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1.536 ! grunk 19: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21:
! 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 23: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
! 24: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
! 27: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
! 28: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
! 29: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
! 30: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
! 31: <p>
! 32:
! 33: </ul>
! 34:
1.534 ian 35: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
36: <ul>
37:
38: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
39: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
40: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
41: </strong></font><br>
42: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
43: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
44: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
45: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
46: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
47: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
48: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
49: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
50: <p>
51:
52: </ul>
53:
1.531 ian 54: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
55: <ul>
56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
57: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
58: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
59: </strong></font><br>
60: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
61: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
62: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
63: The article quotes Theo as saying
64: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
65: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
66: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
67: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
68: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
69: and describes the funding issues as well.
70: <p>
71:
72: </ul>
73:
1.525 ian 74: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
75: <ul>
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 77: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 78: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
79: </strong></font><br>
80: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
81: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
82: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
83: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
84: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
85: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
86: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
87: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
88: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
89: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
90: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
91: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
92: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
93: <p>
94:
95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 96: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 97: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
98: </strong></font><br>
99: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
100: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
101: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
102: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
103: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
104: <p>
105:
1.526 ian 106: </ul>
1.525 ian 107:
1.514 ian 108: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
109: <ul>
1.524 ian 110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
111: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
112: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
113: </strong></font><br>
114: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
115: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
116: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
117: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
118: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
119: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
120: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
121: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
122: to make them useful.
123: <p>
1.518 ian 124:
125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 126: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 127: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
128: and
129: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 130: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 131: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 132: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 133: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 134: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
135: their plans for the week.
136: <p>
137:
138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 139: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
140: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
141: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
142: </strong></font><br>
143: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
144: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 148: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
149: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
150: </strong></font><br>
151: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
152: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
153: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
154: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 155: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 156: (introduced with 3.9).
157: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
158: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
159: <p>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 162: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
163: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
164: </strong></font><br>
165: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
166: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
167: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
168: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
169: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
170: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
171: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
172: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
173: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
174: <p>
175:
176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
177: [GERMAN]
178: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
179: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
180: </strong></font><br>
181: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
182: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 183: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 184: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
185: is connected to OpenBSD.
186: <p>
187:
1.514 ian 188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
189: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
190: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
191: </strong></font><br>
192: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
193: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
194: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 195: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 196: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 197: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 198: running this project) is so important to Theo,
199: and even why he does mountain biking!
200: <p>
201:
202: </ul>
203:
1.503 ian 204: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
205: <ul>
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 207: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
208: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
209: </strong></font><br>
210: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
211: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
212: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
213: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
214: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
215: <blockquote>
216: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
217: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
218: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
219: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
220: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
221: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
222: </blockquote>
223: This is just plain cool."
224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 227: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
228: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
229: </strong></font><br>
230: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
231: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
232: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 233: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 234: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
235: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
236: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
237: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
238: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
239: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 240: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 241: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
242: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
243: <p>
244:
245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 246: [GERMAN]
247: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
248: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
249: </strong></font><br>
250: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
251: are and why they are bad.
252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 255: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
256: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
257: </strong></font><br>
258: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
259: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
260: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
261: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
262: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
263: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
264: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
265: pages."
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 269: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
270: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
271: </strong></font><br>
272: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
273: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
274: and continues:
275: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
276: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
277: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
278: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
279: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
280: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
281: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
282: and more. Final thought:
283: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
284: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
285: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
286: true for business environments."
287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 290: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 291: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 292: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 293: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
294: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
295: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 296: for funding.
1.509 djm 297: <p>
298:
299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 300: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
301: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
302: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
303: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
304: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
305: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 309: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
310: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
311: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
312: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
313: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
314: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
315: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
316: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
317: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
318: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
319: <br/>
1.529 ian 320: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 321: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 322: hostsearch.com</a> and
323: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
324: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 325: <p>
326:
327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 328: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
329: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
330: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
331: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 332: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 333: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 334: is punctuated with examples.
335: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 336: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
337: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 338: and
1.535 steven 339: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 340: <p>
341:
342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 343: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
344: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
345: </strong></font><br>
346: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
347: further OpenSSH development.
348: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
349: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
350: project's funding needs for all time.
351: <p>
1.504 bernd 352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
353: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
354: April 3, 2006
355: </strong></font><br>
356: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
357: this could compromise future hackathons.
358: <p>
1.503 ian 359:
360: </ul>
361:
1.487 ian 362: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
363: <ul>
1.495 ian 364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 365: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 366: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 367: </strong></font><br>
368: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
369: on topics including "Puffy",
370: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
371: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
372: what's new in 3.9,
373: and of course project expenses.
374: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
375: <!--
376: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
377: -->
378: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 382: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
383: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
384: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 385: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
386: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 387: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
388: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
389: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
390: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
391: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
392: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
393: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
394: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
395: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
396: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
397: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
398: but Matzan does - is that
399: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
400: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
401: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
402: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
403: <br/>
404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
407: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
408: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
409: </strong></font><br>
410: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
411: "blob" drivers, and more.
412: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
413: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
414: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
415: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
416: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
417: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
418: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
419: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
420: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
421: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
422: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
423: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
424: <p>
425:
426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 427: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
428: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
429: </strong></font><br>
430: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
431: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
432: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
433: in general temperature and environmental issues.
434: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
435: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
436: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
437: other major operating systems." ...
438: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
439: machines running in
440: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
441: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
445: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
446: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
447: </strong></font><br>
448: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
449: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
450: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
451: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
452: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
453: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
454: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
455: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
456: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
457: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
458: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
459: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
460: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
461: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
462: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
463: <p>
464:
1.487 ian 465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 466: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
467: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
468: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 469: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 470: financial situation.
471: <p>
472:
473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 474: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
475: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
476: </strong></font><br>
477: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
478: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
479: produce our favorite operating system.
480: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
481: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
482: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
483: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
484: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 485: <br/>
486: Also online at
487: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
488: <p>
489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
491: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
492: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
493: </strong></font><br>
494: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
495: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
496: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
497: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
498: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
499: sustain indefinitely."
500: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
501: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
502: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
503: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
504: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 505: <p>
506:
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 508: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
509: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
510: </strong></font><br>
511: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
512: with a reminder that
513: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
514: used nowadays almost everywhere."
515: Ends with this quote from Marco:
516: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
517: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
518: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 522: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 523: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
524: </strong></font><br>
525: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
526: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
527: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
528: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
529: a few of them each year.
530: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
531: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
532: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
533: to the OpenBSD project.
534: It's time for them to do so.
535: <p>
536:
537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 538: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
539: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
540: </strong></font><br>
541: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
542: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
543: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
544: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
545: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
546: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
547: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 551: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
552: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 553: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
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1.490 deraadt 557: European mirror:
558: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
559: <br>
560: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 561: <p>
562:
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 564: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
565: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 566: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 567: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
568: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
569: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
570: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
571: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
572: designed to provide reliability and security.
573: <p>
574:
575: </ul>
576:
1.485 ian 577: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
578: <ul>
579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 580: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
581: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
582: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 583: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 584: installations in about four minutes flat".
585: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
586: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 587: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 588: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
589: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
590: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
591: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
592: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
593: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
594: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
595: the steps in the article.
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 599: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
600: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
601: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
602: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
603: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
604: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
605: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
606: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
607: happening in real life.
608: <p>
609:
610: </ul>
611:
1.492 ian 612: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
613: <ul>
614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
615: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
616: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
617: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
618: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
619: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
620: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 621: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 622: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
623: </ul>
624:
1.483 ian 625: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
626: <ul>
627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 628: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
629: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
630: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
631: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
632: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
633: <p>
634:
635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 636: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 637: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
638: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
639: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
640: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
641: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
642: to sites with more information on most topics.
643: <p>
644:
645: </ul>
646:
647:
1.479 grunk 648: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
649: <ul>
650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 651: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 652: Goes to Venice</a>,
653: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 654: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 655: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
656: <br/>
657: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
658: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
659: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 660: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 661: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
662: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
663: Contains a link to
664: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
665: pval's summary slides</a>.
666: <p>
667:
668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 669: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
670: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
671: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
672: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
673: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
674: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
675: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
676: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 677: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 678: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
679: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
680: the packages and ports system"</i>.
681: <p>
682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
684: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
685: Return of The BSDs</a>,
686: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
687: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
688: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
689: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
690: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
691: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
692: quotes from Bob Beck.
693: <p>
694:
695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 696: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
697: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
698: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 699: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
700: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 701: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
702: and Linux.<br>
703: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
704: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
705: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
706: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
707: of the release
708: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
709: <p>
710: </ul>
711:
1.476 ian 712: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
713: <ul>
714:
715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
716: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
717: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
718: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
719: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
720: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
721: and too unreliable.
722: This quote will rattle some cages:
723: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
724: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
725: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
726: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
727: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
728: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
729: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
730: costs without any commercial lock-in."
731: <p>
732:
1.477 saad 733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
734: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
735: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
736: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
737: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
738: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
739: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
740: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
741: discussion about future plans.
742: <p>
743:
1.478 grunk 744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
745: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
746: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
747: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
748: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
749: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
750: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
751: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
752: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
753: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
754: <p>
755:
1.476 ian 756: </ul>
757:
1.470 saad 758: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
759: <ul>
760:
761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 762: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
763: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
764: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
765: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
766: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
767: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
768: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
769: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
770: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
771: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
772: <p>
773:
774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 775: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
776: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
777: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
778: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
779: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
780: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
781: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
782: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
783: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
784: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
785: <p>
786:
787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 788: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
789: Big debate over small packets</a>,
790: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
791: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
792: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
793: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
794: draft.
795: <p>
796:
797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 798: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
799: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
800: ordinateur ?"</a>,
801: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
802: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
803: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
804: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
805: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
806: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
807: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
808: <p>
809:
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 811: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
812: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
813: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
814: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
815: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
816: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
817: performance data with pfstat.
818: <p>
819:
820: </ul>
821:
1.461 grunk 822: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
823: <ul>
824:
825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 826: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
827: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 828: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 829: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
830: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
831: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 832: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 833: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 834: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
835: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
836: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 837: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
838: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 839: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 840: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
841: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 842: <p>
843:
844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 845: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
846: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 847: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 848: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
849: poor security:
1.467 grunk 850: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 851: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 852: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 853: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
854: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
855: <p>
856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 858: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
859: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 860: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 861: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
862: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 863: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
864: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
865: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
866: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
867: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
868: commercial vendors.
869: <p>
870:
871: </ul>
872:
1.454 ian 873: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
874: <ul>
1.468 grunk 875:
876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
877: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
878: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
879: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
880: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
881: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
882: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 883: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 884: <br>
885: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
886: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
887: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
888: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
889: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 890: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 891: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
892: <p>
893:
1.454 ian 894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 895: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
896: Free Bird</a>,
897: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
898: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
899: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
900: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
901: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
902: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
903: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
904: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
905: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
906: room will only be available in the print edition.
907: <p>
1.459 deraadt 908:
1.458 niallo 909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 910: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
911: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
912: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
913: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
914: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
915: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
916: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
917: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
918: <p>
1.457 deraadt 919:
1.456 niallo 920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 921: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 922: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
923: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
924: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
925: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
926: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
927: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 928: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 929: interview.</a>
930: <p>
931:
932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 933: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
934: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
935: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
936: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
937: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
938: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
939: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
940: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
941: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
942: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
943: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
944: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
945: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
946: "I have never used it."
947: <p>
948:
949: </ul>
950:
1.441 deraadt 951: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
952: <ul>
953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 954: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
955: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
956: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
957: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
958: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
959: future enhancements.
960: <p>
961:
962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 963: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 964: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
965: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
966: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
967: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
968: North America mirror:
969: <ul>
1.452 marco 970: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 971: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
972: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 973: </ul>
974: European mirror:
975: <ul>
1.452 marco 976: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 977: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
978: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
979: </ul>
980: <p>
981:
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 983: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
984: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
985: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
986: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
987: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
988: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
989: <p>
990:
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 992: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
993: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
994: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
995: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
996: first-hand account.
997: <p>
998:
999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1000: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1001: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1002: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1003: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1004: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1005: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1006: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1007: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1008: <p>
1009:
1010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1011: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1012: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1013: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1014: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1015: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1016: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1017: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1018: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1019: <p>
1020:
1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1022: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1023: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1024: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1025: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1026: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1027: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1028: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1029: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1030: <p>
1031:
1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1033: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1034: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1035: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1036: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1037: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1038: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1039: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1040: <p>
1041:
1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1043: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1044: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1045: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1046: </strong></font><br>
1047: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1048: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1049: with OpenBSD.
1050: </ul>
1051:
1.436 henning 1052: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1053: <ul>
1054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1055: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1056: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1057: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1058: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1059: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1060: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1061: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1062: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1063: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1064: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1065: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1066: <p>
1067: This article can also be found online as
1068: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1069: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1070: <p>
1071:
1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1073: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1074: </strong></font><br>
1075: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1076: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1077: <p>
1078:
1079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1080: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1081: </strong></font><br>
1082: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1083: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1084: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1085: the issues we had with IETF.
1086: </ul>
1087:
1.431 ian 1088: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1089: <ul>
1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1091: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1092: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1093: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1094: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1095: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1096: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1097: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1098: <p>
1099:
1100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1101: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1102: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1103: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1104: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1105: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1106: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1107: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1108: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1109: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1110: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1111: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1112: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1113: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1114: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1115: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1116:
1117: </ul>
1118:
1.427 matthieu 1119: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1120: <ul>
1121:
1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1123: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1124: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1125: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1126: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1127: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1128: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1129: firmware.
1.434 ian 1130: Similar articles can be found online at:
1131: <ul>
1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1133: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1134: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1135: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1137: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1138: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1139: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1141: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1142: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1143: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1145: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1146: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1147: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1148: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1149: </ul>
1150:
1.426 ian 1151: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1152: <ul>
1153:
1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1155: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1156: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1157: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1158: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1159: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1160: mechanism: what it is and why and
1161: how to use it, with examples.
1162: Another excerpt from the book
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>
1166:
1167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1168: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1169: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1170: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1171: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1172: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1173: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1174: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1175: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1176: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1177: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1178: This article is a sample chapter from
1179: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1180: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1181: <p>
1.443 ian 1182:
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1184: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1185: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1186: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1187: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1188: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1189: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1190: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1191: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1192: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1193: ends with a sidebar on security.
1194: <p>
1.426 ian 1195: </ul>
1196:
1.424 ian 1197: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1198: <ul>
1199:
1200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1201: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1202: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1203: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1204: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1205: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1206: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1207: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1208: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1209: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1210: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1211: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1212: <p>
1213: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1214: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1215: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1216: <p>
1217:
1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1219: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1220: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1221: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1222: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1223: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1224: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1225: operating systems.
1226: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1227: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1228: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1229: systems, he writes:
1230: <blockquote>
1231: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1232: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1233: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1234: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1235: to the operating system...
1236: <br/>
1237: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1238: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1239: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1240: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1241: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1242: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1243: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1244: in a closed source operating system).
1245: <br/>
1246: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1247: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1248: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1249: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1250: </blockquote>
1251: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1252: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1253: their hardware and software operates.
1254: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1255: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1256: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1257: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1258: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1259: <p>
1260: </ul>
1261:
1.417 pvalchev 1262: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1263: <ul>
1.421 ian 1264:
1.417 pvalchev 1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1266: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1267: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1268: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1269: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1270: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1271: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1272: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1273: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1274: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1275: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1276: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1277: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1278: <p>
1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1280: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1281: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1282: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1283: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1284: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1285: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1286: it claims to do".
1287: <p>
1288:
1289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1290: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1291: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1292: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1293: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1294: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1295: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1296: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1297: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1298: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1299: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1300: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1301: (yes, this is a hint).
1302: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1303: picked up on the
1304: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1305: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1306: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1307: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1308: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1309: <p>
1310:
1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1312: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1313: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1314: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1315: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1316: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1317: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1318: the current efforts.
1319: <p>
1320: </ul>
1321:
1.407 henning 1322: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1323: <ul>
1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1325: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1326: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1327: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1328: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1329: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1330: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1331: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1332: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1333: <p>
1334:
1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1336: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1337: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1338: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1339: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1340: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1341: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1342: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1343: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1344: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1345: <p>
1.415 ian 1346:
1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1348: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1349: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1350: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1351: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1352: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1353: overflow attacks... because
1354: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1355: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1356: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1357: and propolice.
1358: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1359: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1360: and that's when the science falls apart."
1361: <p>
1362:
1363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1364: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1365: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1366: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1367: Starts with the question:
1368: <blockquote>
1369: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1370: <br/>
1371: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1372: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1373: <br/>
1374: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1375: Should we believe them?"
1376: </blockquote>
1377: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1378: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1379: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1380: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1381: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1382: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1383: <p>
1384:
1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1386: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1387: Simple Simon</a>,
1388: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1389: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1390: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1391: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1392: routing/firewall, and more.
1393: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1394: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1395: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1396: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1397: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1398: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1399: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1400: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1401: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1402: </blockquote>
1403: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1404: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1405: <p>
1406:
1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1408: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1409: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1410: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1411: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1412: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1413: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1414: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1415: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1416: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1417: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1418: in spite of it
1419: (registration required, but worth it).
1420: <p>
1421:
1422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1423: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1424: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1425: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1426: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1427: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1428: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1429: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1430: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1431: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1432: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1433: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1434: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1435: <p>
1436:
1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1438: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1439: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1440: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1441: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1442: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1443: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1444: <blockquote>
1445: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1446: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1447: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1448: a lot of analysis.
1449: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1450: </blockquote>
1451: <p>
1452: </ul>
1453:
1.400 marco 1454: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1455: <ul>
1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1457: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1458: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1459: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1460: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1461: UNIX-like systems.
1462: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1463: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1464: <p>
1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1466: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1467: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1468: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1469: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1470: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1471: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1472: At one point, the article states:
1473: <blockquote>
1474: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1475: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1476: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1477: </blockquote>
1478: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1479: <blockquote>
1480: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1481: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1482: </blockquote>
1483: <p>
1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1485: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1486: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1487: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1488: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1489: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1490: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1491: required).
1492: <p>
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1494: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1495: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1496: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1497: </strong></font><br>
1498: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1499: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1500: <p>
1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1502: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1503: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1504: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1505: </strong></font><br>
1506: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1507: <p>
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1509: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1510: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1511: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1512: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1513: 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 1514: <p>
1515: </ul>
1516:
1.396 henning 1517: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1518: <ul>
1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1520: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1521: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1522: Unix Review, July, 2004
1523: </strong></font><br>
1524: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1525: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1526: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1527: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1528: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1529: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1530: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1531: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1532: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1533: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1534: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1535: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1536: and even spelling/wording errors.
1537: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1538: <p>
1539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1540: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1541: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1542: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1543: </strong></font><br>
1544: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1545: <p>
1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1547: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1548: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1549: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1550: </strong></font><br>
1551: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1552: <p>
1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1554: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1555: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1556: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1557: </strong></font><br>
1558: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1559: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1560: <p>
1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1562: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1563: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1564: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1565: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1566: <p>
1567: </ul>
1568:
1.405 jolan 1569: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1570: <ul>
1571: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1572: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1573: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1574: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1575: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1576: details on how funds are dispersed.
1577: <p>
1578: </ul>
1579:
1.393 david 1580: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1581: <ul>
1582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1583: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1584: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1585: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1586: </strong></font><br>
1587: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1588: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1589: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1590: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1591: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1592: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1593: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1594: <p>
1595:
1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1597: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1598: Secure by Default</a>,
1599: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1600: </strong></font><br>
1601: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1602: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1603: <p>
1604:
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1606: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1607: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1608: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1609: </strong></font><br>
1610: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1611: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1612: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1613: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1614: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1615: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1616: <p>
1617:
1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1619: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1620: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1621: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1622: </strong></font><br>
1623: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1624: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1625: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1626: <p>
1627:
1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1629: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1630: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1631: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1632: </strong></font><br>
1633: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1634: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1635: <p>
1636: </ul>
1637:
1.388 mcbride 1638: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1639: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1640:
1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1642: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1643: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1644: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1645: </strong></font><br>
1646: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1647: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1648: available for sparc64.
1649: <p>
1650:
1.390 beck 1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1652: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1653: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1654: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1655: </strong></font><br>
1656: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1657: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1658: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1659: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1660: <p>
1661:
1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1663: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1664: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1665: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1666: </strong></font><br>
1667: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1668: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1669: it does: CARP provides sharing
1670: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1671: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1672: detail to get you started using it.
1673: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1674: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1675: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1676: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1677: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1678: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1679: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1680: <p>
1.391 ian 1681:
1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1683: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1684: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1685: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1686: </strong></font><br>
1687: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1688: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1689: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1690: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1691:
1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1693: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1694: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1695: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1696: </strong></font><br>
1697: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1698: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1699: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1700: unencumbered by patents.
1701: <p>
1702: </ul>
1703:
1.378 henning 1704: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1705: <ul>
1.384 jose 1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1708: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1709: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1710: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1711: </strong></font><br>
1712: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1713: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1714: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1715: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1716: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1717: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1718: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1719: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1720: in the page tables."
1721: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1722: <p>
1723:
1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1725: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1726: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1727: </strong></font><br>
1728: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1729: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1730: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1731: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1732: <p>
1.384 jose 1733:
1.378 henning 1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1735: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1736: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1737: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1738: </strong></font><br>
1739: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1740: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1741: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1742: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1743: (quote:
1744: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1745: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1746: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1747: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1748: the other developers for their work on the system.
1749: <p>
1750:
1751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1752: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1753: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1754: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1755: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1756: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1757: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1758: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1759: too.
1760: <p>
1761:
1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1763: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1764: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1765: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1766: OpenBSD source code using
1767: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1768: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1769: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1770: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1771: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1772: <p>
1773: </ul>
1774:
1.374 jose 1775: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1776: <ul>
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1778: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1779: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1780: </strong></font><br>
1781: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1782: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1783: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1784: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1785: it."
1786: <p>
1787:
1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1789: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1790: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1791: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1792: </strong></font><br/>
1793: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1794: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1795: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1796: <p>
1797: </ul>
1798:
1.369 ian 1799: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1800: <ul>
1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1802: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1803: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1804: </strong></font><br/>
1805: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1806: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1807: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1808: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1809: <p>
1810:
1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1812: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1813: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1814: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1815: </strong></font><br/>
1816: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1817: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1818: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1819: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1820: form factor.
1821: <p>
1822:
1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1824: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1825: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1826: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1827: Features</a>,
1828: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1829: </strong></font><br/>
1830: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1831: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1832: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1833: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1834: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1835: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1836: <p>
1837: This article can also be found online at:
1838: <ul>
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1840: <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 1841: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1842: </strong></font>
1843: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1844: </ul>
1845: <p>
1.392 david 1846:
1.371 jose 1847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1848: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1849: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1850: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1851: </strong></font><br/>
1852: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1853: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1854: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1855: <p>
1.371 jose 1856:
1857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1858: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1859: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1860: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1861: </strong></font><br/>
1862: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1863: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1864: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1865: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1866: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1867: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1868: and its history with OpenBSD.
1869: </ul>
1870:
1.368 henning 1871: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1872: <ul>
1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1874: [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 1875: </strong></font><br>
1876: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1877: </ul>
1878:
1.364 jose 1879: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1880: <ul>
1881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1882: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1883: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1884: UNIX Review,
1885: July, 2003.
1886: </strong></font><br>
1887: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1888: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1889: who want more information.
1890: <p>
1891:
1892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1893: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1894: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1895: Government Computer News,
1896: July 22, 2003.
1897: </strong></font><br>
1898: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1899: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1900: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1901: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1902: <p>
1903:
1904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1905: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1906: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1907: SANS Institute,
1908: July 22, 2003.
1909: </strong></font><br>
1910: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1911: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1912: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1913: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1914: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1915: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1916: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1917: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1918: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1919: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1920: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1921: <p>
1922:
1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1924: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1925: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1926: OnLamp.com,
1927: July 17, 2003.
1928: </strong></font><br>
1929: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
1930: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
1931: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
1932: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
1933: have been working on.
1934:
1935: </ul>
1936:
1.356 jose 1937: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 1938: <ul>
1939:
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1941: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
1942: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
1943: UNIX Review,
1944: June, 2003.
1945: </strong></font><br>
1946: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
1947: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
1948: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
1949: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
1950: <p>
1951:
1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 1953: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
1954: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
1955: eWeek,
1956: June 23, 2003.
1957: </strong></font><br>
1958: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
1959: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
1960: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
1961: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
1962: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
1963: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
1964: <p>
1965:
1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 1967: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
1968: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
1969: Software Development Online,
1970: June, 2003.
1971: </strong></font><br>
1972: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
1973: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
1974: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
1975: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
1976: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
1977: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
1978: current activities.
1979: <p>
1980:
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 1982: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
1983: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 1984: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
1985: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
1986: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
1987: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 1988: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 1989: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
1990: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
1991: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 1992: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 1993: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
1994: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 1995: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 1996: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
1997: decisions.
1998: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
1999: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2000: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2001: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2002: <p>
2003:
2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2005: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2006: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2007: Page 58, eWeek,
2008: June 2, 2003.
2009: </strong></font><br>
2010: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2011: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2012: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2013: been addressed in -current.
2014: <p>
2015:
1.356 jose 2016: </ul>
2017:
2018: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2019: <ul>
2020:
1.355 jose 2021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2022: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2023: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2024: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2025: </strong></font><br>
2026: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2027: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2028: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2029: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2030: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2031: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2032: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2033: <p>
2034:
2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2036: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2037: Beyond Linux</a>,
2038: InfoWorld,
2039: May 23, 2003.
2040: </strong></font><br>
2041: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2042: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2043: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2044: compared to the GPL.
2045: <p>
2046:
2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2048: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2049: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2050: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2051: May 17, 2003.
2052: </strong></font><br>
2053: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2054: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2055: the business section and half of another page inside
2056: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2057: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2058: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2059: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2060: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2061: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2062: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2063: <br>
2064: This article can also be found online at:
2065: <ul>
2066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2067: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2068: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2069: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2070: May 17, 2003
2071: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2072: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2074: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2075: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2076: Montreal Gazette,
2077: May 21, 2003
2078: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2079: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2080: <p>
1.346 ian 2081:
2082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2083: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2084: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2085: May 7, 2003.
2086: </strong></font><br>
2087: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2088: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2089: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2090: <p>
2091:
2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2093: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2094: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2095: OsOpinion,
2096: May 6, 2003.
2097: </strong></font><br>
2098: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2099: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2100: <br>
2101: This article can also be found online at:
2102: <ul>
2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2104: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2105: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2106: NewsFactor Network.
2107: </strong></font>
2108: </ul>
2109: <p>
2110:
2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2112: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2113: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2114: ITBusiness,
2115: May 2, 2003.
2116: </strong></font><br>
2117: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2118: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2119: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2120: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2121: <p>
2122:
2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2124: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2125: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2126: InfoWorld,
2127: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2128: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2129: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2130: <br>
2131: This article can also be found online at:
2132: <ul>
2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2134: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2135: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2136: IDG Singapore.
2137: </strong></font>
2138: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2139: <p>
2140:
1.339 jose 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2142: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2143: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2144: ZDNet,
2145: May 1, 2003.
2146: </strong></font><br>
2147: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2148: someone using parts from previous articles.
2149: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2150: This article can also be found online at:
2151: <ul>
2152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2153: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2154: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2155: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2156: </strong></font>
2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2158: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2159: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2160: CNET News.com.
2161: </strong></font>
2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2163: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2164: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2165: ZDNet UK.
2166: </strong></font>
2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2168: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2169: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2170: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2171: </strong></font>
2172: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2173: <p>
1.339 jose 2174:
1.341 deraadt 2175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2176: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2177: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2178: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2179: May 1, 2003.
2180: </strong></font><br>
2181: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2182: that have been added
2183: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2184: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2185: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2186: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2187: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2188: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2189: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2190: <p>
2191:
2192: </ul>
2193:
1.253 ian 2194: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2195: <ul>
1.255 ian 2196:
1.260 ian 2197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2198: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2199: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2200: TechRepublic,
2201: April 28, 2003.
2202: </strong></font><br>
2203: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2204: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2205: work.<br>
2206: Can also be found online at:
2207: <ul>
2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2209: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2210: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2211: ZDNet UK.
2212: </strong></font>
2213: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2214: <p>
2215:
2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2217: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2218: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2219: IDG,
2220: April 24, 2003.
2221: </strong></font><br>
2222: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2223: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2224: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2225: Can also be found online at:
2226: <ul>
2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2228: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2229: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2230: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2231: </strong></font>
2232: </ul>
2233: <p>
2234:
2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2236: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2237: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2238: Slate,
2239: April 24, 2003.
2240: </strong></font><br>
2241: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2242: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2243: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2244: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2245: <p>
2246:
2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2248: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2249: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2250: April 24, 2003.
2251: </strong></font><br>
2252: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2253: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2254: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2255: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2256: <p>
2257:
2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2259: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2260: April 24, 2003.
2261: </strong></font><br>
2262: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2263: the free software community".
2264: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2265: other articles.
2266: <p>
2267:
2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2269: <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 2270: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2271: </strong></font><br>
2272: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2273: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2274: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2275: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2276: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2277: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2278: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2279: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2280: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2281: <br/>
2282: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2283: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2284: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2285: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2286: <br>
2287: Can also be found online at:
2288: <ul>
2289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2290: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2291: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2292: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2293: </strong></font>
2294: </ul>
1.324 ian 2295: <p>
2296:
2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2298: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2299: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2300: </strong></font><br>
2301: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2302: article above.
2303: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2304: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2305: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2306: <br>
2307: Can also be found online at:
2308: <ul>
2309: <li>
2310: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2311: </strong></font>
2312: </ul>
1.324 ian 2313: <p>
2314:
2315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2316: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2317: </strong></font><br>
2318: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2319: <p>
2320:
2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2322: <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.
2323: </strong></font><br>
2324: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2325: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2326: <p>
2327:
2328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2329: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2330: April 23, 2003.
2331: </strong></font><br>
2332: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2333: <p>
2334:
2335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2336: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2337: April 22, 2003.
2338: </strong></font><br>
2339: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2340: <p>
2341:
2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2343: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2344: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2345: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2346: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2347: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2348: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2349: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2350: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2351: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2352: Can also be found online at:
2353: <ul>
2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2355: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2356: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2357: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2358: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2360: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2361: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2362: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2363: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2364: </ul>
2365: <p>
2366:
2367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2368: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2369: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2370: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2371: </strong></font><br>
2372: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2373: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2374: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2375: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2376: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2377: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2378: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2379: <p>
2380:
2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2382: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2383: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2384: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2385: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2386: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2387: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2388: at UPenn and DARPA.
2389: <p>
2390:
2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2392: [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,
2393: France
1.315 deraadt 2394: April 18, 2003.
2395: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2396: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2397: <p>
2398:
2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2400: [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 2401: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2402: </strong></font><br>
2403: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2404: <p>
2405:
2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2407: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2408: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2409: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2410: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2411: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2412: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2413: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2414: <p>
2415:
2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2417: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2418: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2419: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2420: </strong></font><br>
2421: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2422: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2423: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2424: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2425: <p>
2426:
2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2428: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2429: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2430: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2431: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2432: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2433: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2434: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2435: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2436: Can also be found online at:
2437: <ul>
2438: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2439: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2440: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2441: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2442: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2443: <p>
2444:
2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2446: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2447: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2448: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2449: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2450: </strong></font><br>
2451: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2452: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2453: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2454: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2455: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2456:
2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2458: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2459: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2460: New York Times.
2461: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2462:
1.273 deraadt 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2464: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2465: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2466: ABC News.
2467: </strong></font>
2468:
2469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2470: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2471: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2472: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2473: </strong></font>
2474:
2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2476: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2477: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2478: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2479: </strong></font>
2480:
2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2482: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2483: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2484: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2485: </strong></font>
2486:
2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2488: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2489: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2490: Times Daily, AL.
2491: </strong></font>
2492:
2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2494: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2495: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2496: Boston.com, MA.
2497: </strong></font>
2498:
2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2500: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2501: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2502: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2503: </strong></font>
2504:
2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2506: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2507: [Article was pulled]</a>
2508: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2509: </strong></font>
2510:
2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2512: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2513: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2514: Infoshop News.
2515: </strong></font>
2516:
2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2518: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2519: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2520: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2521: </strong></font>
2522:
2523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2524: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2525: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2526: Raleigh News, NC.
2527: </strong></font>
2528:
2529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2530: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2531: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2532: Napa News, CA.
2533: </strong></font>
2534:
2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2536: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2537: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2538: NEPA News, PA.
2539: </strong></font>
2540:
2541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2542: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2543: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2544: Wired News.
2545: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2546: <br>
2547: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2548: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2549: [JAPANESE]
2550: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2551: Wired News Japan</a>
2552: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2553:
1.271 deraadt 2554: </ul>
2555: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2556: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2557: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2558: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2559: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2560: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2561: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2562: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2563: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2564: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2565: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2566: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2567: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2568: <p>
2569: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2570:
2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2572: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2573: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2574: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2575: </strong></font>
2576:
2577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2578: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2579: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2580: Miami Herald, FL.
2581: </strong></font>
2582:
2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2584: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2585: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2586: </strong></font>
2587:
2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2589: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2590: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2591: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2592: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2593:
2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2595: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2596: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2597: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2598: ABC News.
2599: </strong></font>
2600:
1.276 deraadt 2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2602: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2603: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2604: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2605: </strong></font>
2606:
1.286 dhartmei 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2608: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2609: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2610: Wilmington Star, NC.
2611: </strong></font>
2612:
1.300 jose 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2614: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2615: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2616: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2617: </strong></font>
2618:
1.309 jose 2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2620: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2621: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2622: Globe Technology.
2623: </strong></font>
2624:
1.263 deraadt 2625: </ul>
1.262 beck 2626: <p>
2627:
2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2629: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2630: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2631: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2632: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2633: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2634: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2635: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2636: <p>
2637:
2638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2639: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2640: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2641: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2642: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2643: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2644: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2645: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2646: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2647: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2648: and simply restates other press reports.
2649: <p>
2650:
2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2652: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2653: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2654: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2655: </strong></font><br>
2656: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2657: <p>
2658:
2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2660: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2661: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2662: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2663: </strong></font><br>
2664: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2665: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2666: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2667: <p>
2668:
2669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2670: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2671: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2672: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2673: April 17, 2003.
2674: </strong></font><br>
2675: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2676: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2677: Tech Anthems</a>
2678: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2679: 4 so far.
2680: <p>
2681:
2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2683: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2684: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2685: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2686: </strong></font><br>
2687: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2688: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2689: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2690: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2691: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2692: Goes on to say:
2693: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2694: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2695: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2696: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2697: This article is also found online at:
2698: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2700: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2701: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2702: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2703: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2705: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2706: ZDnet</a>,
2707: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2708: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2710: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2711: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2712: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2713: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2714: </ul>
1.260 ian 2715: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2716:
1.260 ian 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2718: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2719: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2720: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2721: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2722: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2723: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2724: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2725: without notice or justification.
2726: <p>
2727:
2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2729: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2730: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2731: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2732: </strong></font><br>
2733: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2734: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2735: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2736: effective today, without any warning..."
2737: <p>
1.257 ian 2738:
2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2740: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2741: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2742: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2743: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2744: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2745: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2746: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2747: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2748: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2749: <p>
2750:
2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2752: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2753: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2754: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2755: </strong></font><br>
2756: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2757: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2758: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2759: quoting two of them:
2760: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2761: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2762: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2763: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2764: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2765: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2766: <p>
2767:
1.255 ian 2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2769: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2770: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2771: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2772: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2773: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2774: <p>
2775:
2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2777: [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 2778: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2779: </strong></font><br>
2780: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2781: <p>
2782:
2783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2784: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2785: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2786: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2787: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2788: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2789: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2790: security experts for more than three decades."
2791: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2792: <p>
1.261 ian 2793:
1.254 drahn 2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2795: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2796: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2797: </strong></font><br>
2798: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2799: <p>
2800:
2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2802: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2803: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2804: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2805: </strong></font><br>
2806: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2807: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2808: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2809: <p>
2810:
2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2812: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2813: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2814: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2815: </strong></font><br>
2816: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2817: from US DARPA.
2818: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2819: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2820: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2821: the BSD license.
2822: <p>
2823: </ul>
2824:
1.251 ian 2825: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2826: <ul>
2827:
2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2829: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2830: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2831: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2832: </strong></font><br>
2833:
2834: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2835: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2836: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2837: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2838: <p>
2839:
2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2841: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2842: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2843: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2844: </strong></font><br>
2845: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2846: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2847: Mentions
2848: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2849: and
2850: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2851: programs.
2852: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2853: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2854: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2855: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2856: <p>
1.325 ian 2857: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2858: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2859:
2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2861: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2862: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2863: </strong></font><br>
2864: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2865: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2866: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2867: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2868: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2869: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2870: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2871: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2872: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2873: put into service."
2874: <p>
2875: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2876: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2877: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2878: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2879: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2880: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2881: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2882: computers with security features."
2883: <p>
1.329 ian 2884:
2885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2886: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2887: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2888: Slate,
2889: March 3, 2003.
2890: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2891: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2892: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2893: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2894: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2895: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2896: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2897: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2898: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2899: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2900: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2901: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2902: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2903: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2904: of more secure open-source solutions like
2905: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2906: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2907: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2908: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2909: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2910: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2911: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2912: the Beltway."
2913: <p>
1.251 ian 2914: </ul>
2915:
1.249 jufi 2916: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2917: <ul>
2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2919: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2920: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2921: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2922: </strong></font><br>
2923: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2924: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2925: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2926: <p>
1.334 ian 2927:
2928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2929: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
2930: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
2931: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
2932: </strong></font><br>
2933: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
2934: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
2935: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
2936: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
2937: "... the hypothetical question ...
2938: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
2939: <br>
2940: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
2941: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
2942: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
2943: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
2944: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
2945: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 2946: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 2947: support network security.
2948: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
2949: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
2950: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
2951: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
2952: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
2953: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
2954: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
2955: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
2956: <br>
2957: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
2958: <p>
2959:
1.249 jufi 2960: </ul>
2961:
1.246 jufi 2962: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2963: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2966: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 2967: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2968: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2969: </strong></font><br>
2970: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
2971: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2972: <p>
2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2975: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
2976: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2977: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 2978: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 2979: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 2980: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2981: <p>
2982:
2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2984: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2985: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 2986: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2987: </strong></font><br>
2988: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
2989: in their annual OpenHack security test.
2990: <p>
1.247 jufi 2991: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2992:
1.244 jufi 2993: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2994: <ul>
1.246 jufi 2995:
1.247 jufi 2996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2997: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
2998: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
2999: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3000: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3001: </strong></font><br>
3002: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3003: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3004: md5 digests.
3005: <p>
3006:
1.247 jufi 3007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3008: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3009: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3010: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3011: </strong></font><br>
3012: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3013: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3014: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3015: right the first time."
3016: <p>
1.247 jufi 3017: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3018:
3019:
3020: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3021: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3024: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3025: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3026: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3027: </strong></font><br>
3028: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3029: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3030: part 6</a>.
3031: <p>
3032:
1.247 jufi 3033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3034: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3035: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3036: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3037: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3038: </strong></font><br>
3039: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3040: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3041: <p>
1.301 jose 3042:
3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3044: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3045: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3046: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3047: </strong></font><br>
3048:
3049: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3050: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3051: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3052: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3053: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3054: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3055: <i>Here's the
3056: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3057: <p>
1.247 jufi 3058: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3059:
3060: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3061: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3062:
1.247 jufi 3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3064: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3065: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3066: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3067: </strong></font><br>
3068: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3069: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3070: <p>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3073: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3074: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3075: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3076: </strong></font><br>
3077: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3078: this time using pf.
3079: <p>
1.247 jufi 3080: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3081:
3082: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3083: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3086: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3087: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3088: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3089: </strong></font><br>
3090: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3091: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3092: their rotation.
3093: <p>
3094:
1.247 jufi 3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3096: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3097: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3098: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3099: </strong></font><br>
3100: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3101: <p>
1.247 jufi 3102: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3103:
1.239 jufi 3104: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3105: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3106:
1.247 jufi 3107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3108: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3109: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3110: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3111: </strong></font><br>
3112: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3113: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3114: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3115: <p>
3116:
1.247 jufi 3117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3118: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3119: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3120: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3121: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3122: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3123: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3124: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3125: <p>
1.247 jufi 3126: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3127:
1.235 lebel 3128: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3129: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3130:
1.239 jufi 3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3133: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3134: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3135: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3136: </strong></font><br>
3137: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3138: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3139: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3140: <p>
1.301 jose 3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3143:
1.228 horacio 3144: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3145: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3148: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3149: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3150: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3151: </strong></font><br>
3152: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3153: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3154: <p>
3155:
1.247 jufi 3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3157: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3158: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3159: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3160: </strong></font><br>
3161: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3162: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3163: <p>
3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3166: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3167: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3168: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3169: </strong></font><br>
3170: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3171: on the desktop of his parents.
3172: <p>
3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3175: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3176: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3177: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3178: </strong></font><br>
3179: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3180: using IPFilter.
3181:
3182: <p>
3183:
1.247 jufi 3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3185: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3186: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3187: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3188: </strong></font><br>
3189: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3190: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3191: perspectives of the four OS.
3192: <br>
3193: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3194: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3195: <p>
3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3198: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3199: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3200: software and security</a>,
3201: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3202: </strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3205: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3206: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3207: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3208: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3209: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3210: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3211: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3212: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3213: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3214: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3215: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3216: <p>
1.247 jufi 3217: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3218:
1.225 horacio 3219: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3220: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3221:
1.247 jufi 3222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3223: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3224: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3225: Interview</a>,
3226: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3227: </strong></font><br>
3228:
3229: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3230: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3231: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3232: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3233: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3234: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3235: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3236: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3237: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3238: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3239: of choice.
3240: <p>
1.247 jufi 3241: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3242:
3243: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3244: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3245:
1.247 jufi 3246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3247: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3248: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3249: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3250: </strong></font><br>
3251:
3252: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3253: <p>
3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3256: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3257: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3258: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3259: </strong></font><br>
3260:
3261: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3262: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3263: <p>
1.247 jufi 3264: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3265:
1.218 horacio 3266: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3267: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3268:
1.247 jufi 3269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3270: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3271: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3272: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3273: </strong></font><br>
3274:
3275: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3276: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3277: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3278: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3279: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3280: subjects. Worth a read.
3281: <p>
3282:
3283:
1.247 jufi 3284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3285: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3286: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3287: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3288: </strong></font><br>
3289:
3290: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3291: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3292: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3293: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3294: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3295: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3296: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3297: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3298: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3299: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3300: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3301: on other operating systems.<br>
3302: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3303: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3304: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3305: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3306: <p>
3307:
1.247 jufi 3308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3309: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3310: Operating System 2010</a>,
3311: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3312: </strong></font><br>
3313:
3314: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3315: covering the level of software integration into the core
3316: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3317: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3318: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3319: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3320: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3321: <p>
3322:
1.247 jufi 3323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3324: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3325: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3326: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3327: </strong></font><br>
3328:
3329: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3330: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3331: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3332: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3333: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3334: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3335: <p>
1.247 jufi 3336: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3337:
1.210 jufi 3338: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3339: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3340:
1.247 jufi 3341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3342: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3343: Already a Contender</a>,
3344: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3345: </strong></font><br>
3346:
3347: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3348: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3349: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3350: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3351: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3352: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3353: <p>
3354:
1.247 jufi 3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3356: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3357: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3358: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3359: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3360:
1.224 horacio 3361: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3362: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3363: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3364: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3365: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3366: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3367: <p>
1.247 jufi 3368: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3369:
3370: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3371: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3374: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3375: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3376: Division</a>,
3377: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3378: </strong></font><br>
3379:
3380: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3381: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3382: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3383: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3384: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3385: investment</em>.<br>
3386: The implementation details can be seen on their
3387: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3388: <p>
3389:
1.247 jufi 3390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3391: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3392: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3393: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3394: </strong></font><br>
3395:
3396: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3397: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3398: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3399: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3400: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3401: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3402: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3403: <p>
3404:
3405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3406: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3407: Thinking about Security</a>,
3408: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3409: </strong></font><br>
3410:
3411: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3412: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3413: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3414: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3415: to time.<br>
3416: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3417: system and just the most secure system.
3418: <p>
3419:
1.247 jufi 3420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3421: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3422: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3423: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3424: </strong></font><br>
3425:
3426: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3427: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3428: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3429: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3430: choice:<br>
3431: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3432: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3433: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3434: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3435: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3436: network security devices and as such must be well
3437: armored."</em><br>
3438: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3439: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3440: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3441: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3442: <br>
3443: Bravo!
3444: <p>
1.247 jufi 3445: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3446:
1.207 ian 3447: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3448: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3449:
1.247 jufi 3450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3451: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3452: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3453: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3454:
1.207 ian 3455: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3456: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3457: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3458: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3459: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3460: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3461: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3462: <p>
1.247 jufi 3463: </ul>
1.207 ian 3464:
1.194 jufi 3465: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3466: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3467:
1.247 jufi 3468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3469: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3470: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3471: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3472: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3473:
1.240 miod 3474: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3475: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3476: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3477: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3478: <p>
3479:
1.247 jufi 3480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3481: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3482: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3483: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3484:
3485: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3486: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3487: <p>
3488:
3489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3490: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3491: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3492: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3493:
3494: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3495: <p>
3496:
3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3498: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3499: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3500: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3501: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3502:
1.240 miod 3503: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3504: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3505: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3506: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3507: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3508: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3509: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3510: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3511: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3512: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3513: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3514: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3515: <p>
3516:
1.247 jufi 3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3518: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3519: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3520: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3521: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3522:
1.194 jufi 3523: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3524: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3525: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3526: <br>
3527: The new
3528: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3529: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3530: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3531: <p>
1.247 jufi 3532: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3533:
1.190 horacio 3534: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3535: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3536:
1.247 jufi 3537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3538:
3539: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3540: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3541:
1.301 jose 3542:
1.191 jufi 3543: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3544: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3545:
3546: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3547: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3548:
1.212 horacio 3549: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3550: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3551: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3552:
1.211 horacio 3553: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3554: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3555: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3556:
1.247 jufi 3557: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3558: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3559:
1.247 jufi 3560: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3561: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3562:
1.212 horacio 3563: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3564: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3565: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3566:
3567: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3568: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3569:
3570: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3571: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3572:
1.301 jose 3573: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3574: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3575:
1.191 jufi 3576: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3577: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3578:
3579: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3580: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3581:
1.192 jufi 3582: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3583: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3584: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3585:
1.193 deraadt 3586: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3587: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3588: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3589:
1.247 jufi 3590: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3591: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3592:
1.247 jufi 3593: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3594: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3595: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3596:
1.213 horacio 3597: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3598: 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 3599: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3600:
1.190 horacio 3601: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3602: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3603: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3604: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3605: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3606: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3607: <p>
1.190 horacio 3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3610: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3611: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3612: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3613: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3614:
1.195 jufi 3615: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3616: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3617: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3618: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3619: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3620: <p>
3621:
1.247 jufi 3622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3623: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3624: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3625: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3626: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3627:
1.191 jufi 3628: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3629: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3630: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3631: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3632: <p>
3633:
3634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3635: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3636: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3637: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3638:
3639: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3640: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3641: <p>
1.247 jufi 3642: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3643:
1.191 jufi 3644:
1.186 jufi 3645: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3646: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3647:
1.247 jufi 3648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3649: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3650: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3651: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3652: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3653:
1.188 jufi 3654: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3655: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3656: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3657: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3658: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3659: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3660: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3661: <p>
3662:
1.301 jose 3663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3664: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3665: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3666: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3667:
3668: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3669: <p>
1.191 jufi 3670:
1.247 jufi 3671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3672: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3673: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3674: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3675: </strong></font><br>
3676:
3677: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3678: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3679: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3680: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3681: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3682: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3683: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3684: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3685: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3686: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3687: familiar?
3688: <p>
1.247 jufi 3689: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3690:
1.178 louis 3691: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3692: <ul>
1.178 louis 3693:
1.247 jufi 3694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3695: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3696: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3697: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3698: </strong></font><br>
3699:
3700: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3701: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3702: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3703: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3704: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3705: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3706: <p>
3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3709: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3710: Open source under the hood</a>,
3711: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3712: </strong></font><br>
3713:
3714: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3715: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3716: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3717: <p>
3718:
1.247 jufi 3719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3720: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3721: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3722: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3723: </strong></font><br>
3724:
3725: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3726: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3727: <p>
1.247 jufi 3728: </ul>
1.179 louis 3729:
1.174 louis 3730:
1.175 louis 3731: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3732: <ul>
1.175 louis 3733:
1.247 jufi 3734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3735: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3736: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3737: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3738: </strong></font><br>
3739:
3740: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3741: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3742: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3743: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3744: <p>
3745:
1.247 jufi 3746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3747: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3748: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3749: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3750: </strong></font><br>
3751:
3752: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3753: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3754: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3755: <p>
1.247 jufi 3756: </ul>
1.175 louis 3757:
1.176 louis 3758:
1.172 mickey 3759: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3760: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3761:
1.247 jufi 3762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3763: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3764: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3765: </strong></font><br>
3766:
3767: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3768: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3769: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3770: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3771: <p>
3772:
1.247 jufi 3773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3774: <a
1.269 deraadt 3775: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3776: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3777: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3778: </strong></font><br>
3779:
3780: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3781: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3782: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3783: <p>
3784:
1.247 jufi 3785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3786: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3787: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3788: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3789: </strong></font><br>
3790:
3791: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3792: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3793: <p>
3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3796: <a
1.269 deraadt 3797: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3798: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3799: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3800: </strong></font><br>
3801:
3802: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3803: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3804: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3805: our own Theo de Raadt.
3806: <p>
3807:
1.247 jufi 3808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3809: <a
1.269 deraadt 3810: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3811: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3812: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3813: </strong></font><br>
3814:
3815: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3816: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3817: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3818: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3819: shut down.]
3820: <p>
3821:
1.247 jufi 3822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3823: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3824: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3825: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3826: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3827: </strong></font><br>
3828:
3829: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3830: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3831: <p>
1.247 jufi 3832: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3833:
1.161 louis 3834: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3835: <ul>
1.161 louis 3836:
1.247 jufi 3837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3838: <a
1.269 deraadt 3839: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3840: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3841: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3842: </strong></font><br>
3843:
3844: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3845: by John Wolley
3846: <p>
3847:
1.247 jufi 3848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3849: <a
1.269 deraadt 3850: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3851: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3852: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3853: </strong></font><br>
3854:
3855: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3856: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3857: OpenBSD).
3858: <p>
3859:
1.247 jufi 3860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3861: <a
1.247 jufi 3862: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3863: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3864: </strong></font><br>
3865:
3866: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3867: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3868: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3869: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3870: and hindsight.
3871: <p>
3872:
1.247 jufi 3873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3874: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3875: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3876: </strong></font><br>
3877:
3878: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3879: <p>
3880:
1.247 jufi 3881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3882: <a
1.168 provos 3883: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3884: December 7, 2000
3885: </strong></font><br>
3886:
3887: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3888: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3889: us explain.
3890: <p>
3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3893: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3894: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3895: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3896: December 6, 2000
3897: </strong></font><br>
3898:
3899: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3900: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3901: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3902: <p>
3903:
1.247 jufi 3904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3905: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3906: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3907: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3908: </strong></font><br>
3909:
3910: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3911: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3912: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3913: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3914: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3915: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3916: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3917: <p>
3918:
3919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3920: <a
1.226 horacio 3921: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3922: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3923: </strong></font><br>
3924:
3925: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3926: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3927: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3928: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3929: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3930: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3931: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 3932: <p>
1.162 millert 3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 3935: <a
1.161 louis 3936: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
3937: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
3938: </strong></font><br>
3939:
3940: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
3941: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
3942: <p>
3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3945: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
3946: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
3947: </strong></font><br>
3948:
3949: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
3950: <p>
3951:
3952:
1.247 jufi 3953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 3954: <a
1.226 horacio 3955: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
3956: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
3957: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 3958: </strong></font><br>
3959:
3960: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
3961: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
3962: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
3963: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
3964: <p>
1.247 jufi 3965: </ul>
1.169 louis 3966:
1.158 louis 3967: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3968: <ul>
1.147 louis 3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3971: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
3972: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 3973: </strong></font><br>
3974:
3975: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
3976: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
3977: <p>
3978:
1.247 jufi 3979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3980: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
3981: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
3982: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 3983: </strong></font><br>
3984: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
3985: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
3986: <p>
3987:
1.247 jufi 3988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3989: <a
3990: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
3991: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
3992: </strong></font><br>
3993:
3994: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
3995: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
3996: <p>
3997:
1.247 jufi 3998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3999: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4000: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4001: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4002:
1.213 horacio 4003: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4004: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4005: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4006: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4007: <p>
1.215 horacio 4008:
1.247 jufi 4009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4010: <a
4011: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4012: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4013: </strong></font><br>
4014:
4015: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4016: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4017: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4018: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4019: much of the attitude too).
4020: <p>
1.161 louis 4021:
1.247 jufi 4022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4023: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4024: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4025: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4026:
1.157 louis 4027: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4028: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4029: <p>
1.247 jufi 4030: </ul>
1.157 louis 4031:
4032: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4033: <ul>
1.157 louis 4034:
1.247 jufi 4035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4036: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4037: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4038: </strong></font><br>
4039:
4040: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4041: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4042: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4043: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4044: <p>
4045:
1.247 jufi 4046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4047: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4048: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4049: </strong></font><br>
4050:
4051: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4052: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4053: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4054: it because they love coding...
4055: <p>
4056:
1.247 jufi 4057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4058: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4059: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4060: </strong></font><br>
4061:
4062: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4063: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4064: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4065: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4066: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4067: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4068: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4069: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4070: <p>
4071:
1.247 jufi 4072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4073: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4074: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4075: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4076: </strong></font><br>
4077:
4078: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4079: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4080: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4081: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4082: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4083: the pizza.
4084: <p>
4085:
1.247 jufi 4086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4087: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4088: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4089: </strong></font><br>
4090:
4091: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4092: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4093: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4094: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4095: problems.
4096: <p>
4097:
1.247 jufi 4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4099: <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 4100: </strong></font><br>
4101:
1.222 miod 4102: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4103: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4104: - whether they like it or not.
4105: <p>
4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4108: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4109: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4110: </strong></font><br>
4111:
4112: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4113: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4114: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4115: <p>
1.148 aaron 4116:
1.247 jufi 4117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4118: <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 4119: </strong></font><br>
4120:
4121: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4122: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4123: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4124: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4125: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4126: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4127: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4128: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4129: <p>
4130:
1.247 jufi 4131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4132: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4133: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4134: </strong></font><br>
4135:
4136: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4137: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4138: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4139: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4140: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4141: <p>
1.247 jufi 4142: </ul>
1.147 louis 4143:
1.138 louis 4144: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4145: <ul>
1.138 louis 4146:
1.247 jufi 4147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4148: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4149: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4150: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4151: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4152: </strong></font><br>
4153:
1.227 horacio 4154: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4155: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4156: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4157: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4158: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4159: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4160: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4161: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4162: <p>
4163:
1.247 jufi 4164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4165: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4166: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4167: </strong></font><br>
4168:
4169: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4170: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4171: groups, and even Linux.
4172: <p>
4173:
1.247 jufi 4174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4175: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4176: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4177: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4178: </strong></font><br>
4179:
4180: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4181: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4182: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4183: library after installing the OS.
4184: <p>
4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4187: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4188: Sys Admin, September 2000
4189: </strong></font><br>
4190:
4191: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4192: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4193: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4194: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4195: (<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>,
4196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4197: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4198: <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 4199: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4200: out of the system.
4201: <p>
4202:
1.247 jufi 4203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4204: <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
4205: </strong></font><br>
4206:
4207: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4208: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4209: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4210: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4211: the IP filtering and address translation.
4212: <p>
1.301 jose 4213:
4214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4215: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4216: </strong></font><br>
4217:
4218: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4219: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4220: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4221: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4222: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4223: <p>
1.247 jufi 4224: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4225:
1.131 louis 4226: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4227: <ul>
1.131 louis 4228:
1.247 jufi 4229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4230: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4231: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4232: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4233: </strong></font><br>
4234:
4235: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4236: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4237: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4238: <p>
4239:
1.247 jufi 4240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4241: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4242: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4243: </strong></font><br>
4244:
4245: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4246: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4247: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4248: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4249: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4250: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4251: note of"</i>.
4252: <p>
4253:
1.247 jufi 4254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4255: <a
1.247 jufi 4256: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4257: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4258: </strong></font><br>
4259:
4260: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4261: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4262: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4263: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4264: <p>
4265:
1.247 jufi 4266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4267: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4268: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4269: </strong></font><br>
4270:
4271: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4272: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4273: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4274: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4275: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4276: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4277: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4278: <p>
4279:
1.247 jufi 4280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4281: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4282: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4283: 2000
4284: </strong></font><br>
4285:
4286: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4287: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4288: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4289: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4290: against current industry practices.
4291: <p>
4292:
1.247 jufi 4293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4294: <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
4295: </strong></font><br>
4296:
4297: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4298: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4299: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4300: <p>
4301:
1.247 jufi 4302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4303: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4304: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4305: </strong></font><br>
4306:
4307: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4308: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4309: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4310: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4311: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4312: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4313: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4314: <p>
4315:
1.247 jufi 4316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4317: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4318: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4319: </strong></font><br>
4320:
4321: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4322: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4323: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4324: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4325: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4326: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4327: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4328: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4329: <p>
1.247 jufi 4330: </ul>
1.131 louis 4331:
1.118 louis 4332: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4333: <ul>
1.118 louis 4334:
1.247 jufi 4335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4336: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4337: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4338: </strong></font><br>
4339:
4340: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4341: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4342: about time. The article mentions that
4343: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4344: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4345: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4346: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4347: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4348: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4349: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4350: <p>
4351:
1.247 jufi 4352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4353: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4354: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4355: </strong></font><br>
4356:
4357: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4358: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4359: of OpenSSH.
4360: <p>
4361:
1.247 jufi 4362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4363: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4364: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4365: </strong></font><br>
4366:
4367: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4368: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4369: bridging.
4370: <p>
4371:
1.247 jufi 4372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4373: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4374: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4375: </strong></font><br>
4376:
1.121 deraadt 4377: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4378: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4379: <p>
4380:
1.247 jufi 4381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4382: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4383: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4384: </strong></font><br>
4385:
4386: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4387: <p>
4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4390: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4391: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4392: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4393: </strong></font><br>
4394:
1.120 deraadt 4395: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4396: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4397: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4398: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4399: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4400: <p>
4401:
1.247 jufi 4402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4403: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4404: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4405: </strong></font><br>
4406:
1.222 miod 4407: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4408: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4409: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4410: protocols and their quirks.
4411: <p>
4412:
1.247 jufi 4413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4414: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4415: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4416: </strong></font><br>
4417:
4418: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4419: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4420: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4421: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4422: <p>
4423:
1.247 jufi 4424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4425: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4426: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4427: </strong></font><br>
4428:
4429: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4430: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4431: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4432: <p>
4433:
1.247 jufi 4434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4435: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4436: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4437: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4438: </strong></font><br>
4439:
4440: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4441: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4442: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4443: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4444: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4445: <p>
1.247 jufi 4446: </ul>
1.118 louis 4447:
1.104 louis 4448: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4449: <ul>
1.104 louis 4450:
1.247 jufi 4451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4452: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4453: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4454: </strong></font><br>
4455:
4456: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4457: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4458: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4459: be a bit dry.
4460: <p>
4461:
1.247 jufi 4462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4463: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4464: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4465: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4466: </strong></font><br>
4467: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4468: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4469: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4470: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4471: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4472: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4473: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4474: <p>
4475:
1.247 jufi 4476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4477: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4478: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4479: 2000
1.128 louis 4480: </strong></font><br>
4481:
4482: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4483: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4484: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4485: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4486: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4487: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4488: <p>
4489:
1.247 jufi 4490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4491: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4492: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4493: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4494:
4495: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4496: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4497: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4498: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4499: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4500: <p>
1.110 louis 4501:
1.247 jufi 4502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4503: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4504: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4505: </strong></font><br>
4506:
4507: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4508: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4509: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4510: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4511: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4512: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4513: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4514: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4515: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4516: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4517: <p>
4518:
1.247 jufi 4519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4520: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4521: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4522:
4523: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4524: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4525: <p>
1.108 louis 4526:
1.247 jufi 4527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4528: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4529: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4530: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4531:
4532: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4533: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4534: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4535: <p>
1.106 louis 4536:
1.247 jufi 4537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4538: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4539: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4540: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4541:
4542: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4543: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4544: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4545: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4546: <p>
1.107 louis 4547:
1.247 jufi 4548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4549: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4550: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4551: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4552:
4553: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4554: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4555: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4556: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4557: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4558: <p>
1.105 louis 4559:
1.247 jufi 4560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4561: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4562: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4563: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4564:
1.113 naddy 4565: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4566: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4567: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4568: <p>
1.104 louis 4569:
1.247 jufi 4570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4571: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4572: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4573: </strong></font><br>
4574:
4575: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4576: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4577: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4578: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4579: <p>
1.301 jose 4580:
4581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4582: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4583: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4584: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4585:
4586: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4587: hardware-supported cryptography.
4588: <p>
1.247 jufi 4589: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4590:
1.85 louis 4591: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4592: <ul>
1.85 louis 4593:
1.247 jufi 4594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4595: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4596: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4597: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4598:
4599: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4600: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4601: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4602: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4603: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4604: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4605: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4606: <p>
1.99 louis 4607:
1.247 jufi 4608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4609: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4610: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4611: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4612:
4613: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4614: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4615: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4616: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4617: <p>
1.100 louis 4618:
1.247 jufi 4619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4620: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4621: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4622: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4623:
4624: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4625: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4626: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4627: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4628: <p>
1.95 louis 4629:
1.247 jufi 4630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4631: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4632: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4633: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4634:
4635: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4636: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4637: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4638: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4639: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4640: <p>
1.92 louis 4641:
1.247 jufi 4642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4643: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4644: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4645: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4646:
4647: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4648: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4649: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4650: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4651: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4652: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4653: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4654: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4655: <p>
1.91 louis 4656:
1.247 jufi 4657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4658: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4659: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4660: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4661:
4662: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4663: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4664: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4665: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4666: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4667: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4668: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4669: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4670: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4671: <p>
1.90 louis 4672:
1.247 jufi 4673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4674: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4675: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4676: </strong></font><br>
4677: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4678: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4679: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4680: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4681: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4682: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4683: <p>
4684:
1.247 jufi 4685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4686: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4687: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4688: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4689:
1.113 naddy 4690: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4691: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4692: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4693: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4694: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4695: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4696: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4697: <p>
1.87 louis 4698:
1.247 jufi 4699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4700: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4701: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4702: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4703:
4704: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4705: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4706: <p>
1.85 louis 4707:
1.247 jufi 4708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4709: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4710: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4711: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4712:
4713: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4714: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4715: <p>
4716:
4717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4718: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4719: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4720: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4721:
4722: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4723: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4724: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4725: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4726: <p>
1.89 louis 4727:
1.247 jufi 4728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4729: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4730: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4731: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4732:
4733: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4734: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4735: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4736: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4737: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4738: </ul>
1.85 louis 4739:
1.78 deraadt 4740: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4741: <ul>
1.74 louis 4742:
1.247 jufi 4743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4744: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4745: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4746: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4747: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4748:
4749: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4750: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4751: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4752: <p>
1.83 louis 4753:
1.247 jufi 4754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4755: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4756: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4757: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4758:
4759: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4760: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4761: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4762: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4763: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4764: <p>
1.93 louis 4765:
1.247 jufi 4766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4767: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4768: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4769: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4770: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4771:
1.83 louis 4772: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4773: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4774: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4775: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4776: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4777: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4778: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4779: <p>
1.82 aaron 4780:
1.247 jufi 4781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4782: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4783: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4784: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4785:
1.83 louis 4786: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4787: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4788: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4789: <p>
1.80 louis 4790:
1.247 jufi 4791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4792: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4793: Bad Press</a>,
4794: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4795: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4796:
4797: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4798: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4799: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4800: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4801: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4802: <p>
1.247 jufi 4803: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4804:
4805: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4806: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4807:
1.247 jufi 4808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4809: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4810: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4811: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4812: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4813:
4814: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4815: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4816: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4817: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4818: <p>
1.74 louis 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4821: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4822: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4823: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4824:
1.219 horacio 4825: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4826: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4827: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4828: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4829: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4830: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4831: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4832: <p>
1.88 louis 4833:
1.247 jufi 4834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4835: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4836: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4837: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4838:
4839: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4840: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4841: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4842: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4843: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4844: <p>
1.81 louis 4845:
1.247 jufi 4846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4847: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4848: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4849: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4850:
4851: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4852: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4853: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4854: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4855: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4856: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4857: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4858: <p>
1.90 louis 4859:
1.247 jufi 4860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4861: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4862: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4863: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4864:
4865: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4866: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4867: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4868: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4869: <p>
1.247 jufi 4870: </ul>
1.71 louis 4871:
1.69 deraadt 4872: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4873: <ul>
1.70 louis 4874:
1.247 jufi 4875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4876: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4877: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4878: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4879:
4880: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4881: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4882: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4883: <p>
1.70 louis 4884:
1.247 jufi 4885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4886: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4887: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4888: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4889:
4890: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4891: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4892: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4893: <p>
1.68 louis 4894:
1.247 jufi 4895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4896: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4897: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4898: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4899: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4900:
1.111 jufi 4901: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4902: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4903: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4904: "secure by default" installation.
4905: <p>
1.64 louis 4906:
1.247 jufi 4907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4908: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4909: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4910: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4911:
1.113 naddy 4912: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4913: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4914: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4915: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4916: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4917: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4918: <p>
1.66 louis 4919:
1.247 jufi 4920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4921: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4922: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4923: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4924:
4925: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4926: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4927: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4928: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
4929: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 4930: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
4931: <p>
1.83 louis 4932:
1.247 jufi 4933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4934: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 4935: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4936: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4937:
4938: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 4939: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
4940: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 4941: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
4942: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 4943: <p>
1.64 louis 4944:
1.247 jufi 4945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4946: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 4947: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4948: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 4949:
4950: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
4951: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 4952: <p>
1.301 jose 4953:
4954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4955: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
4956: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
4957: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
4958: </strong></font><br>
4959:
4960: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
4961: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
4962: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
4963: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
4964: Giving way to
4965: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
4966: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
4967: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
4968: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
4969: <p>
1.247 jufi 4970: </ul>
1.65 louis 4971:
1.69 deraadt 4972: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4973: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4974:
1.247 jufi 4975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4976: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 4977: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4978: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4979:
4980: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
4981: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
4982: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
4983: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 4984: <p>
1.88 louis 4985:
1.247 jufi 4986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4987: <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 4988: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 4989:
4990: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 4991: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
4992: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 4993: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
4994: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 4995: <p>
1.60 louis 4996:
1.247 jufi 4997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4998: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 4999: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5000: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5001: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5002:
5003: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5004: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5005: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5006: <p>
1.58 louis 5007:
1.247 jufi 5008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5009: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5010: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5011:
5012: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5013: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5014: <p>
1.53 louis 5015:
1.247 jufi 5016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5017: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5018: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5019: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5020:
5021: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5022: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5023: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5024: <p>
1.99 louis 5025:
1.247 jufi 5026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5027: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5028: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5029:
5030: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5031: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5032: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5033: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5034: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5035:
1.247 jufi 5036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5037: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5038: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5039: </strong></font><br>
5040:
5041: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5042: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5043: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5044: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5045: <p>
5046:
1.247 jufi 5047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5048: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5049: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5050: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5051:
5052: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5053: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5054: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5055:
1.247 jufi 5056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5057: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5058: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5059:
5060: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5061: in
1.247 jufi 5062: <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 5063: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5064: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5065: <p>
1.53 louis 5066:
1.247 jufi 5067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5068: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5069: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5070: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5071: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5072:
1.58 louis 5073: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5074: <p>
1.301 jose 5075:
5076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5077: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5078: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5079: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5080: Informacyjny, January 2000
5081: </strong></font><br>
5082:
5083: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5084: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5085: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5086: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5087: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5088: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5089: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5090: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5091: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5092: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5093: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5094: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5095: <p>
5096:
5097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5098: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5099: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5100: </strong></font><br>
5101:
5102: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5103: <p>
5104: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5105:
1.69 deraadt 5106: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5107: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5108:
1.247 jufi 5109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5110: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5111: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5112: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5113: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5114:
1.58 louis 5115: Kurt Seifried
5116: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5117: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5118: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5119: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5120:
1.247 jufi 5121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5122: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5123: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5124: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5125:
5126: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5127: <p>
1.96 louis 5128:
1.247 jufi 5129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5130: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5131: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5132: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5133: </strong></font><br>
5134:
5135: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5136: <p>
5137:
5138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5139: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5140: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5141: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5142:
5143: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5144: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5145: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5146: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5147: <p>
1.247 jufi 5148: </ul>
1.86 louis 5149:
1.69 deraadt 5150: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5151: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5152:
1.247 jufi 5153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5154: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5155: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5156: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5157:
5158: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5159: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5160: <p>
1.61 louis 5161:
1.247 jufi 5162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5163: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5164: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5165: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5166: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5167:
5168: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5169: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5170: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5171: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5172: right -- or at least strives to".
5173: <p>
1.48 louis 5174:
1.247 jufi 5175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5176: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5177: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5178: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5179: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5180: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5181: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5182: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5183: <p>
1.61 louis 5184:
1.247 jufi 5185: <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 5186: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5187: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5188:
5189: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5190: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5191: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5192: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5193: <p>
1.46 louis 5194:
1.247 jufi 5195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5196: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5197: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5198: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5199:
5200: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5201: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5202: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5203:
1.247 jufi 5204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5205: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5206: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5207: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5208:
5209: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5210: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5211: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5212: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5213: <p>
1.247 jufi 5214: </ul>
1.70 louis 5215:
1.69 deraadt 5216: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5217: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5218:
1.247 jufi 5219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5220: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5221: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5222: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5223: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5224:
5225: Kurt Seifried
5226: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5227: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5228: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5229: <p>
1.44 philen 5230:
1.247 jufi 5231: <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 5232: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5233: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5234:
5235: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5236: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5237:
1.247 jufi 5238: <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 5239: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5240: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5241:
5242: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5243: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5244:
1.247 jufi 5245: <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 5246: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5247: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5248:
5249: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5250: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5251: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5252: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5253: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5254:
1.247 jufi 5255: <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 5256: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5257: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5258:
1.36 louis 5259: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5260: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5261:
1.247 jufi 5262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5263: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5264: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5265: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5266:
5267: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5268: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5269: </ul>
1.38 louis 5270:
1.69 deraadt 5271: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5272: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5273:
1.247 jufi 5274: <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 5275: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5276: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5277:
5278: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5279: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5280: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5281:
1.113 naddy 5282: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5283: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5284: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5285: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5286:
5287: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5288: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5289: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5290: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5291: <blockquote>
5292: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5293: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5294: <br>
5295: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5296: </code>
5297: </blockquote>
5298: <p>
5299:
1.247 jufi 5300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5301: <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 5302: <p>
5303:
5304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5305: <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 5306: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5307:
5308: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5309: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5310: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5311: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5312:
1.247 jufi 5313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5314: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5315: Sept. 28, 1999
5316: </strong></font><br>
5317:
5318: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5319: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5320: translating and reprinting articles from
5321: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5322: <p>
5323:
5324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5325: <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 5326: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5327:
5328: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5329: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5330: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5331: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5332: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5333: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5334: <p>
1.19 louis 5335:
1.113 naddy 5336: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5337: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5338: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5339:
5340: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5341: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5342: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5343: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5344: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5345: <p>
1.16 louis 5346:
1.247 jufi 5347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5348: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5349: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5350: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5351:
1.57 louis 5352: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5353: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5354: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5355: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5356:
1.247 jufi 5357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5358: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5359: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5360: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5361:
1.113 naddy 5362: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5363:
1.247 jufi 5364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5365: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5366: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5367: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5368:
1.23 louis 5369: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5370: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5371: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5372: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5373: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5374: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5375:
1.247 jufi 5376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5377: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5378: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5379: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5380:
1.199 pvalchev 5381: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5382: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5383: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5384: installation.
1.113 naddy 5385: <p>
1.47 louis 5386:
1.247 jufi 5387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5388: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5389: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5390: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5391:
1.301 jose 5392: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5393: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5394: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5395: </ul>
1.57 louis 5396:
1.69 deraadt 5397: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5398: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5399:
1.247 jufi 5400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5401: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5402: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5403: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5404:
5405: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5406: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5407: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5408: <p>
1.12 louis 5409:
1.247 jufi 5410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5411: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5412: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5413: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5414:
5415: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5416: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5417: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5418: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5419: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5420: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5421: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5422: <p>
1.247 jufi 5423: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5424:
1.69 deraadt 5425: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5426: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5427:
1.247 jufi 5428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5429: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5430: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5431:
5432: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5433: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5434: available."
1.113 naddy 5435: <p>
1.301 jose 5436:
5437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5438: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5439: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5440: </strong></font><br>
5441:
5442: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5443: <p>
1.247 jufi 5444: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5445:
1.69 deraadt 5446: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5447: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5448:
1.247 jufi 5449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5450: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5451: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5452:
5453: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5454: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5455: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5456: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5457: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5458: <p>
1.33 louis 5459:
1.247 jufi 5460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5461: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5462: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5463: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5464:
1.113 naddy 5465: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5466: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5467: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5468: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5469: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5470: <p>
1.247 jufi 5471: </ul>
1.57 louis 5472:
1.69 deraadt 5473: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5474: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5475:
1.247 jufi 5476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5477: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5478: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5479: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5480:
5481: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5482: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5483: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5484:
1.247 jufi 5485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5486: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5487: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5488: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5489: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5490:
5491: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5492: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5493:
1.247 jufi 5494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5495: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5496:
1.113 naddy 5497: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5498:
1.247 jufi 5499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5500: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5501: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5502: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5503:
5504: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5505: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5506: </ul>
1.23 louis 5507:
1.69 deraadt 5508: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5509: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5510:
1.247 jufi 5511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5512: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5513: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5514:
5515: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5516: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5517: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5518:
1.247 jufi 5519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5520: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5521: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5522: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5523:
5524: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5525: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5526: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5527: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5528: </ul>
1.57 louis 5529:
1.69 deraadt 5530: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5531: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5532:
1.247 jufi 5533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5534: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5535: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5536: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5537:
5538: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5539: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5540: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5541: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5542: <p>
1.15 louis 5543:
1.247 jufi 5544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5545: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5546: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5547: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5548:
5549: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5550: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5551: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5552: columns."
1.113 naddy 5553: <p>
1.247 jufi 5554: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5555:
1.69 deraadt 5556: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5557: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5558:
1.247 jufi 5559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5560: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5561: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5562: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5563:
5564: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5565: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5566:
1.113 naddy 5567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5568: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5569: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5570:
5571: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5572: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5573: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5574: </ul>
1.57 louis 5575:
1.69 deraadt 5576: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5577: <ul>
1.301 jose 5578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5579: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5580: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5581: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5582:
5583: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5584: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5585: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5586: <p>
5587:
5588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5589: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5590: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5591: Nov 13, 1998 and
5592: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5593: Datateknik</a>,
5594: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5595:
1.380 saad 5596: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5597: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5598: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5599: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5600: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5601:
1.113 naddy 5602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5603: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5604: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5605: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5606:
1.222 miod 5607: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5608: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5609: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5610: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5611: <p>
1.247 jufi 5612: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5613:
1.69 deraadt 5614: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5615: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5616:
1.247 jufi 5617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5618: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5619: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5620:
1.69 deraadt 5621: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5622: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5623: <p>
1.247 jufi 5624: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5625:
1.69 deraadt 5626: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5627: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5628:
1.247 jufi 5629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5630: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5631: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5632: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5633:
1.383 jcs 5634: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5635: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5636: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5637:
1.247 jufi 5638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5639: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5640: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5641: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5642: <p>
1.247 jufi 5643: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5644:
1.69 deraadt 5645: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5646: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5647:
1.247 jufi 5648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5649: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5650: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5651: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5652: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5653: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5654:
5655: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5656: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5657: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5658: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5659: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5660: <p>
1.247 jufi 5661: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5662:
5663: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5664: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5665:
1.247 jufi 5666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5667: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5668: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5669:
1.69 deraadt 5670: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5671: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5672: <p>
1.112 naddy 5673:
1.247 jufi 5674: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5675: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5676:
1.292 camield 5677: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5678: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5679: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.536 ! grunk 5680: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.535 2006/09/09 13:24:27 steven Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5681:
5682: </body>
5683: </html>