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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.539 ian 19: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
1.540 ian 21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.541 ian 23: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
24: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
25: </strong></font><br>
26: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
27: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
28: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
29: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
30: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
31: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
32: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 ! deraadt 33: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 34: <p>
35:
36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 37: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
38: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
41: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
42: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
43: <br />
44: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
45: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
46: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
47: overflows and vulnerabilities."
48: <br />
49: And, Grimes generalizes,
50: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
51: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
52: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
53: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
54: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
55: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
56: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
57: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
58: happened."
59: Worth reading!
60: <p>
61:
1.539 ian 62: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
63: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
64: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
65: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
66: </strong></font><br>
67: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
68: redistributable firmware from Intel.
69: <p>
70:
71: </ul>
72:
1.536 grunk 73: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 77: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
78: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
79: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
80: </strong></font><br>
81: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
82: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
83: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
84: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
85: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
86: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
87: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
88: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
89: for ages over these chipsets.
90: Quotes Theo as saying:
91: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
92: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
93: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
94: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
95: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
96: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
100: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
101: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
102: </strong></font><br>
103: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
104: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
105: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
106: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 110: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
111: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
112: </strong></font><br>
113: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
114: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
115: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
116: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
117: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
118: <p>
119:
1.537 ian 120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
121: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
122: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
123: </strong></font><br>
124: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
125: (the official release date is November 1).
126: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
127: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
128: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
129: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
130: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 131: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 132: <p>
133:
1.536 grunk 134: </ul>
135:
1.534 ian 136: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
137: <ul>
138:
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 140: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
141: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
142: </strong></font><br>
143: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
144: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
145: as a guest operating system under
146: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
147: or "virtualization" system.
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 151: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
152: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
153: </strong></font><br>
154: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
155: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
156: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
157: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
158: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
159: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
160: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
161: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
162: <p>
163:
164: </ul>
165:
1.531 ian 166: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
167: <ul>
168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
169: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
170: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
171: </strong></font><br>
172: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
173: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
174: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
175: The article quotes Theo as saying
176: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
177: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
178: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
179: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
180: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
181: and describes the funding issues as well.
182: <p>
183:
184: </ul>
185:
1.525 ian 186: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
187: <ul>
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 189: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 190: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
191: </strong></font><br>
192: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
193: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
194: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
195: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
196: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
197: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
198: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
199: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
200: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
201: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
202: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
203: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
204: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 208: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 209: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
210: </strong></font><br>
211: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
212: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
213: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
214: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
215: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
216: <p>
217:
1.526 ian 218: </ul>
1.525 ian 219:
1.514 ian 220: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
221: <ul>
1.524 ian 222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
223: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
224: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
225: </strong></font><br>
226: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
227: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
228: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
229: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
230: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
231: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
232: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
233: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
234: to make them useful.
235: <p>
1.518 ian 236:
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 238: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 239: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
240: and
241: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 242: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 243: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 244: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 245: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 246: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
247: their plans for the week.
248: <p>
249:
250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 251: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
252: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
253: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
254: </strong></font><br>
255: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
256: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 260: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
261: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
262: </strong></font><br>
263: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
264: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
265: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
266: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 267: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 268: (introduced with 3.9).
269: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
270: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
271: <p>
272:
273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 274: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
275: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
276: </strong></font><br>
277: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
278: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
279: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
280: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
281: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
282: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
283: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
284: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
285: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
286: <p>
287:
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
289: [GERMAN]
290: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
291: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
292: </strong></font><br>
293: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
294: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 295: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 296: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
297: is connected to OpenBSD.
298: <p>
299:
1.514 ian 300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
301: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
302: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
303: </strong></font><br>
304: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
305: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
306: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 307: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 308: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 309: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 310: running this project) is so important to Theo,
311: and even why he does mountain biking!
312: <p>
313:
314: </ul>
315:
1.503 ian 316: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
317: <ul>
318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 319: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
320: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
321: </strong></font><br>
322: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
323: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
324: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
325: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
326: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
327: <blockquote>
328: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
329: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
330: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
331: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
332: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
333: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
334: </blockquote>
335: This is just plain cool."
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 339: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
340: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
341: </strong></font><br>
342: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
343: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
344: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 345: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 346: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
347: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
348: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
349: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
350: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
351: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 352: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 353: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
354: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
355: <p>
356:
357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 358: [GERMAN]
359: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
360: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
361: </strong></font><br>
362: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
363: are and why they are bad.
364: <p>
365:
366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 367: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
368: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
369: </strong></font><br>
370: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
371: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
372: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
373: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
374: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
375: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
376: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
377: pages."
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 381: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
382: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
383: </strong></font><br>
384: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
385: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
386: and continues:
387: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
388: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
389: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
390: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
391: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
392: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
393: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
394: and more. Final thought:
395: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
396: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
397: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
398: true for business environments."
399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 402: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 403: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 404: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 405: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
406: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
407: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 408: for funding.
1.509 djm 409: <p>
410:
411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 412: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
413: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
414: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
415: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
416: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
417: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
418: <p>
419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 421: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
422: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
423: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
424: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
425: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
426: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
427: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
428: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
429: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
430: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
431: <br/>
1.529 ian 432: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 433: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 434: hostsearch.com</a> and
435: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
436: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 437: <p>
438:
439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 440: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
441: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
442: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
443: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 444: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 445: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 446: is punctuated with examples.
447: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 448: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
449: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 450: and
1.535 steven 451: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 452: <p>
453:
454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 455: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
456: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
457: </strong></font><br>
458: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
459: further OpenSSH development.
460: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
461: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
462: project's funding needs for all time.
463: <p>
1.504 bernd 464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
465: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
466: April 3, 2006
467: </strong></font><br>
468: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
469: this could compromise future hackathons.
470: <p>
1.503 ian 471:
472: </ul>
473:
1.487 ian 474: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
475: <ul>
1.495 ian 476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 477: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 478: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 479: </strong></font><br>
480: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
481: on topics including "Puffy",
482: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
483: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
484: what's new in 3.9,
485: and of course project expenses.
486: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
487: <!--
488: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
489: -->
490: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
491: <p>
492:
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 494: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
495: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
496: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 497: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
498: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 499: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
500: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
501: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
502: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
503: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
504: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
505: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
506: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
507: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
508: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
509: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
510: but Matzan does - is that
511: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
512: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
513: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
514: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
515: <br/>
516: <p>
517:
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
519: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
520: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
521: </strong></font><br>
522: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
523: "blob" drivers, and more.
524: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
525: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
526: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
527: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
528: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
529: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
530: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
531: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
532: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
533: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
534: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
535: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
536: <p>
537:
538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 539: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
540: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
541: </strong></font><br>
542: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
543: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
544: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
545: in general temperature and environmental issues.
546: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
547: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
548: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
549: other major operating systems." ...
550: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
551: machines running in
552: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
553: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
554: <p>
555:
556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
557: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
558: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
559: </strong></font><br>
560: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
561: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
562: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
563: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
564: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
565: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
566: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
567: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
568: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
569: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
570: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
571: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
572: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
573: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
574: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
575: <p>
576:
1.487 ian 577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 578: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
579: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
580: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 581: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 582: financial situation.
583: <p>
584:
585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 586: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
587: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
588: </strong></font><br>
589: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
590: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
591: produce our favorite operating system.
592: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
593: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
594: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
595: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
596: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 597: <br/>
598: Also online at
599: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
600: <p>
601:
602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
603: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
604: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
605: </strong></font><br>
606: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
607: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
608: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
609: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
610: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
611: sustain indefinitely."
612: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
613: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
614: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
615: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
616: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 617: <p>
618:
619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 620: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
621: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
622: </strong></font><br>
623: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
624: with a reminder that
625: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
626: used nowadays almost everywhere."
627: Ends with this quote from Marco:
628: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
629: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
630: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
631: <p>
632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 634: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 635: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
636: </strong></font><br>
637: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
638: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
639: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
640: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
641: a few of them each year.
642: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
643: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
644: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
645: to the OpenBSD project.
646: It's time for them to do so.
647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 650: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
651: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
652: </strong></font><br>
653: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
654: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
655: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
656: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
657: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
658: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
659: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
660: <p>
661:
662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 663: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
664: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 665: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
666: <!-- North America mirror:
667: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 668: -->
1.490 deraadt 669: European mirror:
670: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
671: <br>
672: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 673: <p>
674:
675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 676: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
677: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 678: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 679: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
680: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
681: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
682: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
683: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
684: designed to provide reliability and security.
685: <p>
686:
687: </ul>
688:
1.485 ian 689: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
690: <ul>
691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 692: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
693: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
694: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 695: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 696: installations in about four minutes flat".
697: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
698: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 699: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 700: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
701: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
702: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
703: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
704: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
705: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
706: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
707: the steps in the article.
708: <p>
709:
710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 711: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
712: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
713: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
714: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
715: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
716: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
717: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
718: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
719: happening in real life.
720: <p>
721:
722: </ul>
723:
1.492 ian 724: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
725: <ul>
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
727: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
728: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
729: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
730: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
731: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
732: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 733: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 734: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
735: </ul>
736:
1.483 ian 737: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
738: <ul>
739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 740: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
741: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
742: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
743: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
744: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
745: <p>
746:
747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 748: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 749: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
750: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
751: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
752: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
753: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
754: to sites with more information on most topics.
755: <p>
756:
757: </ul>
758:
759:
1.479 grunk 760: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
761: <ul>
762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 763: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 764: Goes to Venice</a>,
765: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 766: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 767: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
768: <br/>
769: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
770: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
771: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 772: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 773: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
774: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
775: Contains a link to
776: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
777: pval's summary slides</a>.
778: <p>
779:
780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 781: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
782: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
783: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
784: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
785: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
786: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
787: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
788: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 789: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 790: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
791: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
792: the packages and ports system"</i>.
793: <p>
794:
795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
796: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
797: Return of The BSDs</a>,
798: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
799: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
800: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
801: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
802: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
803: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
804: quotes from Bob Beck.
805: <p>
806:
807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 808: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
809: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
810: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 811: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
812: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 813: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
814: and Linux.<br>
815: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
816: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
817: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
818: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
819: of the release
820: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
821: <p>
822: </ul>
823:
1.476 ian 824: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
825: <ul>
826:
827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
828: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
829: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
830: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
831: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
832: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
833: and too unreliable.
834: This quote will rattle some cages:
835: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
836: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
837: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
838: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
839: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
840: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
841: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
842: costs without any commercial lock-in."
843: <p>
844:
1.477 saad 845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
846: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
847: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
848: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
849: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
850: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
851: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
852: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
853: discussion about future plans.
854: <p>
855:
1.478 grunk 856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
857: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
858: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
859: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
860: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
861: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
862: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
863: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
864: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
865: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
866: <p>
867:
1.476 ian 868: </ul>
869:
1.470 saad 870: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
871: <ul>
872:
873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 874: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
875: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
876: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
877: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
878: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
879: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
880: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
881: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
882: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
883: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
884: <p>
885:
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 887: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
888: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
889: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
890: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
891: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
892: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
893: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
894: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
895: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
896: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
897: <p>
898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 900: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
901: Big debate over small packets</a>,
902: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
903: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
904: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
905: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
906: draft.
907: <p>
908:
909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 910: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
911: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
912: ordinateur ?"</a>,
913: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
914: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
915: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
916: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
917: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
918: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
919: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
920: <p>
921:
922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 923: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
924: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
925: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
926: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
927: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
928: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
929: performance data with pfstat.
930: <p>
931:
932: </ul>
933:
1.461 grunk 934: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
935: <ul>
936:
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 938: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
939: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 940: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 941: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
942: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
943: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 944: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 945: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 946: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
947: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
948: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 949: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
950: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 951: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 952: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
953: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 954: <p>
955:
956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 957: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
958: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 959: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 960: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
961: poor security:
1.467 grunk 962: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 963: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 964: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 965: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
966: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
967: <p>
968:
969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 970: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
971: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 972: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 973: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
974: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 975: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
976: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
977: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
978: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
979: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
980: commercial vendors.
981: <p>
982:
983: </ul>
984:
1.454 ian 985: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
986: <ul>
1.468 grunk 987:
988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
989: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
990: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
991: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
992: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
993: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
994: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 995: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 996: <br>
997: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
998: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
999: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1000: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1001: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1002: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1003: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1004: <p>
1005:
1.454 ian 1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1007: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1008: Free Bird</a>,
1009: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1010: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1011: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1012: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1013: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1014: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1015: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1016: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1017: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1018: room will only be available in the print edition.
1019: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1020:
1.458 niallo 1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1022: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1023: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1024: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1025: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1026: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1027: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1028: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1029: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1030: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1031:
1.456 niallo 1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1033: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1034: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1035: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1036: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1037: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1038: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1039: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1040: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1041: interview.</a>
1042: <p>
1043:
1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1045: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1046: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1047: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1048: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1049: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1050: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1051: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1052: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1053: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1054: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1055: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1056: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1057: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1058: "I have never used it."
1059: <p>
1060:
1061: </ul>
1062:
1.441 deraadt 1063: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1064: <ul>
1065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1066: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1067: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1068: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1069: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1070: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1071: future enhancements.
1072: <p>
1073:
1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1075: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1076: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1077: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1078: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1079: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1080: North America mirror:
1081: <ul>
1.452 marco 1082: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1083: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1084: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1085: </ul>
1086: European mirror:
1087: <ul>
1.452 marco 1088: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1089: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1090: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1091: </ul>
1092: <p>
1093:
1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1095: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1096: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1097: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1098: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1099: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1100: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1101: <p>
1102:
1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1104: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1105: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1106: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1107: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1108: first-hand account.
1109: <p>
1110:
1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1112: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1113: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1114: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1115: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1116: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1117: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1118: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1119: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1120: <p>
1121:
1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1123: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1124: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1125: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1126: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1127: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1128: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1129: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1130: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1131: <p>
1132:
1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1134: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1135: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1136: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1137: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1138: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1139: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1140: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1141: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1142: <p>
1143:
1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1145: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1146: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1147: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1148: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1149: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1150: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1151: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1152: <p>
1153:
1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1155: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1156: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1157: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1158: </strong></font><br>
1159: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1160: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1161: with OpenBSD.
1162: </ul>
1163:
1.436 henning 1164: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1165: <ul>
1166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1167: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1168: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1169: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1170: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1171: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1172: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1173: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1174: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1175: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1176: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1177: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1178: <p>
1179: This article can also be found online as
1180: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1181: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1182: <p>
1183:
1184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1185: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1186: </strong></font><br>
1187: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1188: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1189: <p>
1190:
1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1192: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1193: </strong></font><br>
1194: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1195: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1196: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1197: the issues we had with IETF.
1198: </ul>
1199:
1.431 ian 1200: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1201: <ul>
1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1203: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1204: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1205: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1206: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1207: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1208: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1209: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1210: <p>
1211:
1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1213: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1214: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1215: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1216: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1217: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1218: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1219: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1220: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1221: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1222: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1223: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1224: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1225: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1226: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1227: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1228:
1229: </ul>
1230:
1.427 matthieu 1231: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1232: <ul>
1233:
1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1235: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1236: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1237: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1238: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1239: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1240: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1241: firmware.
1.434 ian 1242: Similar articles can be found online at:
1243: <ul>
1244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1245: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1246: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1247: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1249: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1250: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1251: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1253: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1254: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1255: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1257: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1258: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1259: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1260: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1261: </ul>
1262:
1.426 ian 1263: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1264: <ul>
1265:
1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1267: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1268: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1269: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1270: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1271: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1272: mechanism: what it is and why and
1273: how to use it, with examples.
1274: Another excerpt from the book
1275: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1276: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1277: <p>
1278:
1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1280: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1281: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1282: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1283: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1284: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1285: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1286: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1287: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1288: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1289: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1290: This article is a sample chapter from
1291: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1292: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1293: <p>
1.443 ian 1294:
1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1296: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1297: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1298: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1299: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1300: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1301: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1302: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1303: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1304: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1305: ends with a sidebar on security.
1306: <p>
1.426 ian 1307: </ul>
1308:
1.424 ian 1309: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1310: <ul>
1311:
1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1313: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1314: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1315: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1316: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1317: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1318: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1319: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1320: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1321: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1322: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1323: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1324: <p>
1325: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1326: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1327: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1328: <p>
1329:
1330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1331: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1332: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1333: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1334: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1335: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1336: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1337: operating systems.
1338: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1339: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1340: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1341: systems, he writes:
1342: <blockquote>
1343: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1344: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1345: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1346: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1347: to the operating system...
1348: <br/>
1349: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1350: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1351: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1352: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1353: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1354: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1355: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1356: in a closed source operating system).
1357: <br/>
1358: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1359: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1360: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1361: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1362: </blockquote>
1363: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1364: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1365: their hardware and software operates.
1366: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1367: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1368: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1369: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1370: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1371: <p>
1372: </ul>
1373:
1.417 pvalchev 1374: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1375: <ul>
1.421 ian 1376:
1.417 pvalchev 1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1378: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1379: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1380: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1381: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1382: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1383: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1384: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1385: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1386: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1387: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1388: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1389: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1390: <p>
1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1392: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1393: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1394: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1395: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1396: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1397: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1398: it claims to do".
1399: <p>
1400:
1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1402: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1403: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1404: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1405: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1406: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1407: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1408: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1409: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1410: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1411: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1412: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1413: (yes, this is a hint).
1414: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1415: picked up on the
1416: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1417: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1418: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1419: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1420: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1421: <p>
1422:
1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1424: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1425: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1426: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1427: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1428: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1429: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1430: the current efforts.
1431: <p>
1432: </ul>
1433:
1.407 henning 1434: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1435: <ul>
1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1437: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1438: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1439: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1440: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1441: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1442: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1443: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1444: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1445: <p>
1446:
1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1448: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1449: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1450: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1451: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1452: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1453: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1454: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1455: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1456: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1457: <p>
1.415 ian 1458:
1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1460: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1461: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1462: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1463: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1464: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1465: overflow attacks... because
1466: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1467: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1468: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1469: and propolice.
1470: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1471: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1472: and that's when the science falls apart."
1473: <p>
1474:
1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1476: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1477: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1478: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1479: Starts with the question:
1480: <blockquote>
1481: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1482: <br/>
1483: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1484: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1485: <br/>
1486: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1487: Should we believe them?"
1488: </blockquote>
1489: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1490: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1491: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1492: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1493: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1494: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1495: <p>
1496:
1497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1498: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1499: Simple Simon</a>,
1500: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1501: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1502: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1503: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1504: routing/firewall, and more.
1505: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1506: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1507: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1508: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1509: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1510: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1511: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1512: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1513: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1514: </blockquote>
1515: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1516: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1517: <p>
1518:
1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1520: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1521: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1522: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1523: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1524: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1525: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1526: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1527: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1528: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1529: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1530: in spite of it
1531: (registration required, but worth it).
1532: <p>
1533:
1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1535: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1536: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1537: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1538: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1539: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1540: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1541: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1542: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1543: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1544: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1545: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1546: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1547: <p>
1548:
1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1550: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1551: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1552: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1553: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1554: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1555: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1556: <blockquote>
1557: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1558: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1559: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1560: a lot of analysis.
1561: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1562: </blockquote>
1563: <p>
1564: </ul>
1565:
1.400 marco 1566: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1567: <ul>
1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1569: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1570: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1571: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1572: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1573: UNIX-like systems.
1574: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1575: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1576: <p>
1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1578: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1579: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1580: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1581: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1582: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1583: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1584: At one point, the article states:
1585: <blockquote>
1586: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1587: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1588: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1589: </blockquote>
1590: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1591: <blockquote>
1592: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1593: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1594: </blockquote>
1595: <p>
1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1597: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1598: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1599: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1600: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1601: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1602: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1603: required).
1604: <p>
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1606: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1607: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1608: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1609: </strong></font><br>
1610: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1611: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1612: <p>
1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1614: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1615: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1616: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1617: </strong></font><br>
1618: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1619: <p>
1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1621: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1622: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1623: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1624: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1625: 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 1626: <p>
1627: </ul>
1628:
1.396 henning 1629: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1630: <ul>
1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1632: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1633: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1634: Unix Review, July, 2004
1635: </strong></font><br>
1636: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1637: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1638: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1639: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1640: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1641: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1642: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1643: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1644: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1645: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1646: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1647: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1648: and even spelling/wording errors.
1649: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1650: <p>
1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1652: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1653: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1654: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1655: </strong></font><br>
1656: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1657: <p>
1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1659: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1660: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1661: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1662: </strong></font><br>
1663: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1664: <p>
1665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1666: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1667: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1668: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1669: </strong></font><br>
1670: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1671: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1672: <p>
1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1674: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1675: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1676: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1677: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1678: <p>
1679: </ul>
1680:
1.405 jolan 1681: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1682: <ul>
1683: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
1684: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1685: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1686: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1687: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1688: details on how funds are dispersed.
1689: <p>
1690: </ul>
1691:
1.393 david 1692: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1693: <ul>
1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1695: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1696: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1697: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1698: </strong></font><br>
1699: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1700: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1701: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1702: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1703: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1704: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1705: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1706: <p>
1707:
1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1709: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1710: Secure by Default</a>,
1711: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1712: </strong></font><br>
1713: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1714: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1715: <p>
1716:
1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1718: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1719: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1720: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1721: </strong></font><br>
1722: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1723: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1724: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1725: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1726: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1727: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1728: <p>
1729:
1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1731: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1732: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1733: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1734: </strong></font><br>
1735: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1736: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1737: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1738: <p>
1739:
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1741: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1742: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1743: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1744: </strong></font><br>
1745: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1746: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1747: <p>
1748: </ul>
1749:
1.388 mcbride 1750: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1751: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1752:
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1754: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1755: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1756: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1757: </strong></font><br>
1758: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1759: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1760: available for sparc64.
1761: <p>
1762:
1.390 beck 1763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1764: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1765: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1766: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1767: </strong></font><br>
1768: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1769: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1770: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1771: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1772: <p>
1773:
1774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1775: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1776: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1777: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1778: </strong></font><br>
1779: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1780: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1781: it does: CARP provides sharing
1782: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1783: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1784: detail to get you started using it.
1785: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1786: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1787: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1788: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1789: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1790: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1791: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1792: <p>
1.391 ian 1793:
1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1795: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1796: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1797: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1798: </strong></font><br>
1799: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1800: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1801: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1802: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1803:
1804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1805: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1806: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1807: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1808: </strong></font><br>
1809: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1810: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1811: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1812: unencumbered by patents.
1813: <p>
1814: </ul>
1815:
1.378 henning 1816: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1817: <ul>
1.384 jose 1818:
1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1820: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1821: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1822: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1823: </strong></font><br>
1824: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1825: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1826: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1827: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1828: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1829: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1830: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1831: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1832: in the page tables."
1833: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1834: <p>
1835:
1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1837: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1838: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1839: </strong></font><br>
1840: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1841: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1842: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1843: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1844: <p>
1.384 jose 1845:
1.378 henning 1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1847: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1848: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1849: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1850: </strong></font><br>
1851: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1852: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1853: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1854: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1855: (quote:
1856: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1857: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1858: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1859: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1860: the other developers for their work on the system.
1861: <p>
1862:
1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1864: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1865: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1866: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1867: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1868: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1869: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1870: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1871: too.
1872: <p>
1873:
1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1875: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1876: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1877: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1878: OpenBSD source code using
1879: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1880: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1881: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1882: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1883: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1884: <p>
1885: </ul>
1886:
1.374 jose 1887: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1888: <ul>
1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1890: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1891: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1892: </strong></font><br>
1893: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1894: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1895: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1896: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1897: it."
1898: <p>
1899:
1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1901: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1902: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1903: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1904: </strong></font><br/>
1905: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1906: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1907: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1908: <p>
1909: </ul>
1910:
1.369 ian 1911: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1912: <ul>
1913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1914: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1915: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1916: </strong></font><br/>
1917: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1918: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1919: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1920: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1921: <p>
1922:
1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1924: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1925: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1926: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1927: </strong></font><br/>
1928: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1929: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1930: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1931: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1932: form factor.
1933: <p>
1934:
1935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1936: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1937: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1938: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1939: Features</a>,
1940: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1941: </strong></font><br/>
1942: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1943: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1944: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1945: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1946: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1947: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1948: <p>
1949: This article can also be found online at:
1950: <ul>
1951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1952: <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 1953: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
1954: </strong></font>
1955: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1956: </ul>
1957: <p>
1.392 david 1958:
1.371 jose 1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1960: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
1961: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 1962: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
1963: </strong></font><br/>
1964: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
1965: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
1966: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 1967: <p>
1.371 jose 1968:
1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 1970: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 1971: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 1972: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 1973: </strong></font><br/>
1974: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
1975: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
1976: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
1977: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
1978: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
1979: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
1980: and its history with OpenBSD.
1981: </ul>
1982:
1.368 henning 1983: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
1984: <ul>
1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1986: [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 1987: </strong></font><br>
1988: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
1989: </ul>
1990:
1.364 jose 1991: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
1992: <ul>
1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 1994: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
1995: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
1996: UNIX Review,
1997: July, 2003.
1998: </strong></font><br>
1999: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2000: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2001: who want more information.
2002: <p>
2003:
2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2005: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2006: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2007: Government Computer News,
2008: July 22, 2003.
2009: </strong></font><br>
2010: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2011: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2012: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2013: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2014: <p>
2015:
2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2017: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2018: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2019: SANS Institute,
2020: July 22, 2003.
2021: </strong></font><br>
2022: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2023: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2024: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2025: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2026: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2027: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2028: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2029: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2030: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2031: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2032: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2033: <p>
2034:
2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2036: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2037: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2038: OnLamp.com,
2039: July 17, 2003.
2040: </strong></font><br>
2041: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2042: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2043: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2044: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2045: have been working on.
2046:
2047: </ul>
2048:
1.356 jose 2049: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2050: <ul>
2051:
2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2053: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2054: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2055: UNIX Review,
2056: June, 2003.
2057: </strong></font><br>
2058: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2059: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2060: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2061: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2062: <p>
2063:
2064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2065: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2066: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2067: eWeek,
2068: June 23, 2003.
2069: </strong></font><br>
2070: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2071: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2072: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2073: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2074: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2075: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2076: <p>
2077:
2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2079: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2080: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2081: Software Development Online,
2082: June, 2003.
2083: </strong></font><br>
2084: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2085: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2086: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2087: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2088: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2089: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2090: current activities.
2091: <p>
2092:
2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2094: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2095: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2096: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2097: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2098: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2099: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2100: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2101: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2102: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2103: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2104: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2105: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2106: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2107: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2108: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2109: decisions.
2110: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2111: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2112: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2113: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2114: <p>
2115:
2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2117: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2118: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2119: Page 58, eWeek,
2120: June 2, 2003.
2121: </strong></font><br>
2122: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2123: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2124: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2125: been addressed in -current.
2126: <p>
2127:
1.356 jose 2128: </ul>
2129:
2130: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2131: <ul>
2132:
1.355 jose 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2134: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2135: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2136: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2137: </strong></font><br>
2138: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2139: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2140: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2141: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2142: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2143: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2144: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2145: <p>
2146:
2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2148: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2149: Beyond Linux</a>,
2150: InfoWorld,
2151: May 23, 2003.
2152: </strong></font><br>
2153: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2154: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2155: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2156: compared to the GPL.
2157: <p>
2158:
2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2160: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2161: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2162: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2163: May 17, 2003.
2164: </strong></font><br>
2165: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2166: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2167: the business section and half of another page inside
2168: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2169: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2170: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2171: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2172: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2173: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2174: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2175: <br>
2176: This article can also be found online at:
2177: <ul>
2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2179: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2180: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2181: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2182: May 17, 2003
2183: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2184: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2186: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2187: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2188: Montreal Gazette,
2189: May 21, 2003
2190: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2191: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2192: <p>
1.346 ian 2193:
2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2195: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2196: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2197: May 7, 2003.
2198: </strong></font><br>
2199: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2200: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2201: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2202: <p>
2203:
2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2205: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2206: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2207: OsOpinion,
2208: May 6, 2003.
2209: </strong></font><br>
2210: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2211: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2212: <br>
2213: This article can also be found online at:
2214: <ul>
2215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2216: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2217: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2218: NewsFactor Network.
2219: </strong></font>
2220: </ul>
2221: <p>
2222:
2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2224: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2225: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2226: ITBusiness,
2227: May 2, 2003.
2228: </strong></font><br>
2229: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2230: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2231: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2232: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2233: <p>
2234:
2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2236: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2237: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2238: InfoWorld,
2239: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2240: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2241: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2242: <br>
2243: This article can also be found online at:
2244: <ul>
2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2246: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2247: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2248: IDG Singapore.
2249: </strong></font>
2250: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2251: <p>
2252:
1.339 jose 2253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2254: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2255: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2256: ZDNet,
2257: May 1, 2003.
2258: </strong></font><br>
2259: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2260: someone using parts from previous articles.
2261: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2262: This article can also be found online at:
2263: <ul>
2264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2265: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2266: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2267: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2268: </strong></font>
2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2270: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2271: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2272: CNET News.com.
2273: </strong></font>
2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2275: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2276: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2277: ZDNet UK.
2278: </strong></font>
2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2280: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2281: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2282: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2283: </strong></font>
2284: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2285: <p>
1.339 jose 2286:
1.341 deraadt 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2288: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2289: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2290: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2291: May 1, 2003.
2292: </strong></font><br>
2293: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2294: that have been added
2295: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2296: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2297: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2298: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2299: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2300: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2301: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2302: <p>
2303:
2304: </ul>
2305:
1.253 ian 2306: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2307: <ul>
1.255 ian 2308:
1.260 ian 2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2310: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2311: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2312: TechRepublic,
2313: April 28, 2003.
2314: </strong></font><br>
2315: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2316: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2317: work.<br>
2318: Can also be found online at:
2319: <ul>
2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2321: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2322: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2323: ZDNet UK.
2324: </strong></font>
2325: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2326: <p>
2327:
2328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2329: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2330: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2331: IDG,
2332: April 24, 2003.
2333: </strong></font><br>
2334: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2335: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2336: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2337: Can also be found online at:
2338: <ul>
2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2340: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2341: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2342: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2343: </strong></font>
2344: </ul>
2345: <p>
2346:
2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2348: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2349: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2350: Slate,
2351: April 24, 2003.
2352: </strong></font><br>
2353: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2354: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2355: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2356: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2357: <p>
2358:
2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2360: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2361: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2362: April 24, 2003.
2363: </strong></font><br>
2364: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2365: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2366: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2367: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2368: <p>
2369:
2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2371: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2372: April 24, 2003.
2373: </strong></font><br>
2374: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2375: the free software community".
2376: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2377: other articles.
2378: <p>
2379:
2380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2381: <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 2382: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2383: </strong></font><br>
2384: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2385: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2386: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2387: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2388: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2389: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2390: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2391: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2392: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2393: <br/>
2394: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2395: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2396: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2397: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2398: <br>
2399: Can also be found online at:
2400: <ul>
2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2402: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2403: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2404: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2405: </strong></font>
2406: </ul>
1.324 ian 2407: <p>
2408:
2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2410: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2411: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2412: </strong></font><br>
2413: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2414: article above.
2415: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2416: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2417: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2418: <br>
2419: Can also be found online at:
2420: <ul>
2421: <li>
2422: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2423: </strong></font>
2424: </ul>
1.324 ian 2425: <p>
2426:
2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2428: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2429: </strong></font><br>
2430: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2431: <p>
2432:
2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2434: <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.
2435: </strong></font><br>
2436: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2437: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2438: <p>
2439:
2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2441: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2442: April 23, 2003.
2443: </strong></font><br>
2444: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2445: <p>
2446:
2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2448: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2449: April 22, 2003.
2450: </strong></font><br>
2451: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2452: <p>
2453:
2454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2455: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2456: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2457: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2458: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2459: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2460: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2461: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2462: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2463: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2464: Can also be found online at:
2465: <ul>
2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2467: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2468: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2469: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2470: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2472: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2473: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2474: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2475: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2476: </ul>
2477: <p>
2478:
2479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2480: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2481: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2482: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2483: </strong></font><br>
2484: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2485: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2486: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2487: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2488: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2489: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2490: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2491: <p>
2492:
2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2494: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2495: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2496: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2497: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2498: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2499: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2500: at UPenn and DARPA.
2501: <p>
2502:
2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2504: [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,
2505: France
1.315 deraadt 2506: April 18, 2003.
2507: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2508: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2509: <p>
2510:
2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2512: [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 2513: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2514: </strong></font><br>
2515: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2516: <p>
2517:
2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2519: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2520: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2521: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2522: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2523: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2524: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2525: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2526: <p>
2527:
2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2529: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2530: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2531: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2532: </strong></font><br>
2533: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2534: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2535: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2536: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2537: <p>
2538:
2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2540: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2541: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2542: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2543: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2544: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2545: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2546: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2547: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2548: Can also be found online at:
2549: <ul>
2550: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2551: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2552: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2553: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2554: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2555: <p>
2556:
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2558: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2559: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2560: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2561: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2562: </strong></font><br>
2563: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2564: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2565: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2566: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2567: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2568:
2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2570: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2571: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2572: New York Times.
2573: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2574:
1.273 deraadt 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2576: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2577: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2578: ABC News.
2579: </strong></font>
2580:
2581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2582: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2583: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2584: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2585: </strong></font>
2586:
2587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2588: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2589: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2590: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2591: </strong></font>
2592:
2593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2594: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2595: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2596: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2597: </strong></font>
2598:
2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2600: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2601: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2602: Times Daily, AL.
2603: </strong></font>
2604:
2605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2606: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2607: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2608: Boston.com, MA.
2609: </strong></font>
2610:
2611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2612: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2613: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2614: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2615: </strong></font>
2616:
2617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2618: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2619: [Article was pulled]</a>
2620: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2621: </strong></font>
2622:
2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2624: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2625: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2626: Infoshop News.
2627: </strong></font>
2628:
2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2630: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2631: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2632: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2633: </strong></font>
2634:
2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2636: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2637: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2638: Raleigh News, NC.
2639: </strong></font>
2640:
2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2642: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2643: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2644: Napa News, CA.
2645: </strong></font>
2646:
2647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2648: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2649: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2650: NEPA News, PA.
2651: </strong></font>
2652:
2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2654: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2655: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2656: Wired News.
2657: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2658: <br>
2659: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2660: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2661: [JAPANESE]
2662: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2663: Wired News Japan</a>
2664: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2665:
1.271 deraadt 2666: </ul>
2667: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2668: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2669: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2670: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2671: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2672: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2673: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2674: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2675: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2676: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2677: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2678: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2679: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2680: <p>
2681: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2682:
2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2684: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2685: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2686: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2687: </strong></font>
2688:
2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2690: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2691: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2692: Miami Herald, FL.
2693: </strong></font>
2694:
2695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2696: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2697: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2698: </strong></font>
2699:
2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2701: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2702: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2703: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2704: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2705:
2706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2707: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2708: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2709: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2710: ABC News.
2711: </strong></font>
2712:
1.276 deraadt 2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2714: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2715: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2716: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2717: </strong></font>
2718:
1.286 dhartmei 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2720: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2721: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2722: Wilmington Star, NC.
2723: </strong></font>
2724:
1.300 jose 2725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2726: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2727: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2728: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2729: </strong></font>
2730:
1.309 jose 2731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2732: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2733: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2734: Globe Technology.
2735: </strong></font>
2736:
1.263 deraadt 2737: </ul>
1.262 beck 2738: <p>
2739:
2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2741: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2742: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2743: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2744: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2745: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2746: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2747: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2748: <p>
2749:
2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2751: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2752: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2753: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2754: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2755: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2756: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2757: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2758: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2759: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2760: and simply restates other press reports.
2761: <p>
2762:
2763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2764: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2765: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2766: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2767: </strong></font><br>
2768: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2769: <p>
2770:
2771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2772: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2773: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2774: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2775: </strong></font><br>
2776: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2777: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2778: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2779: <p>
2780:
2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2782: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2783: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2784: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2785: April 17, 2003.
2786: </strong></font><br>
2787: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2788: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2789: Tech Anthems</a>
2790: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2791: 4 so far.
2792: <p>
2793:
2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2795: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2796: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2797: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2798: </strong></font><br>
2799: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2800: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2801: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2802: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2803: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2804: Goes on to say:
2805: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2806: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2807: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2808: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2809: This article is also found online at:
2810: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2812: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2813: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2814: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2815: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2817: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2818: ZDnet</a>,
2819: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2820: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2822: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2823: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2824: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2825: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2826: </ul>
1.260 ian 2827: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2828:
1.260 ian 2829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2830: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2831: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2832: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2833: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2834: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2835: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2836: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2837: without notice or justification.
2838: <p>
2839:
2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2841: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2842: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2843: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2844: </strong></font><br>
2845: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2846: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2847: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2848: effective today, without any warning..."
2849: <p>
1.257 ian 2850:
2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2852: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2853: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2854: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2855: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2856: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2857: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2858: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2859: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2860: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2861: <p>
2862:
2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2864: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2865: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2866: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2867: </strong></font><br>
2868: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2869: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2870: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2871: quoting two of them:
2872: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2873: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2874: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2875: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2876: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2877: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2878: <p>
2879:
1.255 ian 2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2881: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2882: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2883: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2884: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2885: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2886: <p>
2887:
2888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2889: [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 2890: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2891: </strong></font><br>
2892: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2893: <p>
2894:
2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2896: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2897: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2898: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2899: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2900: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2901: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2902: security experts for more than three decades."
2903: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2904: <p>
1.261 ian 2905:
1.254 drahn 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2907: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2908: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2909: </strong></font><br>
2910: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2911: <p>
2912:
2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2914: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2915: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2916: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2917: </strong></font><br>
2918: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2919: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2920: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2921: <p>
2922:
2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2924: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2925: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2926: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2927: </strong></font><br>
2928: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2929: from US DARPA.
2930: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2931: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2932: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2933: the BSD license.
2934: <p>
2935: </ul>
2936:
1.251 ian 2937: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2938: <ul>
2939:
2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2941: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2942: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2943: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2944: </strong></font><br>
2945:
2946: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2947: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2948: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2949: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2950: <p>
2951:
2952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 2953: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
2954: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 2955: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 2956: </strong></font><br>
2957: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
2958: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
2959: Mentions
2960: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
2961: and
2962: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
2963: programs.
2964: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 2965: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 2966: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
2967: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
2968: <p>
1.325 ian 2969: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
2970: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 2971:
2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2973: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
2974: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
2975: </strong></font><br>
2976: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
2977: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
2978: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
2979: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
2980: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
2981: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
2982: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
2983: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
2984: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
2985: put into service."
2986: <p>
2987: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
2988: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
2989: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
2990: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
2991: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
2992: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
2993: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
2994: computers with security features."
2995: <p>
1.329 ian 2996:
2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2998: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
2999: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3000: Slate,
3001: March 3, 2003.
3002: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3003: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3004: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3005: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3006: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3007: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3008: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3009: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3010: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3011: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3012: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3013: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3014: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3015: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3016: of more secure open-source solutions like
3017: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3018: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3019: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3020: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3021: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3022: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3023: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3024: the Beltway."
3025: <p>
1.251 ian 3026: </ul>
3027:
1.249 jufi 3028: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3029: <ul>
3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3031: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3032: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3033: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3034: </strong></font><br>
3035: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3036: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3037: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3038: <p>
1.334 ian 3039:
3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3041: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3042: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3043: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3044: </strong></font><br>
3045: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3046: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3047: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3048: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3049: "... the hypothetical question ...
3050: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3051: <br>
3052: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3053: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3054: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3055: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3056: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3057: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3058: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3059: support network security.
3060: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3061: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3062: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3063: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3064: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3065: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3066: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3067: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3068: <br>
3069: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3070: <p>
3071:
1.249 jufi 3072: </ul>
3073:
1.246 jufi 3074: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3075: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3078: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3079: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3080: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3081: </strong></font><br>
3082: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3083: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3084: <p>
3085:
1.247 jufi 3086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3087: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3088: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3089: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3090: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3091: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3092: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3093: <p>
3094:
3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3096: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3097: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3098: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3099: </strong></font><br>
3100: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3101: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3102: <p>
1.247 jufi 3103: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3104:
1.244 jufi 3105: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3106: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3109: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3110: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3111: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3112: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3113: </strong></font><br>
3114: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3115: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3116: md5 digests.
3117: <p>
3118:
1.247 jufi 3119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3120: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3121: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3122: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3123: </strong></font><br>
3124: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3125: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3126: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3127: right the first time."
3128: <p>
1.247 jufi 3129: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3130:
3131:
3132: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3133: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3134:
1.247 jufi 3135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3136: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3137: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3138: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3139: </strong></font><br>
3140: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3141: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3142: part 6</a>.
3143: <p>
3144:
1.247 jufi 3145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3146: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3147: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3148: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3149: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3150: </strong></font><br>
3151: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3152: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3153: <p>
1.301 jose 3154:
3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3156: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3157: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3158: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3159: </strong></font><br>
3160:
3161: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3162: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3163: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3164: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3165: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3166: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3167: <i>Here's the
3168: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3169: <p>
1.247 jufi 3170: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3171:
3172: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3173: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3174:
1.247 jufi 3175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3176: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3177: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3178: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3179: </strong></font><br>
3180: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3181: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3182: <p>
3183:
1.247 jufi 3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3185: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3186: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3187: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3188: </strong></font><br>
3189: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3190: this time using pf.
3191: <p>
1.247 jufi 3192: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3193:
3194: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3195: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3198: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3199: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3200: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3201: </strong></font><br>
3202: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3203: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3204: their rotation.
3205: <p>
3206:
1.247 jufi 3207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3208: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3209: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3210: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3211: </strong></font><br>
3212: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3213: <p>
1.247 jufi 3214: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3215:
1.239 jufi 3216: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3217: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3218:
1.247 jufi 3219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3220: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3221: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3222: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3223: </strong></font><br>
3224: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3225: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3226: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3227: <p>
3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3230: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3231: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3232: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3233: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3234: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3235: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3236: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3237: <p>
1.247 jufi 3238: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3239:
1.235 lebel 3240: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3241: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3242:
1.239 jufi 3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3245: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3246: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3247: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3248: </strong></font><br>
3249: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3250: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3251: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3252: <p>
1.301 jose 3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3255:
1.228 horacio 3256: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3257: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3260: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3261: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3262: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3263: </strong></font><br>
3264: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3265: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3266: <p>
3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3269: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3270: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3271: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3272: </strong></font><br>
3273: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3274: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3275: <p>
3276:
1.247 jufi 3277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3278: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3279: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3280: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3281: </strong></font><br>
3282: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3283: on the desktop of his parents.
3284: <p>
3285:
1.247 jufi 3286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3287: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3288: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3289: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3290: </strong></font><br>
3291: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3292: using IPFilter.
3293:
3294: <p>
3295:
1.247 jufi 3296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3297: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3298: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3299: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3300: </strong></font><br>
3301: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3302: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3303: perspectives of the four OS.
3304: <br>
3305: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3306: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3307: <p>
3308:
1.247 jufi 3309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3310: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3311: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3312: software and security</a>,
3313: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3314: </strong></font><br>
3315:
3316: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3317: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3318: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3319: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3320: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3321: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3322: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3323: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3324: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3325: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3326: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3327: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3328: <p>
1.247 jufi 3329: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3330:
1.225 horacio 3331: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3332: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3333:
1.247 jufi 3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3335: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3336: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3337: Interview</a>,
3338: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3339: </strong></font><br>
3340:
3341: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3342: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3343: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3344: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3345: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3346: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3347: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3348: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3349: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3350: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3351: of choice.
3352: <p>
1.247 jufi 3353: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3354:
3355: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3356: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3357:
1.247 jufi 3358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3359: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3360: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3361: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3362: </strong></font><br>
3363:
3364: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3365: <p>
3366:
1.247 jufi 3367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3368: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3369: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3370: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3371: </strong></font><br>
3372:
3373: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3374: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3375: <p>
1.247 jufi 3376: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3377:
1.218 horacio 3378: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3379: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3380:
1.247 jufi 3381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3382: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3383: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3384: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3385: </strong></font><br>
3386:
3387: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3388: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3389: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3390: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3391: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3392: subjects. Worth a read.
3393: <p>
3394:
3395:
1.247 jufi 3396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3397: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3398: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3399: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3400: </strong></font><br>
3401:
3402: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3403: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3404: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3405: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3406: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3407: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3408: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3409: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3410: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3411: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3412: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3413: on other operating systems.<br>
3414: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3415: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3416: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3417: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3418: <p>
3419:
1.247 jufi 3420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3421: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3422: Operating System 2010</a>,
3423: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3424: </strong></font><br>
3425:
3426: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3427: covering the level of software integration into the core
3428: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3429: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3430: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3431: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3432: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3433: <p>
3434:
1.247 jufi 3435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3436: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3437: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3438: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3439: </strong></font><br>
3440:
3441: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3442: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3443: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3444: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3445: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3446: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3447: <p>
1.247 jufi 3448: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3449:
1.210 jufi 3450: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3451: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3452:
1.247 jufi 3453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3454: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3455: Already a Contender</a>,
3456: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3457: </strong></font><br>
3458:
3459: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3460: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3461: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3462: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3463: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3464: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3465: <p>
3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3468: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3469: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3470: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3471: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3472:
1.224 horacio 3473: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3474: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3475: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3476: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3477: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3478: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3479: <p>
1.247 jufi 3480: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3481:
3482: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3483: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3484:
1.247 jufi 3485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3486: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3487: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3488: Division</a>,
3489: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3490: </strong></font><br>
3491:
3492: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3493: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3494: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3495: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3496: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3497: investment</em>.<br>
3498: The implementation details can be seen on their
3499: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3500: <p>
3501:
1.247 jufi 3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3503: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3504: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3505: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3506: </strong></font><br>
3507:
3508: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3509: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3510: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3511: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3512: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3513: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3514: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3515: <p>
3516:
3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3518: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3519: Thinking about Security</a>,
3520: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3521: </strong></font><br>
3522:
3523: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3524: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3525: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3526: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3527: to time.<br>
3528: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3529: system and just the most secure system.
3530: <p>
3531:
1.247 jufi 3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3533: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3534: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3535: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3536: </strong></font><br>
3537:
3538: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3539: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3540: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3541: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3542: choice:<br>
3543: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3544: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3545: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3546: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3547: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3548: network security devices and as such must be well
3549: armored."</em><br>
3550: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3551: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3552: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3553: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3554: <br>
3555: Bravo!
3556: <p>
1.247 jufi 3557: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3558:
1.207 ian 3559: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3560: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3561:
1.247 jufi 3562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3563: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3564: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3565: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3566:
1.207 ian 3567: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3568: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3569: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3570: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3571: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3572: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3573: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3574: <p>
1.247 jufi 3575: </ul>
1.207 ian 3576:
1.194 jufi 3577: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3578: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3579:
1.247 jufi 3580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3581: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3582: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3583: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3584: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3585:
1.240 miod 3586: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3587: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3588: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3589: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3590: <p>
3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3593: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3594: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3595: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3596:
3597: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3598: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3599: <p>
3600:
3601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3602: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3603: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3604: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3605:
3606: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3607: <p>
3608:
3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3610: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3611: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3612: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3613: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3614:
1.240 miod 3615: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3616: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3617: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3618: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3619: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3620: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3621: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3622: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3623: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3624: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3625: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3626: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3627: <p>
3628:
1.247 jufi 3629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3630: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3631: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3632: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3633: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3634:
1.194 jufi 3635: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3636: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3637: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3638: <br>
3639: The new
3640: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3641: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3642: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3643: <p>
1.247 jufi 3644: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3645:
1.190 horacio 3646: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3647: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3648:
1.247 jufi 3649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3650:
3651: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3652: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3653:
1.301 jose 3654:
1.191 jufi 3655: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3656: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3657:
3658: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3659: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3660:
1.212 horacio 3661: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3662: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3663: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3664:
1.211 horacio 3665: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3666: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3667: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3668:
1.247 jufi 3669: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3670: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3673: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3674:
1.212 horacio 3675: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3676: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3677: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3678:
3679: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3680: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3681:
3682: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3683: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3684:
1.301 jose 3685: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3686: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3687:
1.191 jufi 3688: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3689: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3690:
3691: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3692: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3693:
1.192 jufi 3694: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3695: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3696: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3697:
1.193 deraadt 3698: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3699: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3700: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3701:
1.247 jufi 3702: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3703: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3704:
1.247 jufi 3705: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3706: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3707: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3708:
1.213 horacio 3709: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3710: 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 3711: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3712:
1.190 horacio 3713: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3714: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3715: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3716: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3717: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3718: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3719: <p>
1.190 horacio 3720:
1.247 jufi 3721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3722: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3723: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3724: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3725: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3726:
1.195 jufi 3727: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3728: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3729: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3730: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3731: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3732: <p>
3733:
1.247 jufi 3734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3735: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3736: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3737: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3738: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3739:
1.191 jufi 3740: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3741: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3742: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3743: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3744: <p>
3745:
3746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3747: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3748: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3749: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3750:
3751: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3752: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3753: <p>
1.247 jufi 3754: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3755:
1.191 jufi 3756:
1.186 jufi 3757: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3758: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3759:
1.247 jufi 3760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3761: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3762: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3763: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3764: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3765:
1.188 jufi 3766: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3767: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3768: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3769: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3770: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3771: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3772: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3773: <p>
3774:
1.301 jose 3775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3776: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3777: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3778: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3779:
3780: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3781: <p>
1.191 jufi 3782:
1.247 jufi 3783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3784: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3785: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3786: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3787: </strong></font><br>
3788:
3789: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3790: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3791: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3792: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3793: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3794: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3795: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3796: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3797: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3798: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3799: familiar?
3800: <p>
1.247 jufi 3801: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3802:
1.178 louis 3803: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3804: <ul>
1.178 louis 3805:
1.247 jufi 3806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3807: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3808: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3809: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3810: </strong></font><br>
3811:
3812: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3813: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3814: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3815: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3816: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3817: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3818: <p>
3819:
1.247 jufi 3820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3821: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3822: Open source under the hood</a>,
3823: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3824: </strong></font><br>
3825:
3826: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3827: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3828: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3829: <p>
3830:
1.247 jufi 3831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3832: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3833: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3834: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3835: </strong></font><br>
3836:
3837: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3838: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3839: <p>
1.247 jufi 3840: </ul>
1.179 louis 3841:
1.174 louis 3842:
1.175 louis 3843: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3844: <ul>
1.175 louis 3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3847: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3848: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3849: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3850: </strong></font><br>
3851:
3852: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3853: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3854: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3855: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3856: <p>
3857:
1.247 jufi 3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3859: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3860: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3861: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3862: </strong></font><br>
3863:
3864: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3865: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3866: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3867: <p>
1.247 jufi 3868: </ul>
1.175 louis 3869:
1.176 louis 3870:
1.172 mickey 3871: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3872: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3875: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3876: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3877: </strong></font><br>
3878:
3879: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3880: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3881: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3882: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3883: <p>
3884:
1.247 jufi 3885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3886: <a
1.269 deraadt 3887: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3888: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3889: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3890: </strong></font><br>
3891:
3892: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3893: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3894: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3895: <p>
3896:
1.247 jufi 3897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3898: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3899: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3900: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3901: </strong></font><br>
3902:
3903: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3904: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3905: <p>
3906:
1.247 jufi 3907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3908: <a
1.269 deraadt 3909: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3910: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3911: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3912: </strong></font><br>
3913:
3914: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3915: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3916: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3917: our own Theo de Raadt.
3918: <p>
3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3921: <a
1.269 deraadt 3922: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3923: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3924: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3925: </strong></font><br>
3926:
3927: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3928: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3929: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3930: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3931: shut down.]
3932: <p>
3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3935: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3936: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3937: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3938: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3939: </strong></font><br>
3940:
3941: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3942: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3943: <p>
1.247 jufi 3944: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3945:
1.161 louis 3946: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3947: <ul>
1.161 louis 3948:
1.247 jufi 3949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3950: <a
1.269 deraadt 3951: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
3952: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
3953: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 3954: </strong></font><br>
3955:
3956: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
3957: by John Wolley
3958: <p>
3959:
1.247 jufi 3960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 3961: <a
1.269 deraadt 3962: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
3963: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
3964: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 3965: </strong></font><br>
3966:
3967: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
3968: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
3969: OpenBSD).
3970: <p>
3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 3973: <a
1.247 jufi 3974: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 3975: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
3976: </strong></font><br>
3977:
3978: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
3979: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
3980: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
3981: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
3982: and hindsight.
3983: <p>
3984:
1.247 jufi 3985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3986: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
3987: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
3988: </strong></font><br>
3989:
3990: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
3991: <p>
3992:
1.247 jufi 3993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 3994: <a
1.168 provos 3995: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
3996: December 7, 2000
3997: </strong></font><br>
3998:
3999: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4000: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4001: us explain.
4002: <p>
4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4005: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4006: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4007: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4008: December 6, 2000
4009: </strong></font><br>
4010:
4011: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4012: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4013: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4014: <p>
4015:
1.247 jufi 4016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4017: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4018: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4019: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4020: </strong></font><br>
4021:
4022: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4023: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4024: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4025: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4026: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4027: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4028: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4029: <p>
4030:
4031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4032: <a
1.226 horacio 4033: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4034: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4035: </strong></font><br>
4036:
4037: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4038: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4039: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4040: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4041: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4042: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4043: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4044: <p>
1.162 millert 4045:
1.247 jufi 4046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4047: <a
1.161 louis 4048: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4049: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4050: </strong></font><br>
4051:
4052: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4053: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4054: <p>
4055:
1.247 jufi 4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4057: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4058: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4059: </strong></font><br>
4060:
4061: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4062: <p>
4063:
4064:
1.247 jufi 4065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4066: <a
1.226 horacio 4067: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4068: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4069: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4070: </strong></font><br>
4071:
4072: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4073: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4074: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4075: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4076: <p>
1.247 jufi 4077: </ul>
1.169 louis 4078:
1.158 louis 4079: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4080: <ul>
1.147 louis 4081:
1.247 jufi 4082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4083: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4084: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4085: </strong></font><br>
4086:
4087: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4088: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4089: <p>
4090:
1.247 jufi 4091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4092: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4093: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4094: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4095: </strong></font><br>
4096: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4097: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4098: <p>
4099:
1.247 jufi 4100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4101: <a
4102: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4103: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4104: </strong></font><br>
4105:
4106: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4107: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4108: <p>
4109:
1.247 jufi 4110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4111: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4112: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4113: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4114:
1.213 horacio 4115: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4116: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4117: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4118: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4119: <p>
1.215 horacio 4120:
1.247 jufi 4121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4122: <a
4123: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4124: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4125: </strong></font><br>
4126:
4127: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4128: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4129: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4130: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4131: much of the attitude too).
4132: <p>
1.161 louis 4133:
1.247 jufi 4134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4135: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4136: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4137: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4138:
1.157 louis 4139: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4140: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4141: <p>
1.247 jufi 4142: </ul>
1.157 louis 4143:
4144: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4145: <ul>
1.157 louis 4146:
1.247 jufi 4147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4148: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4149: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4150: </strong></font><br>
4151:
4152: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4153: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4154: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4155: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4156: <p>
4157:
1.247 jufi 4158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4159: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4160: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4161: </strong></font><br>
4162:
4163: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4164: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4165: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4166: it because they love coding...
4167: <p>
4168:
1.247 jufi 4169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4170: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4171: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4172: </strong></font><br>
4173:
4174: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4175: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4176: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4177: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4178: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4179: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4180: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4181: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4182: <p>
4183:
1.247 jufi 4184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4185: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4186: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4187: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4188: </strong></font><br>
4189:
4190: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4191: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4192: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4193: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4194: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4195: the pizza.
4196: <p>
4197:
1.247 jufi 4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4199: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4200: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4201: </strong></font><br>
4202:
4203: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4204: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4205: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4206: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4207: problems.
4208: <p>
4209:
1.247 jufi 4210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4211: <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 4212: </strong></font><br>
4213:
1.222 miod 4214: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4215: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4216: - whether they like it or not.
4217: <p>
4218:
1.247 jufi 4219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4220: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4221: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4222: </strong></font><br>
4223:
4224: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4225: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4226: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4227: <p>
1.148 aaron 4228:
1.247 jufi 4229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4230: <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 4231: </strong></font><br>
4232:
4233: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4234: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4235: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4236: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4237: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4238: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4239: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4240: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4241: <p>
4242:
1.247 jufi 4243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4244: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4245: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4246: </strong></font><br>
4247:
4248: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4249: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4250: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4251: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4252: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4253: <p>
1.247 jufi 4254: </ul>
1.147 louis 4255:
1.138 louis 4256: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4257: <ul>
1.138 louis 4258:
1.247 jufi 4259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4260: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4261: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4262: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4263: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4264: </strong></font><br>
4265:
1.227 horacio 4266: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4267: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4268: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4269: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4270: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4271: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4272: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4273: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4274: <p>
4275:
1.247 jufi 4276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4277: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4278: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4279: </strong></font><br>
4280:
4281: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4282: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4283: groups, and even Linux.
4284: <p>
4285:
1.247 jufi 4286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4287: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4288: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4289: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4290: </strong></font><br>
4291:
4292: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4293: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4294: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4295: library after installing the OS.
4296: <p>
4297:
1.247 jufi 4298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4299: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4300: Sys Admin, September 2000
4301: </strong></font><br>
4302:
4303: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4304: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4305: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4306: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4307: (<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>,
4308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4309: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4310: <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 4311: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4312: out of the system.
4313: <p>
4314:
1.247 jufi 4315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4316: <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
4317: </strong></font><br>
4318:
4319: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4320: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4321: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4322: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4323: the IP filtering and address translation.
4324: <p>
1.301 jose 4325:
4326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4327: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4328: </strong></font><br>
4329:
4330: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4331: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4332: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4333: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4334: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4335: <p>
1.247 jufi 4336: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4337:
1.131 louis 4338: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4339: <ul>
1.131 louis 4340:
1.247 jufi 4341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4342: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4343: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4344: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4345: </strong></font><br>
4346:
4347: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4348: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4349: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4350: <p>
4351:
1.247 jufi 4352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4353: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4354: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4355: </strong></font><br>
4356:
4357: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4358: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4359: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4360: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4361: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4362: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4363: note of"</i>.
4364: <p>
4365:
1.247 jufi 4366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4367: <a
1.247 jufi 4368: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4369: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4370: </strong></font><br>
4371:
4372: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4373: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4374: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4375: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4376: <p>
4377:
1.247 jufi 4378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4379: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4380: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4381: </strong></font><br>
4382:
4383: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4384: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4385: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4386: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4387: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4388: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4389: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4390: <p>
4391:
1.247 jufi 4392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4393: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4394: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4395: 2000
4396: </strong></font><br>
4397:
4398: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4399: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4400: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4401: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4402: against current industry practices.
4403: <p>
4404:
1.247 jufi 4405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4406: <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
4407: </strong></font><br>
4408:
4409: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4410: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4411: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4412: <p>
4413:
1.247 jufi 4414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4415: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4416: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4417: </strong></font><br>
4418:
4419: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4420: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4421: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4422: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4423: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4424: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4425: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4426: <p>
4427:
1.247 jufi 4428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4429: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4430: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4431: </strong></font><br>
4432:
4433: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4434: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4435: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4436: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4437: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4438: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4439: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4440: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4441: <p>
1.247 jufi 4442: </ul>
1.131 louis 4443:
1.118 louis 4444: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4445: <ul>
1.118 louis 4446:
1.247 jufi 4447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4448: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4449: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4450: </strong></font><br>
4451:
4452: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4453: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4454: about time. The article mentions that
4455: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4456: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4457: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4458: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4459: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4460: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4461: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4462: <p>
4463:
1.247 jufi 4464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4465: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4466: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4467: </strong></font><br>
4468:
4469: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4470: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4471: of OpenSSH.
4472: <p>
4473:
1.247 jufi 4474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4475: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4476: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4477: </strong></font><br>
4478:
4479: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4480: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4481: bridging.
4482: <p>
4483:
1.247 jufi 4484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4485: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4486: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4487: </strong></font><br>
4488:
1.121 deraadt 4489: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4490: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4491: <p>
4492:
1.247 jufi 4493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4494: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4495: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4496: </strong></font><br>
4497:
4498: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4499: <p>
4500:
1.247 jufi 4501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4502: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4503: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4504: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4505: </strong></font><br>
4506:
1.120 deraadt 4507: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4508: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4509: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4510: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4511: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4512: <p>
4513:
1.247 jufi 4514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4515: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4516: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4517: </strong></font><br>
4518:
1.222 miod 4519: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4520: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4521: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4522: protocols and their quirks.
4523: <p>
4524:
1.247 jufi 4525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4526: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4527: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4528: </strong></font><br>
4529:
4530: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4531: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4532: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4533: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4534: <p>
4535:
1.247 jufi 4536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4537: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4538: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4539: </strong></font><br>
4540:
4541: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4542: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4543: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4544: <p>
4545:
1.247 jufi 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4547: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4548: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4549: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4550: </strong></font><br>
4551:
4552: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4553: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4554: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4555: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4556: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4557: <p>
1.247 jufi 4558: </ul>
1.118 louis 4559:
1.104 louis 4560: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4561: <ul>
1.104 louis 4562:
1.247 jufi 4563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4564: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4565: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4566: </strong></font><br>
4567:
4568: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4569: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4570: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4571: be a bit dry.
4572: <p>
4573:
1.247 jufi 4574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4575: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4576: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4577: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4578: </strong></font><br>
4579: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4580: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4581: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4582: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4583: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4584: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4585: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4586: <p>
4587:
1.247 jufi 4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4589: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4590: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4591: 2000
1.128 louis 4592: </strong></font><br>
4593:
4594: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4595: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4596: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4597: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4598: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4599: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4600: <p>
4601:
1.247 jufi 4602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4603: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4604: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4605: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4606:
4607: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4608: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4609: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4610: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4611: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4612: <p>
1.110 louis 4613:
1.247 jufi 4614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4615: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4616: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4617: </strong></font><br>
4618:
4619: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4620: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4621: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4622: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4623: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4624: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4625: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4626: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4627: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4628: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4629: <p>
4630:
1.247 jufi 4631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4632: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4633: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4634:
4635: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4636: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4637: <p>
1.108 louis 4638:
1.247 jufi 4639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4640: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4641: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4642: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4643:
4644: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4645: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4646: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4647: <p>
1.106 louis 4648:
1.247 jufi 4649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4650: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4651: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4652: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4653:
4654: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4655: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4656: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4657: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4658: <p>
1.107 louis 4659:
1.247 jufi 4660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4661: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4662: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4663: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4664:
4665: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4666: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4667: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4668: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4669: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4670: <p>
1.105 louis 4671:
1.247 jufi 4672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4673: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4674: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4675: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4676:
1.113 naddy 4677: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4678: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4679: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4680: <p>
1.104 louis 4681:
1.247 jufi 4682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4683: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4684: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4685: </strong></font><br>
4686:
4687: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4688: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4689: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4690: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4691: <p>
1.301 jose 4692:
4693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4694: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4695: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4696: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4697:
4698: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4699: hardware-supported cryptography.
4700: <p>
1.247 jufi 4701: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4702:
1.85 louis 4703: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4704: <ul>
1.85 louis 4705:
1.247 jufi 4706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4707: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4708: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4709: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4710:
4711: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4712: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4713: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4714: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4715: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4716: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4717: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4718: <p>
1.99 louis 4719:
1.247 jufi 4720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4721: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4722: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4723: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4724:
4725: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4726: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4727: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4728: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4729: <p>
1.100 louis 4730:
1.247 jufi 4731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4732: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4733: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4734: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4735:
4736: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4737: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4738: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4739: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4740: <p>
1.95 louis 4741:
1.247 jufi 4742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4743: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4744: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4745: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4746:
4747: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4748: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4749: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4750: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4751: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4752: <p>
1.92 louis 4753:
1.247 jufi 4754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4755: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4756: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4757: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4758:
4759: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4760: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4761: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4762: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4763: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4764: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4765: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4766: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4767: <p>
1.91 louis 4768:
1.247 jufi 4769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4770: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4771: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4772: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4773:
4774: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4775: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4776: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4777: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4778: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4779: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4780: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4781: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4782: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4783: <p>
1.90 louis 4784:
1.247 jufi 4785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4786: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4787: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4788: </strong></font><br>
4789: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4790: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4791: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4792: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4793: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4794: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4795: <p>
4796:
1.247 jufi 4797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4798: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4799: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4800: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4801:
1.113 naddy 4802: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4803: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4804: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4805: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4806: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4807: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4808: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4809: <p>
1.87 louis 4810:
1.247 jufi 4811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4812: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4813: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4814: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4815:
4816: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4817: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4818: <p>
1.85 louis 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4821: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4822: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4823: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4824:
4825: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4826: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4827: <p>
4828:
4829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4830: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4831: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4832: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4833:
4834: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4835: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4836: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4837: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4838: <p>
1.89 louis 4839:
1.247 jufi 4840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4841: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4842: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4843: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4844:
4845: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4846: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4847: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4848: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4849: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4850: </ul>
1.85 louis 4851:
1.78 deraadt 4852: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4853: <ul>
1.74 louis 4854:
1.247 jufi 4855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4856: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4857: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4858: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4859: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4860:
4861: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4862: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4863: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4864: <p>
1.83 louis 4865:
1.247 jufi 4866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4867: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4868: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4869: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4870:
4871: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4872: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4873: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4874: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4875: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4876: <p>
1.93 louis 4877:
1.247 jufi 4878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4879: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4880: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4881: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4882: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4883:
1.83 louis 4884: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4885: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4886: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4887: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4888: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4889: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4890: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4891: <p>
1.82 aaron 4892:
1.247 jufi 4893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4894: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4895: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4896: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4897:
1.83 louis 4898: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4899: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4900: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4901: <p>
1.80 louis 4902:
1.247 jufi 4903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4904: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4905: Bad Press</a>,
4906: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4907: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4908:
4909: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4910: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4911: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4912: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4913: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4914: <p>
1.247 jufi 4915: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4916:
4917: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4918: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4919:
1.247 jufi 4920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4921: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4922: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4923: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4924: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4925:
4926: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4927: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4928: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4929: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4930: <p>
1.74 louis 4931:
1.247 jufi 4932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4933: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4934: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4935: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4936:
1.219 horacio 4937: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4938: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4939: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4940: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4941: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4942: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4943: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4944: <p>
1.88 louis 4945:
1.247 jufi 4946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4947: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4948: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 4949: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 4950:
4951: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
4952: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
4953: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
4954: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 4955: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 4956: <p>
1.81 louis 4957:
1.247 jufi 4958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4959: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 4960: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4961: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4962:
4963: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
4964: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
4965: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
4966: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
4967: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
4968: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
4969: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 4970: <p>
1.90 louis 4971:
1.247 jufi 4972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4973: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 4974: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 4975: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 4976:
4977: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
4978: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
4979: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 4980: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 4981: <p>
1.247 jufi 4982: </ul>
1.71 louis 4983:
1.69 deraadt 4984: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4985: <ul>
1.70 louis 4986:
1.247 jufi 4987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4988: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
4989: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 4990: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4991:
4992: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
4993: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
4994: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 4995: <p>
1.70 louis 4996:
1.247 jufi 4997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4998: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
4999: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5000: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5001:
5002: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5003: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5004: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5005: <p>
1.68 louis 5006:
1.247 jufi 5007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5008: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5009: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5010: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5011: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5012:
1.111 jufi 5013: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5014: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5015: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5016: "secure by default" installation.
5017: <p>
1.64 louis 5018:
1.247 jufi 5019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5020: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5021: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5022: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5023:
1.113 naddy 5024: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5025: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5026: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5027: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5028: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5029: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5030: <p>
1.66 louis 5031:
1.247 jufi 5032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5033: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5034: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5035: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5036:
5037: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5038: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5039: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5040: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5041: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5042: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5043: <p>
1.83 louis 5044:
1.247 jufi 5045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5046: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5047: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5048: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5049:
5050: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5051: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5052: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5053: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5054: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5055: <p>
1.64 louis 5056:
1.247 jufi 5057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5058: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5059: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5060: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5061:
5062: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5063: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5064: <p>
1.301 jose 5065:
5066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5067: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5068: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5069: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5070: </strong></font><br>
5071:
5072: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5073: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5074: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5075: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5076: Giving way to
5077: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5078: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5079: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5080: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5081: <p>
1.247 jufi 5082: </ul>
1.65 louis 5083:
1.69 deraadt 5084: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5085: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5086:
1.247 jufi 5087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5088: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5089: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5090: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5091:
5092: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5093: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5094: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5095: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5096: <p>
1.88 louis 5097:
1.247 jufi 5098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5099: <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 5100: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5101:
5102: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5103: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5104: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5105: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5106: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5107: <p>
1.60 louis 5108:
1.247 jufi 5109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5110: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5111: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5112: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5113: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5114:
5115: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5116: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5117: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5118: <p>
1.58 louis 5119:
1.247 jufi 5120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5121: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5122: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5123:
5124: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5125: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5126: <p>
1.53 louis 5127:
1.247 jufi 5128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5129: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5130: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5131: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5132:
5133: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5134: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5135: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5136: <p>
1.99 louis 5137:
1.247 jufi 5138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5139: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5140: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5141:
5142: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5143: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5144: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5145: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5146: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5147:
1.247 jufi 5148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5149: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5150: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5151: </strong></font><br>
5152:
5153: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5154: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5155: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5156: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5157: <p>
5158:
1.247 jufi 5159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5160: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5161: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5162: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5163:
5164: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5165: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5166: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5167:
1.247 jufi 5168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5169: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5170: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5171:
5172: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5173: in
1.247 jufi 5174: <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 5175: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5176: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5177: <p>
1.53 louis 5178:
1.247 jufi 5179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5180: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5181: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5182: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5183: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5184:
1.58 louis 5185: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5186: <p>
1.301 jose 5187:
5188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5189: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5190: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5191: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5192: Informacyjny, January 2000
5193: </strong></font><br>
5194:
5195: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5196: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5197: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5198: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5199: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5200: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5201: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5202: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5203: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5204: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5205: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5206: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5207: <p>
5208:
5209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5210: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5211: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5212: </strong></font><br>
5213:
5214: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5215: <p>
5216: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5217:
1.69 deraadt 5218: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5219: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5220:
1.247 jufi 5221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5222: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5223: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5224: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5225: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5226:
1.58 louis 5227: Kurt Seifried
5228: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5229: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5230: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5231: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5232:
1.247 jufi 5233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5234: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5235: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5236: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5237:
5238: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5239: <p>
1.96 louis 5240:
1.247 jufi 5241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5242: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5243: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5244: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5245: </strong></font><br>
5246:
5247: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5248: <p>
5249:
5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5251: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5252: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5253: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5254:
5255: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5256: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5257: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5258: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5259: <p>
1.247 jufi 5260: </ul>
1.86 louis 5261:
1.69 deraadt 5262: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5263: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5264:
1.247 jufi 5265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5266: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5267: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5268: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5269:
5270: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5271: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5272: <p>
1.61 louis 5273:
1.247 jufi 5274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5275: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5276: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5277: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5278: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5279:
5280: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5281: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5282: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5283: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5284: right -- or at least strives to".
5285: <p>
1.48 louis 5286:
1.247 jufi 5287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5288: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5289: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5290: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5291: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5292: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5293: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5294: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5295: <p>
1.61 louis 5296:
1.247 jufi 5297: <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 5298: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5299: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5300:
5301: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5302: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5303: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5304: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5305: <p>
1.46 louis 5306:
1.247 jufi 5307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5308: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5309: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5310: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5311:
5312: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5313: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5314: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5315:
1.247 jufi 5316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5317: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5318: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5319: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5320:
5321: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5322: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5323: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5324: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5325: <p>
1.247 jufi 5326: </ul>
1.70 louis 5327:
1.69 deraadt 5328: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5329: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5330:
1.247 jufi 5331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5332: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5333: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5334: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5335: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5336:
5337: Kurt Seifried
5338: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5339: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5340: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5341: <p>
1.44 philen 5342:
1.247 jufi 5343: <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 5344: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5345: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5346:
5347: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5348: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5349:
1.247 jufi 5350: <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 5351: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5352: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5353:
5354: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5355: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5356:
1.247 jufi 5357: <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 5358: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5359: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5360:
5361: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5362: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5363: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5364: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5365: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5366:
1.247 jufi 5367: <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 5368: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5369: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5370:
1.36 louis 5371: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5372: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5373:
1.247 jufi 5374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5375: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5376: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5377: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5378:
5379: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5380: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5381: </ul>
1.38 louis 5382:
1.69 deraadt 5383: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5384: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5385:
1.247 jufi 5386: <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 5387: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5388: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5389:
5390: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5391: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5392: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5393:
1.113 naddy 5394: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5395: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5396: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5397: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5398:
5399: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5400: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5401: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5402: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5403: <blockquote>
5404: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5405: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5406: <br>
5407: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5408: </code>
5409: </blockquote>
5410: <p>
5411:
1.247 jufi 5412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5413: <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 5414: <p>
5415:
5416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5417: <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 5418: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5419:
5420: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5421: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5422: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5423: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5424:
1.247 jufi 5425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5426: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5427: Sept. 28, 1999
5428: </strong></font><br>
5429:
5430: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5431: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5432: translating and reprinting articles from
5433: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5434: <p>
5435:
5436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5437: <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 5438: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5439:
5440: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5441: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5442: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5443: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5444: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5445: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5446: <p>
1.19 louis 5447:
1.113 naddy 5448: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5449: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5450: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5451:
5452: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5453: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5454: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5455: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5456: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5457: <p>
1.16 louis 5458:
1.247 jufi 5459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5460: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5461: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5462: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5463:
1.57 louis 5464: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5465: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5466: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5467: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5468:
1.247 jufi 5469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5470: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5471: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5472: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5473:
1.113 naddy 5474: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5475:
1.247 jufi 5476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5477: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5478: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5479: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5480:
1.23 louis 5481: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5482: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5483: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5484: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5485: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5486: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5487:
1.247 jufi 5488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5489: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5490: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5491: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5492:
1.199 pvalchev 5493: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5494: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5495: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5496: installation.
1.113 naddy 5497: <p>
1.47 louis 5498:
1.247 jufi 5499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5500: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5501: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5502: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5503:
1.301 jose 5504: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5505: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5506: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5507: </ul>
1.57 louis 5508:
1.69 deraadt 5509: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5510: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5511:
1.247 jufi 5512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5513: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5514: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5515: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5516:
5517: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5518: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5519: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5520: <p>
1.12 louis 5521:
1.247 jufi 5522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5523: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5524: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5525: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5526:
5527: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5528: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5529: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5530: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5531: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5532: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5533: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5534: <p>
1.247 jufi 5535: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5536:
1.69 deraadt 5537: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5538: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5539:
1.247 jufi 5540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5541: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5542: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5543:
5544: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5545: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5546: available."
1.113 naddy 5547: <p>
1.301 jose 5548:
5549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5550: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5551: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5552: </strong></font><br>
5553:
5554: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5555: <p>
1.247 jufi 5556: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5557:
1.69 deraadt 5558: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5559: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5560:
1.247 jufi 5561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5562: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5563: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5564:
5565: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5566: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5567: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5568: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5569: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5570: <p>
1.33 louis 5571:
1.247 jufi 5572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5573: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5574: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5575: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5576:
1.113 naddy 5577: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5578: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5579: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5580: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5581: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5582: <p>
1.247 jufi 5583: </ul>
1.57 louis 5584:
1.69 deraadt 5585: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5586: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5587:
1.247 jufi 5588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5589: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5590: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5591: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5592:
5593: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5594: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5595: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5596:
1.247 jufi 5597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5598: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5599: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5600: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5601: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5602:
5603: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5604: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5605:
1.247 jufi 5606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5607: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5608:
1.113 naddy 5609: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5610:
1.247 jufi 5611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5612: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5613: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5614: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5615:
5616: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5617: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5618: </ul>
1.23 louis 5619:
1.69 deraadt 5620: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5621: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5622:
1.247 jufi 5623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5624: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5625: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5626:
5627: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5628: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5629: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5630:
1.247 jufi 5631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5632: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5633: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5634: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5635:
5636: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5637: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5638: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5639: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5640: </ul>
1.57 louis 5641:
1.69 deraadt 5642: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5643: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5644:
1.247 jufi 5645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5646: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5647: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5648: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5649:
5650: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5651: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5652: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5653: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5654: <p>
1.15 louis 5655:
1.247 jufi 5656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5657: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5658: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5659: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5660:
5661: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5662: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5663: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5664: columns."
1.113 naddy 5665: <p>
1.247 jufi 5666: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5667:
1.69 deraadt 5668: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5669: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5670:
1.247 jufi 5671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5672: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5673: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5674: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5675:
5676: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5677: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5678:
1.113 naddy 5679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5680: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5681: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5682:
5683: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5684: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5685: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5686: </ul>
1.57 louis 5687:
1.69 deraadt 5688: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5689: <ul>
1.301 jose 5690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5691: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5692: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5693: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5694:
5695: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5696: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5697: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5698: <p>
5699:
5700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5701: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5702: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5703: Nov 13, 1998 and
5704: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5705: Datateknik</a>,
5706: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5707:
1.380 saad 5708: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5709: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5710: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5711: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5712: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5713:
1.113 naddy 5714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5715: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5716: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5717: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5718:
1.222 miod 5719: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5720: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5721: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5722: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5723: <p>
1.247 jufi 5724: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5725:
1.69 deraadt 5726: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5727: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5728:
1.247 jufi 5729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5730: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5731: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5732:
1.69 deraadt 5733: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5734: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5735: <p>
1.247 jufi 5736: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5737:
1.69 deraadt 5738: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5739: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5740:
1.247 jufi 5741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5742: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5743: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5744: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5745:
1.383 jcs 5746: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5747: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5748: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5749:
1.247 jufi 5750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5751: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5752: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5753: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5754: <p>
1.247 jufi 5755: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5756:
1.69 deraadt 5757: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5758: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5759:
1.247 jufi 5760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5761: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5762: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5763: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5764: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5765: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5766:
5767: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5768: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5769: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5770: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5771: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5772: <p>
1.247 jufi 5773: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5774:
5775: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5776: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5777:
1.247 jufi 5778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5779: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5780: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5781:
1.69 deraadt 5782: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5783: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5784: <p>
1.112 naddy 5785:
1.247 jufi 5786: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5787: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5788:
1.292 camield 5789: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5790: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5791: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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