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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.539 ian 19: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
1.540 ian 21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 23: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
24: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
25: </strong></font><br>
26: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
27: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
28: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
29: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
30: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
31: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
32: for his many customers.
33: <p>
34:
35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 36: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
37: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
38: </strong></font><br>
39: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
40: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
41: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
42: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
43: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
44: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
45: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
46: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
47: also do."
48: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
49: seats already."
50: <p>
51:
52: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
53: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
54: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
55: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
56: </strong></font><br>
57: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
58: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
59: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
60: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
61: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
62: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
63: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
64: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
65: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
66: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
67: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
68: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
69: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
70: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.541 ian 74: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
75: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
76: </strong></font><br>
77: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
78: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
79: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
80: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
81: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
82: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
83: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 84: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 88: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
89: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
90: </strong></font><br>
91: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
92: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
93: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
94: <br />
95: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
96: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
97: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
98: overflows and vulnerabilities."
99: <br />
100: And, Grimes generalizes,
101: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
102: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
103: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
104: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
105: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
106: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
107: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
108: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
109: happened."
110: Worth reading!
111: <p>
112:
1.539 ian 113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
114: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
115: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
116: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
117: </strong></font><br>
118: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
119: redistributable firmware from Intel.
120: <p>
121:
122: </ul>
123:
1.536 grunk 124: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
125: <ul>
126:
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 128: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
129: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
130: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
131: </strong></font><br>
132: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
133: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
134: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
135: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
136: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
137: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
138: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
139: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
140: for ages over these chipsets.
141: Quotes Theo as saying:
142: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
143: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
144: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
145: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
146: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
147: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
151: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
152: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
153: </strong></font><br>
154: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
155: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
156: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
157: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 161: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
162: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
163: </strong></font><br>
164: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
165: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
166: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
167: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
168: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
169: <p>
170:
1.537 ian 171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
172: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
173: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
174: </strong></font><br>
175: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
176: (the official release date is November 1).
177: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
178: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
179: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
180: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
181: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 182: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 183: <p>
184:
1.536 grunk 185: </ul>
186:
1.534 ian 187: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
188: <ul>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 191: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
192: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
193: </strong></font><br>
194: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
195: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
196: as a guest operating system under
197: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
198: or "virtualization" system.
199: <p>
200:
201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 202: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
203: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
204: </strong></font><br>
205: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
206: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
207: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
208: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
209: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
210: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
211: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
212: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
213: <p>
214:
215: </ul>
216:
1.531 ian 217: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
218: <ul>
219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
220: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
221: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
222: </strong></font><br>
223: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
224: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
225: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
226: The article quotes Theo as saying
227: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
228: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
229: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
230: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
231: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
232: and describes the funding issues as well.
233: <p>
234:
235: </ul>
236:
1.525 ian 237: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
238: <ul>
239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 240: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 241: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
242: </strong></font><br>
243: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
244: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
245: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
246: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
247: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
248: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
249: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
250: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
251: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
252: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
253: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
254: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
255: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
256: <p>
257:
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 259: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 260: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
261: </strong></font><br>
262: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
263: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
264: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
265: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
266: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
267: <p>
268:
1.526 ian 269: </ul>
1.525 ian 270:
1.514 ian 271: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
272: <ul>
1.524 ian 273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
274: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
275: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
276: </strong></font><br>
277: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
278: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
279: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
280: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
281: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
282: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
283: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
284: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
285: to make them useful.
286: <p>
1.518 ian 287:
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 289: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 290: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
291: and
292: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 293: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 294: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 295: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 296: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 297: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
298: their plans for the week.
299: <p>
300:
301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 302: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
303: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
304: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
305: </strong></font><br>
306: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
307: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
308: <p>
309:
310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 311: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
312: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
313: </strong></font><br>
314: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
315: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
316: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
317: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 318: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 319: (introduced with 3.9).
320: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
321: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
322: <p>
323:
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 325: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
326: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
327: </strong></font><br>
328: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
329: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
330: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
331: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
332: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
333: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
334: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
335: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
336: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
340: [GERMAN]
341: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
342: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
343: </strong></font><br>
344: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
345: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 346: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 347: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
348: is connected to OpenBSD.
349: <p>
350:
1.514 ian 351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
352: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
353: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
354: </strong></font><br>
355: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
356: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
357: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 358: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 359: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 360: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 361: running this project) is so important to Theo,
362: and even why he does mountain biking!
363: <p>
364:
365: </ul>
366:
1.503 ian 367: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
368: <ul>
369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 370: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
371: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
372: </strong></font><br>
373: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
374: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
375: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
376: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
377: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
378: <blockquote>
379: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
380: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
381: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
382: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
383: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
384: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
385: </blockquote>
386: This is just plain cool."
387: <p>
388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 390: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
391: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
392: </strong></font><br>
393: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
394: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
395: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 396: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 397: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
398: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
399: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
400: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
401: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
402: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 403: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 404: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
405: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
406: <p>
407:
408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 409: [GERMAN]
410: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
411: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
412: </strong></font><br>
413: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
414: are and why they are bad.
415: <p>
416:
417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 418: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
419: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
420: </strong></font><br>
421: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
422: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
423: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
424: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
425: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
426: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
427: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
428: pages."
429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 432: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
433: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
434: </strong></font><br>
435: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
436: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
437: and continues:
438: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
439: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
440: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
441: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
442: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
443: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
444: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
445: and more. Final thought:
446: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
447: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
448: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
449: true for business environments."
450: <p>
451:
452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 453: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 454: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 455: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 456: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
457: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
458: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 459: for funding.
1.509 djm 460: <p>
461:
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 463: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
464: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
465: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
466: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
467: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
468: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
469: <p>
470:
471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 472: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
473: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
474: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
475: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
476: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
477: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
478: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
479: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
480: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
481: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
482: <br/>
1.529 ian 483: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 484: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 485: hostsearch.com</a> and
486: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
487: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 488: <p>
489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 491: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
492: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
493: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
494: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 495: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 496: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 497: is punctuated with examples.
498: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 499: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
500: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 501: and
1.535 steven 502: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 503: <p>
504:
505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 506: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
507: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
508: </strong></font><br>
509: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
510: further OpenSSH development.
511: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
512: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
513: project's funding needs for all time.
514: <p>
1.504 bernd 515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
516: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
517: April 3, 2006
518: </strong></font><br>
519: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
520: this could compromise future hackathons.
521: <p>
1.503 ian 522:
523: </ul>
524:
1.487 ian 525: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
526: <ul>
1.495 ian 527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 528: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 529: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 530: </strong></font><br>
531: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
532: on topics including "Puffy",
533: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
534: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
535: what's new in 3.9,
536: and of course project expenses.
537: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
538: <!--
539: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
540: -->
541: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 545: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
546: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
547: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 548: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
549: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 550: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
551: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
552: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
553: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
554: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
555: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
556: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
557: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
558: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
559: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
560: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
561: but Matzan does - is that
562: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
563: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
564: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
565: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
566: <br/>
567: <p>
568:
569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
570: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
571: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
572: </strong></font><br>
573: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
574: "blob" drivers, and more.
575: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
576: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
577: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
578: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
579: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
580: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
581: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
582: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
583: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
584: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
585: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
586: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
587: <p>
588:
589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 590: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
591: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
592: </strong></font><br>
593: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
594: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
595: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
596: in general temperature and environmental issues.
597: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
598: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
599: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
600: other major operating systems." ...
601: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
602: machines running in
603: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
604: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
605: <p>
606:
607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
608: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
609: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
610: </strong></font><br>
611: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
612: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
613: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
614: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
615: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
616: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
617: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
618: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
619: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
620: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
621: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
622: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
623: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
624: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
625: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
626: <p>
627:
1.487 ian 628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 629: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
630: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
631: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 632: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 633: financial situation.
634: <p>
635:
636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 637: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
638: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
639: </strong></font><br>
640: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
641: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
642: produce our favorite operating system.
643: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
644: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
645: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
646: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
647: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 648: <br/>
649: Also online at
650: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
651: <p>
652:
653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
654: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
655: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
656: </strong></font><br>
657: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
658: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
659: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
660: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
661: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
662: sustain indefinitely."
663: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
664: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
665: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
666: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
667: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 668: <p>
669:
670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 671: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
672: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
673: </strong></font><br>
674: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
675: with a reminder that
676: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
677: used nowadays almost everywhere."
678: Ends with this quote from Marco:
679: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
680: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
681: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
682: <p>
683:
684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 685: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 686: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
687: </strong></font><br>
688: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
689: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
690: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
691: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
692: a few of them each year.
693: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
694: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
695: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
696: to the OpenBSD project.
697: It's time for them to do so.
698: <p>
699:
700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 701: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
702: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
703: </strong></font><br>
704: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
705: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
706: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
707: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
708: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
709: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
710: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
711: <p>
712:
713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 714: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
715: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 716: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
717: <!-- North America mirror:
718: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 719: -->
1.490 deraadt 720: European mirror:
721: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
722: <br>
723: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 724: <p>
725:
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 727: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
728: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 729: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 730: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
731: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
732: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
733: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
734: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
735: designed to provide reliability and security.
736: <p>
737:
738: </ul>
739:
1.485 ian 740: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
741: <ul>
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 743: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
744: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
745: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 746: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 747: installations in about four minutes flat".
748: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
749: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 750: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 751: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
752: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
753: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
754: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
755: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
756: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
757: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
758: the steps in the article.
759: <p>
760:
761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 762: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
763: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
764: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
765: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
766: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
767: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
768: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
769: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
770: happening in real life.
771: <p>
772:
773: </ul>
774:
1.492 ian 775: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
776: <ul>
777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
778: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
779: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
780: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
781: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
782: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
783: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 784: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 785: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
786: </ul>
787:
1.483 ian 788: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
789: <ul>
790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 791: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
792: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
793: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
794: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
795: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
796: <p>
797:
798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 799: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 800: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
801: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
802: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
803: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
804: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
805: to sites with more information on most topics.
806: <p>
807:
808: </ul>
809:
810:
1.479 grunk 811: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
812: <ul>
813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 814: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 815: Goes to Venice</a>,
816: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 817: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 818: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
819: <br/>
820: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
821: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
822: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 823: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 824: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
825: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
826: Contains a link to
827: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
828: pval's summary slides</a>.
829: <p>
830:
831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 832: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
833: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
834: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
835: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
836: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
837: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
838: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
839: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 840: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 841: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
842: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
843: the packages and ports system"</i>.
844: <p>
845:
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
847: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
848: Return of The BSDs</a>,
849: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
850: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
851: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
852: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
853: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
854: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
855: quotes from Bob Beck.
856: <p>
857:
858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 859: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
860: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
861: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 862: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
863: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 864: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
865: and Linux.<br>
866: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
867: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
868: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
869: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
870: of the release
871: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
872: <p>
873: </ul>
874:
1.476 ian 875: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
876: <ul>
877:
878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
879: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
880: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
881: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
882: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
883: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
884: and too unreliable.
885: This quote will rattle some cages:
886: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
887: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
888: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
889: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
890: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
891: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
892: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
893: costs without any commercial lock-in."
894: <p>
895:
1.477 saad 896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
897: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
898: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
899: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
900: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
901: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
902: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
903: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
904: discussion about future plans.
905: <p>
906:
1.478 grunk 907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
908: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
909: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
910: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
911: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
912: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
913: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
914: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
915: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
916: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
917: <p>
918:
1.476 ian 919: </ul>
920:
1.470 saad 921: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
922: <ul>
923:
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 925: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
926: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
927: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
928: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
929: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
930: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
931: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
932: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
933: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
934: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
935: <p>
936:
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 938: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
939: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
940: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
941: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
942: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
943: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
944: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
945: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
946: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
947: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
948: <p>
949:
950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 951: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
952: Big debate over small packets</a>,
953: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
954: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
955: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
956: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
957: draft.
958: <p>
959:
960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 961: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
962: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
963: ordinateur ?"</a>,
964: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
965: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
966: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
967: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
968: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
969: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
970: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
971: <p>
972:
973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 974: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
975: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
976: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
977: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
978: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
979: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
980: performance data with pfstat.
981: <p>
982:
983: </ul>
984:
1.461 grunk 985: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
986: <ul>
987:
988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 989: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
990: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 991: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 992: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
993: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
994: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 995: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 996: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 997: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
998: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
999: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1000: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1001: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1002: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1003: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1004: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1005: <p>
1006:
1007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1008: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1009: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1010: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1011: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1012: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1013: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1014: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1015: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1016: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1017: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1018: <p>
1019:
1020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1021: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1022: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1023: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1024: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1025: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1026: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1027: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1028: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1029: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1030: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1031: commercial vendors.
1032: <p>
1033:
1034: </ul>
1035:
1.454 ian 1036: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1037: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1038:
1039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1040: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1041: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1042: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1043: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1044: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1045: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1046: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1047: <br>
1048: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1049: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1050: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1051: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1052: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1053: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1054: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1055: <p>
1056:
1.454 ian 1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1058: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1059: Free Bird</a>,
1060: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1061: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1062: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1063: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1064: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1065: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1066: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1067: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1068: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1069: room will only be available in the print edition.
1070: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1071:
1.458 niallo 1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1073: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1074: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1075: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1076: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1077: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1078: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1079: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1080: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1081: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1082:
1.456 niallo 1083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1084: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1085: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1086: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1087: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1088: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1089: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1090: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1091: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1092: interview.</a>
1093: <p>
1094:
1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1096: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1097: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1098: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1099: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1100: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1101: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1102: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1103: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1104: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1105: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1106: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1107: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1108: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1109: "I have never used it."
1110: <p>
1111:
1112: </ul>
1113:
1.441 deraadt 1114: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1115: <ul>
1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1117: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1118: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1119: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1120: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1121: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1122: future enhancements.
1123: <p>
1124:
1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1126: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1127: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1128: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1129: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1130: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1131: North America mirror:
1132: <ul>
1.452 marco 1133: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1134: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1135: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1136: </ul>
1137: European mirror:
1138: <ul>
1.452 marco 1139: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1140: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1141: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1142: </ul>
1143: <p>
1144:
1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1146: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1147: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1148: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1149: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1150: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1151: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1152: <p>
1153:
1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1155: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1156: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1157: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1158: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1159: first-hand account.
1160: <p>
1161:
1162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1163: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1164: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1165: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1166: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1167: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1168: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1169: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1170: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1171: <p>
1172:
1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1174: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1175: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1176: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1177: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1178: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1179: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1180: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1181: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1182: <p>
1183:
1184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1185: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1186: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1187: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1188: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1189: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1190: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1191: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1192: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1193: <p>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1196: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1197: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1198: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1199: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1200: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1201: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1202: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1203: <p>
1204:
1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1206: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1207: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1208: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1209: </strong></font><br>
1210: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1211: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1212: with OpenBSD.
1213: </ul>
1214:
1.436 henning 1215: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1216: <ul>
1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1218: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1219: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1220: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1221: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1222: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1223: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1224: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1225: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1226: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1227: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1228: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1229: <p>
1230: This article can also be found online as
1231: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1232: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1233: <p>
1234:
1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1236: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1237: </strong></font><br>
1238: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1239: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1240: <p>
1241:
1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1243: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1246: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1247: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1248: the issues we had with IETF.
1249: </ul>
1250:
1.431 ian 1251: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1252: <ul>
1253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1254: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1255: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1256: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1257: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1258: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1259: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1260: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1261: <p>
1262:
1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1264: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1265: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1266: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1267: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1268: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1269: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1270: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1271: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1272: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1273: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1274: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1275: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1276: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1277: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1278: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1279:
1280: </ul>
1281:
1.427 matthieu 1282: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1283: <ul>
1284:
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1286: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1287: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1288: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1289: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1290: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1291: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1292: firmware.
1.434 ian 1293: Similar articles can be found online at:
1294: <ul>
1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1296: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1297: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1298: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1300: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1301: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1302: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1304: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1305: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1306: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1308: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1309: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1310: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1311: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1312: </ul>
1313:
1.426 ian 1314: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1315: <ul>
1316:
1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1318: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1319: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1320: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1321: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1322: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1323: mechanism: what it is and why and
1324: how to use it, with examples.
1325: Another excerpt from the book
1326: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1327: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1328: <p>
1329:
1330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1331: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1332: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1333: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1334: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1335: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1336: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1337: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1338: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1339: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1340: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1341: This article is a sample chapter from
1342: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1343: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1344: <p>
1.443 ian 1345:
1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1347: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1348: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1349: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1350: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1351: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1352: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1353: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1354: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1355: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1356: ends with a sidebar on security.
1357: <p>
1.426 ian 1358: </ul>
1359:
1.424 ian 1360: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1361: <ul>
1362:
1363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1364: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1365: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1366: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1367: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1368: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1369: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1370: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1371: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1372: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1373: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1374: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1375: <p>
1376: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1377: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1378: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1379: <p>
1380:
1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1382: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1383: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1384: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1385: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1386: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1387: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1388: operating systems.
1389: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1390: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1391: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1392: systems, he writes:
1393: <blockquote>
1394: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1395: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1396: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1397: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1398: to the operating system...
1399: <br/>
1400: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1401: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1402: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1403: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1404: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1405: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1406: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1407: in a closed source operating system).
1408: <br/>
1409: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1410: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1411: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1412: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1413: </blockquote>
1414: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1415: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1416: their hardware and software operates.
1417: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1418: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1419: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1420: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1421: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1422: <p>
1423: </ul>
1424:
1.417 pvalchev 1425: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1426: <ul>
1.421 ian 1427:
1.417 pvalchev 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1429: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1430: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1431: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1432: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1433: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1434: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1435: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1436: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1437: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1438: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1439: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1440: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1441: <p>
1442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1443: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1444: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1445: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1446: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1447: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1448: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1449: it claims to do".
1450: <p>
1451:
1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1453: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1454: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1455: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1456: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1457: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1458: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1459: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1460: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1461: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1462: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1463: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1464: (yes, this is a hint).
1465: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1466: picked up on the
1467: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1468: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1469: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1470: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1471: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1472: <p>
1473:
1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1475: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1476: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1477: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1478: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1479: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1480: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1481: the current efforts.
1482: <p>
1483: </ul>
1484:
1.407 henning 1485: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1486: <ul>
1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1488: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1489: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1490: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1491: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1492: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1493: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1494: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1495: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1496: <p>
1497:
1498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1499: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1500: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1501: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1502: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1503: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1504: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1505: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1506: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1507: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1508: <p>
1.415 ian 1509:
1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1511: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1512: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1513: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1514: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1515: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1516: overflow attacks... because
1517: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1518: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1519: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1520: and propolice.
1521: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1522: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1523: and that's when the science falls apart."
1524: <p>
1525:
1526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1527: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1528: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1529: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1530: Starts with the question:
1531: <blockquote>
1532: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1533: <br/>
1534: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1535: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1536: <br/>
1537: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1538: Should we believe them?"
1539: </blockquote>
1540: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1541: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1542: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1543: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1544: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1545: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1546: <p>
1547:
1548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1549: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1550: Simple Simon</a>,
1551: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1552: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1553: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1554: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1555: routing/firewall, and more.
1556: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1557: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1558: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1559: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1560: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1561: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1562: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1563: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1564: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1565: </blockquote>
1566: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1567: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1568: <p>
1569:
1570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1571: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1572: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1573: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1574: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1575: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1576: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1577: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1578: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1579: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1580: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1581: in spite of it
1582: (registration required, but worth it).
1583: <p>
1584:
1585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1586: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1587: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1588: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1589: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1590: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1591: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1592: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1593: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1594: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1595: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1596: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1597: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1598: <p>
1599:
1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1601: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1602: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1603: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1604: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1605: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1606: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1607: <blockquote>
1608: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1609: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1610: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1611: a lot of analysis.
1612: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1613: </blockquote>
1614: <p>
1615: </ul>
1616:
1.400 marco 1617: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1618: <ul>
1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1620: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1621: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1622: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1623: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1624: UNIX-like systems.
1625: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1626: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1627: <p>
1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1629: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1630: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1631: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1632: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1633: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1634: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1635: At one point, the article states:
1636: <blockquote>
1637: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1638: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1639: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1640: </blockquote>
1641: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1642: <blockquote>
1643: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1644: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1645: </blockquote>
1646: <p>
1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1648: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1649: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1650: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1651: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1652: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1653: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1654: required).
1655: <p>
1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1657: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1658: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1659: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1660: </strong></font><br>
1661: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1662: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1663: <p>
1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1665: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1666: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1667: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1668: </strong></font><br>
1669: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1670: <p>
1671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1672: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1673: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1674: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1675: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1676: 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 1677: <p>
1678: </ul>
1679:
1.396 henning 1680: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1681: <ul>
1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1683: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1684: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1685: Unix Review, July, 2004
1686: </strong></font><br>
1687: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1688: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1689: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1690: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1691: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1692: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1693: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1694: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1695: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1696: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1697: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1698: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1699: and even spelling/wording errors.
1700: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1701: <p>
1702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1703: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1704: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1705: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1706: </strong></font><br>
1707: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1708: <p>
1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1710: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1711: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1712: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1713: </strong></font><br>
1714: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1715: <p>
1716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1717: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1718: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1719: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1720: </strong></font><br>
1721: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1722: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1723: <p>
1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1725: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1726: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1727: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1728: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1729: <p>
1730: </ul>
1731:
1.405 jolan 1732: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1733: <ul>
1.545 ! tom 1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1735: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1736: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1737: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1738: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1739: details on how funds are dispersed.
1740: <p>
1741: </ul>
1742:
1.393 david 1743: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1744: <ul>
1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1746: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1747: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1748: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1749: </strong></font><br>
1750: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1751: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1752: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1753: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1754: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1755: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1756: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1757: <p>
1758:
1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1760: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1761: Secure by Default</a>,
1762: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1763: </strong></font><br>
1764: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1765: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1766: <p>
1767:
1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1769: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1770: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1771: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1772: </strong></font><br>
1773: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1774: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1775: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1776: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1777: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1778: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1779: <p>
1780:
1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1782: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1783: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1784: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1785: </strong></font><br>
1786: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1787: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1788: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1789: <p>
1790:
1791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1792: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1793: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1794: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1795: </strong></font><br>
1796: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1797: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1798: <p>
1799: </ul>
1800:
1.388 mcbride 1801: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1802: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1803:
1804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1805: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1806: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1807: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1808: </strong></font><br>
1809: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1810: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1811: available for sparc64.
1812: <p>
1813:
1.390 beck 1814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1815: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1816: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1817: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1818: </strong></font><br>
1819: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1820: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1821: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1822: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1823: <p>
1824:
1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1826: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1827: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1828: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1829: </strong></font><br>
1830: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1831: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1832: it does: CARP provides sharing
1833: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1834: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1835: detail to get you started using it.
1836: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1837: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1838: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1839: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1840: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1841: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1842: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1843: <p>
1.391 ian 1844:
1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1846: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1847: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1848: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1849: </strong></font><br>
1850: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1851: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1852: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1853: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1856: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1857: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1858: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1859: </strong></font><br>
1860: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1861: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1862: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1863: unencumbered by patents.
1864: <p>
1865: </ul>
1866:
1.378 henning 1867: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1868: <ul>
1.384 jose 1869:
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1871: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1872: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1873: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1874: </strong></font><br>
1875: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1876: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1877: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1878: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1879: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1880: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1881: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1882: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1883: in the page tables."
1884: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1885: <p>
1886:
1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1888: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1889: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1890: </strong></font><br>
1891: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1892: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1893: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1894: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1895: <p>
1.384 jose 1896:
1.378 henning 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1898: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1899: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1900: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1901: </strong></font><br>
1902: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1903: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1904: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1905: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1906: (quote:
1907: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1908: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1909: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1910: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1911: the other developers for their work on the system.
1912: <p>
1913:
1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1915: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1916: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1917: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1918: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1919: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1920: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1921: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1922: too.
1923: <p>
1924:
1925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1926: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1927: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1928: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1929: OpenBSD source code using
1930: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1931: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1932: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1933: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1934: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1935: <p>
1936: </ul>
1937:
1.374 jose 1938: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1939: <ul>
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1941: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1942: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1943: </strong></font><br>
1944: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1945: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1946: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1947: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1948: it."
1949: <p>
1950:
1951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1952: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1953: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1954: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1955: </strong></font><br/>
1956: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1957: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1958: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1959: <p>
1960: </ul>
1961:
1.369 ian 1962: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
1963: <ul>
1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1965: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
1966: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
1967: </strong></font><br/>
1968: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
1969: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
1970: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
1971: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
1972: <p>
1973:
1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 1975: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
1976: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
1977: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
1978: </strong></font><br/>
1979: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
1980: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
1981: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
1982: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
1983: form factor.
1984: <p>
1985:
1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1987: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
1988: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
1989: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
1990: Features</a>,
1991: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
1992: </strong></font><br/>
1993: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
1994: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
1995: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
1996: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
1997: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
1998: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
1999: <p>
2000: This article can also be found online at:
2001: <ul>
2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2003: <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 2004: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2005: </strong></font>
2006: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2007: </ul>
2008: <p>
1.392 david 2009:
1.371 jose 2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2011: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2012: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2013: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2014: </strong></font><br/>
2015: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2016: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2017: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2018: <p>
1.371 jose 2019:
2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2021: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2022: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2023: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2024: </strong></font><br/>
2025: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2026: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2027: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2028: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2029: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2030: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2031: and its history with OpenBSD.
2032: </ul>
2033:
1.368 henning 2034: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2035: <ul>
2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2037: [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 2038: </strong></font><br>
2039: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2040: </ul>
2041:
1.364 jose 2042: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2043: <ul>
2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2045: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2046: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2047: UNIX Review,
2048: July, 2003.
2049: </strong></font><br>
2050: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2051: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2052: who want more information.
2053: <p>
2054:
2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2056: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2057: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2058: Government Computer News,
2059: July 22, 2003.
2060: </strong></font><br>
2061: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2062: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2063: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2064: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2065: <p>
2066:
2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2068: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2069: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2070: SANS Institute,
2071: July 22, 2003.
2072: </strong></font><br>
2073: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2074: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2075: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2076: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2077: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2078: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2079: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2080: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2081: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2082: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2083: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2084: <p>
2085:
2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2087: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2088: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2089: OnLamp.com,
2090: July 17, 2003.
2091: </strong></font><br>
2092: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2093: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2094: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2095: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2096: have been working on.
2097:
2098: </ul>
2099:
1.356 jose 2100: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2101: <ul>
2102:
2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2104: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2105: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2106: UNIX Review,
2107: June, 2003.
2108: </strong></font><br>
2109: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2110: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2111: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2112: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2113: <p>
2114:
2115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2116: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2117: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2118: eWeek,
2119: June 23, 2003.
2120: </strong></font><br>
2121: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2122: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2123: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2124: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2125: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2126: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2127: <p>
2128:
2129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2130: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2131: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2132: Software Development Online,
2133: June, 2003.
2134: </strong></font><br>
2135: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2136: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2137: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2138: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2139: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2140: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2141: current activities.
2142: <p>
2143:
2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2145: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2146: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2147: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2148: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2149: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2150: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2151: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2152: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2153: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2154: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2155: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2156: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2157: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2158: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2159: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2160: decisions.
2161: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2162: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2163: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2164: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2165: <p>
2166:
2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2168: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2169: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2170: Page 58, eWeek,
2171: June 2, 2003.
2172: </strong></font><br>
2173: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2174: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2175: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2176: been addressed in -current.
2177: <p>
2178:
1.356 jose 2179: </ul>
2180:
2181: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2182: <ul>
2183:
1.355 jose 2184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2185: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2186: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2187: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2188: </strong></font><br>
2189: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2190: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2191: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2192: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2193: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2194: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2195: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2196: <p>
2197:
2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2199: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2200: Beyond Linux</a>,
2201: InfoWorld,
2202: May 23, 2003.
2203: </strong></font><br>
2204: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2205: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2206: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2207: compared to the GPL.
2208: <p>
2209:
2210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2211: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2212: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2213: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2214: May 17, 2003.
2215: </strong></font><br>
2216: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2217: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2218: the business section and half of another page inside
2219: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2220: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2221: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2222: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2223: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2224: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2225: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2226: <br>
2227: This article can also be found online at:
2228: <ul>
2229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2230: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2231: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2232: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2233: May 17, 2003
2234: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2235: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2237: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2238: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2239: Montreal Gazette,
2240: May 21, 2003
2241: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2242: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2243: <p>
1.346 ian 2244:
2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2246: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2247: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2248: May 7, 2003.
2249: </strong></font><br>
2250: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2251: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2252: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2253: <p>
2254:
2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2256: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2257: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2258: OsOpinion,
2259: May 6, 2003.
2260: </strong></font><br>
2261: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2262: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2263: <br>
2264: This article can also be found online at:
2265: <ul>
2266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2267: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2268: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2269: NewsFactor Network.
2270: </strong></font>
2271: </ul>
2272: <p>
2273:
2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2275: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2276: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2277: ITBusiness,
2278: May 2, 2003.
2279: </strong></font><br>
2280: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2281: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2282: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2283: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2284: <p>
2285:
2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2287: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2288: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2289: InfoWorld,
2290: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2291: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2292: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2293: <br>
2294: This article can also be found online at:
2295: <ul>
2296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2297: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2298: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2299: IDG Singapore.
2300: </strong></font>
2301: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2302: <p>
2303:
1.339 jose 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2305: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2306: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2307: ZDNet,
2308: May 1, 2003.
2309: </strong></font><br>
2310: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2311: someone using parts from previous articles.
2312: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2313: This article can also be found online at:
2314: <ul>
2315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2316: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2317: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2318: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2319: </strong></font>
2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2321: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2322: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2323: CNET News.com.
2324: </strong></font>
2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2326: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2327: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2328: ZDNet UK.
2329: </strong></font>
2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2331: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2332: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2333: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2334: </strong></font>
2335: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2336: <p>
1.339 jose 2337:
1.341 deraadt 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2339: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2340: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2341: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2342: May 1, 2003.
2343: </strong></font><br>
2344: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2345: that have been added
2346: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2347: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2348: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2349: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2350: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2351: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2352: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2353: <p>
2354:
2355: </ul>
2356:
1.253 ian 2357: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2358: <ul>
1.255 ian 2359:
1.260 ian 2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2361: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2362: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2363: TechRepublic,
2364: April 28, 2003.
2365: </strong></font><br>
2366: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2367: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2368: work.<br>
2369: Can also be found online at:
2370: <ul>
2371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2372: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2373: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2374: ZDNet UK.
2375: </strong></font>
2376: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2377: <p>
2378:
2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2380: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2381: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2382: IDG,
2383: April 24, 2003.
2384: </strong></font><br>
2385: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2386: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2387: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2388: Can also be found online at:
2389: <ul>
2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2391: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2392: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2393: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2394: </strong></font>
2395: </ul>
2396: <p>
2397:
2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2399: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2400: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2401: Slate,
2402: April 24, 2003.
2403: </strong></font><br>
2404: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2405: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2406: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2407: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2408: <p>
2409:
2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2411: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2412: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2413: April 24, 2003.
2414: </strong></font><br>
2415: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2416: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2417: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2418: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2419: <p>
2420:
2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2422: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2423: April 24, 2003.
2424: </strong></font><br>
2425: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2426: the free software community".
2427: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2428: other articles.
2429: <p>
2430:
2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2432: <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 2433: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2434: </strong></font><br>
2435: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2436: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2437: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2438: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2439: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2440: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2441: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2442: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2443: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2444: <br/>
2445: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2446: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2447: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2448: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2449: <br>
2450: Can also be found online at:
2451: <ul>
2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2453: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2454: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2455: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2456: </strong></font>
2457: </ul>
1.324 ian 2458: <p>
2459:
2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2461: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2462: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2463: </strong></font><br>
2464: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2465: article above.
2466: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2467: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2468: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2469: <br>
2470: Can also be found online at:
2471: <ul>
2472: <li>
2473: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2474: </strong></font>
2475: </ul>
1.324 ian 2476: <p>
2477:
2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2479: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2480: </strong></font><br>
2481: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2482: <p>
2483:
2484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2485: <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.
2486: </strong></font><br>
2487: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2488: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2489: <p>
2490:
2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2492: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2493: April 23, 2003.
2494: </strong></font><br>
2495: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2496: <p>
2497:
2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2499: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2500: April 22, 2003.
2501: </strong></font><br>
2502: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2503: <p>
2504:
2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2506: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2507: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2508: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2509: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2510: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2511: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2512: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2513: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2514: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2515: Can also be found online at:
2516: <ul>
2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2518: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2519: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2520: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2521: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2523: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2524: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2525: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2526: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2527: </ul>
2528: <p>
2529:
2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2531: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2532: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2533: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2534: </strong></font><br>
2535: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2536: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2537: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2538: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2539: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2540: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2541: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2542: <p>
2543:
2544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2545: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2546: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2547: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2548: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2549: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2550: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2551: at UPenn and DARPA.
2552: <p>
2553:
2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2555: [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,
2556: France
1.315 deraadt 2557: April 18, 2003.
2558: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2559: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2560: <p>
2561:
2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2563: [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 2564: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2565: </strong></font><br>
2566: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2567: <p>
2568:
2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2570: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2571: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2572: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2573: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2574: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2575: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2576: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2577: <p>
2578:
2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2580: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2581: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2582: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2583: </strong></font><br>
2584: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2585: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2586: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2587: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2588: <p>
2589:
2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2591: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2592: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2593: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2594: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2595: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2596: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2597: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2598: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2599: Can also be found online at:
2600: <ul>
2601: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2602: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2603: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2604: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2605: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2606: <p>
2607:
2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2609: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2610: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2611: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2612: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2613: </strong></font><br>
2614: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2615: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2616: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2617: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2618: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2619:
2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2621: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2622: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2623: New York Times.
2624: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2625:
1.273 deraadt 2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2627: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2628: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2629: ABC News.
2630: </strong></font>
2631:
2632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2633: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2634: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2635: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2636: </strong></font>
2637:
2638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2639: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2640: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2641: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2642: </strong></font>
2643:
2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2645: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2646: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2647: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2648: </strong></font>
2649:
2650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2651: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2652: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2653: Times Daily, AL.
2654: </strong></font>
2655:
2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2657: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2658: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2659: Boston.com, MA.
2660: </strong></font>
2661:
2662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2663: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2664: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2665: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2666: </strong></font>
2667:
2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2669: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2670: [Article was pulled]</a>
2671: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2672: </strong></font>
2673:
2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2675: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2676: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2677: Infoshop News.
2678: </strong></font>
2679:
2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2681: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2682: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2683: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2684: </strong></font>
2685:
2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2687: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2688: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2689: Raleigh News, NC.
2690: </strong></font>
2691:
2692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2693: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2694: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2695: Napa News, CA.
2696: </strong></font>
2697:
2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2699: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2700: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2701: NEPA News, PA.
2702: </strong></font>
2703:
2704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2705: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2706: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2707: Wired News.
2708: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2709: <br>
2710: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2711: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2712: [JAPANESE]
2713: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2714: Wired News Japan</a>
2715: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2716:
1.271 deraadt 2717: </ul>
2718: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2719: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2720: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2721: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2722: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2723: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2724: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2725: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2726: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2727: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2728: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2729: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2730: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2731: <p>
2732: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2733:
2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2735: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2736: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2737: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2738: </strong></font>
2739:
2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2741: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2742: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2743: Miami Herald, FL.
2744: </strong></font>
2745:
2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2747: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2748: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2749: </strong></font>
2750:
2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2752: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2753: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2754: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2755: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2756:
2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2758: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2759: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2760: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2761: ABC News.
2762: </strong></font>
2763:
1.276 deraadt 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2765: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2766: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2767: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2768: </strong></font>
2769:
1.286 dhartmei 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2771: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2772: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2773: Wilmington Star, NC.
2774: </strong></font>
2775:
1.300 jose 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2777: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2778: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2779: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2780: </strong></font>
2781:
1.309 jose 2782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2783: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2784: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2785: Globe Technology.
2786: </strong></font>
2787:
1.263 deraadt 2788: </ul>
1.262 beck 2789: <p>
2790:
2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2792: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2793: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2794: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2795: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2796: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2797: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2798: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2799: <p>
2800:
2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2802: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2803: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2804: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2805: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2806: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2807: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2808: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2809: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2810: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2811: and simply restates other press reports.
2812: <p>
2813:
2814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2815: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2816: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2817: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2818: </strong></font><br>
2819: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2820: <p>
2821:
2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2823: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2824: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2825: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2826: </strong></font><br>
2827: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2828: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2829: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2830: <p>
2831:
2832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2833: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2834: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2835: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2836: April 17, 2003.
2837: </strong></font><br>
2838: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2839: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2840: Tech Anthems</a>
2841: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2842: 4 so far.
2843: <p>
2844:
2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2846: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2847: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2848: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2849: </strong></font><br>
2850: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2851: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2852: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2853: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2854: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2855: Goes on to say:
2856: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2857: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2858: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2859: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2860: This article is also found online at:
2861: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2863: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2864: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2865: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2866: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2868: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2869: ZDnet</a>,
2870: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2871: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2873: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2874: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2875: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2876: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2877: </ul>
1.260 ian 2878: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2879:
1.260 ian 2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2881: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2882: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2883: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2884: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2885: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2886: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2887: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2888: without notice or justification.
2889: <p>
2890:
2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2892: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2893: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2894: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2895: </strong></font><br>
2896: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2897: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2898: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2899: effective today, without any warning..."
2900: <p>
1.257 ian 2901:
2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2903: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2904: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2905: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2906: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2907: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2908: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2909: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2910: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2911: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2912: <p>
2913:
2914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2915: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2916: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2917: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2918: </strong></font><br>
2919: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2920: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2921: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2922: quoting two of them:
2923: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2924: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2925: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2926: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2927: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2928: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2929: <p>
2930:
1.255 ian 2931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2932: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2933: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2934: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2935: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2936: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2937: <p>
2938:
2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2940: [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 2941: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2942: </strong></font><br>
2943: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2944: <p>
2945:
2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2947: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2948: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2949: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2950: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2951: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2952: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2953: security experts for more than three decades."
2954: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2955: <p>
1.261 ian 2956:
1.254 drahn 2957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2958: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2959: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2960: </strong></font><br>
2961: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2962: <p>
2963:
2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 2965: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
2966: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
2967: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
2968: </strong></font><br>
2969: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
2970: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
2971: discussion OpenBSD's path.
2972: <p>
2973:
2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 2975: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
2976: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2977: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 2978: </strong></font><br>
2979: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
2980: from US DARPA.
2981: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
2982: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
2983: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
2984: the BSD license.
2985: <p>
2986: </ul>
2987:
1.251 ian 2988: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2989: <ul>
2990:
2991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2992: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
2993: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
2994: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
2995: </strong></font><br>
2996:
2997: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2998: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2999: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3000: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3001: <p>
3002:
3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3004: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3005: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3006: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3007: </strong></font><br>
3008: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3009: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3010: Mentions
3011: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3012: and
3013: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3014: programs.
3015: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3016: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3017: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3018: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3019: <p>
1.325 ian 3020: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3021: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3022:
3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3024: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3025: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3026: </strong></font><br>
3027: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3028: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3029: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3030: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3031: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3032: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3033: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3034: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3035: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3036: put into service."
3037: <p>
3038: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3039: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3040: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3041: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3042: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3043: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3044: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3045: computers with security features."
3046: <p>
1.329 ian 3047:
3048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3049: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3050: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3051: Slate,
3052: March 3, 2003.
3053: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3054: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3055: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3056: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3057: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3058: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3059: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3060: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3061: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3062: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3063: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3064: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3065: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3066: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3067: of more secure open-source solutions like
3068: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3069: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3070: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3071: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3072: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3073: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3074: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3075: the Beltway."
3076: <p>
1.251 ian 3077: </ul>
3078:
1.249 jufi 3079: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3080: <ul>
3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3082: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3083: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3084: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3085: </strong></font><br>
3086: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3087: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3088: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3089: <p>
1.334 ian 3090:
3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3092: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3093: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3094: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3095: </strong></font><br>
3096: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3097: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3098: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3099: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3100: "... the hypothetical question ...
3101: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3102: <br>
3103: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3104: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3105: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3106: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3107: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3108: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3110: support network security.
3111: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3112: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3113: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3114: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3115: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3116: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3117: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3118: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3119: <br>
3120: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3121: <p>
3122:
1.249 jufi 3123: </ul>
3124:
1.246 jufi 3125: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3126: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3129: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3130: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3131: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3132: </strong></font><br>
3133: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3134: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3135: <p>
3136:
1.247 jufi 3137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3138: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3139: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3140: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3141: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3142: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3143: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3144: <p>
3145:
3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3147: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3148: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3149: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3150: </strong></font><br>
3151: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3152: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3153: <p>
1.247 jufi 3154: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3155:
1.244 jufi 3156: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3157: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3160: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3161: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3162: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3163: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3164: </strong></font><br>
3165: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3166: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3167: md5 digests.
3168: <p>
3169:
1.247 jufi 3170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3171: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3172: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3173: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3174: </strong></font><br>
3175: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3176: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3177: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3178: right the first time."
3179: <p>
1.247 jufi 3180: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3181:
3182:
3183: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3184: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3187: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3188: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3189: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3190: </strong></font><br>
3191: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3192: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3193: part 6</a>.
3194: <p>
3195:
1.247 jufi 3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3197: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3198: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3199: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3200: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3201: </strong></font><br>
3202: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3203: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3204: <p>
1.301 jose 3205:
3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3207: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3208: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3209: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3210: </strong></font><br>
3211:
3212: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3213: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3214: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3215: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3216: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3217: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3218: <i>Here's the
3219: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3220: <p>
1.247 jufi 3221: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3222:
3223: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3224: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3225:
1.247 jufi 3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3227: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3228: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3229: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3230: </strong></font><br>
3231: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3232: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3233: <p>
3234:
1.247 jufi 3235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3236: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3237: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3238: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3239: </strong></font><br>
3240: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3241: this time using pf.
3242: <p>
1.247 jufi 3243: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3244:
3245: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3246: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3247:
1.247 jufi 3248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3249: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3250: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3251: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3252: </strong></font><br>
3253: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3254: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3255: their rotation.
3256: <p>
3257:
1.247 jufi 3258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3259: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3260: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3261: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3262: </strong></font><br>
3263: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3264: <p>
1.247 jufi 3265: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3266:
1.239 jufi 3267: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3268: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3271: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3272: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3273: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3274: </strong></font><br>
3275: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3276: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3277: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3278: <p>
3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3281: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3282: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3283: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3284: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3285: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3286: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3287: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3288: <p>
1.247 jufi 3289: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3290:
1.235 lebel 3291: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3292: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3293:
1.239 jufi 3294:
1.247 jufi 3295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3296: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3297: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3298: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3299: </strong></font><br>
3300: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3301: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3302: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3303: <p>
1.301 jose 3304:
1.247 jufi 3305: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3306:
1.228 horacio 3307: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3308: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3309:
1.247 jufi 3310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3311: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3312: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3313: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3314: </strong></font><br>
3315: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3316: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3317: <p>
3318:
1.247 jufi 3319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3320: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3321: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3322: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3323: </strong></font><br>
3324: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3325: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3326: <p>
3327:
1.247 jufi 3328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3329: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3330: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3331: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3332: </strong></font><br>
3333: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3334: on the desktop of his parents.
3335: <p>
3336:
1.247 jufi 3337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3338: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3339: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3340: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3341: </strong></font><br>
3342: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3343: using IPFilter.
3344:
3345: <p>
3346:
1.247 jufi 3347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3348: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3349: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3350: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3351: </strong></font><br>
3352: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3353: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3354: perspectives of the four OS.
3355: <br>
3356: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3357: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3358: <p>
3359:
1.247 jufi 3360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3361: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3362: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3363: software and security</a>,
3364: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3365: </strong></font><br>
3366:
3367: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3368: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3369: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3370: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3371: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3372: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3373: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3374: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3375: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3376: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3377: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3378: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3379: <p>
1.247 jufi 3380: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3381:
1.225 horacio 3382: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3383: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3386: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3387: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3388: Interview</a>,
3389: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3390: </strong></font><br>
3391:
3392: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3393: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3394: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3395: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3396: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3397: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3398: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3399: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3400: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3401: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3402: of choice.
3403: <p>
1.247 jufi 3404: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3405:
3406: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3407: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3408:
1.247 jufi 3409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3410: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3411: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3412: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3413: </strong></font><br>
3414:
3415: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3416: <p>
3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3419: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3420: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3421: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3422: </strong></font><br>
3423:
3424: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3425: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3426: <p>
1.247 jufi 3427: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3428:
1.218 horacio 3429: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3430: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3431:
1.247 jufi 3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3433: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3434: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3435: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3436: </strong></font><br>
3437:
3438: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3439: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3440: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3441: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3442: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3443: subjects. Worth a read.
3444: <p>
3445:
3446:
1.247 jufi 3447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3448: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3449: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3450: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3451: </strong></font><br>
3452:
3453: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3454: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3455: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3456: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3457: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3458: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3459: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3460: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3461: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3462: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3463: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3464: on other operating systems.<br>
3465: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3466: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3467: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3468: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3469: <p>
3470:
1.247 jufi 3471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3472: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3473: Operating System 2010</a>,
3474: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3475: </strong></font><br>
3476:
3477: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3478: covering the level of software integration into the core
3479: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3480: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3481: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3482: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3483: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3484: <p>
3485:
1.247 jufi 3486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3487: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3488: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3489: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3490: </strong></font><br>
3491:
3492: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3493: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3494: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3495: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3496: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3497: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3498: <p>
1.247 jufi 3499: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3500:
1.210 jufi 3501: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3502: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3503:
1.247 jufi 3504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3505: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3506: Already a Contender</a>,
3507: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3508: </strong></font><br>
3509:
3510: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3511: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3512: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3513: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3514: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3515: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3516: <p>
3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3519: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3520: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3521: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3522: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3523:
1.224 horacio 3524: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3525: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3526: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3527: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3528: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3529: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3530: <p>
1.247 jufi 3531: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3532:
3533: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3534: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3535:
1.247 jufi 3536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3537: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3538: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3539: Division</a>,
3540: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3541: </strong></font><br>
3542:
3543: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3544: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3545: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3546: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3547: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3548: investment</em>.<br>
3549: The implementation details can be seen on their
3550: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3551: <p>
3552:
1.247 jufi 3553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3554: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3555: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3556: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3557: </strong></font><br>
3558:
3559: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3560: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3561: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3562: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3563: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3564: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3565: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3566: <p>
3567:
3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3569: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3570: Thinking about Security</a>,
3571: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3572: </strong></font><br>
3573:
3574: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3575: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3576: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3577: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3578: to time.<br>
3579: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3580: system and just the most secure system.
3581: <p>
3582:
1.247 jufi 3583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3584: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3585: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3586: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3587: </strong></font><br>
3588:
3589: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3590: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3591: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3592: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3593: choice:<br>
3594: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3595: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3596: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3597: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3598: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3599: network security devices and as such must be well
3600: armored."</em><br>
3601: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3602: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3603: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3604: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3605: <br>
3606: Bravo!
3607: <p>
1.247 jufi 3608: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3609:
1.207 ian 3610: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3611: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3612:
1.247 jufi 3613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3614: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3615: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3616: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3617:
1.207 ian 3618: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3619: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3620: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3621: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3622: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3623: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3624: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3625: <p>
1.247 jufi 3626: </ul>
1.207 ian 3627:
1.194 jufi 3628: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3629: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3630:
1.247 jufi 3631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3632: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3633: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3634: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3635: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3636:
1.240 miod 3637: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3638: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3639: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3640: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3641: <p>
3642:
1.247 jufi 3643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3644: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3645: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3646: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3647:
3648: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3649: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3650: <p>
3651:
3652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3653: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3654: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3655: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3656:
3657: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3658: <p>
3659:
3660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3661: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3662: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3663: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3664: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3665:
1.240 miod 3666: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3667: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3668: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3669: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3670: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3671: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3672: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3673: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3674: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3675: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3676: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3677: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3678: <p>
3679:
1.247 jufi 3680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3681: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3682: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3683: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3684: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3685:
1.194 jufi 3686: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3687: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3688: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3689: <br>
3690: The new
3691: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3692: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3693: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3694: <p>
1.247 jufi 3695: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3696:
1.190 horacio 3697: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3698: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3699:
1.247 jufi 3700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3701:
3702: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3703: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3704:
1.301 jose 3705:
1.191 jufi 3706: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3707: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3708:
3709: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3710: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3711:
1.212 horacio 3712: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3713: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3714: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3715:
1.211 horacio 3716: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3717: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3718: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3719:
1.247 jufi 3720: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3721: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3722:
1.247 jufi 3723: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3724: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3725:
1.212 horacio 3726: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3727: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3728: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3729:
3730: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3731: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3732:
3733: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3734: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3735:
1.301 jose 3736: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3737: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3738:
1.191 jufi 3739: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3740: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3741:
3742: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3743: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3744:
1.192 jufi 3745: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3746: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3747: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3748:
1.193 deraadt 3749: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3750: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3751: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3752:
1.247 jufi 3753: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3754: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3755:
1.247 jufi 3756: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3757: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3758: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3759:
1.213 horacio 3760: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3761: 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 3762: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3763:
1.190 horacio 3764: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3765: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3766: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3767: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3768: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3769: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3770: <p>
1.190 horacio 3771:
1.247 jufi 3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3773: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3774: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3775: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3776: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3777:
1.195 jufi 3778: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3779: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3780: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3781: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3782: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3783: <p>
3784:
1.247 jufi 3785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3786: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3787: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3788: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3789: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3790:
1.191 jufi 3791: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3792: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3793: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3794: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3795: <p>
3796:
3797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3798: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3799: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3800: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3801:
3802: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3803: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3804: <p>
1.247 jufi 3805: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3806:
1.191 jufi 3807:
1.186 jufi 3808: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3809: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3812: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3813: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3814: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3815: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3816:
1.188 jufi 3817: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3818: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3819: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3820: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3821: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3822: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3823: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3824: <p>
3825:
1.301 jose 3826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3827: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3828: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3829: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3830:
3831: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3832: <p>
1.191 jufi 3833:
1.247 jufi 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3835: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3836: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3837: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3838: </strong></font><br>
3839:
3840: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3841: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3842: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3843: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3844: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3845: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3846: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3847: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3848: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3849: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3850: familiar?
3851: <p>
1.247 jufi 3852: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3853:
1.178 louis 3854: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3855: <ul>
1.178 louis 3856:
1.247 jufi 3857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3858: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3859: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3860: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3861: </strong></font><br>
3862:
3863: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3864: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3865: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3866: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3867: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3868: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3869: <p>
3870:
1.247 jufi 3871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3872: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3873: Open source under the hood</a>,
3874: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3875: </strong></font><br>
3876:
3877: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3878: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3879: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3880: <p>
3881:
1.247 jufi 3882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3883: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3884: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3885: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3886: </strong></font><br>
3887:
3888: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3889: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3890: <p>
1.247 jufi 3891: </ul>
1.179 louis 3892:
1.174 louis 3893:
1.175 louis 3894: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3895: <ul>
1.175 louis 3896:
1.247 jufi 3897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3898: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3899: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3900: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3901: </strong></font><br>
3902:
3903: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3904: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3905: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3906: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3907: <p>
3908:
1.247 jufi 3909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3910: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3911: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3912: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3913: </strong></font><br>
3914:
3915: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3916: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3917: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3918: <p>
1.247 jufi 3919: </ul>
1.175 louis 3920:
1.176 louis 3921:
1.172 mickey 3922: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3923: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3924:
1.247 jufi 3925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3926: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3927: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3928: </strong></font><br>
3929:
3930: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3931: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3932: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3933: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3934: <p>
3935:
1.247 jufi 3936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3937: <a
1.269 deraadt 3938: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3939: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3940: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3941: </strong></font><br>
3942:
3943: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3944: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3945: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3946: <p>
3947:
1.247 jufi 3948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3949: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3950: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3951: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3952: </strong></font><br>
3953:
3954: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3955: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3956: <p>
3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3959: <a
1.269 deraadt 3960: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
3961: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 3962: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
3963: </strong></font><br>
3964:
3965: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
3966: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
3967: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
3968: our own Theo de Raadt.
3969: <p>
3970:
1.247 jufi 3971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3972: <a
1.269 deraadt 3973: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
3974: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
3975: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 3976: </strong></font><br>
3977:
3978: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
3979: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
3980: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
3981: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
3982: shut down.]
3983: <p>
3984:
1.247 jufi 3985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3986: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 3987: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 3988: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
3989: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 3990: </strong></font><br>
3991:
3992: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
3993: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
3994: <p>
1.247 jufi 3995: </ul>
1.172 mickey 3996:
1.161 louis 3997: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3998: <ul>
1.161 louis 3999:
1.247 jufi 4000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4001: <a
1.269 deraadt 4002: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4003: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4004: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4005: </strong></font><br>
4006:
4007: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4008: by John Wolley
4009: <p>
4010:
1.247 jufi 4011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4012: <a
1.269 deraadt 4013: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4014: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4015: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4016: </strong></font><br>
4017:
4018: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4019: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4020: OpenBSD).
4021: <p>
4022:
1.247 jufi 4023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4024: <a
1.247 jufi 4025: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4026: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4027: </strong></font><br>
4028:
4029: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4030: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
4031: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
4032: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4033: and hindsight.
4034: <p>
4035:
1.247 jufi 4036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4037: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4038: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4039: </strong></font><br>
4040:
4041: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4042: <p>
4043:
1.247 jufi 4044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4045: <a
1.168 provos 4046: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4047: December 7, 2000
4048: </strong></font><br>
4049:
4050: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4051: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4052: us explain.
4053: <p>
4054:
1.247 jufi 4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4056: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4057: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4058: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4059: December 6, 2000
4060: </strong></font><br>
4061:
4062: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4063: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4064: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4065: <p>
4066:
1.247 jufi 4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4068: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4069: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4070: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4071: </strong></font><br>
4072:
4073: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4074: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4075: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4076: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4077: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4078: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4079: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4080: <p>
4081:
4082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4083: <a
1.226 horacio 4084: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4085: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4086: </strong></font><br>
4087:
4088: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4089: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4090: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4091: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4092: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4093: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4094: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4095: <p>
1.162 millert 4096:
1.247 jufi 4097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4098: <a
1.161 louis 4099: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4100: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4101: </strong></font><br>
4102:
4103: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4104: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4105: <p>
4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4108: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4109: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4110: </strong></font><br>
4111:
4112: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4113: <p>
4114:
4115:
1.247 jufi 4116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4117: <a
1.226 horacio 4118: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4119: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4120: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4121: </strong></font><br>
4122:
4123: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4124: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4125: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4126: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4127: <p>
1.247 jufi 4128: </ul>
1.169 louis 4129:
1.158 louis 4130: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4131: <ul>
1.147 louis 4132:
1.247 jufi 4133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4134: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4135: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4136: </strong></font><br>
4137:
4138: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4139: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4140: <p>
4141:
1.247 jufi 4142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4143: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4144: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4145: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4146: </strong></font><br>
4147: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4148: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4149: <p>
4150:
1.247 jufi 4151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4152: <a
4153: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4154: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4155: </strong></font><br>
4156:
4157: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4158: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4159: <p>
4160:
1.247 jufi 4161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4162: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4163: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4164: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4165:
1.213 horacio 4166: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4167: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4168: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4169: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4170: <p>
1.215 horacio 4171:
1.247 jufi 4172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4173: <a
4174: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4175: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4176: </strong></font><br>
4177:
4178: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4179: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4180: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4181: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4182: much of the attitude too).
4183: <p>
1.161 louis 4184:
1.247 jufi 4185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4186: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4187: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4188: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4189:
1.157 louis 4190: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4191: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4192: <p>
1.247 jufi 4193: </ul>
1.157 louis 4194:
4195: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4196: <ul>
1.157 louis 4197:
1.247 jufi 4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4199: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4200: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4201: </strong></font><br>
4202:
4203: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4204: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4205: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4206: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4207: <p>
4208:
1.247 jufi 4209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4210: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4211: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4212: </strong></font><br>
4213:
4214: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4215: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4216: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4217: it because they love coding...
4218: <p>
4219:
1.247 jufi 4220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4221: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4222: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4223: </strong></font><br>
4224:
4225: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4226: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4227: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4228: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4229: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4230: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4231: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4232: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4233: <p>
4234:
1.247 jufi 4235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4236: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4237: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4238: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4239: </strong></font><br>
4240:
4241: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4242: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4243: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4244: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4245: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4246: the pizza.
4247: <p>
4248:
1.247 jufi 4249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4250: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4251: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4252: </strong></font><br>
4253:
4254: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4255: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4256: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4257: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4258: problems.
4259: <p>
4260:
1.247 jufi 4261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4262: <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 4263: </strong></font><br>
4264:
1.222 miod 4265: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4266: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4267: - whether they like it or not.
4268: <p>
4269:
1.247 jufi 4270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4271: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4272: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4273: </strong></font><br>
4274:
4275: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4276: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4277: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4278: <p>
1.148 aaron 4279:
1.247 jufi 4280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4281: <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 4282: </strong></font><br>
4283:
4284: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4285: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4286: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4287: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4288: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4289: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4290: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4291: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4292: <p>
4293:
1.247 jufi 4294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4295: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4296: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4297: </strong></font><br>
4298:
4299: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4300: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4301: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4302: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4303: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4304: <p>
1.247 jufi 4305: </ul>
1.147 louis 4306:
1.138 louis 4307: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4308: <ul>
1.138 louis 4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4311: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4312: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4313: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4314: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4315: </strong></font><br>
4316:
1.227 horacio 4317: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4318: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4319: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4320: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4321: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4322: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4323: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4324: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4325: <p>
4326:
1.247 jufi 4327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4328: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4329: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4330: </strong></font><br>
4331:
4332: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4333: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4334: groups, and even Linux.
4335: <p>
4336:
1.247 jufi 4337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4338: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4339: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4340: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4341: </strong></font><br>
4342:
4343: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4344: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4345: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4346: library after installing the OS.
4347: <p>
4348:
1.247 jufi 4349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4350: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4351: Sys Admin, September 2000
4352: </strong></font><br>
4353:
4354: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4355: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4356: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4357: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4358: (<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>,
4359: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4360: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4361: <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 4362: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4363: out of the system.
4364: <p>
4365:
1.247 jufi 4366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4367: <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
4368: </strong></font><br>
4369:
4370: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4371: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4372: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4373: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4374: the IP filtering and address translation.
4375: <p>
1.301 jose 4376:
4377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4378: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4379: </strong></font><br>
4380:
4381: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4382: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4383: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4384: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4385: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4386: <p>
1.247 jufi 4387: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4388:
1.131 louis 4389: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4390: <ul>
1.131 louis 4391:
1.247 jufi 4392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4393: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4394: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4395: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4396: </strong></font><br>
4397:
4398: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4399: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4400: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4401: <p>
4402:
1.247 jufi 4403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4404: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4405: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4406: </strong></font><br>
4407:
4408: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4409: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4410: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4411: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4412: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4413: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4414: note of"</i>.
4415: <p>
4416:
1.247 jufi 4417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4418: <a
1.247 jufi 4419: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4420: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4421: </strong></font><br>
4422:
4423: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4424: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4425: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4426: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4427: <p>
4428:
1.247 jufi 4429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4430: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4431: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4432: </strong></font><br>
4433:
4434: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4435: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4436: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4437: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4438: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4439: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4440: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4441: <p>
4442:
1.247 jufi 4443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4444: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4445: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4446: 2000
4447: </strong></font><br>
4448:
4449: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4450: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4451: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4452: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4453: against current industry practices.
4454: <p>
4455:
1.247 jufi 4456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4457: <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
4458: </strong></font><br>
4459:
4460: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4461: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4462: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4463: <p>
4464:
1.247 jufi 4465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4466: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4467: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4468: </strong></font><br>
4469:
4470: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4471: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4472: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4473: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4474: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4475: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4476: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4477: <p>
4478:
1.247 jufi 4479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4480: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4481: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4482: </strong></font><br>
4483:
4484: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4485: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4486: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4487: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4488: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4489: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4490: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4491: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4492: <p>
1.247 jufi 4493: </ul>
1.131 louis 4494:
1.118 louis 4495: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4496: <ul>
1.118 louis 4497:
1.247 jufi 4498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4499: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4500: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4501: </strong></font><br>
4502:
4503: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4504: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4505: about time. The article mentions that
4506: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4507: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4508: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4509: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4510: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4511: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4512: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4513: <p>
4514:
1.247 jufi 4515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4516: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4517: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4518: </strong></font><br>
4519:
4520: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4521: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4522: of OpenSSH.
4523: <p>
4524:
1.247 jufi 4525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4526: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4527: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4528: </strong></font><br>
4529:
4530: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4531: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4532: bridging.
4533: <p>
4534:
1.247 jufi 4535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4536: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4537: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4538: </strong></font><br>
4539:
1.121 deraadt 4540: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4541: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4542: <p>
4543:
1.247 jufi 4544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4545: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4546: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4547: </strong></font><br>
4548:
4549: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4550: <p>
4551:
1.247 jufi 4552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4553: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4554: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4555: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4556: </strong></font><br>
4557:
1.120 deraadt 4558: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4559: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4560: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4561: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4562: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4563: <p>
4564:
1.247 jufi 4565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4566: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4567: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4568: </strong></font><br>
4569:
1.222 miod 4570: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4571: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4572: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4573: protocols and their quirks.
4574: <p>
4575:
1.247 jufi 4576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4577: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4578: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4579: </strong></font><br>
4580:
4581: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4582: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4583: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4584: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4585: <p>
4586:
1.247 jufi 4587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4588: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4589: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4590: </strong></font><br>
4591:
4592: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4593: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4594: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4595: <p>
4596:
1.247 jufi 4597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4598: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4599: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4600: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4601: </strong></font><br>
4602:
4603: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4604: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4605: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4606: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4607: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4608: <p>
1.247 jufi 4609: </ul>
1.118 louis 4610:
1.104 louis 4611: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4612: <ul>
1.104 louis 4613:
1.247 jufi 4614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4615: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4616: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4617: </strong></font><br>
4618:
4619: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4620: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4621: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4622: be a bit dry.
4623: <p>
4624:
1.247 jufi 4625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4626: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4627: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4628: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4629: </strong></font><br>
4630: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4631: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4632: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4633: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4634: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4635: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4636: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4637: <p>
4638:
1.247 jufi 4639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4640: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4641: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4642: 2000
1.128 louis 4643: </strong></font><br>
4644:
4645: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4646: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4647: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4648: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4649: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4650: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4651: <p>
4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4654: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4655: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4656: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4657:
4658: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4659: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4660: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4661: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4662: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4663: <p>
1.110 louis 4664:
1.247 jufi 4665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4666: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4667: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4668: </strong></font><br>
4669:
4670: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4671: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4672: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4673: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4674: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4675: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4676: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4677: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4678: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4679: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4680: <p>
4681:
1.247 jufi 4682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4683: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4684: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4685:
4686: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4687: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4688: <p>
1.108 louis 4689:
1.247 jufi 4690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4691: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4692: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4693: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4694:
4695: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4696: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4697: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4698: <p>
1.106 louis 4699:
1.247 jufi 4700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4701: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4702: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4703: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4704:
4705: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4706: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4707: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4708: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4709: <p>
1.107 louis 4710:
1.247 jufi 4711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4712: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4713: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4714: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4715:
4716: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4717: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4718: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4719: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4720: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4721: <p>
1.105 louis 4722:
1.247 jufi 4723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4724: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4725: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4726: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4727:
1.113 naddy 4728: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4729: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4730: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4731: <p>
1.104 louis 4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4734: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4735: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4736: </strong></font><br>
4737:
4738: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4739: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4740: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4741: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4742: <p>
1.301 jose 4743:
4744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4745: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4746: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4747: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4748:
4749: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4750: hardware-supported cryptography.
4751: <p>
1.247 jufi 4752: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4753:
1.85 louis 4754: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4755: <ul>
1.85 louis 4756:
1.247 jufi 4757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4758: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4759: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4760: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4761:
4762: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4763: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4764: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4765: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4766: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4767: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4768: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4769: <p>
1.99 louis 4770:
1.247 jufi 4771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4772: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4773: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4774: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4775:
4776: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4777: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4778: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4779: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4780: <p>
1.100 louis 4781:
1.247 jufi 4782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4783: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4784: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4785: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4786:
4787: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4788: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4789: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4790: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4791: <p>
1.95 louis 4792:
1.247 jufi 4793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4794: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4795: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4796: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4797:
4798: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4799: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4800: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4801: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4802: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4803: <p>
1.92 louis 4804:
1.247 jufi 4805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4806: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4807: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4808: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4809:
4810: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4811: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4812: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4813: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4814: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4815: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4816: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4817: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4818: <p>
1.91 louis 4819:
1.247 jufi 4820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4821: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4822: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4823: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4824:
4825: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4826: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4827: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4828: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4829: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4830: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4831: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4832: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4833: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4834: <p>
1.90 louis 4835:
1.247 jufi 4836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4837: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4838: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4839: </strong></font><br>
4840: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4841: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4842: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4843: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4844: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4845: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4846: <p>
4847:
1.247 jufi 4848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4849: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4850: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4851: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4852:
1.113 naddy 4853: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4854: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4855: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4856: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4857: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4858: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4859: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4860: <p>
1.87 louis 4861:
1.247 jufi 4862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4863: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4864: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4865: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4866:
4867: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4868: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4869: <p>
1.85 louis 4870:
1.247 jufi 4871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4872: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4873: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4874: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4875:
4876: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4877: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4878: <p>
4879:
4880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4881: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4882: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4883: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4884:
4885: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4886: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4887: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4888: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4889: <p>
1.89 louis 4890:
1.247 jufi 4891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4892: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4893: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4894: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4895:
4896: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4897: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4898: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4899: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4900: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4901: </ul>
1.85 louis 4902:
1.78 deraadt 4903: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4904: <ul>
1.74 louis 4905:
1.247 jufi 4906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4907: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4908: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4909: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4910: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4911:
4912: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4913: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4914: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4915: <p>
1.83 louis 4916:
1.247 jufi 4917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4918: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4919: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4920: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4921:
4922: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4923: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4924: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4925: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4926: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4927: <p>
1.93 louis 4928:
1.247 jufi 4929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4930: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4931: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4932: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4933: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4934:
1.83 louis 4935: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4936: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4937: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4938: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4939: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4940: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4941: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4942: <p>
1.82 aaron 4943:
1.247 jufi 4944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4945: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4946: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4947: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4948:
1.83 louis 4949: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4950: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4951: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4952: <p>
1.80 louis 4953:
1.247 jufi 4954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4955: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4956: Bad Press</a>,
4957: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4958: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4959:
4960: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 4961: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 4962: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
4963: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
4964: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 4965: <p>
1.247 jufi 4966: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 4967:
4968: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4969: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 4970:
1.247 jufi 4971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4972: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
4973: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 4974: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 4975: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 4976:
4977: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
4978: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
4979: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
4980: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 4981: <p>
1.74 louis 4982:
1.247 jufi 4983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 4984: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
4985: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 4986: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 4987:
1.219 horacio 4988: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
4989: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
4990: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
4991: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
4992: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
4993: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
4994: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 4995: <p>
1.88 louis 4996:
1.247 jufi 4997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 4998: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 4999: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5000: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5001:
5002: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5003: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5004: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5005: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5006: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5007: <p>
1.81 louis 5008:
1.247 jufi 5009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5010: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5011: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5012: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5013:
5014: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5015: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5016: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5017: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5018: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5019: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5020: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5021: <p>
1.90 louis 5022:
1.247 jufi 5023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5024: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5025: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5026: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5027:
5028: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5029: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5030: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5031: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5032: <p>
1.247 jufi 5033: </ul>
1.71 louis 5034:
1.69 deraadt 5035: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5036: <ul>
1.70 louis 5037:
1.247 jufi 5038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5039: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5040: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5041: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5042:
5043: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5044: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5045: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5046: <p>
1.70 louis 5047:
1.247 jufi 5048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5049: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5050: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5051: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5052:
5053: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5054: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5055: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5056: <p>
1.68 louis 5057:
1.247 jufi 5058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5059: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5060: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5061: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5062: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5063:
1.111 jufi 5064: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5065: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5066: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5067: "secure by default" installation.
5068: <p>
1.64 louis 5069:
1.247 jufi 5070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5071: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5072: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5073: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5074:
1.113 naddy 5075: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5076: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5077: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5078: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5079: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5080: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5081: <p>
1.66 louis 5082:
1.247 jufi 5083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5084: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5085: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5086: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5087:
5088: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5089: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5090: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5091: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5092: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5093: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5094: <p>
1.83 louis 5095:
1.247 jufi 5096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5097: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5098: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5099: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5100:
5101: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5102: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5103: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5104: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5105: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5106: <p>
1.64 louis 5107:
1.247 jufi 5108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5109: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5110: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5111: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5112:
5113: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5114: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5115: <p>
1.301 jose 5116:
5117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5118: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5119: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5120: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5121: </strong></font><br>
5122:
5123: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5124: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5125: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5126: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5127: Giving way to
5128: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5129: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5130: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5131: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5132: <p>
1.247 jufi 5133: </ul>
1.65 louis 5134:
1.69 deraadt 5135: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5136: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5137:
1.247 jufi 5138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5139: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5140: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5141: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5142:
5143: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5144: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5145: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5146: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5147: <p>
1.88 louis 5148:
1.247 jufi 5149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5150: <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 5151: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5152:
5153: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5154: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5155: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5156: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5157: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5158: <p>
1.60 louis 5159:
1.247 jufi 5160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5161: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5162: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5163: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5164: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5165:
5166: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5167: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5168: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5169: <p>
1.58 louis 5170:
1.247 jufi 5171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5172: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5173: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5174:
5175: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5176: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5177: <p>
1.53 louis 5178:
1.247 jufi 5179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5180: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5181: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5182: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5183:
5184: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5185: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5186: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5187: <p>
1.99 louis 5188:
1.247 jufi 5189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5190: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5191: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5192:
5193: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5194: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5195: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5196: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5197: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5198:
1.247 jufi 5199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5200: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5201: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5202: </strong></font><br>
5203:
5204: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5205: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5206: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5207: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5208: <p>
5209:
1.247 jufi 5210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5211: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5212: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5213: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5214:
5215: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5216: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5217: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5218:
1.247 jufi 5219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5220: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5221: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5222:
5223: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5224: in
1.247 jufi 5225: <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 5226: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5227: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5228: <p>
1.53 louis 5229:
1.247 jufi 5230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5231: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5232: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5233: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5234: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5235:
1.58 louis 5236: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5237: <p>
1.301 jose 5238:
5239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5240: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5241: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5242: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5243: Informacyjny, January 2000
5244: </strong></font><br>
5245:
5246: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5247: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5248: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5249: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5250: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5251: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5252: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5253: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5254: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5255: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5256: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5257: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5258: <p>
5259:
5260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5261: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5262: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5263: </strong></font><br>
5264:
5265: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5266: <p>
5267: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5268:
1.69 deraadt 5269: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5270: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5271:
1.247 jufi 5272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5273: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5274: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5275: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5276: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5277:
1.58 louis 5278: Kurt Seifried
5279: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5280: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5281: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5282: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5283:
1.247 jufi 5284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5285: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5286: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5287: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5288:
5289: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5290: <p>
1.96 louis 5291:
1.247 jufi 5292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5293: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5294: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5295: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5296: </strong></font><br>
5297:
5298: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5299: <p>
5300:
5301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5302: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5303: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5304: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5305:
5306: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5307: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5308: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5309: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5310: <p>
1.247 jufi 5311: </ul>
1.86 louis 5312:
1.69 deraadt 5313: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5314: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5315:
1.247 jufi 5316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5317: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5318: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5319: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5320:
5321: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5322: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5323: <p>
1.61 louis 5324:
1.247 jufi 5325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5326: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5327: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5328: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5329: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5330:
5331: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5332: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5333: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5334: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5335: right -- or at least strives to".
5336: <p>
1.48 louis 5337:
1.247 jufi 5338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5339: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5340: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5341: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5342: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5343: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5344: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5345: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5346: <p>
1.61 louis 5347:
1.247 jufi 5348: <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 5349: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5350: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5351:
5352: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5353: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5354: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5355: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5356: <p>
1.46 louis 5357:
1.247 jufi 5358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5359: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5360: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5361: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5362:
5363: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5364: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5365: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5366:
1.247 jufi 5367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5368: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5369: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5370: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5371:
5372: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5373: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5374: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5375: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5376: <p>
1.247 jufi 5377: </ul>
1.70 louis 5378:
1.69 deraadt 5379: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5380: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5381:
1.247 jufi 5382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5383: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5384: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5385: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5386: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5387:
5388: Kurt Seifried
5389: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5390: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5391: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5392: <p>
1.44 philen 5393:
1.247 jufi 5394: <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 5395: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5396: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5397:
5398: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5399: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5400:
1.247 jufi 5401: <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 5402: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5403: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5404:
5405: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5406: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5407:
1.247 jufi 5408: <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 5409: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5410: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5411:
5412: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5413: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5414: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5415: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5416: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5417:
1.247 jufi 5418: <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 5419: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5420: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5421:
1.36 louis 5422: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5423: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5424:
1.247 jufi 5425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5426: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5427: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5428: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5429:
5430: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5431: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5432: </ul>
1.38 louis 5433:
1.69 deraadt 5434: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5435: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5436:
1.247 jufi 5437: <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 5438: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5439: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5440:
5441: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5442: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5443: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5444:
1.113 naddy 5445: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5446: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5447: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5448: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5449:
5450: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5451: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5452: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5453: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5454: <blockquote>
5455: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5456: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5457: <br>
5458: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5459: </code>
5460: </blockquote>
5461: <p>
5462:
1.247 jufi 5463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5464: <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 5465: <p>
5466:
5467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5468: <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 5469: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5470:
5471: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5472: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5473: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5474: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5475:
1.247 jufi 5476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5477: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5478: Sept. 28, 1999
5479: </strong></font><br>
5480:
5481: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5482: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5483: translating and reprinting articles from
5484: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5485: <p>
5486:
5487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5488: <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 5489: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5490:
5491: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5492: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5493: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5494: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5495: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5496: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5497: <p>
1.19 louis 5498:
1.113 naddy 5499: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5500: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5501: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5502:
5503: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5504: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5505: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5506: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5507: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5508: <p>
1.16 louis 5509:
1.247 jufi 5510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5511: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5512: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5513: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5514:
1.57 louis 5515: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5516: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5517: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5518: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5519:
1.247 jufi 5520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5521: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5522: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5523: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5524:
1.113 naddy 5525: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5526:
1.247 jufi 5527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5528: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5529: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5530: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5531:
1.23 louis 5532: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5533: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5534: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5535: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5536: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5537: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5538:
1.247 jufi 5539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5540: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5541: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5542: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5543:
1.199 pvalchev 5544: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5545: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5546: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5547: installation.
1.113 naddy 5548: <p>
1.47 louis 5549:
1.247 jufi 5550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5551: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5552: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5553: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5554:
1.301 jose 5555: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5556: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5557: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5558: </ul>
1.57 louis 5559:
1.69 deraadt 5560: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5561: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5562:
1.247 jufi 5563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5564: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5565: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5566: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5567:
5568: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5569: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5570: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5571: <p>
1.12 louis 5572:
1.247 jufi 5573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5574: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5575: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5576: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5577:
5578: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5579: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5580: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5581: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5582: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5583: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5584: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5585: <p>
1.247 jufi 5586: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5587:
1.69 deraadt 5588: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5589: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5590:
1.247 jufi 5591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5592: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5593: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5594:
5595: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5596: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5597: available."
1.113 naddy 5598: <p>
1.301 jose 5599:
5600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5601: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5602: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5603: </strong></font><br>
5604:
5605: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5606: <p>
1.247 jufi 5607: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5608:
1.69 deraadt 5609: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5610: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5611:
1.247 jufi 5612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5613: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5614: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5615:
5616: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5617: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5618: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5619: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5620: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5621: <p>
1.33 louis 5622:
1.247 jufi 5623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5624: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5625: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5626: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5627:
1.113 naddy 5628: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5629: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5630: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5631: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5632: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5633: <p>
1.247 jufi 5634: </ul>
1.57 louis 5635:
1.69 deraadt 5636: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5637: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5638:
1.247 jufi 5639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5640: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5641: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5642: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5643:
5644: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5645: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5646: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5647:
1.247 jufi 5648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5649: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5650: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5651: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5652: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5653:
5654: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5655: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5656:
1.247 jufi 5657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5658: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5659:
1.113 naddy 5660: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5661:
1.247 jufi 5662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5663: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5664: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5665: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5666:
5667: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5668: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5669: </ul>
1.23 louis 5670:
1.69 deraadt 5671: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5672: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5673:
1.247 jufi 5674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5675: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5676: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5677:
5678: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5679: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5680: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5681:
1.247 jufi 5682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5683: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5684: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5685: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5686:
5687: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5688: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5689: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5690: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5691: </ul>
1.57 louis 5692:
1.69 deraadt 5693: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5694: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5695:
1.247 jufi 5696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5697: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5698: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5699: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5700:
5701: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5702: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5703: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5704: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5705: <p>
1.15 louis 5706:
1.247 jufi 5707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5708: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5709: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5710: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5711:
5712: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5713: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5714: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5715: columns."
1.113 naddy 5716: <p>
1.247 jufi 5717: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5718:
1.69 deraadt 5719: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5720: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5721:
1.247 jufi 5722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5723: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5724: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5725: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5726:
5727: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5728: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5729:
1.113 naddy 5730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5731: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5732: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5733:
5734: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5735: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5736: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5737: </ul>
1.57 louis 5738:
1.69 deraadt 5739: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5740: <ul>
1.301 jose 5741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5742: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5743: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5744: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5745:
5746: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5747: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5748: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5749: <p>
5750:
5751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5752: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5753: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5754: Nov 13, 1998 and
5755: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5756: Datateknik</a>,
5757: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5758:
1.380 saad 5759: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5760: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
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