <p>
4190:
1.247 jufi 4191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4192: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4193: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4194: </strong></font><br>
4195:
4196: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4197: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4198: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4199: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4200: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4201: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4202: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4203: <p>
4204:
1.247 jufi 4205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4206: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4207: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4208: 2000
4209: </strong></font><br>
4210:
4211: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4212: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4213: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4214: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4215: against current industry practices.
4216: <p>
4217:
1.247 jufi 4218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4219: <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
4220: </strong></font><br>
4221:
4222: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4223: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4224: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4225: <p>
4226:
1.247 jufi 4227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4228: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4229: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4230: </strong></font><br>
4231:
4232: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4233: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4234: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4235: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4236: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4237: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4238: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4239: <p>
4240:
1.247 jufi 4241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4242: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4243: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4244: </strong></font><br>
4245:
4246: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4247: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4248: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4249: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4250: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4251: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4252: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4253: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4254: <p>
1.247 jufi 4255: </ul>
1.131 louis 4256:
1.118 louis 4257: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4258: <ul>
1.118 louis 4259:
1.247 jufi 4260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4261: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4262: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4263: </strong></font><br>
4264:
4265: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4266: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4267: about time. The article mentions that
4268: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4269: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4270: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4271: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4272: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4273: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4274: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4275: <p>
4276:
1.247 jufi 4277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4278: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4279: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4280: </strong></font><br>
4281:
4282: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4283: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4284: of OpenSSH.
4285: <p>
4286:
1.247 jufi 4287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4288: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4289: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4290: </strong></font><br>
4291:
4292: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4293: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4294: bridging.
4295: <p>
4296:
1.247 jufi 4297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4298: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4299: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4300: </strong></font><br>
4301:
1.121 deraadt 4302: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4303: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4304: <p>
4305:
1.247 jufi 4306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4307: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4308: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4309: </strong></font><br>
4310:
4311: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4312: <p>
4313:
1.247 jufi 4314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4315: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4316: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4317: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4318: </strong></font><br>
4319:
1.120 deraadt 4320: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4321: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4322: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4323: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4324: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4325: <p>
4326:
1.247 jufi 4327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4328: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4329: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4330: </strong></font><br>
4331:
1.222 miod 4332: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4333: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4334: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4335: protocols and their quirks.
4336: <p>
4337:
1.247 jufi 4338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4339: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4340: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4341: </strong></font><br>
4342:
4343: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4344: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4345: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4346: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4347: <p>
4348:
1.247 jufi 4349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4350: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4351: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4352: </strong></font><br>
4353:
4354: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4355: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4356: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4357: <p>
4358:
1.247 jufi 4359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4360: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4361: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4362: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4363: </strong></font><br>
4364:
4365: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4366: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4367: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4368: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4369: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4370: <p>
1.247 jufi 4371: </ul>
1.118 louis 4372:
1.104 louis 4373: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4374: <ul>
1.104 louis 4375:
1.247 jufi 4376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4377: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4378: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4379: </strong></font><br>
4380:
4381: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4382: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4383: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4384: be a bit dry.
4385: <p>
4386:
1.247 jufi 4387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4388: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4389: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4390: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4391: </strong></font><br>
4392: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4393: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4394: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4395: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4396: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4397: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4398: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4399: <p>
4400:
1.247 jufi 4401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4402: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4403: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4404: 2000
1.128 louis 4405: </strong></font><br>
4406:
4407: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4408: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4409: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4410: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4411: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4412: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4413: <p>
4414:
1.247 jufi 4415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4416: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4417: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4418: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4419:
4420: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4421: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4422: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4423: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4424: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4425: <p>
1.110 louis 4426:
1.247 jufi 4427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4428: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4429: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4430: </strong></font><br>
4431:
4432: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4433: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4434: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4435: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4436: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4437: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4438: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4439: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4440: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4441: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4442: <p>
4443:
1.247 jufi 4444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4445: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4446: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4447:
4448: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4449: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4450: <p>
1.108 louis 4451:
1.247 jufi 4452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4453: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4454: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4455: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4456:
4457: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4458: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4459: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4460: <p>
1.106 louis 4461:
1.247 jufi 4462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4463: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4464: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4465: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4466:
4467: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4468: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4469: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4470: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4471: <p>
1.107 louis 4472:
1.247 jufi 4473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4474: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4475: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4476: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4477:
4478: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4479: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4480: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4481: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4482: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4483: <p>
1.105 louis 4484:
1.247 jufi 4485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4486: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4487: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4488: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4489:
1.113 naddy 4490: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4491: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4492: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4493: <p>
1.104 louis 4494:
1.247 jufi 4495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4496: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4497: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4498: </strong></font><br>
4499:
4500: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4501: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4502: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4503: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4504: <p>
1.301 jose 4505:
4506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4507: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4508: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4509: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4510:
4511: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4512: hardware-supported cryptography.
4513: <p>
1.247 jufi 4514: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4515:
1.85 louis 4516: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4517: <ul>
1.85 louis 4518:
1.247 jufi 4519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4520: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4521: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4522: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4523:
4524: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4525: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4526: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4527: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4528: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4529: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4530: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4531: <p>
1.99 louis 4532:
1.247 jufi 4533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4534: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4535: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4536: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4537:
4538: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4539: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4540: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4541: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4542: <p>
1.100 louis 4543:
1.247 jufi 4544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4545: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4546: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4547: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4548:
4549: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4550: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4551: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4552: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4553: <p>
1.95 louis 4554:
1.247 jufi 4555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4556: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4557: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4558: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4559:
4560: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4561: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4562: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4563: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4564: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4565: <p>
1.92 louis 4566:
1.247 jufi 4567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4568: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4569: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4570: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4571:
4572: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4573: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4574: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4575: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4576: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4577: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4578: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4579: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4580: <p>
1.91 louis 4581:
1.247 jufi 4582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4583: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4584: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4585: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4586:
4587: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4588: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4589: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4590: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4591: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4592: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4593: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4594: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4595: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4596: <p>
1.90 louis 4597:
1.247 jufi 4598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4599: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4600: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4601: </strong></font><br>
4602: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4603: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4604: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4605: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4606: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4607: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4608: <p>
4609:
1.247 jufi 4610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4611: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4612: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4613: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4614:
1.113 naddy 4615: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4616: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4617: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4618: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4619: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4620: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4621: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4622: <p>
1.87 louis 4623:
1.247 jufi 4624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4625: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4626: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4627: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4628:
4629: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4630: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4631: <p>
1.85 louis 4632:
1.247 jufi 4633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4634: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4635: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4636: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4637:
4638: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4639: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4640: <p>
4641:
4642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4643: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4644: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4645: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4646:
4647: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4648: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4649: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4650: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4651: <p>
1.89 louis 4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4654: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4655: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4656: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4657:
4658: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4659: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4660: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4661: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4662: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4663: </ul>
1.85 louis 4664:
1.78 deraadt 4665: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4666: <ul>
1.74 louis 4667:
1.247 jufi 4668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4669: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4670: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4671: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4672: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4673:
4674: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4675: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4676: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4677: <p>
1.83 louis 4678:
1.247 jufi 4679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4680: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4681: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4682: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4683:
4684: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4685: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4686: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4687: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4688: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4689: <p>
1.93 louis 4690:
1.247 jufi 4691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4692: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4693: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4694: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4695: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4696:
1.83 louis 4697: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4698: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4699: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4700: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4701: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4702: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4703: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4704: <p>
1.82 aaron 4705:
1.247 jufi 4706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4707: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4708: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4709: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4710:
1.83 louis 4711: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4712: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4713: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4714: <p>
1.80 louis 4715:
1.247 jufi 4716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4717: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4718: Bad Press</a>,
4719: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4720: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4721:
4722: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4723: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4724: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4725: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4726: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4727: <p>
1.247 jufi 4728: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4729:
4730: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4731: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4734: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4735: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4736: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4737: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4738:
4739: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4740: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4741: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4742: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4743: <p>
1.74 louis 4744:
1.247 jufi 4745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4746: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4747: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4748: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4749:
1.219 horacio 4750: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4751: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4752: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4753: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4754: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4755: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4756: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4757: <p>
1.88 louis 4758:
1.247 jufi 4759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4760: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4761: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4762: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4763:
4764: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4765: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4766: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4767: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4768: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4769: <p>
1.81 louis 4770:
1.247 jufi 4771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4772: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4773: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4774: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4775:
4776: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4777: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4778: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4779: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4780: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4781: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4782: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4783: <p>
1.90 louis 4784:
1.247 jufi 4785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4786: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4787: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4788: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4789:
4790: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4791: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4792: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4793: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4794: <p>
1.247 jufi 4795: </ul>
1.71 louis 4796:
1.69 deraadt 4797: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4798: <ul>
1.70 louis 4799:
1.247 jufi 4800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4801: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4802: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4803: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4804:
4805: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4806: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4807: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4808: <p>
1.70 louis 4809:
1.247 jufi 4810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4811: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4812: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4813: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4814:
4815: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4816: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4817: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4818: <p>
1.68 louis 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4821: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4822: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4823: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4824: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4825:
1.111 jufi 4826: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4827: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4828: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4829: "secure by default" installation.
4830: <p>
1.64 louis 4831:
1.247 jufi 4832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4833: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4834: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4835: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4836:
1.113 naddy 4837: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4838: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4839: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4840: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4841: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4842: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4843: <p>
1.66 louis 4844:
1.247 jufi 4845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4846: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4847: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4848: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4849:
4850: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4851: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4852: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4853: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4854: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4855: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4856: <p>
1.83 louis 4857:
1.247 jufi 4858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4859: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4860: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4861: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4862:
4863: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4864: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4865: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4866: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4867: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4868: <p>
1.64 louis 4869:
1.247 jufi 4870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4871: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4872: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4873: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4874:
4875: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4876: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4877: <p>
1.301 jose 4878:
4879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4880: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4881: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4882: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4883: </strong></font><br>
4884:
4885: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4886: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4887: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4888: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4889: Giving way to
4890: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4891: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4892: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4893: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4894: <p>
1.247 jufi 4895: </ul>
1.65 louis 4896:
1.69 deraadt 4897: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4898: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4899:
1.247 jufi 4900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4901: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4902: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4903: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4904:
4905: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4906: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4907: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4908: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4909: <p>
1.88 louis 4910:
1.247 jufi 4911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4912: <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 4913: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4914:
4915: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4916: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4917: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4918: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4919: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4920: <p>
1.60 louis 4921:
1.247 jufi 4922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4923: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4924: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4925: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4926: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4927:
4928: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4929: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4930: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4931: <p>
1.58 louis 4932:
1.247 jufi 4933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4934: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4935: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4936:
4937: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4938: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4939: <p>
1.53 louis 4940:
1.247 jufi 4941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4942: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4943: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4944: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4945:
4946: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4947: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4948: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4949: <p>
1.99 louis 4950:
1.247 jufi 4951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4952: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4953: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4954:
4955: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4956: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4957: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4958: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4959: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4960:
1.247 jufi 4961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4962: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4963: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4964: </strong></font><br>
4965:
4966: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4967: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4968: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4969: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4970: <p>
4971:
1.247 jufi 4972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4973: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4974: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4975: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4976:
4977: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4978: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4979: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4980:
1.247 jufi 4981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4982: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4983: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4984:
4985: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4986: in
1.247 jufi 4987: <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 4988: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4989: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4990: <p>
1.53 louis 4991:
1.247 jufi 4992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4993: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4994: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4995: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4996: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4997:
1.58 louis 4998: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4999: <p>
1.301 jose 5000:
5001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5002: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5003: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5004: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5005: Informacyjny, January 2000
5006: </strong></font><br>
5007:
5008: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5009: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5010: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5011: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5012: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5013: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5014: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5015: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5016: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5017: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5018: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5019: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5020: <p>
5021:
5022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5023: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5024: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5025: </strong></font><br>
5026:
5027: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5028: <p>
5029: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5030:
1.69 deraadt 5031: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5032: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5033:
1.247 jufi 5034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5035: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5036: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5037: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5038: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5039:
1.58 louis 5040: Kurt Seifried
5041: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5042: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5043: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5044: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5045:
1.247 jufi 5046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5047: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5048: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5049: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5050:
5051: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5052: <p>
1.96 louis 5053:
1.247 jufi 5054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5055: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5056: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5057: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5058: </strong></font><br>
5059:
5060: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5061: <p>
5062:
5063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5064: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5065: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5066: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5067:
5068: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5069: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5070: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5071: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5072: <p>
1.247 jufi 5073: </ul>
1.86 louis 5074:
1.69 deraadt 5075: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5076: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5077:
1.247 jufi 5078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5079: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5080: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5081: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5082:
5083: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5084: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5085: <p>
1.61 louis 5086:
1.247 jufi 5087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5088: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5089: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5090: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5091: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5092:
5093: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5094: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5095: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5096: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5097: right -- or at least strives to".
5098: <p>
1.48 louis 5099:
1.247 jufi 5100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5101: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5102: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5103: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5104: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5105: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5106: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5107: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5108: <p>
1.61 louis 5109:
1.247 jufi 5110: <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 5111: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5112: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5113:
5114: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5115: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5116: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5117: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5118: <p>
1.46 louis 5119:
1.247 jufi 5120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5121: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5122: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5123: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5124:
5125: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5126: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5127: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5128:
1.247 jufi 5129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5130: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5131: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5132: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5133:
5134: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5135: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5136: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5137: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5138: <p>
1.247 jufi 5139: </ul>
1.70 louis 5140:
1.69 deraadt 5141: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5142: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5143:
1.247 jufi 5144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5145: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5146: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5147: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5148: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5149:
5150: Kurt Seifried
5151: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5152: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5153: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5154: <p>
1.44 philen 5155:
1.247 jufi 5156: <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 5157: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5158: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5159:
5160: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5161: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5162:
1.247 jufi 5163: <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 5164: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5165: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5166:
5167: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5168: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5169:
1.247 jufi 5170: <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 5171: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5172: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5173:
5174: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5175: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5176: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5177: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5178: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5179:
1.247 jufi 5180: <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 5181: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5182: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5183:
1.36 louis 5184: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5185: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5186:
1.247 jufi 5187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5188: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5189: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5190: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5191:
5192: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5193: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5194: </ul>
1.38 louis 5195:
1.69 deraadt 5196: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5197: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5198:
1.247 jufi 5199: <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 5200: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5201: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5202:
5203: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5204: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5205: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5206:
1.113 naddy 5207: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5208: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5209: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5210: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5211:
5212: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5213: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5214: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5215: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5216: <blockquote>
5217: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5218: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5219: <br>
5220: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5221: </code>
5222: </blockquote>
5223: <p>
5224:
1.247 jufi 5225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5226: <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 5227: <p>
5228:
5229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5230: <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 5231: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5232:
5233: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5234: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5235: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5236: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5237:
1.247 jufi 5238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5239: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5240: Sept. 28, 1999
5241: </strong></font><br>
5242:
5243: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5244: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5245: translating and reprinting articles from
5246: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5247: <p>
5248:
5249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5250: <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 5251: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5252:
5253: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5254: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5255: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5256: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5257: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5258: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5259: <p>
1.19 louis 5260:
1.113 naddy 5261: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5262: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5263: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5264:
5265: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5266: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5267: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5268: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5269: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5270: <p>
1.16 louis 5271:
1.247 jufi 5272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5273: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5274: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5275: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5276:
1.57 louis 5277: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5278: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5279: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5280: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5281:
1.247 jufi 5282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5283: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5284: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5285: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5286:
1.113 naddy 5287: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5288:
1.247 jufi 5289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5290: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5291: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5292: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5293:
1.23 louis 5294: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5295: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5296: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5297: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5298: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5299: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5300:
1.247 jufi 5301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5302: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5303: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5304: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5305:
1.199 pvalchev 5306: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5307: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5308: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5309: installation.
1.113 naddy 5310: <p>
1.47 louis 5311:
1.247 jufi 5312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5313: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5314: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5315: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5316:
1.301 jose 5317: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5318: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5319: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5320: </ul>
1.57 louis 5321:
1.69 deraadt 5322: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5323: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5324:
1.247 jufi 5325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5326: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5327: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5328: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5329:
5330: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5331: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5332: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5333: <p>
1.12 louis 5334:
1.247 jufi 5335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5336: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5337: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5338: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5339:
5340: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5341: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5342: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5343: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5344: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5345: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5346: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5347: <p>
1.247 jufi 5348: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5349:
1.69 deraadt 5350: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5351: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5352:
1.247 jufi 5353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5354: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5355: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5356:
5357: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5358: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5359: available."
1.113 naddy 5360: <p>
1.301 jose 5361:
5362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5363: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5364: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5365: </strong></font><br>
5366:
5367: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5368: <p>
1.247 jufi 5369: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5370:
1.69 deraadt 5371: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5372: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5373:
1.247 jufi 5374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5375: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5376: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5377:
5378: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5379: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5380: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5381: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5382: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5383: <p>
1.33 louis 5384:
1.247 jufi 5385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5386: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5387: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5388: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5389:
1.113 naddy 5390: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5391: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5392: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5393: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5394: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5395: <p>
1.247 jufi 5396: </ul>
1.57 louis 5397:
1.69 deraadt 5398: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5399: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5400:
1.247 jufi 5401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5402: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5403: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5404: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5405:
5406: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5407: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5408: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5409:
1.247 jufi 5410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5411: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5412: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5413: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5414: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5415:
5416: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5417: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5418:
1.247 jufi 5419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5420: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5421:
1.113 naddy 5422: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5423:
1.247 jufi 5424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5425: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5426: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5427: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5428:
5429: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5430: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5431: </ul>
1.23 louis 5432:
1.69 deraadt 5433: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5434: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5435:
1.247 jufi 5436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5437: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5438: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5439:
5440: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5441: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5442: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5443:
1.247 jufi 5444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5445: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5446: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5447: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5448:
5449: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5450: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5451: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5452: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5453: </ul>
1.57 louis 5454:
1.69 deraadt 5455: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5456: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5457:
1.247 jufi 5458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5459: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5460: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5461: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5462:
5463: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5464: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5465: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5466: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5467: <p>
1.15 louis 5468:
1.247 jufi 5469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5470: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5471: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5472: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5473:
5474: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5475: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5476: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5477: columns."
1.113 naddy 5478: <p>
1.247 jufi 5479: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5480:
1.69 deraadt 5481: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5482: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5483:
1.247 jufi 5484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5485: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5486: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5487: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5488:
5489: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5490: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5491:
1.113 naddy 5492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5493: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5494: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5495:
5496: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5497: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5498: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5499: </ul>
1.57 louis 5500:
1.69 deraadt 5501: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5502: <ul>
1.301 jose 5503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5504: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5505: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5506: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5507:
5508: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5509: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5510: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5511: <p>
5512:
5513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5514: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5515: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5516: Nov 13, 1998 and
5517: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5518: Datateknik</a>,
5519: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5520:
1.380 saad 5521: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5522: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5523: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5524: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5525: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5526:
1.113 naddy 5527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5528: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5529: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5530: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5531:
1.222 miod 5532: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5533: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5534: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5535: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5536: <p>
1.247 jufi 5537: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5538:
1.69 deraadt 5539: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5540: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5541:
1.247 jufi 5542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5543: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5544: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5545:
1.69 deraadt 5546: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5547: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5548: <p>
1.247 jufi 5549: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5550:
1.69 deraadt 5551: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5552: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5553:
1.247 jufi 5554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5555: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5556: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5557: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5558:
1.383 jcs 5559: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5560: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5561: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5562:
1.247 jufi 5563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5564: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5565: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5566: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5567: <p>
1.247 jufi 5568: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5569:
1.69 deraadt 5570: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5571: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5572:
1.247 jufi 5573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5574: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5575: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5576: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5577: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5578: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5579:
5580: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5581: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5582: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5583: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5584: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5585: <p>
1.247 jufi 5586: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5587:
5588: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5589: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5590:
1.247 jufi 5591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5592: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5593: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5594:
1.69 deraadt 5595: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5596: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5597: <p>
1.112 naddy 5598:
1.247 jufi 5599: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5600: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5601:
1.292 camield 5602: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5603: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5604: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.530 ! ian 5605: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.529 2006/06/02 02:05:02 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5606:
5607: </body>
5608: </html>