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1.539 ! ian 19: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
! 23: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
! 24: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
! 27: redistributable firmware from Intel.
! 28: <p>
! 29:
! 30: </ul>
! 31:
1.536 grunk 32: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
33: <ul>
34:
35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 36: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
37: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
38: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
41: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
42: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
43: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
44: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
45: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
46: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
47: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
48: for ages over these chipsets.
49: Quotes Theo as saying:
50: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
51: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
52: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
53: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
54: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
55: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
59: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
60: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
61: </strong></font><br>
62: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
63: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
64: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
65: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
66: <p>
67:
68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 69: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
70: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
71: </strong></font><br>
72: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
73: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
74: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
75: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
76: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
77: <p>
78:
1.537 ian 79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
80: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
81: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
82: </strong></font><br>
83: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
84: (the official release date is November 1).
85: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
86: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
87: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
88: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
89: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 91: <p>
92:
1.536 grunk 93: </ul>
94:
1.534 ian 95: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
96: <ul>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 99: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
100: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
101: </strong></font><br>
102: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
103: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
104: as a guest operating system under
105: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
106: or "virtualization" system.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 110: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
111: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
112: </strong></font><br>
113: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
114: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
115: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
116: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
117: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
118: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
119: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
120: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
121: <p>
122:
123: </ul>
124:
1.531 ian 125: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
126: <ul>
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
128: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
129: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
130: </strong></font><br>
131: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
132: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
133: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
134: The article quotes Theo as saying
135: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
136: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
137: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
138: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
139: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
140: and describes the funding issues as well.
141: <p>
142:
143: </ul>
144:
1.525 ian 145: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
146: <ul>
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 148: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 149: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
150: </strong></font><br>
151: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
152: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
153: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
154: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
155: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
156: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
157: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
158: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
159: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
160: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
161: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
162: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
163: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
164: <p>
165:
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 167: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 168: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
169: </strong></font><br>
170: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
171: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
172: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
173: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
174: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
175: <p>
176:
1.526 ian 177: </ul>
1.525 ian 178:
1.514 ian 179: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
180: <ul>
1.524 ian 181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
182: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
183: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
184: </strong></font><br>
185: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
186: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
187: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
188: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
189: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
190: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
191: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
192: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
193: to make them useful.
194: <p>
1.518 ian 195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 197: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 198: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
199: and
200: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 201: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 202: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 203: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 204: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 205: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
206: their plans for the week.
207: <p>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 210: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
211: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
212: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
213: </strong></font><br>
214: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
215: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
216: <p>
217:
218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 219: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
220: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
221: </strong></font><br>
222: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
223: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
224: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
225: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 226: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 227: (introduced with 3.9).
228: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
229: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
230: <p>
231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 233: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
234: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
235: </strong></font><br>
236: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
237: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
238: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
239: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
240: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
241: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
242: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
243: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
244: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
245: <p>
246:
247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
248: [GERMAN]
249: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
250: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
251: </strong></font><br>
252: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
253: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 254: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 255: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
256: is connected to OpenBSD.
257: <p>
258:
1.514 ian 259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
260: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
261: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
262: </strong></font><br>
263: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
264: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
265: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 266: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 267: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 268: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 269: running this project) is so important to Theo,
270: and even why he does mountain biking!
271: <p>
272:
273: </ul>
274:
1.503 ian 275: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
276: <ul>
277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 278: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
279: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
280: </strong></font><br>
281: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
282: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
283: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
284: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
285: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
286: <blockquote>
287: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
288: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
289: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
290: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
291: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
292: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
293: </blockquote>
294: This is just plain cool."
295: <p>
296:
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 298: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
299: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
300: </strong></font><br>
301: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
302: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
303: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 304: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 305: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
306: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
307: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
308: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
309: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
310: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 311: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 312: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
313: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
314: <p>
315:
316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 317: [GERMAN]
318: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
319: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
320: </strong></font><br>
321: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
322: are and why they are bad.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 326: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
327: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
328: </strong></font><br>
329: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
330: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
331: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
332: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
333: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
334: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
335: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
336: pages."
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 340: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
341: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
342: </strong></font><br>
343: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
344: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
345: and continues:
346: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
347: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
348: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
349: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
350: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
351: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
352: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
353: and more. Final thought:
354: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
355: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
356: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
357: true for business environments."
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 361: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 362: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 363: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 364: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
365: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
366: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 367: for funding.
1.509 djm 368: <p>
369:
370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 371: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
372: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
373: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
374: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
375: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
376: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
377: <p>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 380: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
381: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
382: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
383: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
384: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
385: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
386: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
387: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
388: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
389: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
390: <br/>
1.529 ian 391: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 392: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 393: hostsearch.com</a> and
394: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
395: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 399: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
400: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
401: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
402: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 403: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 404: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 405: is punctuated with examples.
406: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 407: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
408: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 409: and
1.535 steven 410: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 414: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
415: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
416: </strong></font><br>
417: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
418: further OpenSSH development.
419: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
420: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
421: project's funding needs for all time.
422: <p>
1.504 bernd 423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
424: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
425: April 3, 2006
426: </strong></font><br>
427: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
428: this could compromise future hackathons.
429: <p>
1.503 ian 430:
431: </ul>
432:
1.487 ian 433: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
434: <ul>
1.495 ian 435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 436: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 437: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 438: </strong></font><br>
439: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
440: on topics including "Puffy",
441: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
442: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
443: what's new in 3.9,
444: and of course project expenses.
445: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
446: <!--
447: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
448: -->
449: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
450: <p>
451:
452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 453: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
454: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
455: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 456: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
457: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 458: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
459: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
460: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
461: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
462: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
463: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
464: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
465: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
466: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
467: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
468: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
469: but Matzan does - is that
470: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
471: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
472: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
473: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
474: <br/>
475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
478: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
479: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
480: </strong></font><br>
481: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
482: "blob" drivers, and more.
483: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
484: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
485: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
486: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
487: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
488: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
489: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
490: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
491: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
492: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
493: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
494: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
495: <p>
496:
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 498: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
499: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
500: </strong></font><br>
501: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
502: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
503: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
504: in general temperature and environmental issues.
505: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
506: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
507: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
508: other major operating systems." ...
509: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
510: machines running in
511: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
512: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
513: <p>
514:
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
516: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
517: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
518: </strong></font><br>
519: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
520: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
521: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
522: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
523: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
524: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
525: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
526: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
527: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
528: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
529: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
530: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
531: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
532: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
533: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
534: <p>
535:
1.487 ian 536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 537: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
538: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
539: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 540: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 541: financial situation.
542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 545: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
546: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
547: </strong></font><br>
548: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
549: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
550: produce our favorite operating system.
551: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
552: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
553: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
554: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
555: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 556: <br/>
557: Also online at
558: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
562: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
563: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
564: </strong></font><br>
565: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
566: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
567: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
568: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
569: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
570: sustain indefinitely."
571: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
572: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
573: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
574: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
575: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 576: <p>
577:
578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 579: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
580: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
581: </strong></font><br>
582: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
583: with a reminder that
584: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
585: used nowadays almost everywhere."
586: Ends with this quote from Marco:
587: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
588: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
589: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
590: <p>
591:
592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 593: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 594: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
595: </strong></font><br>
596: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
597: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
598: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
599: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
600: a few of them each year.
601: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
602: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
603: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
604: to the OpenBSD project.
605: It's time for them to do so.
606: <p>
607:
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 609: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
610: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
611: </strong></font><br>
612: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
613: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
614: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
615: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
616: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
617: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
618: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
619: <p>
620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 622: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
623: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 624: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
625: <!-- North America mirror:
626: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
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1.490 deraadt 628: European mirror:
629: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
630: <br>
631: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 632: <p>
633:
634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 635: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
636: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 637: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 638: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
639: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
640: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
641: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
642: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
643: designed to provide reliability and security.
644: <p>
645:
646: </ul>
647:
1.485 ian 648: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
649: <ul>
650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 651: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
652: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
653: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 654: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 655: installations in about four minutes flat".
656: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
657: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 658: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 659: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
660: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
661: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
662: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
663: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
664: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
665: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
666: the steps in the article.
667: <p>
668:
669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 670: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
671: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
672: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
673: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
674: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
675: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
676: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
677: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
678: happening in real life.
679: <p>
680:
681: </ul>
682:
1.492 ian 683: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
684: <ul>
685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
686: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
687: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
688: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
689: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
690: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
691: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 692: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 693: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
694: </ul>
695:
1.483 ian 696: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
697: <ul>
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 699: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
700: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
701: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
702: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
703: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
704: <p>
705:
706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 707: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 708: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
709: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
710: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
711: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
712: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
713: to sites with more information on most topics.
714: <p>
715:
716: </ul>
717:
718:
1.479 grunk 719: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
720: <ul>
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 722: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 723: Goes to Venice</a>,
724: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 725: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 726: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
727: <br/>
728: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
729: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
730: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 731: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 732: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
733: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
734: Contains a link to
735: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
736: pval's summary slides</a>.
737: <p>
738:
739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 740: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
741: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
742: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
743: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
744: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
745: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
746: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
747: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 748: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 749: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
750: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
751: the packages and ports system"</i>.
752: <p>
753:
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
755: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
756: Return of The BSDs</a>,
757: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
758: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
759: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
760: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
761: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
762: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
763: quotes from Bob Beck.
764: <p>
765:
766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 767: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
768: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
769: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 770: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
771: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 772: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
773: and Linux.<br>
774: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
775: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
776: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
777: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
778: of the release
779: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
780: <p>
781: </ul>
782:
1.476 ian 783: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
784: <ul>
785:
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
787: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
788: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
789: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
790: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
791: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
792: and too unreliable.
793: This quote will rattle some cages:
794: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
795: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
796: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
797: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
798: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
799: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
800: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
801: costs without any commercial lock-in."
802: <p>
803:
1.477 saad 804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
805: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
806: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
807: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
808: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
809: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
810: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
811: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
812: discussion about future plans.
813: <p>
814:
1.478 grunk 815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
816: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
817: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
818: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
819: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
820: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
821: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
822: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
823: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
824: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
825: <p>
826:
1.476 ian 827: </ul>
828:
1.470 saad 829: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
830: <ul>
831:
832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 833: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
834: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
835: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
836: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
837: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
838: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
839: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
840: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
841: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
842: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 846: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
847: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
848: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
849: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
850: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
851: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
852: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
853: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
854: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
855: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
856: <p>
857:
858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 859: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
860: Big debate over small packets</a>,
861: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
862: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
863: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
864: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
865: draft.
866: <p>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 869: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
870: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
871: ordinateur ?"</a>,
872: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
873: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
874: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
875: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
876: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
877: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
878: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 882: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
883: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
884: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
885: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
886: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
887: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
888: performance data with pfstat.
889: <p>
890:
891: </ul>
892:
1.461 grunk 893: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
894: <ul>
895:
896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 897: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
898: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 899: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 900: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
901: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
902: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 903: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 904: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 905: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
906: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
907: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 908: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
909: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 910: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 911: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
912: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 913: <p>
914:
915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 916: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
917: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 918: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 919: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
920: poor security:
1.467 grunk 921: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 922: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 923: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 924: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
925: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
926: <p>
927:
928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 929: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
930: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 931: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 932: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
933: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 934: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
935: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
936: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
937: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
938: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
939: commercial vendors.
940: <p>
941:
942: </ul>
943:
1.454 ian 944: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
945: <ul>
1.468 grunk 946:
947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
948: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
949: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
950: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
951: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
952: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
953: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 954: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 955: <br>
956: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
957: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
958: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
959: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
960: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 961: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 962: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
963: <p>
964:
1.454 ian 965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 966: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
967: Free Bird</a>,
968: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
969: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
970: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
971: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
972: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
973: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
974: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
975: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
976: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
977: room will only be available in the print edition.
978: <p>
1.459 deraadt 979:
1.458 niallo 980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 981: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
982: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
983: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
984: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
985: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
986: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
987: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
988: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
989: <p>
1.457 deraadt 990:
1.456 niallo 991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 992: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 993: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
994: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
995: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
996: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
997: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
998: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 999: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1000: interview.</a>
1001: <p>
1002:
1003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1004: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1005: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1006: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1007: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1008: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1009: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1010: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1011: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1012: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1013: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1014: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1015: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1016: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1017: "I have never used it."
1018: <p>
1019:
1020: </ul>
1021:
1.441 deraadt 1022: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1023: <ul>
1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1025: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1026: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1027: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1028: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1029: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1030: future enhancements.
1031: <p>
1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1034: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1035: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1036: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1037: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1038: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1039: North America mirror:
1040: <ul>
1.452 marco 1041: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1042: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1043: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1044: </ul>
1045: European mirror:
1046: <ul>
1.452 marco 1047: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1048: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1049: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1050: </ul>
1051: <p>
1052:
1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1054: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1055: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1056: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1057: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1058: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1059: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1060: <p>
1061:
1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1063: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1064: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1065: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1066: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1067: first-hand account.
1068: <p>
1069:
1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1071: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1072: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1073: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1074: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1075: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1076: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1077: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1078: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1079: <p>
1080:
1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1082: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1083: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1084: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1085: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1086: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1087: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1088: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1089: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1090: <p>
1091:
1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1093: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1094: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1095: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1096: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1097: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1098: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1099: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1100: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1101: <p>
1102:
1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1104: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1105: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1106: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1107: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1108: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1109: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1110: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1111: <p>
1112:
1113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1114: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1115: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1116: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1117: </strong></font><br>
1118: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1119: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1120: with OpenBSD.
1121: </ul>
1122:
1.436 henning 1123: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1124: <ul>
1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1126: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1127: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1128: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1129: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1130: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1131: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1132: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1133: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1134: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1135: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1136: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1137: <p>
1138: This article can also be found online as
1139: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1140: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1141: <p>
1142:
1143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1144: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1147: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1148: <p>
1149:
1150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1151: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1152: </strong></font><br>
1153: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1154: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1155: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1156: the issues we had with IETF.
1157: </ul>
1158:
1.431 ian 1159: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1160: <ul>
1161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1162: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1163: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1164: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1165: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1166: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1167: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1168: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1169: <p>
1170:
1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1172: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1173: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1174: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1175: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1176: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1177: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1178: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1179: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1180: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1181: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1182: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1183: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1184: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1185: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1186: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1187:
1188: </ul>
1189:
1.427 matthieu 1190: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1191: <ul>
1192:
1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1194: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1195: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1196: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1197: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1198: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1199: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1200: firmware.
1.434 ian 1201: Similar articles can be found online at:
1202: <ul>
1203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1204: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1205: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1206: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1208: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1209: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1210: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1212: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1213: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1214: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1216: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1217: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1218: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1219: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1220: </ul>
1221:
1.426 ian 1222: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1223: <ul>
1224:
1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1226: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1227: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1228: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1229: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1230: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1231: mechanism: what it is and why and
1232: how to use it, with examples.
1233: Another excerpt from the book
1234: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1235: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1236: <p>
1237:
1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1239: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1240: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1241: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1242: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1243: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1244: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1245: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1246: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1247: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1248: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1249: This article is a sample chapter from
1250: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1251: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1252: <p>
1.443 ian 1253:
1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1255: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1256: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1257: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1258: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1259: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1260: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1261: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1262: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1263: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1264: ends with a sidebar on security.
1265: <p>
1.426 ian 1266: </ul>
1267:
1.424 ian 1268: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1269: <ul>
1270:
1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1272: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1273: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1274: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1275: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1276: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1277: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1278: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1279: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1280: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1281: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1282: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1283: <p>
1284: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1285: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1286: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1287: <p>
1288:
1289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1290: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1291: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1292: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1293: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1294: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1295: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1296: operating systems.
1297: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1298: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1299: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1300: systems, he writes:
1301: <blockquote>
1302: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1303: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1304: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1305: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1306: to the operating system...
1307: <br/>
1308: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1309: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1310: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1311: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1312: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1313: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1314: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1315: in a closed source operating system).
1316: <br/>
1317: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1318: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1319: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1320: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1321: </blockquote>
1322: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1323: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1324: their hardware and software operates.
1325: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1326: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1327: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1328: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1329: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1330: <p>
1331: </ul>
1332:
1.417 pvalchev 1333: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1334: <ul>
1.421 ian 1335:
1.417 pvalchev 1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1337: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1338: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1339: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1340: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1341: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1342: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1343: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1344: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1345: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1346: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1347: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1348: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1349: <p>
1350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1351: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1352: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1353: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1354: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1355: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1356: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1357: it claims to do".
1358: <p>
1359:
1360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1361: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1362: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1363: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1364: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1365: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1366: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1367: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1368: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1369: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1370: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1371: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1372: (yes, this is a hint).
1373: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1374: picked up on the
1375: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1376: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1377: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1378: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1379: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1380: <p>
1381:
1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1383: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1384: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1385: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1386: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1387: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1388: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1389: the current efforts.
1390: <p>
1391: </ul>
1392:
1.407 henning 1393: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1394: <ul>
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1396: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1397: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1398: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1399: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1400: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1401: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1402: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1403: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1404: <p>
1405:
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1407: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1408: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1409: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1410: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1411: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1412: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1413: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1414: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1415: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1416: <p>
1.415 ian 1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1419: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1420: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1421: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1422: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1423: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1424: overflow attacks... because
1425: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1426: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1427: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1428: and propolice.
1429: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1430: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1431: and that's when the science falls apart."
1432: <p>
1433:
1434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1435: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1436: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1437: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1438: Starts with the question:
1439: <blockquote>
1440: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1441: <br/>
1442: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1443: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1444: <br/>
1445: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1446: Should we believe them?"
1447: </blockquote>
1448: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1449: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1450: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1451: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1452: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1453: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1454: <p>
1455:
1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1457: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1458: Simple Simon</a>,
1459: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1460: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1461: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1462: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1463: routing/firewall, and more.
1464: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1465: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1466: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1467: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1468: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1469: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1470: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1471: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1472: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1473: </blockquote>
1474: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1475: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1476: <p>
1477:
1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1479: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1480: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1481: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1482: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1483: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1484: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1485: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1486: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1487: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1488: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1489: in spite of it
1490: (registration required, but worth it).
1491: <p>
1492:
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1494: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1495: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1496: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1497: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1498: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1499: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1500: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1501: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1502: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1503: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1504: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1505: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1506: <p>
1507:
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1509: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1510: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1511: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1512: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1513: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1514: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1515: <blockquote>
1516: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1517: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1518: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1519: a lot of analysis.
1520: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1521: </blockquote>
1522: <p>
1523: </ul>
1524:
1.400 marco 1525: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1526: <ul>
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1528: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1529: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1530: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1531: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1532: UNIX-like systems.
1533: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1534: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1535: <p>
1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1537: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1538: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1539: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1540: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1541: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1542: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1543: At one point, the article states:
1544: <blockquote>
1545: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1546: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1547: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1548: </blockquote>
1549: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1550: <blockquote>
1551: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1552: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1553: </blockquote>
1554: <p>
1555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1556: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1557: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1558: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1559: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1560: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1561: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1562: required).
1563: <p>
1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1565: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1566: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1567: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1568: </strong></font><br>
1569: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1570: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1571: <p>
1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1573: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1574: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1575: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1576: </strong></font><br>
1577: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1578: <p>
1579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1580: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1581: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1582: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1583: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1584: 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 1585: <p>
1586: </ul>
1587:
1.396 henning 1588: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1589: <ul>
1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1591: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1592: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1593: Unix Review, July, 2004
1594: </strong></font><br>
1595: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1596: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1597: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1598: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1599: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1600: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1601: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1602: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1603: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1604: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1605: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1606: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1607: and even spelling/wording errors.
1608: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1609: <p>
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1611: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1612: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1613: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1614: </strong></font><br>
1615: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1616: <p>
1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1618: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1619: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1620: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1621: </strong></font><br>
1622: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1623: <p>
1624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1625: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1626: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1627: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1628: </strong></font><br>
1629: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1630: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1631: <p>
1632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1633: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1634: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1635: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1636: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1637: <p>
1638: </ul>
1639:
1.405 jolan 1640: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1641: <ul>
1642: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1643: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1644: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1645: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1646: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1647: details on how funds are dispersed.
1648: <p>
1649: </ul>
1650:
1.393 david 1651: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1652: <ul>
1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1654: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1655: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1656: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1657: </strong></font><br>
1658: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1659: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1660: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1661: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1662: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1663: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1664: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1665: <p>
1666:
1667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1668: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1669: Secure by Default</a>,
1670: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1671: </strong></font><br>
1672: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1673: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1674: <p>
1675:
1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1677: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1678: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1679: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1680: </strong></font><br>
1681: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1682: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1683: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1684: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1685: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1686: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1687: <p>
1688:
1689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1690: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1691: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1692: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1693: </strong></font><br>
1694: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1695: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1696: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1697: <p>
1698:
1699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1700: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1701: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1702: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1703: </strong></font><br>
1704: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1705: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1706: <p>
1707: </ul>
1708:
1.388 mcbride 1709: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1710: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1711:
1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1713: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1714: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1715: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1716: </strong></font><br>
1717: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1718: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1719: available for sparc64.
1720: <p>
1721:
1.390 beck 1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1723: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1724: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1725: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1726: </strong></font><br>
1727: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1728: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1729: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1730: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1731: <p>
1732:
1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1734: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1735: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1736: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1737: </strong></font><br>
1738: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1739: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1740: it does: CARP provides sharing
1741: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1742: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1743: detail to get you started using it.
1744: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1745: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1746: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1747: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1748: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1749: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1750: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1751: <p>
1.391 ian 1752:
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1754: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1755: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1756: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1757: </strong></font><br>
1758: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1759: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1760: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1761: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1762:
1763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1764: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1765: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1766: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1767: </strong></font><br>
1768: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1769: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1770: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1771: unencumbered by patents.
1772: <p>
1773: </ul>
1774:
1.378 henning 1775: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1776: <ul>
1.384 jose 1777:
1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1779: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1780: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1781: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1782: </strong></font><br>
1783: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1784: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1785: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1786: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1787: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1788: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1789: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1790: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1791: in the page tables."
1792: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1793: <p>
1794:
1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1796: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1797: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1798: </strong></font><br>
1799: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1800: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1801: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1802: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1803: <p>
1.384 jose 1804:
1.378 henning 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1806: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1807: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1808: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1809: </strong></font><br>
1810: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1811: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1812: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1813: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1814: (quote:
1815: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1816: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1817: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1818: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1819: the other developers for their work on the system.
1820: <p>
1821:
1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1823: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1824: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1825: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1826: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1827: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1828: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1829: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1830: too.
1831: <p>
1832:
1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1834: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1835: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1836: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1837: OpenBSD source code using
1838: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1839: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1840: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1841: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1842: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1843: <p>
1844: </ul>
1845:
1.374 jose 1846: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1847: <ul>
1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1849: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1850: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1851: </strong></font><br>
1852: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1853: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1854: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1855: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1856: it."
1857: <p>
1858:
1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1860: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1861: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1862: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1863: </strong></font><br/>
1864: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1865: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1866: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1867: <p>
1868: </ul>
1869:
1.369 ian 1870: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1871: <ul>
1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1873: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1874: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1875: </strong></font><br/>
1876: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1877: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1878: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1879: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1880: <p>
1881:
1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1883: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1884: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1885: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1886: </strong></font><br/>
1887: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1888: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1889: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1890: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1891: form factor.
1892: <p>
1893:
1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1895: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1896: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1897: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1898: Features</a>,
1899: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1900: </strong></font><br/>
1901: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1902: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1903: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1904: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1905: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1906: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1907: <p>
1908: This article can also be found online at:
1909: <ul>
1910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1911: <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 1912: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1913: </strong></font>
1914: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1915: </ul>
1916: <p>
1.392 david 1917:
1.371 jose 1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1919: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1920: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1921: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1922: </strong></font><br/>
1923: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1924: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1925: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1926: <p>
1.371 jose 1927:
1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1929: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1930: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1931: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1932: </strong></font><br/>
1933: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1934: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1935: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1936: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1937: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1938: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1939: and its history with OpenBSD.
1940: </ul>
1941:
1.368 henning 1942: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1943: <ul>
1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1945: [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 1946: </strong></font><br>
1947: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1948: </ul>
1949:
1.364 jose 1950: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1951: <ul>
1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1953: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1954: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1955: UNIX Review,
1956: July, 2003.
1957: </strong></font><br>
1958: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
1959: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
1960: who want more information.
1961: <p>
1962:
1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 1964: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
1965: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
1966: Government Computer News,
1967: July 22, 2003.
1968: </strong></font><br>
1969: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
1970: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
1971: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
1972: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
1973: <p>
1974:
1975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1976: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
1977: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
1978: SANS Institute,
1979: July 22, 2003.
1980: </strong></font><br>
1981: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 1982: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 1983: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
1984: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
1985: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
1986: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
1987: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
1988: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
1989: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
1990: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
1991: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
1992: <p>
1993:
1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 1995: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
1996: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
1997: OnLamp.com,
1998: July 17, 2003.
1999: </strong></font><br>
2000: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2001: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2002: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2003: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2004: have been working on.
2005:
2006: </ul>
2007:
1.356 jose 2008: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2009: <ul>
2010:
2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2012: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2013: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2014: UNIX Review,
2015: June, 2003.
2016: </strong></font><br>
2017: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2018: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2019: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2020: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2021: <p>
2022:
2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2024: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2025: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2026: eWeek,
2027: June 23, 2003.
2028: </strong></font><br>
2029: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2030: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2031: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2032: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2033: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2034: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2035: <p>
2036:
2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2038: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2039: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2040: Software Development Online,
2041: June, 2003.
2042: </strong></font><br>
2043: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2044: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2045: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2046: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2047: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2048: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2049: current activities.
2050: <p>
2051:
2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2053: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2054: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2055: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2056: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2057: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2058: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2059: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2060: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2061: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2062: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2063: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2064: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2065: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2066: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2067: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2068: decisions.
2069: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2070: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2071: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2072: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2073: <p>
2074:
2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2076: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2077: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2078: Page 58, eWeek,
2079: June 2, 2003.
2080: </strong></font><br>
2081: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2082: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2083: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2084: been addressed in -current.
2085: <p>
2086:
1.356 jose 2087: </ul>
2088:
2089: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2090: <ul>
2091:
1.355 jose 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2093: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2094: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2095: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2096: </strong></font><br>
2097: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2098: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2099: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2100: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2101: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2102: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2103: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2104: <p>
2105:
2106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2107: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2108: Beyond Linux</a>,
2109: InfoWorld,
2110: May 23, 2003.
2111: </strong></font><br>
2112: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2113: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2114: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2115: compared to the GPL.
2116: <p>
2117:
2118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2119: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2120: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2121: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2122: May 17, 2003.
2123: </strong></font><br>
2124: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2125: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2126: the business section and half of another page inside
2127: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2128: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2129: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2130: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2131: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2132: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2133: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2134: <br>
2135: This article can also be found online at:
2136: <ul>
2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2138: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2139: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2140: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2141: May 17, 2003
2142: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2143: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2145: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2146: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2147: Montreal Gazette,
2148: May 21, 2003
2149: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2150: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2151: <p>
1.346 ian 2152:
2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2154: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2155: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2156: May 7, 2003.
2157: </strong></font><br>
2158: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2159: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2160: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2161: <p>
2162:
2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2164: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2165: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2166: OsOpinion,
2167: May 6, 2003.
2168: </strong></font><br>
2169: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2170: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2171: <br>
2172: This article can also be found online at:
2173: <ul>
2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2175: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2176: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2177: NewsFactor Network.
2178: </strong></font>
2179: </ul>
2180: <p>
2181:
2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2183: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2184: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2185: ITBusiness,
2186: May 2, 2003.
2187: </strong></font><br>
2188: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2189: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2190: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2191: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2192: <p>
2193:
2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2195: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2196: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2197: InfoWorld,
2198: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2199: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2200: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2201: <br>
2202: This article can also be found online at:
2203: <ul>
2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2205: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2206: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2207: IDG Singapore.
2208: </strong></font>
2209: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2210: <p>
2211:
1.339 jose 2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2213: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2214: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2215: ZDNet,
2216: May 1, 2003.
2217: </strong></font><br>
2218: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2219: someone using parts from previous articles.
2220: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2221: This article can also be found online at:
2222: <ul>
2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2224: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2225: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2226: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2227: </strong></font>
2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2229: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2230: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2231: CNET News.com.
2232: </strong></font>
2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2234: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2235: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2236: ZDNet UK.
2237: </strong></font>
2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2239: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2240: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2241: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2242: </strong></font>
2243: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2244: <p>
1.339 jose 2245:
1.341 deraadt 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2247: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2248: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2249: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2250: May 1, 2003.
2251: </strong></font><br>
2252: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2253: that have been added
2254: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2255: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2256: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2257: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2258: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2259: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2260: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2261: <p>
2262:
2263: </ul>
2264:
1.253 ian 2265: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2266: <ul>
1.255 ian 2267:
1.260 ian 2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2269: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2270: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2271: TechRepublic,
2272: April 28, 2003.
2273: </strong></font><br>
2274: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2275: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2276: work.<br>
2277: Can also be found online at:
2278: <ul>
2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2280: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2281: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2282: ZDNet UK.
2283: </strong></font>
2284: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2285: <p>
2286:
2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2288: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2289: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2290: IDG,
2291: April 24, 2003.
2292: </strong></font><br>
2293: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2294: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2295: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2296: Can also be found online at:
2297: <ul>
2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2299: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2300: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2301: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2302: </strong></font>
2303: </ul>
2304: <p>
2305:
2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2307: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2308: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2309: Slate,
2310: April 24, 2003.
2311: </strong></font><br>
2312: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2313: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2314: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2315: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2316: <p>
2317:
2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2319: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2320: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2321: April 24, 2003.
2322: </strong></font><br>
2323: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2324: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2325: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2326: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2327: <p>
2328:
2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2330: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2331: April 24, 2003.
2332: </strong></font><br>
2333: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2334: the free software community".
2335: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2336: other articles.
2337: <p>
2338:
2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2340: <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 2341: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2342: </strong></font><br>
2343: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2344: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2345: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2346: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2347: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2348: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2349: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2350: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2351: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2352: <br/>
2353: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2354: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2355: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2356: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2357: <br>
2358: Can also be found online at:
2359: <ul>
2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2361: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2362: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2363: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2364: </strong></font>
2365: </ul>
1.324 ian 2366: <p>
2367:
2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2369: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2370: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2371: </strong></font><br>
2372: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2373: article above.
2374: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2375: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2376: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2377: <br>
2378: Can also be found online at:
2379: <ul>
2380: <li>
2381: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2382: </strong></font>
2383: </ul>
1.324 ian 2384: <p>
2385:
2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2387: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2388: </strong></font><br>
2389: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2390: <p>
2391:
2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2393: <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.
2394: </strong></font><br>
2395: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2396: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2397: <p>
2398:
2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2400: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2401: April 23, 2003.
2402: </strong></font><br>
2403: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2404: <p>
2405:
2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2407: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2408: April 22, 2003.
2409: </strong></font><br>
2410: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2411: <p>
2412:
2413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2414: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2415: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2416: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2417: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2418: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2419: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2420: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2421: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2422: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2423: Can also be found online at:
2424: <ul>
2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2426: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2427: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2428: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2429: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2431: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2432: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2433: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2434: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2435: </ul>
2436: <p>
2437:
2438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2439: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2440: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2441: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2442: </strong></font><br>
2443: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2444: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2445: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2446: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2447: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2448: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2449: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2450: <p>
2451:
2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2453: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2454: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2455: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2456: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2457: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2458: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2459: at UPenn and DARPA.
2460: <p>
2461:
2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2463: [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,
2464: France
1.315 deraadt 2465: April 18, 2003.
2466: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2467: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2468: <p>
2469:
2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2471: [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 2472: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2473: </strong></font><br>
2474: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2475: <p>
2476:
2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2478: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2479: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2480: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2481: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2482: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2483: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2484: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2485: <p>
2486:
2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2488: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2489: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2490: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2491: </strong></font><br>
2492: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2493: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2494: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2495: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2496: <p>
2497:
2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2499: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2500: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2501: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2502: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2503: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2504: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2505: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2506: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2507: Can also be found online at:
2508: <ul>
2509: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2510: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2511: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2512: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2513: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2514: <p>
2515:
2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2517: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2518: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2519: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2520: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2521: </strong></font><br>
2522: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2523: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2524: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2525: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2526: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2527:
2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2529: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2530: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2531: New York Times.
2532: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2533:
1.273 deraadt 2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2535: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2536: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2537: ABC News.
2538: </strong></font>
2539:
2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2541: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2542: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2543: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2544: </strong></font>
2545:
2546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2547: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2548: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2549: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2550: </strong></font>
2551:
2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2553: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2554: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2555: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2556: </strong></font>
2557:
2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2559: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2560: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2561: Times Daily, AL.
2562: </strong></font>
2563:
2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2565: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2566: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2567: Boston.com, MA.
2568: </strong></font>
2569:
2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2571: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2572: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2573: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2574: </strong></font>
2575:
2576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2577: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2578: [Article was pulled]</a>
2579: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2580: </strong></font>
2581:
2582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2583: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2584: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2585: Infoshop News.
2586: </strong></font>
2587:
2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2589: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2590: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2591: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2592: </strong></font>
2593:
2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2595: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2596: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2597: Raleigh News, NC.
2598: </strong></font>
2599:
2600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2601: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2602: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2603: Napa News, CA.
2604: </strong></font>
2605:
2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2607: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2608: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2609: NEPA News, PA.
2610: </strong></font>
2611:
2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2613: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2614: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2615: Wired News.
2616: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2617: <br>
2618: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2619: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2620: [JAPANESE]
2621: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2622: Wired News Japan</a>
2623: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2624:
1.271 deraadt 2625: </ul>
2626: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2627: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2628: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2629: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2630: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2631: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2632: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2633: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2634: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2635: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2636: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2637: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2638: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2639: <p>
2640: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2641:
2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2643: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2644: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2645: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2646: </strong></font>
2647:
2648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2649: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2650: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2651: Miami Herald, FL.
2652: </strong></font>
2653:
2654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2655: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2656: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2657: </strong></font>
2658:
2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2660: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2661: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2662: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2663: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2664:
2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2666: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2667: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2668: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2669: ABC News.
2670: </strong></font>
2671:
1.276 deraadt 2672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2673: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2674: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2675: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2676: </strong></font>
2677:
1.286 dhartmei 2678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2679: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2680: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2681: Wilmington Star, NC.
2682: </strong></font>
2683:
1.300 jose 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2685: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2686: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2687: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2688: </strong></font>
2689:
1.309 jose 2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2691: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2692: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2693: Globe Technology.
2694: </strong></font>
2695:
1.263 deraadt 2696: </ul>
1.262 beck 2697: <p>
2698:
2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2700: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2701: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2702: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2703: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2704: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2705: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2706: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2707: <p>
2708:
2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2710: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2711: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2712: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2713: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2714: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2715: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2716: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2717: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2718: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2719: and simply restates other press reports.
2720: <p>
2721:
2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2723: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2724: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2725: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2726: </strong></font><br>
2727: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2728: <p>
2729:
2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2731: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2732: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2733: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2734: </strong></font><br>
2735: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2736: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2737: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2738: <p>
2739:
2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2741: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2742: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2743: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2744: April 17, 2003.
2745: </strong></font><br>
2746: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2747: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2748: Tech Anthems</a>
2749: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2750: 4 so far.
2751: <p>
2752:
2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2754: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2755: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2756: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2757: </strong></font><br>
2758: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2759: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2760: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2761: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2762: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2763: Goes on to say:
2764: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2765: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2766: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2767: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2768: This article is also found online at:
2769: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2771: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2772: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2773: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2774: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2776: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2777: ZDnet</a>,
2778: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2779: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2781: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2782: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2783: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2784: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2785: </ul>
1.260 ian 2786: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2787:
1.260 ian 2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2789: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2790: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2791: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2792: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2793: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2794: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2795: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2796: without notice or justification.
2797: <p>
2798:
2799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2800: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2801: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2802: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2803: </strong></font><br>
2804: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2805: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2806: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2807: effective today, without any warning..."
2808: <p>
1.257 ian 2809:
2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2811: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2812: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2813: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2814: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2815: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2816: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2817: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2818: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2819: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2820: <p>
2821:
2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2823: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2824: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2825: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2826: </strong></font><br>
2827: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2828: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2829: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2830: quoting two of them:
2831: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2832: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2833: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2834: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2835: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2836: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2837: <p>
2838:
1.255 ian 2839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2840: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2841: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2842: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2843: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2844: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2845: <p>
2846:
2847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2848: [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 2849: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2850: </strong></font><br>
2851: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2852: <p>
2853:
2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2855: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2856: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2857: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2858: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2859: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2860: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2861: security experts for more than three decades."
2862: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2863: <p>
1.261 ian 2864:
1.254 drahn 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2866: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2867: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2868: </strong></font><br>
2869: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2870: <p>
2871:
2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2873: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2874: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2875: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2876: </strong></font><br>
2877: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2878: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2879: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2880: <p>
2881:
2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2883: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2884: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2885: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2886: </strong></font><br>
2887: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2888: from US DARPA.
2889: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2890: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2891: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2892: the BSD license.
2893: <p>
2894: </ul>
2895:
1.251 ian 2896: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2897: <ul>
2898:
2899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2900: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2901: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2902: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2903: </strong></font><br>
2904:
2905: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2906: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2907: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2908: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2909: <p>
2910:
2911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2912: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2913: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2914: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2915: </strong></font><br>
2916: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2917: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2918: Mentions
2919: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2920: and
2921: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2922: programs.
2923: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2924: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2925: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2926: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2927: <p>
1.325 ian 2928: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2929: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2930:
2931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2932: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2933: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2934: </strong></font><br>
2935: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2936: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2937: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2938: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2939: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2940: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2941: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2942: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2943: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2944: put into service."
2945: <p>
2946: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2947: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2948: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2949: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2950: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2951: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2952: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2953: computers with security features."
2954: <p>
1.329 ian 2955:
2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2957: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2958: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
2959: Slate,
2960: March 3, 2003.
2961: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 2962: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 2963: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
2964: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
2965: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
2966: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
2967: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
2968: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
2969: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
2970: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
2971: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
2972: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
2973: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
2974: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
2975: of more secure open-source solutions like
2976: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
2977: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
2978: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
2979: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
2980: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
2981: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
2982: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
2983: the Beltway."
2984: <p>
1.251 ian 2985: </ul>
2986:
1.249 jufi 2987: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
2988: <ul>
2989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2990: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
2991: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2992: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 2993: </strong></font><br>
2994: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
2995: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 2996: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 2997: <p>
1.334 ian 2998:
2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3000: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3001: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3002: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3003: </strong></font><br>
3004: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3005: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3006: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3007: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3008: "... the hypothetical question ...
3009: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3010: <br>
3011: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3012: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3013: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3014: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3015: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3016: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3017: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3018: support network security.
3019: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3020: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3021: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3022: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3023: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3024: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3025: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3026: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3027: <br>
3028: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3029: <p>
3030:
1.249 jufi 3031: </ul>
3032:
1.246 jufi 3033: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3034: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3035:
1.247 jufi 3036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3037: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3038: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3039: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3040: </strong></font><br>
3041: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3042: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3043: <p>
3044:
1.247 jufi 3045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3046: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3047: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3048: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3049: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3050: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3051: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3052: <p>
3053:
3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3055: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3056: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3057: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3058: </strong></font><br>
3059: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3060: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3061: <p>
1.247 jufi 3062: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3063:
1.244 jufi 3064: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3065: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3068: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3069: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3070: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3071: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3072: </strong></font><br>
3073: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3074: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3075: md5 digests.
3076: <p>
3077:
1.247 jufi 3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3079: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3080: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3081: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3082: </strong></font><br>
3083: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3084: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3085: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3086: right the first time."
3087: <p>
1.247 jufi 3088: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3089:
3090:
3091: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3092: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3095: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3096: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3097: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3098: </strong></font><br>
3099: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3100: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3101: part 6</a>.
3102: <p>
3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3105: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3106: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3107: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3108: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3109: </strong></font><br>
3110: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3111: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3112: <p>
1.301 jose 3113:
3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3115: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3116: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3117: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3118: </strong></font><br>
3119:
3120: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3121: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3122: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3123: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3124: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3125: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3126: <i>Here's the
3127: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3128: <p>
1.247 jufi 3129: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3130:
3131: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3132: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3135: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3136: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3137: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3138: </strong></font><br>
3139: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3140: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3141: <p>
3142:
1.247 jufi 3143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3144: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3145: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3146: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3147: </strong></font><br>
3148: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3149: this time using pf.
3150: <p>
1.247 jufi 3151: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3152:
3153: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3154: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3155:
1.247 jufi 3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3157: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3158: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3159: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3160: </strong></font><br>
3161: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3162: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3163: their rotation.
3164: <p>
3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3167: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3168: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3169: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3170: </strong></font><br>
3171: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3172: <p>
1.247 jufi 3173: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3174:
1.239 jufi 3175: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3176: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3177:
1.247 jufi 3178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3179: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3180: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3181: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3182: </strong></font><br>
3183: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3184: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3185: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3186: <p>
3187:
1.247 jufi 3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3189: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3190: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3191: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3192: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3193: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3194: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3195: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3196: <p>
1.247 jufi 3197: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3198:
1.235 lebel 3199: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3200: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3201:
1.239 jufi 3202:
1.247 jufi 3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3204: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3205: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3206: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3207: </strong></font><br>
3208: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3209: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3210: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3211: <p>
1.301 jose 3212:
1.247 jufi 3213: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3214:
1.228 horacio 3215: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3216: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3219: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3220: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3221: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3222: </strong></font><br>
3223: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3224: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3225: <p>
3226:
1.247 jufi 3227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3228: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3229: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3230: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3231: </strong></font><br>
3232: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3233: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3234: <p>
3235:
1.247 jufi 3236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3237: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3238: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3239: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3240: </strong></font><br>
3241: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3242: on the desktop of his parents.
3243: <p>
3244:
1.247 jufi 3245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3246: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3247: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3248: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3249: </strong></font><br>
3250: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3251: using IPFilter.
3252:
3253: <p>
3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3256: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3257: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3258: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3259: </strong></font><br>
3260: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3261: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3262: perspectives of the four OS.
3263: <br>
3264: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3265: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3266: <p>
3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3269: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3270: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3271: software and security</a>,
3272: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3273: </strong></font><br>
3274:
3275: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3276: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3277: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3278: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3279: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3280: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3281: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3282: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3283: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3284: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3285: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3286: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3287: <p>
1.247 jufi 3288: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3289:
1.225 horacio 3290: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3291: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3294: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3295: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3296: Interview</a>,
3297: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3298: </strong></font><br>
3299:
3300: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3301: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3302: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3303: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3304: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3305: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3306: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3307: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3308: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3309: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3310: of choice.
3311: <p>
1.247 jufi 3312: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3313:
3314: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3315: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3316:
1.247 jufi 3317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3318: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3319: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3320: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3321: </strong></font><br>
3322:
3323: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3324: <p>
3325:
1.247 jufi 3326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3327: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3328: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3329: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3330: </strong></font><br>
3331:
3332: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3333: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3334: <p>
1.247 jufi 3335: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3336:
1.218 horacio 3337: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3338: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3339:
1.247 jufi 3340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3341: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3342: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3343: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3344: </strong></font><br>
3345:
3346: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3347: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3348: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3349: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3350: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3351: subjects. Worth a read.
3352: <p>
3353:
3354:
1.247 jufi 3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3356: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3357: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3358: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3359: </strong></font><br>
3360:
3361: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3362: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3363: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3364: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3365: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3366: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3367: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3368: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3369: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3370: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3371: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3372: on other operating systems.<br>
3373: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3374: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3375: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3376: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3377: <p>
3378:
1.247 jufi 3379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3380: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3381: Operating System 2010</a>,
3382: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3383: </strong></font><br>
3384:
3385: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3386: covering the level of software integration into the core
3387: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3388: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3389: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3390: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3391: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3392: <p>
3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3395: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3396: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3397: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3398: </strong></font><br>
3399:
3400: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3401: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3402: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3403: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3404: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3405: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3406: <p>
1.247 jufi 3407: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3408:
1.210 jufi 3409: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3410: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3413: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3414: Already a Contender</a>,
3415: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3416: </strong></font><br>
3417:
3418: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3419: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3420: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3421: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3422: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3423: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3424: <p>
3425:
1.247 jufi 3426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3427: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3428: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3429: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3430: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3431:
1.224 horacio 3432: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3433: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3434: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3435: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3436: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3437: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3438: <p>
1.247 jufi 3439: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3440:
3441: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3442: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3445: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3446: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3447: Division</a>,
3448: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3449: </strong></font><br>
3450:
3451: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3452: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3453: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3454: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3455: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3456: investment</em>.<br>
3457: The implementation details can be seen on their
3458: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3459: <p>
3460:
1.247 jufi 3461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3462: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3463: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3464: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3465: </strong></font><br>
3466:
3467: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3468: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3469: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3470: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3471: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3472: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3473: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3474: <p>
3475:
3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3477: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3478: Thinking about Security</a>,
3479: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3480: </strong></font><br>
3481:
3482: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3483: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3484: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3485: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3486: to time.<br>
3487: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3488: system and just the most secure system.
3489: <p>
3490:
1.247 jufi 3491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3492: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3493: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3494: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3495: </strong></font><br>
3496:
3497: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3498: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3499: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3500: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3501: choice:<br>
3502: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3503: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3504: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3505: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3506: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3507: network security devices and as such must be well
3508: armored."</em><br>
3509: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3510: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3511: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3512: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3513: <br>
3514: Bravo!
3515: <p>
1.247 jufi 3516: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3517:
1.207 ian 3518: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3519: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3520:
1.247 jufi 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3522: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3523: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3524: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3525:
1.207 ian 3526: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3527: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3528: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3529: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3530: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3531: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3532: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3533: <p>
1.247 jufi 3534: </ul>
1.207 ian 3535:
1.194 jufi 3536: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3537: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3540: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3541: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3542: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3543: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3544:
1.240 miod 3545: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3546: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3547: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3548: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3549: <p>
3550:
1.247 jufi 3551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3552: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3553: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3554: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3555:
3556: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3557: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3558: <p>
3559:
3560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3561: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3562: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3563: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3564:
3565: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3566: <p>
3567:
3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3569: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3570: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3571: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3572: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3573:
1.240 miod 3574: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3575: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3576: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3577: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3578: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3579: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3580: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3581: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3582: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3583: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3584: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3585: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3586: <p>
3587:
1.247 jufi 3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3589: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3590: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3591: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3592: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3593:
1.194 jufi 3594: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3595: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3596: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3597: <br>
3598: The new
3599: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3600: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3601: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3602: <p>
1.247 jufi 3603: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3604:
1.190 horacio 3605: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3606: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3607:
1.247 jufi 3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3609:
3610: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3611: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3612:
1.301 jose 3613:
1.191 jufi 3614: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3615: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3616:
3617: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3618: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3619:
1.212 horacio 3620: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3621: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3622: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3623:
1.211 horacio 3624: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3625: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3626: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3627:
1.247 jufi 3628: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3629: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3630:
1.247 jufi 3631: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3632: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3633:
1.212 horacio 3634: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3635: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3636: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3637:
3638: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3639: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3640:
3641: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3642: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3643:
1.301 jose 3644: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3645: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3646:
1.191 jufi 3647: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3648: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3649:
3650: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3651: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3652:
1.192 jufi 3653: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3654: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3655: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3656:
1.193 deraadt 3657: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3658: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3659: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3660:
1.247 jufi 3661: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3662: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3665: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3666: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3667:
1.213 horacio 3668: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3669: 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 3670: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3671:
1.190 horacio 3672: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3673: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3674: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3675: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3676: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3677: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3678: <p>
1.190 horacio 3679:
1.247 jufi 3680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3681: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3682: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3683: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3684: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3685:
1.195 jufi 3686: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3687: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3688: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3689: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3690: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3691: <p>
3692:
1.247 jufi 3693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3694: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3695: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3696: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3697: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3698:
1.191 jufi 3699: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3700: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3701: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3702: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3703: <p>
3704:
3705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3706: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3707: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3708: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3709:
3710: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3711: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3712: <p>
1.247 jufi 3713: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3714:
1.191 jufi 3715:
1.186 jufi 3716: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3717: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3718:
1.247 jufi 3719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3720: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3721: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3722: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3723: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3724:
1.188 jufi 3725: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3726: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3727: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3728: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3729: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3730: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3731: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3732: <p>
3733:
1.301 jose 3734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3735: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3736: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3737: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3738:
3739: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3740: <p>
1.191 jufi 3741:
1.247 jufi 3742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3743: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3744: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3745: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3746: </strong></font><br>
3747:
3748: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3749: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3750: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3751: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3752: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3753: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3754: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3755: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3756: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3757: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3758: familiar?
3759: <p>
1.247 jufi 3760: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3761:
1.178 louis 3762: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3763: <ul>
1.178 louis 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3766: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3767: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3768: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3769: </strong></font><br>
3770:
3771: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3772: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3773: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3774: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3775: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3776: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3777: <p>
3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3780: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3781: Open source under the hood</a>,
3782: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3783: </strong></font><br>
3784:
3785: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3786: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3787: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3788: <p>
3789:
1.247 jufi 3790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3791: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3792: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3793: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3794: </strong></font><br>
3795:
3796: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3797: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3798: <p>
1.247 jufi 3799: </ul>
1.179 louis 3800:
1.174 louis 3801:
1.175 louis 3802: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3803: <ul>
1.175 louis 3804:
1.247 jufi 3805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3806: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3807: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3808: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3809: </strong></font><br>
3810:
3811: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3812: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3813: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3814: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3815: <p>
3816:
1.247 jufi 3817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3818: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3819: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3820: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3821: </strong></font><br>
3822:
3823: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3824: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3825: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3826: <p>
1.247 jufi 3827: </ul>
1.175 louis 3828:
1.176 louis 3829:
1.172 mickey 3830: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3831: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3832:
1.247 jufi 3833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3834: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3835: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3836: </strong></font><br>
3837:
3838: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3839: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3840: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3841: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3842: <p>
3843:
1.247 jufi 3844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3845: <a
1.269 deraadt 3846: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3847: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3848: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3849: </strong></font><br>
3850:
3851: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3852: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3853: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3854: <p>
3855:
1.247 jufi 3856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3857: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3858: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3859: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3860: </strong></font><br>
3861:
3862: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3863: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3864: <p>
3865:
1.247 jufi 3866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3867: <a
1.269 deraadt 3868: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3869: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3870: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3871: </strong></font><br>
3872:
3873: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3874: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3875: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3876: our own Theo de Raadt.
3877: <p>
3878:
1.247 jufi 3879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3880: <a
1.269 deraadt 3881: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3882: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3883: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3884: </strong></font><br>
3885:
3886: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3887: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3888: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3889: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3890: shut down.]
3891: <p>
3892:
1.247 jufi 3893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3894: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3895: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3896: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3897: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3898: </strong></font><br>
3899:
3900: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3901: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3902: <p>
1.247 jufi 3903: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3904:
1.161 louis 3905: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3906: <ul>
1.161 louis 3907:
1.247 jufi 3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3909: <a
1.269 deraadt 3910: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3911: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3912: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3913: </strong></font><br>
3914:
3915: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3916: by John Wolley
3917: <p>
3918:
1.247 jufi 3919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3920: <a
1.269 deraadt 3921: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3922: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3923: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3924: </strong></font><br>
3925:
3926: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3927: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3928: OpenBSD).
3929: <p>
3930:
1.247 jufi 3931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3932: <a
1.247 jufi 3933: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3934: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3935: </strong></font><br>
3936:
3937: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3938: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3939: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3940: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3941: and hindsight.
3942: <p>
3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3945: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3946: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3947: </strong></font><br>
3948:
3949: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3950: <p>
3951:
1.247 jufi 3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3953: <a
1.168 provos 3954: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3955: December 7, 2000
3956: </strong></font><br>
3957:
3958: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
3959: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
3960: us explain.
3961: <p>
3962:
1.247 jufi 3963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 3964: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
3965: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 3966: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 3967: December 6, 2000
3968: </strong></font><br>
3969:
3970: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
3971: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
3972: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
3973: <p>
3974:
1.247 jufi 3975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3976: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
3977: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
3978: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3979: </strong></font><br>
3980:
3981: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3982: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3983: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3984: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3985: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3986: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
3987: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
3988: <p>
3989:
3990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 3991: <a
1.226 horacio 3992: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
3993: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 3994: </strong></font><br>
3995:
3996: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 3997: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 3998: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 3999: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4000: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4001: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4002: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4003: <p>
1.162 millert 4004:
1.247 jufi 4005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4006: <a
1.161 louis 4007: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4008: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4009: </strong></font><br>
4010:
4011: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4012: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4013: <p>
4014:
1.247 jufi 4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4016: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4017: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4018: </strong></font><br>
4019:
4020: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4021: <p>
4022:
4023:
1.247 jufi 4024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4025: <a
1.226 horacio 4026: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4027: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4028: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4029: </strong></font><br>
4030:
4031: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4032: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4033: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4034: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4035: <p>
1.247 jufi 4036: </ul>
1.169 louis 4037:
1.158 louis 4038: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4039: <ul>
1.147 louis 4040:
1.247 jufi 4041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4042: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4043: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4044: </strong></font><br>
4045:
4046: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4047: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4048: <p>
4049:
1.247 jufi 4050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4051: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4052: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4053: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4054: </strong></font><br>
4055: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4056: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4057: <p>
4058:
1.247 jufi 4059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4060: <a
4061: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4062: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4063: </strong></font><br>
4064:
4065: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4066: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4067: <p>
4068:
1.247 jufi 4069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4070: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4071: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4072: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4073:
1.213 horacio 4074: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4075: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4076: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4077: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4078: <p>
1.215 horacio 4079:
1.247 jufi 4080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4081: <a
4082: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4083: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4084: </strong></font><br>
4085:
4086: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4087: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4088: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4089: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4090: much of the attitude too).
4091: <p>
1.161 louis 4092:
1.247 jufi 4093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4094: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4095: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4096: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4097:
1.157 louis 4098: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4099: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4100: <p>
1.247 jufi 4101: </ul>
1.157 louis 4102:
4103: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4104: <ul>
1.157 louis 4105:
1.247 jufi 4106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4107: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4108: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4109: </strong></font><br>
4110:
4111: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4112: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4113: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4114: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4115: <p>
4116:
1.247 jufi 4117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4118: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4119: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4120: </strong></font><br>
4121:
4122: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4123: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4124: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4125: it because they love coding...
4126: <p>
4127:
1.247 jufi 4128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4129: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4130: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4131: </strong></font><br>
4132:
4133: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4134: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4135: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4136: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4137: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4138: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4139: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4140: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4141: <p>
4142:
1.247 jufi 4143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4144: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4145: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4146: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4147: </strong></font><br>
4148:
4149: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4150: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4151: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4152: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4153: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4154: the pizza.
4155: <p>
4156:
1.247 jufi 4157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4158: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4159: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4160: </strong></font><br>
4161:
4162: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4163: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4164: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4165: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4166: problems.
4167: <p>
4168:
1.247 jufi 4169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4170: <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 4171: </strong></font><br>
4172:
1.222 miod 4173: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4174: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4175: - whether they like it or not.
4176: <p>
4177:
1.247 jufi 4178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4179: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4180: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4181: </strong></font><br>
4182:
4183: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4184: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4185: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4186: <p>
1.148 aaron 4187:
1.247 jufi 4188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4189: <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 4190: </strong></font><br>
4191:
4192: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4193: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4194: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4195: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4196: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4197: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4198: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4199: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4200: <p>
4201:
1.247 jufi 4202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4203: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4204: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4205: </strong></font><br>
4206:
4207: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4208: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4209: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4210: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4211: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4212: <p>
1.247 jufi 4213: </ul>
1.147 louis 4214:
1.138 louis 4215: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4216: <ul>
1.138 louis 4217:
1.247 jufi 4218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4219: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4220: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4221: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4222: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4223: </strong></font><br>
4224:
1.227 horacio 4225: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4226: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4227: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4228: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4229: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4230: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4231: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4232: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4233: <p>
4234:
1.247 jufi 4235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4236: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4237: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4238: </strong></font><br>
4239:
4240: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4241: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4242: groups, and even Linux.
4243: <p>
4244:
1.247 jufi 4245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4246: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4247: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4248: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4249: </strong></font><br>
4250:
4251: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4252: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4253: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4254: library after installing the OS.
4255: <p>
4256:
1.247 jufi 4257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4258: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4259: Sys Admin, September 2000
4260: </strong></font><br>
4261:
4262: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4263: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4264: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4265: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4266: (<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>,
4267: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4268: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4269: <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 4270: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4271: out of the system.
4272: <p>
4273:
1.247 jufi 4274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4275: <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
4276: </strong></font><br>
4277:
4278: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4279: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4280: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4281: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4282: the IP filtering and address translation.
4283: <p>
1.301 jose 4284:
4285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4286: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4287: </strong></font><br>
4288:
4289: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4290: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4291: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4292: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4293: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4294: <p>
1.247 jufi 4295: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4296:
1.131 louis 4297: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4298: <ul>
1.131 louis 4299:
1.247 jufi 4300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4301: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4302: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4303: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4304: </strong></font><br>
4305:
4306: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4307: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4308: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4309: <p>
4310:
1.247 jufi 4311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4312: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4313: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4314: </strong></font><br>
4315:
4316: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4317: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4318: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4319: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4320: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4321: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4322: note of"</i>.
4323: <p>
4324:
1.247 jufi 4325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4326: <a
1.247 jufi 4327: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4328: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4329: </strong></font><br>
4330:
4331: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4332: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4333: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4334: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4335: <p>
4336:
1.247 jufi 4337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4338: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4339: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4340: </strong></font><br>
4341:
4342: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4343: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4344: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4345: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4346: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4347: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4348: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4349: <p>
4350:
1.247 jufi 4351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4352: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4353: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4354: 2000
4355: </strong></font><br>
4356:
4357: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4358: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4359: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4360: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4361: against current industry practices.
4362: <p>
4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4365: <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
4366: </strong></font><br>
4367:
4368: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4369: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4370: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4371: <p>
4372:
1.247 jufi 4373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4374: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4375: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4376: </strong></font><br>
4377:
4378: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4379: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4380: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4381: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4382: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4383: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4384: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4385: <p>
4386:
1.247 jufi 4387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4388: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4389: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4390: </strong></font><br>
4391:
4392: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4393: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4394: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4395: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4396: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4397: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4398: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4399: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4400: <p>
1.247 jufi 4401: </ul>
1.131 louis 4402:
1.118 louis 4403: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4404: <ul>
1.118 louis 4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4407: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4408: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4409: </strong></font><br>
4410:
4411: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4412: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4413: about time. The article mentions that
4414: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4415: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4416: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4417: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4418: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4419: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4420: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4421: <p>
4422:
1.247 jufi 4423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4424: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4425: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4426: </strong></font><br>
4427:
4428: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4429: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4430: of OpenSSH.
4431: <p>
4432:
1.247 jufi 4433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4434: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4435: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4436: </strong></font><br>
4437:
4438: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4439: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4440: bridging.
4441: <p>
4442:
1.247 jufi 4443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4444: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4445: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4446: </strong></font><br>
4447:
1.121 deraadt 4448: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4449: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4450: <p>
4451:
1.247 jufi 4452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4453: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4454: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4455: </strong></font><br>
4456:
4457: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4458: <p>
4459:
1.247 jufi 4460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4461: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4462: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4463: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4464: </strong></font><br>
4465:
1.120 deraadt 4466: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4467: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4468: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4469: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4470: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4471: <p>
4472:
1.247 jufi 4473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4474: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4475: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4476: </strong></font><br>
4477:
1.222 miod 4478: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4479: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4480: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4481: protocols and their quirks.
4482: <p>
4483:
1.247 jufi 4484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4485: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4486: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4487: </strong></font><br>
4488:
4489: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4490: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4491: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4492: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4493: <p>
4494:
1.247 jufi 4495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4496: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4497: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4498: </strong></font><br>
4499:
4500: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4501: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4502: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4503: <p>
4504:
1.247 jufi 4505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4506: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4507: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4508: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4509: </strong></font><br>
4510:
4511: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4512: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4513: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4514: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4515: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4516: <p>
1.247 jufi 4517: </ul>
1.118 louis 4518:
1.104 louis 4519: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4520: <ul>
1.104 louis 4521:
1.247 jufi 4522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4523: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4524: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4525: </strong></font><br>
4526:
4527: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4528: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4529: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4530: be a bit dry.
4531: <p>
4532:
1.247 jufi 4533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4534: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4535: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4536: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4537: </strong></font><br>
4538: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4539: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4540: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4541: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4542: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4543: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4544: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4545: <p>
4546:
1.247 jufi 4547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4548: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4549: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4550: 2000
1.128 louis 4551: </strong></font><br>
4552:
4553: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4554: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4555: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4556: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4557: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4558: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4559: <p>
4560:
1.247 jufi 4561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4562: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4563: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4564: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4565:
4566: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4567: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4568: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4569: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4570: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4571: <p>
1.110 louis 4572:
1.247 jufi 4573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4574: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4575: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4576: </strong></font><br>
4577:
4578: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4579: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4580: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4581: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4582: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4583: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4584: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4585: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4586: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4587: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4588: <p>
4589:
1.247 jufi 4590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4591: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4592: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4593:
4594: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4595: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4596: <p>
1.108 louis 4597:
1.247 jufi 4598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4599: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4600: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4601: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4602:
4603: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4604: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4605: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4606: <p>
1.106 louis 4607:
1.247 jufi 4608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4609: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4610: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4611: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4612:
4613: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4614: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4615: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4616: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4617: <p>
1.107 louis 4618:
1.247 jufi 4619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4620: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4621: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4622: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4623:
4624: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4625: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4626: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4627: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4628: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4629: <p>
1.105 louis 4630:
1.247 jufi 4631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4632: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4633: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4634: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4635:
1.113 naddy 4636: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4637: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4638: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4639: <p>
1.104 louis 4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4642: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4643: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4644: </strong></font><br>
4645:
4646: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4647: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4648: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4649: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4650: <p>
1.301 jose 4651:
4652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4653: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4654: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4655: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4656:
4657: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4658: hardware-supported cryptography.
4659: <p>
1.247 jufi 4660: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4661:
1.85 louis 4662: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4663: <ul>
1.85 louis 4664:
1.247 jufi 4665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4666: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4667: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4668: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4669:
4670: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4671: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4672: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4673: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4674: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4675: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4676: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4677: <p>
1.99 louis 4678:
1.247 jufi 4679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4680: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4681: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4682: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4683:
4684: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4685: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4686: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4687: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4688: <p>
1.100 louis 4689:
1.247 jufi 4690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4691: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4692: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4693: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4694:
4695: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4696: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4697: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4698: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4699: <p>
1.95 louis 4700:
1.247 jufi 4701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4702: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4703: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4704: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4705:
4706: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4707: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4708: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4709: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4710: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4711: <p>
1.92 louis 4712:
1.247 jufi 4713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4714: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4715: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4716: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4717:
4718: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4719: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4720: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4721: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4722: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4723: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4724: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4725: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4726: <p>
1.91 louis 4727:
1.247 jufi 4728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4729: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4730: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4731: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4732:
4733: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4734: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4735: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4736: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4737: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4738: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4739: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4740: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4741: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4742: <p>
1.90 louis 4743:
1.247 jufi 4744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4745: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4746: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4747: </strong></font><br>
4748: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4749: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4750: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4751: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4752: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4753: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4754: <p>
4755:
1.247 jufi 4756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4757: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4758: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4759: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4760:
1.113 naddy 4761: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4762: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4763: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4764: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4765: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4766: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4767: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4768: <p>
1.87 louis 4769:
1.247 jufi 4770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4771: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4772: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4773: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4774:
4775: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4776: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4777: <p>
1.85 louis 4778:
1.247 jufi 4779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4780: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4781: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4782: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4783:
4784: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4785: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4786: <p>
4787:
4788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4789: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4790: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4791: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4792:
4793: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4794: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4795: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4796: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4797: <p>
1.89 louis 4798:
1.247 jufi 4799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4800: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4801: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4802: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4803:
4804: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4805: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4806: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4807: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4808: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4809: </ul>
1.85 louis 4810:
1.78 deraadt 4811: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4812: <ul>
1.74 louis 4813:
1.247 jufi 4814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4815: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4816: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4817: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4818: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4819:
4820: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4821: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4822: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4823: <p>
1.83 louis 4824:
1.247 jufi 4825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4826: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4827: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4828: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4829:
4830: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4831: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4832: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4833: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4834: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4835: <p>
1.93 louis 4836:
1.247 jufi 4837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4838: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4839: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4840: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4841: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4842:
1.83 louis 4843: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4844: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4845: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4846: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4847: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4848: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4849: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4850: <p>
1.82 aaron 4851:
1.247 jufi 4852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4853: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4854: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4855: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4856:
1.83 louis 4857: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4858: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4859: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4860: <p>
1.80 louis 4861:
1.247 jufi 4862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4863: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4864: Bad Press</a>,
4865: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4866: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4867:
4868: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4869: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4870: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4871: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4872: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4873: <p>
1.247 jufi 4874: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4875:
4876: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4877: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4878:
1.247 jufi 4879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4880: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4881: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4882: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4883: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4884:
4885: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4886: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4887: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4888: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4889: <p>
1.74 louis 4890:
1.247 jufi 4891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4892: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4893: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4894: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4895:
1.219 horacio 4896: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4897: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4898: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4899: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4900: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4901: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4902: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4903: <p>
1.88 louis 4904:
1.247 jufi 4905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4906: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4907: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4908: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4909:
4910: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4911: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4912: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4913: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4914: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4915: <p>
1.81 louis 4916:
1.247 jufi 4917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4918: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4919: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4920: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4921:
4922: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4923: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4924: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4925: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4926: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4927: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4928: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4929: <p>
1.90 louis 4930:
1.247 jufi 4931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4932: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4933: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4934: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4935:
4936: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4937: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4938: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4939: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4940: <p>
1.247 jufi 4941: </ul>
1.71 louis 4942:
1.69 deraadt 4943: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4944: <ul>
1.70 louis 4945:
1.247 jufi 4946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4947: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4948: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4949: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4950:
4951: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4952: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4953: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4954: <p>
1.70 louis 4955:
1.247 jufi 4956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4957: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4958: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4959: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 4960:
4961: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 4962: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 4963: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 4964: <p>
1.68 louis 4965:
1.247 jufi 4966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4967: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
4968: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 4969: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 4970: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 4971:
1.111 jufi 4972: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
4973: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 4974: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 4975: "secure by default" installation.
4976: <p>
1.64 louis 4977:
1.247 jufi 4978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 4979: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 4980: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4981: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 4982:
1.113 naddy 4983: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 4984: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 4985: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 4986: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
4987: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
4988: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 4989: <p>
1.66 louis 4990:
1.247 jufi 4991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4992: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 4993: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 4994: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4995:
4996: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 4997: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 4998: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
4999: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5000: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5001: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5002: <p>
1.83 louis 5003:
1.247 jufi 5004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5005: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5006: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5007: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5008:
5009: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5010: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5011: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5012: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5013: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5014: <p>
1.64 louis 5015:
1.247 jufi 5016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5017: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5018: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5019: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5020:
5021: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5022: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5023: <p>
1.301 jose 5024:
5025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5026: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5027: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5028: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5029: </strong></font><br>
5030:
5031: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5032: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5033: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5034: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5035: Giving way to
5036: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5037: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5038: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5039: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5040: <p>
1.247 jufi 5041: </ul>
1.65 louis 5042:
1.69 deraadt 5043: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5044: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5045:
1.247 jufi 5046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5047: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5048: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5049: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5050:
5051: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5052: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5053: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5054: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5055: <p>
1.88 louis 5056:
1.247 jufi 5057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5058: <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 5059: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5060:
5061: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5062: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5063: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5064: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5065: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5066: <p>
1.60 louis 5067:
1.247 jufi 5068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5069: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5070: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5071: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5072: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5073:
5074: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5075: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5076: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5077: <p>
1.58 louis 5078:
1.247 jufi 5079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5080: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5081: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5082:
5083: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5084: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5085: <p>
1.53 louis 5086:
1.247 jufi 5087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5088: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5089: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5090: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5091:
5092: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5093: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5094: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5095: <p>
1.99 louis 5096:
1.247 jufi 5097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5098: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5099: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5100:
5101: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5102: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5103: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5104: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5105: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5106:
1.247 jufi 5107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5108: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5109: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5110: </strong></font><br>
5111:
5112: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5113: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5114: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5115: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5116: <p>
5117:
1.247 jufi 5118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5119: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5120: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5121: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5122:
5123: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5124: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5125: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5126:
1.247 jufi 5127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5128: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5129: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5130:
5131: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5132: in
1.247 jufi 5133: <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 5134: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5135: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5136: <p>
1.53 louis 5137:
1.247 jufi 5138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5139: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5140: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5141: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5142: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5143:
1.58 louis 5144: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5145: <p>
1.301 jose 5146:
5147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5148: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5149: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5150: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5151: Informacyjny, January 2000
5152: </strong></font><br>
5153:
5154: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5155: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5156: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5157: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5158: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5159: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5160: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5161: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5162: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5163: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5164: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5165: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5166: <p>
5167:
5168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5169: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5170: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5171: </strong></font><br>
5172:
5173: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5174: <p>
5175: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5176:
1.69 deraadt 5177: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5178: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5179:
1.247 jufi 5180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5181: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5182: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5183: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5184: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5185:
1.58 louis 5186: Kurt Seifried
5187: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5188: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5189: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5190: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5191:
1.247 jufi 5192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5193: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5194: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5195: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5196:
5197: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5198: <p>
1.96 louis 5199:
1.247 jufi 5200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5201: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5202: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5203: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5204: </strong></font><br>
5205:
5206: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5207: <p>
5208:
5209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5210: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5211: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5212: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5213:
5214: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5215: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5216: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5217: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5218: <p>
1.247 jufi 5219: </ul>
1.86 louis 5220:
1.69 deraadt 5221: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5222: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5223:
1.247 jufi 5224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5225: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5226: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5227: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5228:
5229: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5230: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5231: <p>
1.61 louis 5232:
1.247 jufi 5233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5234: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5235: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5236: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5237: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5238:
5239: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5240: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5241: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5242: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5243: right -- or at least strives to".
5244: <p>
1.48 louis 5245:
1.247 jufi 5246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5247: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5248: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5249: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5250: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5251: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5252: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5253: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5254: <p>
1.61 louis 5255:
1.247 jufi 5256: <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 5257: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5258: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5259:
5260: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5261: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5262: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5263: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5264: <p>
1.46 louis 5265:
1.247 jufi 5266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5267: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5268: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5269: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5270:
5271: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5272: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5273: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5274:
1.247 jufi 5275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5276: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5277: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5278: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5279:
5280: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5281: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5282: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5283: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5284: <p>
1.247 jufi 5285: </ul>
1.70 louis 5286:
1.69 deraadt 5287: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5288: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5289:
1.247 jufi 5290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5291: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5292: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5293: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5294: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5295:
5296: Kurt Seifried
5297: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5298: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5299: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5300: <p>
1.44 philen 5301:
1.247 jufi 5302: <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 5303: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5304: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5305:
5306: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5307: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5308:
1.247 jufi 5309: <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 5310: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5311: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5312:
5313: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5314: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5315:
1.247 jufi 5316: <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 5317: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5318: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5319:
5320: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5321: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5322: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5323: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5324: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5325:
1.247 jufi 5326: <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 5327: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5328: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5329:
1.36 louis 5330: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5331: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5332:
1.247 jufi 5333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5334: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5335: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5336: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5337:
5338: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5339: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5340: </ul>
1.38 louis 5341:
1.69 deraadt 5342: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5343: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5344:
1.247 jufi 5345: <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 5346: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5347: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5348:
5349: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5350: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5351: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5352:
1.113 naddy 5353: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5354: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5355: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5356: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5357:
5358: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5359: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5360: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5361: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5362: <blockquote>
5363: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5364: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5365: <br>
5366: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5367: </code>
5368: </blockquote>
5369: <p>
5370:
1.247 jufi 5371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5372: <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 5373: <p>
5374:
5375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5376: <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 5377: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5378:
5379: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5380: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5381: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5382: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5383:
1.247 jufi 5384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5385: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5386: Sept. 28, 1999
5387: </strong></font><br>
5388:
5389: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5390: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5391: translating and reprinting articles from
5392: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5393: <p>
5394:
5395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5396: <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 5397: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5398:
5399: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5400: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5401: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5402: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5403: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5404: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5405: <p>
1.19 louis 5406:
1.113 naddy 5407: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5408: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5409: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5410:
5411: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5412: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5413: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5414: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5415: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5416: <p>
1.16 louis 5417:
1.247 jufi 5418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5419: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5420: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5421: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5422:
1.57 louis 5423: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5424: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5425: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5426: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5427:
1.247 jufi 5428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5429: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5430: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5431: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5432:
1.113 naddy 5433: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5434:
1.247 jufi 5435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5436: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5437: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5438: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5439:
1.23 louis 5440: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5441: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5442: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5443: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5444: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5445: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5446:
1.247 jufi 5447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5448: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5449: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5450: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5451:
1.199 pvalchev 5452: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5453: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5454: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5455: installation.
1.113 naddy 5456: <p>
1.47 louis 5457:
1.247 jufi 5458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5459: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5460: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5461: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5462:
1.301 jose 5463: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5464: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5465: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5466: </ul>
1.57 louis 5467:
1.69 deraadt 5468: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5469: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5470:
1.247 jufi 5471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5472: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5473: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5474: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5475:
5476: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5477: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5478: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5479: <p>
1.12 louis 5480:
1.247 jufi 5481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5482: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5483: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5484: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5485:
5486: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5487: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5488: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5489: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5490: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5491: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5492: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5493: <p>
1.247 jufi 5494: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5495:
1.69 deraadt 5496: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5497: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5498:
1.247 jufi 5499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5500: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5501: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5502:
5503: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5504: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5505: available."
1.113 naddy 5506: <p>
1.301 jose 5507:
5508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5509: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5510: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5511: </strong></font><br>
5512:
5513: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5514: <p>
1.247 jufi 5515: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5516:
1.69 deraadt 5517: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5518: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5519:
1.247 jufi 5520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5521: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5522: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5523:
5524: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5525: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5526: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5527: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5528: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5529: <p>
1.33 louis 5530:
1.247 jufi 5531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5532: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5533: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5534: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5535:
1.113 naddy 5536: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5537: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5538: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5539: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5540: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5541: <p>
1.247 jufi 5542: </ul>
1.57 louis 5543:
1.69 deraadt 5544: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5545: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5546:
1.247 jufi 5547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5548: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5549: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5550: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5551:
5552: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5553: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5554: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5555:
1.247 jufi 5556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5557: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5558: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5559: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5560: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5561:
5562: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5563: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5564:
1.247 jufi 5565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5566: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5567:
1.113 naddy 5568: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5569:
1.247 jufi 5570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5571: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5572: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5573: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5574:
5575: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5576: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5577: </ul>
1.23 louis 5578:
1.69 deraadt 5579: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5580: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5581:
1.247 jufi 5582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5583: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5584: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5585:
5586: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5587: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5588: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5589:
1.247 jufi 5590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5591: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5592: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5593: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5594:
5595: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5596: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5597: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5598: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5599: </ul>
1.57 louis 5600:
1.69 deraadt 5601: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5602: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5603:
1.247 jufi 5604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5605: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5606: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5607: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5608:
5609: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5610: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5611: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5612: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5613: <p>
1.15 louis 5614:
1.247 jufi 5615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5616: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5617: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5618: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5619:
5620: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5621: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5622: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5623: columns."
1.113 naddy 5624: <p>
1.247 jufi 5625: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5626:
1.69 deraadt 5627: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5628: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5629:
1.247 jufi 5630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5631: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5632: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5633: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5634:
5635: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5636: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5637:
1.113 naddy 5638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5639: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5640: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5641:
5642: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5643: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5644: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5645: </ul>
1.57 louis 5646:
1.69 deraadt 5647: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5648: <ul>
1.301 jose 5649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5650: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5651: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5652: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5653:
5654: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5655: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5656: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5657: <p>
5658:
5659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5660: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5661: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5662: Nov 13, 1998 and
5663: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5664: Datateknik</a>,
5665: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5666:
1.380 saad 5667: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5668: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5669: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5670: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5671: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5672:
1.113 naddy 5673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5674: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5675: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5676: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5677:
1.222 miod 5678: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5679: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5680: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5681: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5682: <p>
1.247 jufi 5683: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5684:
1.69 deraadt 5685: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5686: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5687:
1.247 jufi 5688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5689: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5690: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5691:
1.69 deraadt 5692: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5693: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5694: <p>
1.247 jufi 5695: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5696:
1.69 deraadt 5697: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5698: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5699:
1.247 jufi 5700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5701: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5702: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5703: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5704:
1.383 jcs 5705: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5706: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5707: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5708:
1.247 jufi 5709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5710: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5711: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5712: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5713: <p>
1.247 jufi 5714: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5715:
1.69 deraadt 5716: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5717: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5718:
1.247 jufi 5719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5720: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5721: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5722: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5723: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5724: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5725:
5726: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5727: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5728: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5729: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5730: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5731: <p>
1.247 jufi 5732: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5733:
5734: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5735: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5736:
1.247 jufi 5737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5738: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5739: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5740:
1.69 deraadt 5741: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5742: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5743: <p>
1.112 naddy 5744:
1.247 jufi 5745: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5746: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5747:
1.292 camield 5748: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5749: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5750: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.539 ! ian 5751: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.538 2006/10/02 07:30:27 deraadt Exp $</small>
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