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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.534 ian 19: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
23: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
24: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
25: </strong></font><br>
26: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
27: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
28: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
29: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
30: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
31: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
32: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
33: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
34: <p>
35:
36: </ul>
37:
1.531 ian 38: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
39: <ul>
40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
41: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
42: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
43: </strong></font><br>
44: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
45: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
46: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
47: The article quotes Theo as saying
48: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
49: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
50: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
51: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
52: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
53: and describes the funding issues as well.
54: <p>
55:
56: </ul>
57:
1.525 ian 58: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
59: <ul>
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 ! steven 61: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 62: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
63: </strong></font><br>
64: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
65: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
66: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
67: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
68: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
69: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
70: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
71: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
72: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
73: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
74: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
75: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
76: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 80: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 81: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
82: </strong></font><br>
83: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
84: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
85: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
86: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
87: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
88: <p>
89:
1.526 ian 90: </ul>
1.525 ian 91:
1.514 ian 92: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
93: <ul>
1.524 ian 94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
95: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
96: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
97: </strong></font><br>
98: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
99: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
100: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
101: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
102: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
103: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
104: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
105: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
106: to make them useful.
107: <p>
1.518 ian 108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 110: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 111: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
112: and
113: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 114: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 115: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 116: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 117: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 118: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
119: their plans for the week.
120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 123: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
124: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
125: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
126: </strong></font><br>
127: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
128: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
129: <p>
130:
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 132: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
133: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
134: </strong></font><br>
135: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
136: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
137: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
138: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 139: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 140: (introduced with 3.9).
141: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
142: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 146: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
147: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
148: </strong></font><br>
149: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
150: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
151: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
152: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
153: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
154: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
155: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
156: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
157: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
161: [GERMAN]
162: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
163: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
164: </strong></font><br>
165: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
166: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 ! steven 167: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 168: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
169: is connected to OpenBSD.
170: <p>
171:
1.514 ian 172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
173: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
174: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
175: </strong></font><br>
176: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
177: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
178: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 179: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 180: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 181: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 182: running this project) is so important to Theo,
183: and even why he does mountain biking!
184: <p>
185:
186: </ul>
187:
1.503 ian 188: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
189: <ul>
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 191: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
192: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
193: </strong></font><br>
194: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
195: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
196: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
197: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
198: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
199: <blockquote>
200: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
201: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
202: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
203: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
204: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
205: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
206: </blockquote>
207: This is just plain cool."
208: <p>
209:
210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 211: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
212: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
213: </strong></font><br>
214: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
215: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
216: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 217: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 218: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
219: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
220: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
221: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
222: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
223: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 224: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 225: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
226: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
227: <p>
228:
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 230: [GERMAN]
231: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
232: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
233: </strong></font><br>
234: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
235: are and why they are bad.
236: <p>
237:
238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 239: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
240: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
241: </strong></font><br>
242: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
243: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
244: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
245: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
246: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
247: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
248: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
249: pages."
250: <p>
251:
252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 253: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
254: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
255: </strong></font><br>
256: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
257: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
258: and continues:
259: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
260: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
261: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
262: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
263: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
264: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
265: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
266: and more. Final thought:
267: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
268: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
269: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
270: true for business environments."
271: <p>
272:
273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 274: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 275: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 276: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 277: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
278: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
279: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 280: for funding.
1.509 djm 281: <p>
282:
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 284: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
285: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
286: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
287: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
288: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
289: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
290: <p>
291:
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 293: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
294: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
295: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
296: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
297: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
298: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
299: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
300: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
301: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
302: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
303: <br/>
1.529 ian 304: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 305: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 306: hostsearch.com</a> and
307: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
308: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 312: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
313: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
314: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
315: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 316: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 317: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 318: is punctuated with examples.
319: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 ! steven 320: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
! 321: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 322: and
1.535 ! steven 323: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 327: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
328: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
329: </strong></font><br>
330: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
331: further OpenSSH development.
332: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
333: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
334: project's funding needs for all time.
335: <p>
1.504 bernd 336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
337: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
338: April 3, 2006
339: </strong></font><br>
340: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
341: this could compromise future hackathons.
342: <p>
1.503 ian 343:
344: </ul>
345:
1.487 ian 346: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
347: <ul>
1.495 ian 348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 349: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 350: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 351: </strong></font><br>
352: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
353: on topics including "Puffy",
354: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
355: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
356: what's new in 3.9,
357: and of course project expenses.
358: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
359: <!--
360: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
361: -->
362: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
363: <p>
364:
365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 366: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
367: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
368: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 369: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
370: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 371: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
372: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
373: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
374: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
375: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
376: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
377: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
378: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
379: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
380: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
381: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
382: but Matzan does - is that
383: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
384: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
385: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
386: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
387: <br/>
388: <p>
389:
390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
391: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
392: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
393: </strong></font><br>
394: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
395: "blob" drivers, and more.
396: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
397: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
398: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
399: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
400: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
401: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
402: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
403: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
404: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
405: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
406: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
407: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
408: <p>
409:
410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 411: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
412: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
413: </strong></font><br>
414: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
415: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
416: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
417: in general temperature and environmental issues.
418: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
419: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
420: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
421: other major operating systems." ...
422: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
423: machines running in
424: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
425: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
429: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
430: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
431: </strong></font><br>
432: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
433: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
434: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
435: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
436: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
437: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
438: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
439: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
440: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
441: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
442: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
443: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
444: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
445: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
446: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
447: <p>
448:
1.487 ian 449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 450: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
451: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
452: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 453: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 454: financial situation.
455: <p>
456:
457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 458: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
459: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
460: </strong></font><br>
461: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
462: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
463: produce our favorite operating system.
464: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
465: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
466: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
467: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
468: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 469: <br/>
470: Also online at
471: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
472: <p>
473:
474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
475: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
476: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
477: </strong></font><br>
478: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
479: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
480: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
481: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
482: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
483: sustain indefinitely."
484: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
485: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
486: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
487: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
488: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 489: <p>
490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 492: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
493: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
494: </strong></font><br>
495: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
496: with a reminder that
497: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
498: used nowadays almost everywhere."
499: Ends with this quote from Marco:
500: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
501: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
502: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
503: <p>
504:
505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 506: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 507: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
508: </strong></font><br>
509: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
510: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
511: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
512: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
513: a few of them each year.
514: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
515: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
516: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
517: to the OpenBSD project.
518: It's time for them to do so.
519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 522: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
523: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
524: </strong></font><br>
525: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
526: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
527: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
528: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
529: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
530: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
531: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
532: <p>
533:
534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 535: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
536: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 537: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
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1.490 deraadt 541: European mirror:
542: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
543: <br>
544: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 545: <p>
546:
547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 548: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
549: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 550: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 551: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
552: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
553: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
554: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
555: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
556: designed to provide reliability and security.
557: <p>
558:
559: </ul>
560:
1.485 ian 561: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
562: <ul>
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 564: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
565: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
566: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 567: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 568: installations in about four minutes flat".
569: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
570: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 571: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 572: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
573: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
574: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
575: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
576: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
577: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
578: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
579: the steps in the article.
580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 583: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
584: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
585: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
586: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
587: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
588: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
589: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
590: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
591: happening in real life.
592: <p>
593:
594: </ul>
595:
1.492 ian 596: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
597: <ul>
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
599: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
600: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
601: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
602: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
603: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
604: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 605: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 606: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
607: </ul>
608:
1.483 ian 609: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
610: <ul>
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 612: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
613: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
614: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
615: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
616: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
617: <p>
618:
619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 620: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 621: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
622: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
623: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
624: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
625: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
626: to sites with more information on most topics.
627: <p>
628:
629: </ul>
630:
631:
1.479 grunk 632: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
633: <ul>
634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 635: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 636: Goes to Venice</a>,
637: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 638: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 639: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
640: <br/>
641: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
642: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
643: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 644: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 645: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
646: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
647: Contains a link to
648: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
649: pval's summary slides</a>.
650: <p>
651:
652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 653: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
654: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
655: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
656: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
657: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
658: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
659: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
660: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 661: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 662: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
663: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
664: the packages and ports system"</i>.
665: <p>
666:
667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
668: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
669: Return of The BSDs</a>,
670: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
671: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
672: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
673: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
674: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
675: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
676: quotes from Bob Beck.
677: <p>
678:
679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 680: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
681: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
682: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 683: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
684: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 685: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
686: and Linux.<br>
687: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
688: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
689: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
690: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
691: of the release
692: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
693: <p>
694: </ul>
695:
1.476 ian 696: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
697: <ul>
698:
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
700: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
701: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
702: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
703: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
704: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
705: and too unreliable.
706: This quote will rattle some cages:
707: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
708: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
709: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
710: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
711: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
712: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
713: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
714: costs without any commercial lock-in."
715: <p>
716:
1.477 saad 717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
718: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
719: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
720: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
721: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
722: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
723: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
724: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
725: discussion about future plans.
726: <p>
727:
1.478 grunk 728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
729: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
730: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
731: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
732: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
733: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
734: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
735: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
736: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
737: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
738: <p>
739:
1.476 ian 740: </ul>
741:
1.470 saad 742: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
743: <ul>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 746: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
747: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
748: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
749: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
750: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
751: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
752: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
753: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
754: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
755: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
756: <p>
757:
758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 759: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
760: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
761: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
762: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
763: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
764: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
765: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
766: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
767: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
768: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
769: <p>
770:
771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 772: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
773: Big debate over small packets</a>,
774: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
775: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
776: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
777: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
778: draft.
779: <p>
780:
781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 782: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
783: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
784: ordinateur ?"</a>,
785: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
786: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
787: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
788: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
789: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
790: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
791: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
792: <p>
793:
794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 795: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
796: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
797: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
798: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
799: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
800: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
801: performance data with pfstat.
802: <p>
803:
804: </ul>
805:
1.461 grunk 806: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
807: <ul>
808:
809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 810: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
811: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 812: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 813: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
814: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
815: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 816: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 817: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 818: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
819: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
820: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 821: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
822: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 823: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 824: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
825: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 826: <p>
827:
828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 829: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
830: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 831: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 832: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
833: poor security:
1.467 grunk 834: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 835: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 836: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 837: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
838: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
839: <p>
840:
841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 842: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
843: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 844: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 845: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
846: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 847: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
848: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
849: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
850: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
851: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
852: commercial vendors.
853: <p>
854:
855: </ul>
856:
1.454 ian 857: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
858: <ul>
1.468 grunk 859:
860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
861: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
862: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
863: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
864: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
865: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
866: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 867: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 868: <br>
869: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
870: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
871: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
872: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
873: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 874: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 875: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
876: <p>
877:
1.454 ian 878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 879: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
880: Free Bird</a>,
881: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
882: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
883: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
884: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
885: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
886: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
887: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
888: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
889: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
890: room will only be available in the print edition.
891: <p>
1.459 deraadt 892:
1.458 niallo 893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 894: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
895: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
896: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
897: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
898: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
899: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
900: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
901: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
902: <p>
1.457 deraadt 903:
1.456 niallo 904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 905: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 906: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
907: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
908: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
909: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
910: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
911: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 912: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 913: interview.</a>
914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 917: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
918: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
919: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
920: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
921: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
922: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
923: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
924: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
925: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
926: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
927: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
928: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
929: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
930: "I have never used it."
931: <p>
932:
933: </ul>
934:
1.441 deraadt 935: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
936: <ul>
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 938: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
939: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
940: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
941: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
942: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
943: future enhancements.
944: <p>
945:
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 947: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 948: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
949: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
950: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
951: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
952: North America mirror:
953: <ul>
1.452 marco 954: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 955: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
956: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 957: </ul>
958: European mirror:
959: <ul>
1.452 marco 960: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 961: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
962: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
963: </ul>
964: <p>
965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 967: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
968: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
969: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
970: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
971: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
972: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
973: <p>
974:
975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 976: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
977: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
978: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
979: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
980: first-hand account.
981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 984: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
985: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
986: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
987: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
988: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
989: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
990: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
991: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
992: <p>
993:
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 995: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
996: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
997: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
998: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
999: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1000: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1001: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1002: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1003: <p>
1004:
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1006: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1007: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1008: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1009: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1010: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1011: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1012: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1013: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1014: <p>
1015:
1016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1017: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1018: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1019: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1020: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1021: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1022: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1023: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1024: <p>
1025:
1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1027: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1028: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1029: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1030: </strong></font><br>
1031: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1032: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1033: with OpenBSD.
1034: </ul>
1035:
1.436 henning 1036: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1037: <ul>
1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1039: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1040: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1041: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1042: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1043: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1044: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1045: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1046: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1047: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1048: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1049: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1050: <p>
1051: This article can also be found online as
1052: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1053: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1054: <p>
1055:
1056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1057: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1058: </strong></font><br>
1059: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1060: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1061: <p>
1062:
1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1064: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1065: </strong></font><br>
1066: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1067: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1068: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1069: the issues we had with IETF.
1070: </ul>
1071:
1.431 ian 1072: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1073: <ul>
1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1075: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1076: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1077: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1078: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1079: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1080: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1081: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1085: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1086: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1087: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1088: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1089: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1090: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1091: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1092: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1093: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1094: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1095: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1096: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1097: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1098: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1099: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1100:
1101: </ul>
1102:
1.427 matthieu 1103: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1104: <ul>
1105:
1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1107: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1108: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1109: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1110: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1111: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1112: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1113: firmware.
1.434 ian 1114: Similar articles can be found online at:
1115: <ul>
1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1117: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1118: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1119: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1121: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1122: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1123: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1125: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1126: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1127: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1129: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1130: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1131: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1132: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1133: </ul>
1134:
1.426 ian 1135: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1136: <ul>
1137:
1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1139: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1140: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1141: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1142: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1144: mechanism: what it is and why and
1145: how to use it, with examples.
1146: Another excerpt from the book
1147: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1148: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1149: <p>
1150:
1151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1152: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1153: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1154: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1155: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1156: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1157: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1158: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1159: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1160: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1161: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1162: This article is a sample chapter from
1163: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1164: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1165: <p>
1.443 ian 1166:
1167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1168: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1169: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1170: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1171: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1172: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1173: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1174: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1175: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1176: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1177: ends with a sidebar on security.
1178: <p>
1.426 ian 1179: </ul>
1180:
1.424 ian 1181: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1182: <ul>
1183:
1184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1185: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1186: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1187: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1188: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1189: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1190: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1191: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1192: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1193: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1194: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1195: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1196: <p>
1197: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1198: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1199: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1200: <p>
1201:
1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1203: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1204: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1205: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1206: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1207: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1208: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1209: operating systems.
1210: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1211: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1212: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1213: systems, he writes:
1214: <blockquote>
1215: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1216: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1217: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1218: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1219: to the operating system...
1220: <br/>
1221: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1222: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1223: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1224: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1225: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1226: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1227: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1228: in a closed source operating system).
1229: <br/>
1230: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1231: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1232: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1233: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1234: </blockquote>
1235: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1236: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1237: their hardware and software operates.
1238: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1239: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1240: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1241: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1242: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1243: <p>
1244: </ul>
1245:
1.417 pvalchev 1246: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1247: <ul>
1.421 ian 1248:
1.417 pvalchev 1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1250: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1251: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1252: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1253: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1254: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1255: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1256: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1257: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1258: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1259: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1260: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1261: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1262: <p>
1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1264: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1265: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1266: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1267: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1268: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1269: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1270: it claims to do".
1271: <p>
1272:
1273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1274: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1275: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1276: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1277: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1278: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1279: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1280: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1281: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1282: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1283: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1284: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1285: (yes, this is a hint).
1286: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1287: picked up on the
1288: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1289: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1290: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1291: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1292: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1293: <p>
1294:
1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1296: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1297: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1298: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1299: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1300: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1301: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1302: the current efforts.
1303: <p>
1304: </ul>
1305:
1.407 henning 1306: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1307: <ul>
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1309: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1310: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1311: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1312: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1313: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1314: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1315: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1316: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1317: <p>
1318:
1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1320: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1321: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1322: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1323: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1324: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1325: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1326: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1327: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1328: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1329: <p>
1.415 ian 1330:
1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1332: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1333: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1334: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1335: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1336: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1337: overflow attacks... because
1338: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1339: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1340: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1341: and propolice.
1342: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1343: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1344: and that's when the science falls apart."
1345: <p>
1346:
1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1348: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1349: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1350: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1351: Starts with the question:
1352: <blockquote>
1353: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1354: <br/>
1355: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1356: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1357: <br/>
1358: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1359: Should we believe them?"
1360: </blockquote>
1361: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1362: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1363: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1364: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1365: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1366: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1367: <p>
1368:
1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1370: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1371: Simple Simon</a>,
1372: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1373: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1374: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1375: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1376: routing/firewall, and more.
1377: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1378: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1379: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1380: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1381: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1382: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1383: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1384: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1385: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1386: </blockquote>
1387: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1388: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1389: <p>
1390:
1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1392: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1393: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1394: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1395: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1396: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1397: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1398: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1399: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1400: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1401: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1402: in spite of it
1403: (registration required, but worth it).
1404: <p>
1405:
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1407: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1408: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1409: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1410: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1411: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1412: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1413: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1414: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1415: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1416: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1417: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1418: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1419: <p>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1422: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1423: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1424: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1425: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1426: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1427: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1428: <blockquote>
1429: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1430: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1431: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1432: a lot of analysis.
1433: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1434: </blockquote>
1435: <p>
1436: </ul>
1437:
1.400 marco 1438: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1439: <ul>
1440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1441: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1442: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1443: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1444: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1445: UNIX-like systems.
1446: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1447: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1448: <p>
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1450: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1451: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1452: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1453: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1454: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1455: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1456: At one point, the article states:
1457: <blockquote>
1458: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1459: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1460: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1461: </blockquote>
1462: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1463: <blockquote>
1464: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1465: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1466: </blockquote>
1467: <p>
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1469: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1470: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1471: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1472: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1473: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1474: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1475: required).
1476: <p>
1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1478: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1479: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1480: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1481: </strong></font><br>
1482: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1483: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1484: <p>
1485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1486: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1487: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1488: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1489: </strong></font><br>
1490: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1491: <p>
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1493: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1494: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1495: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1496: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1497: 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 1498: <p>
1499: </ul>
1500:
1.396 henning 1501: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1502: <ul>
1503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1504: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1505: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1506: Unix Review, July, 2004
1507: </strong></font><br>
1508: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1509: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1510: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1511: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1512: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1513: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1514: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1515: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1516: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1517: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1518: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1519: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1520: and even spelling/wording errors.
1521: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1522: <p>
1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1524: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1525: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1526: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1527: </strong></font><br>
1528: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1529: <p>
1530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1531: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1532: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1533: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1534: </strong></font><br>
1535: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1536: <p>
1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1538: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1539: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1540: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1541: </strong></font><br>
1542: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1543: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1544: <p>
1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1546: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1547: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1548: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1549: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1550: <p>
1551: </ul>
1552:
1.405 jolan 1553: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1554: <ul>
1555: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1556: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1557: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1558: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1559: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1560: details on how funds are dispersed.
1561: <p>
1562: </ul>
1563:
1.393 david 1564: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1565: <ul>
1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1567: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1568: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1569: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1570: </strong></font><br>
1571: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1572: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1573: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1574: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1575: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1576: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1577: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1578: <p>
1579:
1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1581: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1582: Secure by Default</a>,
1583: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1584: </strong></font><br>
1585: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1586: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1587: <p>
1588:
1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1590: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1591: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1592: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1593: </strong></font><br>
1594: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1595: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1596: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1597: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1598: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1599: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1600: <p>
1601:
1602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1603: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1604: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1605: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1606: </strong></font><br>
1607: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1608: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1609: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1610: <p>
1611:
1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1613: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1614: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1615: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1616: </strong></font><br>
1617: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1618: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1619: <p>
1620: </ul>
1621:
1.388 mcbride 1622: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1623: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1624:
1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1626: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1627: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1628: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1629: </strong></font><br>
1630: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1631: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1632: available for sparc64.
1633: <p>
1634:
1.390 beck 1635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1636: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1637: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1638: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1639: </strong></font><br>
1640: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1641: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1642: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1643: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1644: <p>
1645:
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1647: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1648: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1649: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1650: </strong></font><br>
1651: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1652: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1653: it does: CARP provides sharing
1654: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1655: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1656: detail to get you started using it.
1657: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1658: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1659: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1660: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1661: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1662: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1663: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1664: <p>
1.391 ian 1665:
1666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1667: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1668: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1669: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1670: </strong></font><br>
1671: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1672: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1673: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1674: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1675:
1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1677: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1678: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1679: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1680: </strong></font><br>
1681: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1682: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1683: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1684: unencumbered by patents.
1685: <p>
1686: </ul>
1687:
1.378 henning 1688: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1689: <ul>
1.384 jose 1690:
1691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1692: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1693: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1694: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1695: </strong></font><br>
1696: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1697: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1698: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1699: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1700: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1701: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1702: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1703: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1704: in the page tables."
1705: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1706: <p>
1707:
1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1709: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1710: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1711: </strong></font><br>
1712: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1713: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1714: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1715: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1716: <p>
1.384 jose 1717:
1.378 henning 1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1719: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1720: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1721: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1722: </strong></font><br>
1723: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1724: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1725: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1726: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1727: (quote:
1728: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1729: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1730: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1731: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1732: the other developers for their work on the system.
1733: <p>
1734:
1735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1736: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1737: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1738: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1739: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1740: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1741: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1742: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1743: too.
1744: <p>
1745:
1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1747: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1748: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1749: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1750: OpenBSD source code using
1751: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1752: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1753: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1754: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1755: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1756: <p>
1757: </ul>
1758:
1.374 jose 1759: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1760: <ul>
1761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1762: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1763: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1764: </strong></font><br>
1765: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1766: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1767: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1768: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1769: it."
1770: <p>
1771:
1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1773: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1774: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1775: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1776: </strong></font><br/>
1777: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1778: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1779: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1780: <p>
1781: </ul>
1782:
1.369 ian 1783: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1784: <ul>
1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1786: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1787: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1788: </strong></font><br/>
1789: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1790: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1791: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1792: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1793: <p>
1794:
1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1796: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1797: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1798: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1799: </strong></font><br/>
1800: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1801: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1802: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1803: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1804: form factor.
1805: <p>
1806:
1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1808: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1809: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1810: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1811: Features</a>,
1812: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1813: </strong></font><br/>
1814: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1815: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1816: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1817: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1818: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1819: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1820: <p>
1821: This article can also be found online at:
1822: <ul>
1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1824: <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 1825: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1826: </strong></font>
1827: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1828: </ul>
1829: <p>
1.392 david 1830:
1.371 jose 1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1832: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1833: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1834: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1835: </strong></font><br/>
1836: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1837: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1838: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1839: <p>
1.371 jose 1840:
1841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1842: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1843: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1844: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1845: </strong></font><br/>
1846: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1847: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1848: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1849: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1850: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1851: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1852: and its history with OpenBSD.
1853: </ul>
1854:
1.368 henning 1855: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1856: <ul>
1857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1858: [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 1859: </strong></font><br>
1860: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1861: </ul>
1862:
1.364 jose 1863: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1864: <ul>
1865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1866: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1867: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1868: UNIX Review,
1869: July, 2003.
1870: </strong></font><br>
1871: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1872: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1873: who want more information.
1874: <p>
1875:
1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1877: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1878: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1879: Government Computer News,
1880: July 22, 2003.
1881: </strong></font><br>
1882: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1883: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1884: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1885: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1886: <p>
1887:
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1889: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1890: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1891: SANS Institute,
1892: July 22, 2003.
1893: </strong></font><br>
1894: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1895: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1896: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1897: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1898: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1899: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1900: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1901: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1902: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1903: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1904: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1905: <p>
1906:
1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1908: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1909: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1910: OnLamp.com,
1911: July 17, 2003.
1912: </strong></font><br>
1913: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1914: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1915: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1916: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1917: have been working on.
1918:
1919: </ul>
1920:
1.356 jose 1921: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1922: <ul>
1923:
1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1925: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1926: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1927: UNIX Review,
1928: June, 2003.
1929: </strong></font><br>
1930: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1931: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1932: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1933: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1934: <p>
1935:
1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1937: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1938: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1939: eWeek,
1940: June 23, 2003.
1941: </strong></font><br>
1942: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1943: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1944: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1945: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1946: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1947: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1948: <p>
1949:
1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1951: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1952: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1953: Software Development Online,
1954: June, 2003.
1955: </strong></font><br>
1956: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1957: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1958: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1959: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1960: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1961: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1962: current activities.
1963: <p>
1964:
1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1966: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1967: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1968: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1969: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1970: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1971: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1972: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1973: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1974: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1975: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1976: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1977: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1978: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1979: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1980: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1981: decisions.
1982: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1983: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1984: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1985: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1986: <p>
1987:
1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1989: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1990: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1991: Page 58, eWeek,
1992: June 2, 2003.
1993: </strong></font><br>
1994: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1995: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1996: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1997: been addressed in -current.
1998: <p>
1999:
1.356 jose 2000: </ul>
2001:
2002: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2003: <ul>
2004:
1.355 jose 2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2006: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2007: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2008: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2009: </strong></font><br>
2010: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2011: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2012: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2013: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2014: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2015: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2016: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2017: <p>
2018:
2019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2020: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2021: Beyond Linux</a>,
2022: InfoWorld,
2023: May 23, 2003.
2024: </strong></font><br>
2025: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2026: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2027: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2028: compared to the GPL.
2029: <p>
2030:
2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2032: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2033: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2034: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2035: May 17, 2003.
2036: </strong></font><br>
2037: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2038: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2039: the business section and half of another page inside
2040: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2041: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2042: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2043: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2044: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2045: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2046: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2047: <br>
2048: This article can also be found online at:
2049: <ul>
2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2051: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2052: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2053: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2054: May 17, 2003
2055: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2056: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2058: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2059: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2060: Montreal Gazette,
2061: May 21, 2003
2062: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2063: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2064: <p>
1.346 ian 2065:
2066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2067: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2068: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2069: May 7, 2003.
2070: </strong></font><br>
2071: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2072: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2073: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2074: <p>
2075:
2076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2077: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2078: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2079: OsOpinion,
2080: May 6, 2003.
2081: </strong></font><br>
2082: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2083: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2084: <br>
2085: This article can also be found online at:
2086: <ul>
2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2088: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2089: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2090: NewsFactor Network.
2091: </strong></font>
2092: </ul>
2093: <p>
2094:
2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2096: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2097: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2098: ITBusiness,
2099: May 2, 2003.
2100: </strong></font><br>
2101: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2102: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2103: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2104: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2105: <p>
2106:
2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2108: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2109: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2110: InfoWorld,
2111: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2112: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2113: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2114: <br>
2115: This article can also be found online at:
2116: <ul>
2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2118: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2119: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2120: IDG Singapore.
2121: </strong></font>
2122: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2123: <p>
2124:
1.339 jose 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2126: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2127: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2128: ZDNet,
2129: May 1, 2003.
2130: </strong></font><br>
2131: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2132: someone using parts from previous articles.
2133: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2134: This article can also be found online at:
2135: <ul>
2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2137: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2138: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2139: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2140: </strong></font>
2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2142: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2143: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2144: CNET News.com.
2145: </strong></font>
2146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2147: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2148: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2149: ZDNet UK.
2150: </strong></font>
2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2152: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2153: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2154: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2155: </strong></font>
2156: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2157: <p>
1.339 jose 2158:
1.341 deraadt 2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2160: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2161: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2162: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2163: May 1, 2003.
2164: </strong></font><br>
2165: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2166: that have been added
2167: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2168: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2169: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2170: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2171: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2172: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2173: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2174: <p>
2175:
2176: </ul>
2177:
1.253 ian 2178: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2179: <ul>
1.255 ian 2180:
1.260 ian 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2182: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2183: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2184: TechRepublic,
2185: April 28, 2003.
2186: </strong></font><br>
2187: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2188: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2189: work.<br>
2190: Can also be found online at:
2191: <ul>
2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2193: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2194: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2195: ZDNet UK.
2196: </strong></font>
2197: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2198: <p>
2199:
2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2201: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2202: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2203: IDG,
2204: April 24, 2003.
2205: </strong></font><br>
2206: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2207: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2208: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2209: Can also be found online at:
2210: <ul>
2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2212: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2213: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2214: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2215: </strong></font>
2216: </ul>
2217: <p>
2218:
2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2220: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2221: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2222: Slate,
2223: April 24, 2003.
2224: </strong></font><br>
2225: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2226: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2227: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2228: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2229: <p>
2230:
2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2232: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2233: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2234: April 24, 2003.
2235: </strong></font><br>
2236: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2237: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2238: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2239: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2240: <p>
2241:
2242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2243: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2244: April 24, 2003.
2245: </strong></font><br>
2246: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2247: the free software community".
2248: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2249: other articles.
2250: <p>
2251:
2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2253: <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 2254: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2255: </strong></font><br>
2256: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2257: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2258: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2259: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2260: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2261: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2262: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2263: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2264: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2265: <br/>
2266: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2267: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2268: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2269: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2270: <br>
2271: Can also be found online at:
2272: <ul>
2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2274: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2275: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2276: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2277: </strong></font>
2278: </ul>
1.324 ian 2279: <p>
2280:
2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2282: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2283: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2284: </strong></font><br>
2285: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2286: article above.
2287: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2288: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2289: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2290: <br>
2291: Can also be found online at:
2292: <ul>
2293: <li>
2294: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2295: </strong></font>
2296: </ul>
1.324 ian 2297: <p>
2298:
2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2300: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2301: </strong></font><br>
2302: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2303: <p>
2304:
2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2306: <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.
2307: </strong></font><br>
2308: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2309: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2310: <p>
2311:
2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2313: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2314: April 23, 2003.
2315: </strong></font><br>
2316: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2317: <p>
2318:
2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2320: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2321: April 22, 2003.
2322: </strong></font><br>
2323: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2324: <p>
2325:
2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2327: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2328: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2329: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2330: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2331: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2332: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2333: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2334: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2335: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2336: Can also be found online at:
2337: <ul>
2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2339: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2340: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2341: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2342: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2344: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2345: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2346: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2347: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2348: </ul>
2349: <p>
2350:
2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2352: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2353: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2354: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2355: </strong></font><br>
2356: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2357: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2358: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2359: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2360: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2361: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2362: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2363: <p>
2364:
2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2366: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2367: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2368: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2369: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2370: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2371: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2372: at UPenn and DARPA.
2373: <p>
2374:
2375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2376: [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,
2377: France
1.315 deraadt 2378: April 18, 2003.
2379: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2380: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2381: <p>
2382:
2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2384: [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 2385: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2386: </strong></font><br>
2387: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2388: <p>
2389:
2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2391: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2392: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2393: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2394: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2395: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2396: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2397: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2398: <p>
2399:
2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2401: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2402: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2403: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2404: </strong></font><br>
2405: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2406: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2407: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2408: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2409: <p>
2410:
2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2412: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2413: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2414: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2415: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2416: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2417: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2418: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2419: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2420: Can also be found online at:
2421: <ul>
2422: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2423: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2424: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2425: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2426: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2427: <p>
2428:
2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2430: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2431: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2432: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2433: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2434: </strong></font><br>
2435: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2436: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2437: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2438: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2439: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2440:
2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2442: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2443: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2444: New York Times.
2445: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2446:
1.273 deraadt 2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2448: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2449: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2450: ABC News.
2451: </strong></font>
2452:
2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2454: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2455: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2456: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2457: </strong></font>
2458:
2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2460: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2461: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2462: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2463: </strong></font>
2464:
2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2466: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2467: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2468: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2469: </strong></font>
2470:
2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2472: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2473: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2474: Times Daily, AL.
2475: </strong></font>
2476:
2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2478: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2479: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2480: Boston.com, MA.
2481: </strong></font>
2482:
2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2484: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2485: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2486: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2487: </strong></font>
2488:
2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2490: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2491: [Article was pulled]</a>
2492: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2493: </strong></font>
2494:
2495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2496: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2497: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2498: Infoshop News.
2499: </strong></font>
2500:
2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2502: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2503: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2504: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2505: </strong></font>
2506:
2507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2508: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2509: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2510: Raleigh News, NC.
2511: </strong></font>
2512:
2513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2514: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2515: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2516: Napa News, CA.
2517: </strong></font>
2518:
2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2520: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2521: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2522: NEPA News, PA.
2523: </strong></font>
2524:
2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2526: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2527: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2528: Wired News.
2529: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2530: <br>
2531: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2532: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2533: [JAPANESE]
2534: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2535: Wired News Japan</a>
2536: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2537:
1.271 deraadt 2538: </ul>
2539: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2540: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2541: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2542: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2543: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2544: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2545: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2546: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2547: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2548: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2549: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2550: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2551: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2552: <p>
2553: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2554:
2555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2556: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2557: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2558: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2559: </strong></font>
2560:
2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2562: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2563: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2564: Miami Herald, FL.
2565: </strong></font>
2566:
2567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2568: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2569: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2570: </strong></font>
2571:
2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2573: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2574: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2575: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2576: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2577:
2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2579: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2580: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2581: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2582: ABC News.
2583: </strong></font>
2584:
1.276 deraadt 2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2586: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2587: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2588: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2589: </strong></font>
2590:
1.286 dhartmei 2591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2592: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2593: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2594: Wilmington Star, NC.
2595: </strong></font>
2596:
1.300 jose 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2598: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2599: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2600: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2601: </strong></font>
2602:
1.309 jose 2603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2604: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2605: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2606: Globe Technology.
2607: </strong></font>
2608:
1.263 deraadt 2609: </ul>
1.262 beck 2610: <p>
2611:
2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2613: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2614: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2615: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2616: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2617: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2618: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2619: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2620: <p>
2621:
2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2623: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2624: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2625: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2626: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2627: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2628: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2629: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2630: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2631: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2632: and simply restates other press reports.
2633: <p>
2634:
2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2636: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2637: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2638: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2639: </strong></font><br>
2640: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2641: <p>
2642:
2643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2644: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2645: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2646: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2647: </strong></font><br>
2648: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2649: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2650: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2651: <p>
2652:
2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2654: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2655: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2656: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2657: April 17, 2003.
2658: </strong></font><br>
2659: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2660: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2661: Tech Anthems</a>
2662: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2663: 4 so far.
2664: <p>
2665:
2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2667: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2668: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2669: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2670: </strong></font><br>
2671: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2672: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2673: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2674: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2675: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2676: Goes on to say:
2677: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2678: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2679: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2680: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2681: This article is also found online at:
2682: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2684: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2685: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2686: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2687: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2689: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2690: ZDnet</a>,
2691: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2692: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2694: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2695: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2696: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2697: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2698: </ul>
1.260 ian 2699: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2700:
1.260 ian 2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2702: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2703: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2704: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2705: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2706: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2707: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2708: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2709: without notice or justification.
2710: <p>
2711:
2712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2713: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2714: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2715: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2716: </strong></font><br>
2717: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2718: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2719: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2720: effective today, without any warning..."
2721: <p>
1.257 ian 2722:
2723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2724: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2725: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2726: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2727: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2728: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2729: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2730: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2731: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2732: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2733: <p>
2734:
2735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2736: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2737: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2738: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2739: </strong></font><br>
2740: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2741: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2742: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2743: quoting two of them:
2744: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2745: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2746: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2747: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2748: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2749: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2750: <p>
2751:
1.255 ian 2752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2753: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2754: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2755: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2756: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2757: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2758: <p>
2759:
2760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2761: [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 2762: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2763: </strong></font><br>
2764: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2765: <p>
2766:
2767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2768: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2769: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2770: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2771: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2772: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2773: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2774: security experts for more than three decades."
2775: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2776: <p>
1.261 ian 2777:
1.254 drahn 2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2779: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2780: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2781: </strong></font><br>
2782: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2783: <p>
2784:
2785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2786: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2787: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2788: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2789: </strong></font><br>
2790: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2791: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2792: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2793: <p>
2794:
2795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2796: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2797: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2798: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2799: </strong></font><br>
2800: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2801: from US DARPA.
2802: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2803: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2804: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2805: the BSD license.
2806: <p>
2807: </ul>
2808:
1.251 ian 2809: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2810: <ul>
2811:
2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2813: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2814: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2815: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2816: </strong></font><br>
2817:
2818: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2819: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2820: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2821: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2822: <p>
2823:
2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2825: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2826: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2827: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2828: </strong></font><br>
2829: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2830: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2831: Mentions
2832: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2833: and
2834: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2835: programs.
2836: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2837: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2838: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2839: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2840: <p>
1.325 ian 2841: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2842: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2843:
2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2845: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2846: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2847: </strong></font><br>
2848: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2849: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2850: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2851: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2852: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2853: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2854: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2855: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2856: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2857: put into service."
2858: <p>
2859: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2860: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2861: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2862: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2863: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2864: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2865: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2866: computers with security features."
2867: <p>
1.329 ian 2868:
2869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2870: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2871: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2872: Slate,
2873: March 3, 2003.
2874: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2875: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2876: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2877: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2878: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2879: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2880: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2881: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2882: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2883: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2884: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2885: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2886: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2887: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2888: of more secure open-source solutions like
2889: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2890: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2891: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2892: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2893: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2894: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2895: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2896: the Beltway."
2897: <p>
1.251 ian 2898: </ul>
2899:
1.249 jufi 2900: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2901: <ul>
2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2903: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2904: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2905: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2906: </strong></font><br>
2907: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2908: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2909: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2910: <p>
1.334 ian 2911:
2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2913: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2914: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2915: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2916: </strong></font><br>
2917: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2918: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2919: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2920: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2921: "... the hypothetical question ...
2922: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2923: <br>
2924: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2925: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2926: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2927: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2928: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2929: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2930: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2931: support network security.
2932: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2933: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2934: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2935: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2936: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2937: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2938: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2939: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2940: <br>
2941: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2942: <p>
2943:
1.249 jufi 2944: </ul>
2945:
1.246 jufi 2946: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2947: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2950: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2951: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2952: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2953: </strong></font><br>
2954: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2955: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2956: <p>
2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2959: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2960: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2961: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2962: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2963: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2964: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2965: <p>
2966:
2967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2968: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2969: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2970: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2971: </strong></font><br>
2972: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2973: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2974: <p>
1.247 jufi 2975: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2976:
1.244 jufi 2977: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2978: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2979:
1.247 jufi 2980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2981: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2982: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2983: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2984: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2985: </strong></font><br>
2986: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2987: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2988: md5 digests.
2989: <p>
2990:
1.247 jufi 2991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2992: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2993: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2994: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2995: </strong></font><br>
2996: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2997: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2998: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2999: right the first time."
3000: <p>
1.247 jufi 3001: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3002:
3003:
3004: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3005: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3006:
1.247 jufi 3007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3008: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3009: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3010: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3011: </strong></font><br>
3012: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3013: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3014: part 6</a>.
3015: <p>
3016:
1.247 jufi 3017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3018: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3019: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3020: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3021: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3022: </strong></font><br>
3023: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3024: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3025: <p>
1.301 jose 3026:
3027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3028: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3029: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3030: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3031: </strong></font><br>
3032:
3033: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3034: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3035: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3036: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3037: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3038: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3039: <i>Here's the
3040: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3041: <p>
1.247 jufi 3042: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3043:
3044: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3045: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3046:
1.247 jufi 3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3048: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3049: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3050: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3051: </strong></font><br>
3052: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3053: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3054: <p>
3055:
1.247 jufi 3056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3057: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3058: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3059: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3060: </strong></font><br>
3061: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3062: this time using pf.
3063: <p>
1.247 jufi 3064: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3065:
3066: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3067: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3068:
1.247 jufi 3069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3070: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3071: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3072: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3073: </strong></font><br>
3074: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3075: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3076: their rotation.
3077: <p>
3078:
1.247 jufi 3079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3080: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3081: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3082: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3083: </strong></font><br>
3084: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3085: <p>
1.247 jufi 3086: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3087:
1.239 jufi 3088: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3089: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3090:
1.247 jufi 3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3092: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3093: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3094: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3095: </strong></font><br>
3096: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3097: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3098: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3099: <p>
3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3102: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3103: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3104: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3105: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3106: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3107: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3108: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3109: <p>
1.247 jufi 3110: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3111:
1.235 lebel 3112: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3113: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3114:
1.239 jufi 3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3117: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3118: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3119: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3120: </strong></font><br>
3121: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3122: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3123: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3124: <p>
1.301 jose 3125:
1.247 jufi 3126: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3127:
1.228 horacio 3128: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3129: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3130:
1.247 jufi 3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3132: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3133: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3134: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3135: </strong></font><br>
3136: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3137: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3138: <p>
3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3141: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3142: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3143: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3144: </strong></font><br>
3145: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3146: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3147: <p>
3148:
1.247 jufi 3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3150: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3151: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3152: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3153: </strong></font><br>
3154: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3155: on the desktop of his parents.
3156: <p>
3157:
1.247 jufi 3158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3159: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3160: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3161: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3162: </strong></font><br>
3163: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3164: using IPFilter.
3165:
3166: <p>
3167:
1.247 jufi 3168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3169: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3170: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3171: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3172: </strong></font><br>
3173: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3174: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3175: perspectives of the four OS.
3176: <br>
3177: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3178: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3179: <p>
3180:
1.247 jufi 3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3182: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3183: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3184: software and security</a>,
3185: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3186: </strong></font><br>
3187:
3188: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3189: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3190: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3191: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3192: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3193: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3194: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3195: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3196: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3197: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3198: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3199: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3200: <p>
1.247 jufi 3201: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3202:
1.225 horacio 3203: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3204: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3207: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3208: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3209: Interview</a>,
3210: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3211: </strong></font><br>
3212:
3213: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3214: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3215: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3216: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3217: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3218: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3219: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3220: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3221: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3222: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3223: of choice.
3224: <p>
1.247 jufi 3225: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3226:
3227: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3228: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3231: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3232: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3233: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3234: </strong></font><br>
3235:
3236: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3237: <p>
3238:
1.247 jufi 3239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3240: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3241: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3242: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3243: </strong></font><br>
3244:
3245: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3246: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3247: <p>
1.247 jufi 3248: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3249:
1.218 horacio 3250: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3251: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3252:
1.247 jufi 3253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3254: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3255: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3256: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3257: </strong></font><br>
3258:
3259: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3260: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3261: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3262: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3263: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3264: subjects. Worth a read.
3265: <p>
3266:
3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3269: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3270: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3271: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3272: </strong></font><br>
3273:
3274: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3275: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3276: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3277: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3278: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3279: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3280: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3281: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3282: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3283: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3284: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3285: on other operating systems.<br>
3286: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3287: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3288: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3289: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3290: <p>
3291:
1.247 jufi 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3293: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3294: Operating System 2010</a>,
3295: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3296: </strong></font><br>
3297:
3298: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3299: covering the level of software integration into the core
3300: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3301: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3302: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3303: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3304: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3305: <p>
3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3308: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3309: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3310: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3311: </strong></font><br>
3312:
3313: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3314: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3315: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3316: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3317: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3318: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3319: <p>
1.247 jufi 3320: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3321:
1.210 jufi 3322: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3323: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3324:
1.247 jufi 3325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3326: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3327: Already a Contender</a>,
3328: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3329: </strong></font><br>
3330:
3331: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3332: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3333: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3334: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3335: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3336: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3337: <p>
3338:
1.247 jufi 3339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3340: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3341: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3342: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3343: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3344:
1.224 horacio 3345: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3346: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3347: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3348: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3349: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3350: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3351: <p>
1.247 jufi 3352: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3353:
3354: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3355: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3356:
1.247 jufi 3357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3358: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3359: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3360: Division</a>,
3361: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3362: </strong></font><br>
3363:
3364: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3365: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3366: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3367: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3368: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3369: investment</em>.<br>
3370: The implementation details can be seen on their
3371: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3372: <p>
3373:
1.247 jufi 3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3375: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3376: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3377: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3378: </strong></font><br>
3379:
3380: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3381: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3382: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3383: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3384: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3385: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3386: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3387: <p>
3388:
3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3390: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3391: Thinking about Security</a>,
3392: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3393: </strong></font><br>
3394:
3395: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3396: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3397: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3398: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3399: to time.<br>
3400: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3401: system and just the most secure system.
3402: <p>
3403:
1.247 jufi 3404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3405: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3406: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3407: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3408: </strong></font><br>
3409:
3410: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3411: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3412: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3413: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3414: choice:<br>
3415: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3416: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3417: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3418: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3419: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3420: network security devices and as such must be well
3421: armored."</em><br>
3422: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3423: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3424: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3425: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3426: <br>
3427: Bravo!
3428: <p>
1.247 jufi 3429: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3430:
1.207 ian 3431: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3432: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3433:
1.247 jufi 3434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3435: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3436: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3437: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3438:
1.207 ian 3439: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3440: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3441: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3442: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3443: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3444: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3445: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3446: <p>
1.247 jufi 3447: </ul>
1.207 ian 3448:
1.194 jufi 3449: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3450: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3451:
1.247 jufi 3452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3453: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3454: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3455: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3456: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3457:
1.240 miod 3458: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3459: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3460: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3461: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3462: <p>
3463:
1.247 jufi 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3465: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3466: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3467: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3468:
3469: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3470: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3471: <p>
3472:
3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3474: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3475: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3476: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3477:
3478: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3479: <p>
3480:
3481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3482: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3483: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3484: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3485: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3486:
1.240 miod 3487: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3488: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3489: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3490: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3491: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3492: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3493: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3494: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3495: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3496: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3497: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3498: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3499: <p>
3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3502: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3503: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3504: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3505: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3506:
1.194 jufi 3507: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3508: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3509: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3510: <br>
3511: The new
3512: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3513: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3514: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3515: <p>
1.247 jufi 3516: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3517:
1.190 horacio 3518: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3519: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3520:
1.247 jufi 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3522:
3523: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3524: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3525:
1.301 jose 3526:
1.191 jufi 3527: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3528: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3529:
3530: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3531: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3532:
1.212 horacio 3533: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3534: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3535: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3536:
1.211 horacio 3537: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3538: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3539: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3540:
1.247 jufi 3541: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3542: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3545: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3546:
1.212 horacio 3547: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3548: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3549: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3550:
3551: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3552: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3553:
3554: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3555: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3556:
1.301 jose 3557: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3558: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3559:
1.191 jufi 3560: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3561: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3562:
3563: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3564: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3565:
1.192 jufi 3566: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3567: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3568: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3569:
1.193 deraadt 3570: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3571: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3572: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3573:
1.247 jufi 3574: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3575: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3578: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3579: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3580:
1.213 horacio 3581: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3582: 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 3583: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3584:
1.190 horacio 3585: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3586: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3587: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3588: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3589: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3590: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3591: <p>
1.190 horacio 3592:
1.247 jufi 3593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3594: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3595: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3596: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3597: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3598:
1.195 jufi 3599: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3600: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3601: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3602: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3603: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3604: <p>
3605:
1.247 jufi 3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3607: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3608: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3609: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3610: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3611:
1.191 jufi 3612: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3613: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3614: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3615: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3616: <p>
3617:
3618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3619: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3620: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3621: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3622:
3623: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3624: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3625: <p>
1.247 jufi 3626: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3627:
1.191 jufi 3628:
1.186 jufi 3629: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3630: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3631:
1.247 jufi 3632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3633: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3634: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3635: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3636: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3637:
1.188 jufi 3638: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3639: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3640: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3641: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3642: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3643: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3644: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3645: <p>
3646:
1.301 jose 3647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3648: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3649: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3650: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3651:
3652: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3653: <p>
1.191 jufi 3654:
1.247 jufi 3655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3656: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3657: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3658: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3659: </strong></font><br>
3660:
3661: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3662: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3663: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3664: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3665: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3666: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3667: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3668: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3669: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3670: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3671: familiar?
3672: <p>
1.247 jufi 3673: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3674:
1.178 louis 3675: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3676: <ul>
1.178 louis 3677:
1.247 jufi 3678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3679: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3680: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3681: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3682: </strong></font><br>
3683:
3684: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3685: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3686: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3687: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3688: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3689: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3690: <p>
3691:
1.247 jufi 3692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3693: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3694: Open source under the hood</a>,
3695: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3696: </strong></font><br>
3697:
3698: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3699: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3700: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3701: <p>
3702:
1.247 jufi 3703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3704: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3705: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3706: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3707: </strong></font><br>
3708:
3709: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3710: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3711: <p>
1.247 jufi 3712: </ul>
1.179 louis 3713:
1.174 louis 3714:
1.175 louis 3715: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3716: <ul>
1.175 louis 3717:
1.247 jufi 3718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3719: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3720: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3721: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3722: </strong></font><br>
3723:
3724: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3725: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3726: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3727: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3728: <p>
3729:
1.247 jufi 3730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3731: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3732: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3733: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3734: </strong></font><br>
3735:
3736: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3737: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3738: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3739: <p>
1.247 jufi 3740: </ul>
1.175 louis 3741:
1.176 louis 3742:
1.172 mickey 3743: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3744: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3745:
1.247 jufi 3746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3747: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3748: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3749: </strong></font><br>
3750:
3751: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3752: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3753: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3754: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3755: <p>
3756:
1.247 jufi 3757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3758: <a
1.269 deraadt 3759: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3760: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3761: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3762: </strong></font><br>
3763:
3764: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3765: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3766: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3767: <p>
3768:
1.247 jufi 3769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3770: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3771: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3772: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3773: </strong></font><br>
3774:
3775: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3776: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3777: <p>
3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3780: <a
1.269 deraadt 3781: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3782: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3783: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3784: </strong></font><br>
3785:
3786: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3787: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3788: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3789: our own Theo de Raadt.
3790: <p>
3791:
1.247 jufi 3792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3793: <a
1.269 deraadt 3794: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3795: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3796: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3797: </strong></font><br>
3798:
3799: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3800: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3801: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3802: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3803: shut down.]
3804: <p>
3805:
1.247 jufi 3806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3807: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3808: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3809: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3810: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3811: </strong></font><br>
3812:
3813: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3814: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3815: <p>
1.247 jufi 3816: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3817:
1.161 louis 3818: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3819: <ul>
1.161 louis 3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3822: <a
1.269 deraadt 3823: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3824: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3825: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3826: </strong></font><br>
3827:
3828: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3829: by John Wolley
3830: <p>
3831:
1.247 jufi 3832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3833: <a
1.269 deraadt 3834: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3835: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3836: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3837: </strong></font><br>
3838:
3839: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3840: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3841: OpenBSD).
3842: <p>
3843:
1.247 jufi 3844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3845: <a
1.247 jufi 3846: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3847: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3848: </strong></font><br>
3849:
3850: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3851: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3852: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3853: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3854: and hindsight.
3855: <p>
3856:
1.247 jufi 3857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3858: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3859: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3860: </strong></font><br>
3861:
3862: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3863: <p>
3864:
1.247 jufi 3865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3866: <a
1.168 provos 3867: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3868: December 7, 2000
3869: </strong></font><br>
3870:
3871: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3872: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3873: us explain.
3874: <p>
3875:
1.247 jufi 3876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3877: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3878: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3879: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3880: December 6, 2000
3881: </strong></font><br>
3882:
3883: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3884: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3885: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3886: <p>
3887:
1.247 jufi 3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3889: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3890: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3891: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3892: </strong></font><br>
3893:
3894: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3895: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3896: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3897: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3898: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3899: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3900: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3901: <p>
3902:
3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3904: <a
1.226 horacio 3905: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3906: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3907: </strong></font><br>
3908:
3909: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3910: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3911: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3912: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3913: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3914: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3915: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3916: <p>
1.162 millert 3917:
1.247 jufi 3918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3919: <a
1.161 louis 3920: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3921: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3922: </strong></font><br>
3923:
3924: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3925: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3926: <p>
3927:
1.247 jufi 3928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3929: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3930: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3931: </strong></font><br>
3932:
3933: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3934: <p>
3935:
3936:
1.247 jufi 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3938: <a
1.226 horacio 3939: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3940: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3941: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3942: </strong></font><br>
3943:
3944: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3945: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3946: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3947: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3948: <p>
1.247 jufi 3949: </ul>
1.169 louis 3950:
1.158 louis 3951: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3952: <ul>
1.147 louis 3953:
1.247 jufi 3954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3955: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3956: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3957: </strong></font><br>
3958:
3959: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3960: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3961: <p>
3962:
1.247 jufi 3963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3964: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3965: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3966: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3967: </strong></font><br>
3968: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3969: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3970: <p>
3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3973: <a
3974: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3975: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3976: </strong></font><br>
3977:
3978: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3979: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3980: <p>
3981:
1.247 jufi 3982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3983: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3984: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3985: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3986:
1.213 horacio 3987: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3988: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3989: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3990: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3991: <p>
1.215 horacio 3992:
1.247 jufi 3993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3994: <a
3995: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3996: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3997: </strong></font><br>
3998:
3999: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4000: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4001: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4002: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4003: much of the attitude too).
4004: <p>
1.161 louis 4005:
1.247 jufi 4006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4007: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4008: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4009: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4010:
1.157 louis 4011: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4012: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4013: <p>
1.247 jufi 4014: </ul>
1.157 louis 4015:
4016: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4017: <ul>
1.157 louis 4018:
1.247 jufi 4019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4020: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4021: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4022: </strong></font><br>
4023:
4024: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4025: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4026: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4027: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4028: <p>
4029:
1.247 jufi 4030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4031: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4032: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4033: </strong></font><br>
4034:
4035: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4036: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4037: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4038: it because they love coding...
4039: <p>
4040:
1.247 jufi 4041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4042: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4043: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4044: </strong></font><br>
4045:
4046: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4047: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4048: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4049: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4050: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4051: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4052: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4053: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4054: <p>
4055:
1.247 jufi 4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4057: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4058: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4059: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4060: </strong></font><br>
4061:
4062: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4063: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4064: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4065: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4066: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4067: the pizza.
4068: <p>
4069:
1.247 jufi 4070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4071: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4072: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4073: </strong></font><br>
4074:
4075: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4076: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4077: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4078: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4079: problems.
4080: <p>
4081:
1.247 jufi 4082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4083: <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 4084: </strong></font><br>
4085:
1.222 miod 4086: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4087: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4088: - whether they like it or not.
4089: <p>
4090:
1.247 jufi 4091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4092: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4093: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4094: </strong></font><br>
4095:
4096: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4097: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4098: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4099: <p>
1.148 aaron 4100:
1.247 jufi 4101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4102: <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 4103: </strong></font><br>
4104:
4105: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4106: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4107: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4108: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4109: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4110: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4111: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4112: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4113: <p>
4114:
1.247 jufi 4115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4116: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4117: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4118: </strong></font><br>
4119:
4120: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4121: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4122: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4123: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4124: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4125: <p>
1.247 jufi 4126: </ul>
1.147 louis 4127:
1.138 louis 4128: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4129: <ul>
1.138 louis 4130:
1.247 jufi 4131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4132: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4133: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4134: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4135: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4136: </strong></font><br>
4137:
1.227 horacio 4138: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4139: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4140: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4141: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4142: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4143: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4144: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4145: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4146: <p>
4147:
1.247 jufi 4148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4149: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4150: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4151: </strong></font><br>
4152:
4153: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4154: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4155: groups, and even Linux.
4156: <p>
4157:
1.247 jufi 4158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4159: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4160: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4161: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4162: </strong></font><br>
4163:
4164: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4165: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4166: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4167: library after installing the OS.
4168: <p>
4169:
1.247 jufi 4170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4171: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4172: Sys Admin, September 2000
4173: </strong></font><br>
4174:
4175: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4176: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4177: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4178: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4179: (<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>,
4180: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4181: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4182: <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 4183: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4184: out of the system.
4185: <p>
4186:
1.247 jufi 4187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4188: <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
4189: </strong></font><br>
4190:
4191: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4192: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4193: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4194: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4195: the IP filtering and address translation.
4196: <p>
1.301 jose 4197:
4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4199: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4200: </strong></font><br>
4201:
4202: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4203: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4204: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4205: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4206: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4207: <p>
1.247 jufi 4208: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4209:
1.131 louis 4210: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4211: <ul>
1.131 louis 4212:
1.247 jufi 4213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4214: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4215: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4216: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4217: </strong></font><br>
4218:
4219: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4220: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4221: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4222: <p>
4223:
1.247 jufi 4224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4225: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4226: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4227: </strong></font><br>
4228:
4229: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4230: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4231: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4232: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4233: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4234: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4235: note of"</i>.
4236: <p>
4237:
1.247 jufi 4238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4239: <a
1.247 jufi 4240: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4241: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4242: </strong></font><br>
4243:
4244: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4245: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4246: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4247: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4248: <p>
4249:
1.247 jufi 4250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4251: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4252: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4253: </strong></font><br>
4254:
4255: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4256: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4257: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4258: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4259: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4260: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4261: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4262: <p>
4263:
1.247 jufi 4264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4265: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4266: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4267: 2000
4268: </strong></font><br>
4269:
4270: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4271: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4272: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4273: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4274: against current industry practices.
4275: <p>
4276:
1.247 jufi 4277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4278: <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
4279: </strong></font><br>
4280:
4281: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4282: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4283: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4284: <p>
4285:
1.247 jufi 4286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4287: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4288: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4289: </strong></font><br>
4290:
4291: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4292: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4293: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4294: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4295: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4296: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4297: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4298: <p>
4299:
1.247 jufi 4300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4301: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4302: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4303: </strong></font><br>
4304:
4305: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4306: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4307: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4308: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4309: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4310: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4311: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4312: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4313: <p>
1.247 jufi 4314: </ul>
1.131 louis 4315:
1.118 louis 4316: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4317: <ul>
1.118 louis 4318:
1.247 jufi 4319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4320: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4321: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4322: </strong></font><br>
4323:
4324: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4325: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4326: about time. The article mentions that
4327: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4328: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4329: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4330: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4331: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4332: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4333: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4334: <p>
4335:
1.247 jufi 4336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4337: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4338: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4339: </strong></font><br>
4340:
4341: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4342: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4343: of OpenSSH.
4344: <p>
4345:
1.247 jufi 4346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4347: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4348: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4349: </strong></font><br>
4350:
4351: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4352: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4353: bridging.
4354: <p>
4355:
1.247 jufi 4356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4357: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4358: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4359: </strong></font><br>
4360:
1.121 deraadt 4361: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4362: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4363: <p>
4364:
1.247 jufi 4365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4366: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4367: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4368: </strong></font><br>
4369:
4370: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4371: <p>
4372:
1.247 jufi 4373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4374: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4375: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4376: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4377: </strong></font><br>
4378:
1.120 deraadt 4379: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4380: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4381: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4382: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4383: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4384: <p>
4385:
1.247 jufi 4386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4387: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4388: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4389: </strong></font><br>
4390:
1.222 miod 4391: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4392: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4393: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4394: protocols and their quirks.
4395: <p>
4396:
1.247 jufi 4397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4398: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4399: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4400: </strong></font><br>
4401:
4402: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4403: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4404: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4405: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4406: <p>
4407:
1.247 jufi 4408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4409: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4410: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4411: </strong></font><br>
4412:
4413: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4414: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4415: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4416: <p>
4417:
1.247 jufi 4418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4419: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4420: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4421: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4422: </strong></font><br>
4423:
4424: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4425: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4426: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4427: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4428: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4429: <p>
1.247 jufi 4430: </ul>
1.118 louis 4431:
1.104 louis 4432: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4433: <ul>
1.104 louis 4434:
1.247 jufi 4435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4436: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4437: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4438: </strong></font><br>
4439:
4440: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4441: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4442: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4443: be a bit dry.
4444: <p>
4445:
1.247 jufi 4446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4447: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4448: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4449: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4450: </strong></font><br>
4451: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4452: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4453: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4454: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4455: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4456: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4457: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4458: <p>
4459:
1.247 jufi 4460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4461: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4462: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4463: 2000
1.128 louis 4464: </strong></font><br>
4465:
4466: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4467: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4468: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4469: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4470: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4471: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4472: <p>
4473:
1.247 jufi 4474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4475: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4476: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4477: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4478:
4479: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4480: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4481: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4482: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4483: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4484: <p>
1.110 louis 4485:
1.247 jufi 4486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4487: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4488: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4489: </strong></font><br>
4490:
4491: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4492: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4493: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4494: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4495: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4496: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4497: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4498: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4499: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4500: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4501: <p>
4502:
1.247 jufi 4503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4504: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4505: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4506:
4507: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4508: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4509: <p>
1.108 louis 4510:
1.247 jufi 4511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4512: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4513: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4514: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4515:
4516: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4517: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4518: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4519: <p>
1.106 louis 4520:
1.247 jufi 4521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4522: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4523: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4524: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4525:
4526: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4527: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4528: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4529: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4530: <p>
1.107 louis 4531:
1.247 jufi 4532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4533: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4534: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4535: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4536:
4537: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4538: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4539: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4540: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4541: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4542: <p>
1.105 louis 4543:
1.247 jufi 4544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4545: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4546: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4547: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4548:
1.113 naddy 4549: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4550: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4551: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4552: <p>
1.104 louis 4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4555: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4556: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4557: </strong></font><br>
4558:
4559: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4560: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4561: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4562: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4563: <p>
1.301 jose 4564:
4565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4566: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4567: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4568: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4569:
4570: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4571: hardware-supported cryptography.
4572: <p>
1.247 jufi 4573: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4574:
1.85 louis 4575: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4576: <ul>
1.85 louis 4577:
1.247 jufi 4578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4579: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4580: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4581: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4582:
4583: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4584: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4585: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4586: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4587: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4588: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4589: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4590: <p>
1.99 louis 4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4593: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4594: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4595: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4596:
4597: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4598: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4599: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4600: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4601: <p>
1.100 louis 4602:
1.247 jufi 4603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4604: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4605: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4606: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4607:
4608: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4609: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4610: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4611: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4612: <p>
1.95 louis 4613:
1.247 jufi 4614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4615: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4616: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4617: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4618:
4619: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4620: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4621: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4622: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4623: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4624: <p>
1.92 louis 4625:
1.247 jufi 4626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4627: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4628: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4629: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4630:
4631: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4632: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4633: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4634: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4635: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4636: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4637: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4638: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.91 louis 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4642: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4643: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4644: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4645:
4646: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4647: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4648: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4649: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4650: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4651: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4652: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4653: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4654: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4655: <p>
1.90 louis 4656:
1.247 jufi 4657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4658: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4659: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4660: </strong></font><br>
4661: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4662: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4663: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4664: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4665: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4666: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4667: <p>
4668:
1.247 jufi 4669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4670: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4671: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4672: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4673:
1.113 naddy 4674: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4675: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4676: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4677: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4678: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4679: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4680: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4681: <p>
1.87 louis 4682:
1.247 jufi 4683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4684: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4685: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4686: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4687:
4688: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4689: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4690: <p>
1.85 louis 4691:
1.247 jufi 4692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4693: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4694: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4695: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4696:
4697: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4698: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4699: <p>
4700:
4701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4702: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4703: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4704: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4705:
4706: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4707: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4708: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4709: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4710: <p>
1.89 louis 4711:
1.247 jufi 4712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4713: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4714: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4715: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4716:
4717: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4718: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4719: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4720: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4721: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4722: </ul>
1.85 louis 4723:
1.78 deraadt 4724: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4725: <ul>
1.74 louis 4726:
1.247 jufi 4727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4728: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4729: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4730: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4731: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4732:
4733: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4734: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4735: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4736: <p>
1.83 louis 4737:
1.247 jufi 4738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4739: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4740: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4741: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4742:
4743: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4744: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4745: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4746: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4747: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4748: <p>
1.93 louis 4749:
1.247 jufi 4750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4751: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4752: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4753: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4754: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4755:
1.83 louis 4756: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4757: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4758: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4759: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4760: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4761: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4762: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4763: <p>
1.82 aaron 4764:
1.247 jufi 4765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4766: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4767: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4768: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4769:
1.83 louis 4770: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4771: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4772: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4773: <p>
1.80 louis 4774:
1.247 jufi 4775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4776: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4777: Bad Press</a>,
4778: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4779: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4780:
4781: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4782: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4783: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4784: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4785: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4786: <p>
1.247 jufi 4787: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4788:
4789: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4790: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4791:
1.247 jufi 4792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4793: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4794: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4795: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4796: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4797:
4798: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4799: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4800: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4801: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4802: <p>
1.74 louis 4803:
1.247 jufi 4804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4805: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4806: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4807: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4808:
1.219 horacio 4809: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4810: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4811: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4812: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4813: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4814: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4815: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4816: <p>
1.88 louis 4817:
1.247 jufi 4818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4819: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4820: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4821: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4822:
4823: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4824: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4825: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4826: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4827: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4828: <p>
1.81 louis 4829:
1.247 jufi 4830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4831: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4832: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4833: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4834:
4835: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4836: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4837: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4838: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4839: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4840: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4841: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4842: <p>
1.90 louis 4843:
1.247 jufi 4844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4845: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4846: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4847: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4848:
4849: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4850: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4851: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4852: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4853: <p>
1.247 jufi 4854: </ul>
1.71 louis 4855:
1.69 deraadt 4856: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4857: <ul>
1.70 louis 4858:
1.247 jufi 4859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4860: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4861: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4862: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4863:
4864: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4865: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4866: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4867: <p>
1.70 louis 4868:
1.247 jufi 4869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4870: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4871: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4872: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4873:
4874: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4875: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4876: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4877: <p>
1.68 louis 4878:
1.247 jufi 4879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4880: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4881: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4882: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4883: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4884:
1.111 jufi 4885: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4886: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4887: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4888: "secure by default" installation.
4889: <p>
1.64 louis 4890:
1.247 jufi 4891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4892: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4893: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4894: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4895:
1.113 naddy 4896: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4897: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4898: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4899: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4900: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4901: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4902: <p>
1.66 louis 4903:
1.247 jufi 4904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4905: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4906: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4907: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4908:
4909: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4910: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4911: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4912: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4913: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4914: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4915: <p>
1.83 louis 4916:
1.247 jufi 4917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4918: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4919: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4920: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4921:
4922: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4923: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4924: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4925: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4926: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4927: <p>
1.64 louis 4928:
1.247 jufi 4929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4930: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4931: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4932: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4933:
4934: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4935: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4936: <p>
1.301 jose 4937:
4938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4939: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4940: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4941: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4942: </strong></font><br>
4943:
4944: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4945: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4946: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4947: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4948: Giving way to
4949: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4950: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4951: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4952: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4953: <p>
1.247 jufi 4954: </ul>
1.65 louis 4955:
1.69 deraadt 4956: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4957: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4958:
1.247 jufi 4959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4960: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4961: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4962: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4963:
4964: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4965: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4966: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4967: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4968: <p>
1.88 louis 4969:
1.247 jufi 4970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4971: <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 4972: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4973:
4974: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4975: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4976: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4977: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4978: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4979: <p>
1.60 louis 4980:
1.247 jufi 4981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4982: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4983: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4984: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4985: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4986:
4987: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4988: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4989: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4990: <p>
1.58 louis 4991:
1.247 jufi 4992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4993: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4994: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4995:
4996: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4997: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4998: <p>
1.53 louis 4999:
1.247 jufi 5000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5001: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5002: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5003: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5004:
5005: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5006: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5007: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5008: <p>
1.99 louis 5009:
1.247 jufi 5010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5011: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5012: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5013:
5014: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5015: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5016: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5017: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5018: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5019:
1.247 jufi 5020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5021: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5022: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5023: </strong></font><br>
5024:
5025: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5026: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5027: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5028: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5029: <p>
5030:
1.247 jufi 5031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5032: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5033: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5034: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5035:
5036: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5037: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5038: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5039:
1.247 jufi 5040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5041: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5042: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5043:
5044: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5045: in
1.247 jufi 5046: <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 5047: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5048: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5049: <p>
1.53 louis 5050:
1.247 jufi 5051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5052: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5053: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5054: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5055: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5056:
1.58 louis 5057: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5058: <p>
1.301 jose 5059:
5060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5061: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5062: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5063: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5064: Informacyjny, January 2000
5065: </strong></font><br>
5066:
5067: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5068: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5069: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5070: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5071: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5072: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5073: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5074: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5075: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5076: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5077: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5078: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5079: <p>
5080:
5081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5082: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5083: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5084: </strong></font><br>
5085:
5086: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5087: <p>
5088: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5089:
1.69 deraadt 5090: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5091: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5092:
1.247 jufi 5093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5094: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5095: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5096: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5097: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5098:
1.58 louis 5099: Kurt Seifried
5100: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5101: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5102: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5103: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5104:
1.247 jufi 5105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5106: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5107: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5108: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5109:
5110: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5111: <p>
1.96 louis 5112:
1.247 jufi 5113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5114: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5115: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5116: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5117: </strong></font><br>
5118:
5119: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5120: <p>
5121:
5122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5123: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5124: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5125: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5126:
5127: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5128: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5129: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5130: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5131: <p>
1.247 jufi 5132: </ul>
1.86 louis 5133:
1.69 deraadt 5134: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5135: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5136:
1.247 jufi 5137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5138: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5139: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5140: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5141:
5142: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5143: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5144: <p>
1.61 louis 5145:
1.247 jufi 5146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5147: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5148: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5149: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5150: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5151:
5152: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5153: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5154: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5155: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5156: right -- or at least strives to".
5157: <p>
1.48 louis 5158:
1.247 jufi 5159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5160: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5161: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5162: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5163: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5164: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5165: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5166: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5167: <p>
1.61 louis 5168:
1.247 jufi 5169: <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 5170: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5171: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5172:
5173: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5174: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5175: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5176: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5177: <p>
1.46 louis 5178:
1.247 jufi 5179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5180: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5181: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5182: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5183:
5184: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5185: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5186: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5187:
1.247 jufi 5188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5189: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5190: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5191: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5192:
5193: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5194: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5195: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5196: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5197: <p>
1.247 jufi 5198: </ul>
1.70 louis 5199:
1.69 deraadt 5200: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5201: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5202:
1.247 jufi 5203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5204: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5205: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5206: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5207: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5208:
5209: Kurt Seifried
5210: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5211: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5212: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5213: <p>
1.44 philen 5214:
1.247 jufi 5215: <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 5216: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5217: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5218:
5219: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5220: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5221:
1.247 jufi 5222: <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 5223: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5224: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5225:
5226: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5227: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5228:
1.247 jufi 5229: <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 5230: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5231: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5232:
5233: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5234: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5235: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5236: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5237: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5238:
1.247 jufi 5239: <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 5240: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5241: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5242:
1.36 louis 5243: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5244: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5245:
1.247 jufi 5246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5247: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5248: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5249: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5250:
5251: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5252: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5253: </ul>
1.38 louis 5254:
1.69 deraadt 5255: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5256: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5257:
1.247 jufi 5258: <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 5259: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5260: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5261:
5262: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5263: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5264: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5265:
1.113 naddy 5266: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5267: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5268: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5269: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5270:
5271: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5272: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5273: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5274: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5275: <blockquote>
5276: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5277: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5278: <br>
5279: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5280: </code>
5281: </blockquote>
5282: <p>
5283:
1.247 jufi 5284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5285: <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 5286: <p>
5287:
5288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5289: <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 5290: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5291:
5292: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5293: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5294: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5295: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5296:
1.247 jufi 5297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5298: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5299: Sept. 28, 1999
5300: </strong></font><br>
5301:
5302: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5303: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5304: translating and reprinting articles from
5305: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5306: <p>
5307:
5308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5309: <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 5310: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5311:
5312: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5313: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5314: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5315: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5316: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5317: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5318: <p>
1.19 louis 5319:
1.113 naddy 5320: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5321: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5322: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5323:
5324: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5325: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5326: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5327: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5328: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5329: <p>
1.16 louis 5330:
1.247 jufi 5331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5332: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5333: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5334: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5335:
1.57 louis 5336: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5337: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5338: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5339: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5340:
1.247 jufi 5341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5342: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5343: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5344: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5345:
1.113 naddy 5346: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5347:
1.247 jufi 5348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5349: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5350: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5351: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5352:
1.23 louis 5353: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5354: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5355: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5356: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5357: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5358: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5359:
1.247 jufi 5360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5361: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5362: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5363: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5364:
1.199 pvalchev 5365: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5366: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5367: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5368: installation.
1.113 naddy 5369: <p>
1.47 louis 5370:
1.247 jufi 5371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5372: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5373: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5374: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5375:
1.301 jose 5376: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5377: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5378: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5379: </ul>
1.57 louis 5380:
1.69 deraadt 5381: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5382: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5383:
1.247 jufi 5384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5385: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5386: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5387: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5388:
5389: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5390: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5391: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5392: <p>
1.12 louis 5393:
1.247 jufi 5394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5395: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5396: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5397: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5398:
5399: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5400: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5401: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5402: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5403: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5404: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5405: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5406: <p>
1.247 jufi 5407: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5408:
1.69 deraadt 5409: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5410: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5411:
1.247 jufi 5412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5413: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5414: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5415:
5416: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5417: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5418: available."
1.113 naddy 5419: <p>
1.301 jose 5420:
5421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5422: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5423: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5424: </strong></font><br>
5425:
5426: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5427: <p>
1.247 jufi 5428: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5429:
1.69 deraadt 5430: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5431: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5432:
1.247 jufi 5433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5434: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5435: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5436:
5437: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5438: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5439: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5440: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5441: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5442: <p>
1.33 louis 5443:
1.247 jufi 5444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5445: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5446: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5447: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5448:
1.113 naddy 5449: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5450: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5451: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5452: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5453: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5454: <p>
1.247 jufi 5455: </ul>
1.57 louis 5456:
1.69 deraadt 5457: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5458: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5459:
1.247 jufi 5460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5461: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5462: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5463: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5464:
5465: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5466: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5467: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5468:
1.247 jufi 5469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5470: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5471: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5472: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5473: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5474:
5475: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5476: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5477:
1.247 jufi 5478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5479: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5480:
1.113 naddy 5481: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5482:
1.247 jufi 5483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5484: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5485: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5486: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5487:
5488: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5489: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5490: </ul>
1.23 louis 5491:
1.69 deraadt 5492: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5493: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5494:
1.247 jufi 5495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5496: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5497: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5498:
5499: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5500: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5501: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5502:
1.247 jufi 5503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5504: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5505: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5506: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5507:
5508: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5509: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5510: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5511: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5512: </ul>
1.57 louis 5513:
1.69 deraadt 5514: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5515: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5516:
1.247 jufi 5517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5518: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5519: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5520: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5521:
5522: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5523: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5524: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5525: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5526: <p>
1.15 louis 5527:
1.247 jufi 5528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5529: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5530: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5531: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5532:
5533: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5534: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5535: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5536: columns."
1.113 naddy 5537: <p>
1.247 jufi 5538: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5539:
1.69 deraadt 5540: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5541: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5542:
1.247 jufi 5543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5544: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5545: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5546: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5547:
5548: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5549: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5550:
1.113 naddy 5551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5552: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5553: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5554:
5555: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5556: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5557: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5558: </ul>
1.57 louis 5559:
1.69 deraadt 5560: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5561: <ul>
1.301 jose 5562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5563: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5564: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5565: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5566:
5567: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5568: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5569: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5570: <p>
5571:
5572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5573: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5574: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5575: Nov 13, 1998 and
5576: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5577: Datateknik</a>,
5578: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5579:
1.380 saad 5580: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5581: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5582: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5583: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5584: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5585:
1.113 naddy 5586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5587: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5588: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5589: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5590:
1.222 miod 5591: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5592: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5593: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5594: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5595: <p>
1.247 jufi 5596: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5597:
1.69 deraadt 5598: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5599: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5600:
1.247 jufi 5601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5602: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5603: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5604:
1.69 deraadt 5605: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5606: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5607: <p>
1.247 jufi 5608: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5609:
1.69 deraadt 5610: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5611: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5612:
1.247 jufi 5613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5614: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5615: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5616: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5617:
1.383 jcs 5618: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5619: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5620: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5621:
1.247 jufi 5622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5623: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5624: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5625: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5626: <p>
1.247 jufi 5627: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5628:
1.69 deraadt 5629: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5630: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5631:
1.247 jufi 5632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5633: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5634: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5635: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5636: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5637: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5638:
5639: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5640: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5641: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5642: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5643: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5644: <p>
1.247 jufi 5645: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5646:
5647: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5648: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5649:
1.247 jufi 5650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5651: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5652: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5653:
1.69 deraadt 5654: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5655: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5656: <p>
1.112 naddy 5657:
1.247 jufi 5658: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5659: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5660:
1.292 camield 5661: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5662: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5663: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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