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1.546 ! ian 19: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21:
! 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 23: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
! 24: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
! 27: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
! 28: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
! 29: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
! 30: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
! 31: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
! 32: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
! 33: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
! 34: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
! 35: several of the most important new features, evaluates
! 36: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
! 37: and offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
! 38: the project even better.
! 39: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
! 40: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
! 41: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
! 42: the music behind it.
! 43: <p>
! 44:
! 45: </ul>
! 46:
1.539 ian 47: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
48: <ul>
1.540 ian 49:
50: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ! ian 51: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
! 52: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
! 53: </strong></font><br>
! 54: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
! 55: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
! 56: Topics include the new blob-free wireless driversa, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
! 57: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
! 58: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
! 59: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
! 60: <p>
! 61:
! 62: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 63: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
64: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
65: </strong></font><br>
66: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
67: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
68: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
69: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
70: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
71: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
72: for his many customers.
73: <p>
74:
75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 76: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
77: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
78: </strong></font><br>
79: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
80: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
81: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
82: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
83: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
84: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
85: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
86: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
87: also do."
88: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
89: seats already."
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
93: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
94: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
95: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
96: </strong></font><br>
97: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
98: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
99: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
100: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
101: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
102: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
103: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
104: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
105: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
106: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
107: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
108: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
109: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
110: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.541 ian 114: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
115: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
116: </strong></font><br>
117: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
118: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
119: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
120: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
121: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
122: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
123: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 124: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 128: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
129: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
130: </strong></font><br>
131: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
132: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
133: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
134: <br />
135: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
136: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
137: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
138: overflows and vulnerabilities."
139: <br />
140: And, Grimes generalizes,
141: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
142: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
143: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
144: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
145: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
146: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
147: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
148: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
149: happened."
150: Worth reading!
151: <p>
152:
1.539 ian 153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
154: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
155: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
156: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
157: </strong></font><br>
158: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
159: redistributable firmware from Intel.
160: <p>
161:
162: </ul>
163:
1.536 grunk 164: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
165: <ul>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 168: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
169: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
170: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
171: </strong></font><br>
172: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
173: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
174: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
175: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
176: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
177: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
178: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
179: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
180: for ages over these chipsets.
181: Quotes Theo as saying:
182: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
183: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
184: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
185: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
186: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
187: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
191: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
192: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
193: </strong></font><br>
194: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
195: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
196: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
197: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
198: <p>
199:
200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 201: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
202: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
203: </strong></font><br>
204: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
205: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
206: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
207: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
208: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
209: <p>
210:
1.537 ian 211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
212: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
213: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
214: </strong></font><br>
215: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
216: (the official release date is November 1).
217: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
218: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
219: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
220: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
221: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 222: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 223: <p>
224:
1.536 grunk 225: </ul>
226:
1.534 ian 227: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
228: <ul>
229:
230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 231: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
232: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
233: </strong></font><br>
234: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
235: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
236: as a guest operating system under
237: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
238: or "virtualization" system.
239: <p>
240:
241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 242: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
243: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
244: </strong></font><br>
245: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
246: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
247: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
248: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
249: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
250: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
251: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
252: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
253: <p>
254:
255: </ul>
256:
1.531 ian 257: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
258: <ul>
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
260: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
261: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
262: </strong></font><br>
263: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
264: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
265: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
266: The article quotes Theo as saying
267: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
268: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
269: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
270: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
271: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
272: and describes the funding issues as well.
273: <p>
274:
275: </ul>
276:
1.525 ian 277: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
278: <ul>
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 280: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 281: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
282: </strong></font><br>
283: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
284: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
285: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
286: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
287: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
288: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
289: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
290: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
291: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
292: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
293: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
294: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
295: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
296: <p>
297:
298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 299: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 300: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
301: </strong></font><br>
302: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
303: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
304: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
305: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
306: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
307: <p>
308:
1.526 ian 309: </ul>
1.525 ian 310:
1.514 ian 311: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
312: <ul>
1.524 ian 313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
314: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
315: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
316: </strong></font><br>
317: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
318: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
319: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
320: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
321: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
322: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
323: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
324: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
325: to make them useful.
326: <p>
1.518 ian 327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 329: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 330: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
331: and
332: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 333: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 334: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 335: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 336: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 337: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
338: their plans for the week.
339: <p>
340:
341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 342: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
343: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
344: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
345: </strong></font><br>
346: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
347: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
348: <p>
349:
350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 351: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
352: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
353: </strong></font><br>
354: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
355: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
356: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
357: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 358: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 359: (introduced with 3.9).
360: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
361: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
362: <p>
363:
364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 365: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
366: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
367: </strong></font><br>
368: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
369: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
370: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
371: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
372: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
373: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
374: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
375: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
376: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
377: <p>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
380: [GERMAN]
381: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
382: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
383: </strong></font><br>
384: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
385: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 386: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 387: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
388: is connected to OpenBSD.
389: <p>
390:
1.514 ian 391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
392: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
393: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
394: </strong></font><br>
395: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
396: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
397: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 398: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 399: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 400: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 401: running this project) is so important to Theo,
402: and even why he does mountain biking!
403: <p>
404:
405: </ul>
406:
1.503 ian 407: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
408: <ul>
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 410: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
411: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
412: </strong></font><br>
413: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
414: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
415: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
416: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
417: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
418: <blockquote>
419: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
420: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
421: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
422: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
423: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
424: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
425: </blockquote>
426: This is just plain cool."
427: <p>
428:
429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 430: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
431: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
432: </strong></font><br>
433: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
434: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
435: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 436: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 437: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
438: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
439: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
440: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
441: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
442: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 443: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 444: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
445: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
446: <p>
447:
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 449: [GERMAN]
450: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
451: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
452: </strong></font><br>
453: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
454: are and why they are bad.
455: <p>
456:
457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 458: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
459: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
460: </strong></font><br>
461: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
462: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
463: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
464: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
465: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
466: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
467: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
468: pages."
469: <p>
470:
471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 472: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
473: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
474: </strong></font><br>
475: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
476: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
477: and continues:
478: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
479: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
480: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
481: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
482: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
483: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
484: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
485: and more. Final thought:
486: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
487: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
488: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
489: true for business environments."
490: <p>
491:
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 493: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 494: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 495: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 496: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
497: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
498: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 499: for funding.
1.509 djm 500: <p>
501:
502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 503: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
504: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
505: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
506: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
507: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
508: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
509: <p>
510:
511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 512: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
513: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
514: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
515: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
516: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
517: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
518: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
519: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
520: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
521: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
522: <br/>
1.529 ian 523: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 524: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 525: hostsearch.com</a> and
526: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
527: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 531: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
532: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
533: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
534: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 535: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 536: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 537: is punctuated with examples.
538: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 539: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
540: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 541: and
1.535 steven 542: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 543: <p>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 546: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
547: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
548: </strong></font><br>
549: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
550: further OpenSSH development.
551: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
552: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
553: project's funding needs for all time.
554: <p>
1.504 bernd 555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
556: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
557: April 3, 2006
558: </strong></font><br>
559: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
560: this could compromise future hackathons.
561: <p>
1.503 ian 562:
563: </ul>
564:
1.487 ian 565: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
566: <ul>
1.495 ian 567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 568: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 569: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 570: </strong></font><br>
571: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
572: on topics including "Puffy",
573: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
574: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
575: what's new in 3.9,
576: and of course project expenses.
577: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
578: <!--
579: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
580: -->
581: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
582: <p>
583:
584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 585: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
586: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
587: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 588: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
589: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 590: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
591: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
592: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
593: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
594: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
595: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
596: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
597: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
598: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
599: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
600: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
601: but Matzan does - is that
602: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
603: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
604: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
605: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
606: <br/>
607: <p>
608:
609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
610: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
611: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
612: </strong></font><br>
613: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
614: "blob" drivers, and more.
615: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
616: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
617: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
618: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
619: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
620: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
621: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
622: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
623: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
624: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
625: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
626: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
627: <p>
628:
629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 630: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
631: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
632: </strong></font><br>
633: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
634: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
635: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
636: in general temperature and environmental issues.
637: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
638: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
639: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
640: other major operating systems." ...
641: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
642: machines running in
643: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
644: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
645: <p>
646:
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
648: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
649: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
650: </strong></font><br>
651: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
652: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
653: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
654: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
655: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
656: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
657: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
658: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
659: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
660: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
661: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
662: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
663: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
664: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
665: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
666: <p>
667:
1.487 ian 668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 669: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
670: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
671: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 672: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 673: financial situation.
674: <p>
675:
676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 677: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
678: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
679: </strong></font><br>
680: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
681: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
682: produce our favorite operating system.
683: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
684: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
685: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
686: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
687: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 688: <br/>
689: Also online at
690: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
691: <p>
692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
694: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
695: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
696: </strong></font><br>
697: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
698: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
699: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
700: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
701: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
702: sustain indefinitely."
703: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
704: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
705: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
706: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
707: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 708: <p>
709:
710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 711: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
712: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
713: </strong></font><br>
714: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
715: with a reminder that
716: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
717: used nowadays almost everywhere."
718: Ends with this quote from Marco:
719: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
720: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
721: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 725: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 726: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
727: </strong></font><br>
728: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
729: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
730: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
731: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
732: a few of them each year.
733: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
734: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
735: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
736: to the OpenBSD project.
737: It's time for them to do so.
738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 741: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
742: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
743: </strong></font><br>
744: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
745: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
746: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
747: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
748: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
749: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
750: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
751: <p>
752:
753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 754: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
755: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 756: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
757: <!-- North America mirror:
758: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 759: -->
1.490 deraadt 760: European mirror:
761: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
762: <br>
763: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 764: <p>
765:
766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 767: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
768: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 769: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 770: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
771: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
772: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
773: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
774: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
775: designed to provide reliability and security.
776: <p>
777:
778: </ul>
779:
1.485 ian 780: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
781: <ul>
782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 783: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
784: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
785: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 786: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 787: installations in about four minutes flat".
788: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
789: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 790: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 791: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
792: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
793: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
794: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
795: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
796: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
797: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
798: the steps in the article.
799: <p>
800:
801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 802: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
803: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
804: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
805: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
806: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
807: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
808: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
809: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
810: happening in real life.
811: <p>
812:
813: </ul>
814:
1.492 ian 815: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
816: <ul>
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
818: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
819: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
820: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
821: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
822: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
823: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 824: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 825: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
826: </ul>
827:
1.483 ian 828: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
829: <ul>
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 831: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
832: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
833: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
834: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
835: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
836: <p>
837:
838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 839: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 840: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
841: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
842: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
843: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
844: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
845: to sites with more information on most topics.
846: <p>
847:
848: </ul>
849:
850:
1.479 grunk 851: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
852: <ul>
853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 854: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 855: Goes to Venice</a>,
856: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 857: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 858: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
859: <br/>
860: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
861: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
862: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 863: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 864: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
865: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
866: Contains a link to
867: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
868: pval's summary slides</a>.
869: <p>
870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 872: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
873: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
874: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
875: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
876: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
877: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
878: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
879: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 880: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 881: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
882: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
883: the packages and ports system"</i>.
884: <p>
885:
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
887: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
888: Return of The BSDs</a>,
889: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
890: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
891: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
892: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
893: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
894: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
895: quotes from Bob Beck.
896: <p>
897:
898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 899: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
900: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
901: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 902: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
903: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 904: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
905: and Linux.<br>
906: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
907: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
908: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
909: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
910: of the release
911: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
912: <p>
913: </ul>
914:
1.476 ian 915: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
916: <ul>
917:
918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
919: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
920: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
921: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
922: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
923: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
924: and too unreliable.
925: This quote will rattle some cages:
926: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
927: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
928: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
929: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
930: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
931: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
932: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
933: costs without any commercial lock-in."
934: <p>
935:
1.477 saad 936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
937: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
938: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
939: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
940: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
941: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
942: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
943: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
944: discussion about future plans.
945: <p>
946:
1.478 grunk 947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
948: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
949: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
950: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
951: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
952: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
953: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
954: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
955: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
956: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
957: <p>
958:
1.476 ian 959: </ul>
960:
1.470 saad 961: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
962: <ul>
963:
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 965: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
966: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
967: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
968: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
969: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
970: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
971: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
972: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
973: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
974: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
975: <p>
976:
977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 978: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
979: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
980: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
981: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
982: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
983: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
984: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
985: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
986: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
987: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
988: <p>
989:
990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 991: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
992: Big debate over small packets</a>,
993: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
994: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
995: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
996: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
997: draft.
998: <p>
999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1001: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1002: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1003: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1004: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1005: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1006: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1007: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1008: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1009: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1010: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1011: <p>
1012:
1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1014: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1015: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1016: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1017: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1018: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1019: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1020: performance data with pfstat.
1021: <p>
1022:
1023: </ul>
1024:
1.461 grunk 1025: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1026: <ul>
1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1029: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1030: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1031: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1032: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1033: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1034: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1035: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1036: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1037: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1038: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1039: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1040: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1041: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1042: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1043: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1044: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1045: <p>
1046:
1047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1048: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1049: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1050: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1051: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1052: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1053: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1054: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1055: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1056: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1057: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1058: <p>
1059:
1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1061: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1062: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1063: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1064: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1065: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1066: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1067: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1068: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1069: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1070: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1071: commercial vendors.
1072: <p>
1073:
1074: </ul>
1075:
1.454 ian 1076: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1077: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1078:
1079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1080: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1081: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1082: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1083: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1084: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1085: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1086: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1087: <br>
1088: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1089: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1090: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1091: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1092: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1093: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1094: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1095: <p>
1096:
1.454 ian 1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1098: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1099: Free Bird</a>,
1100: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1101: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1102: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1103: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1104: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1105: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1106: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1107: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1108: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1109: room will only be available in the print edition.
1110: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1111:
1.458 niallo 1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1113: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1114: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1115: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1116: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1117: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1118: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1119: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1120: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1121: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1122:
1.456 niallo 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1124: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1125: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1126: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1127: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1128: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1129: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1130: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1131: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1132: interview.</a>
1133: <p>
1134:
1135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1136: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1137: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1138: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1139: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1140: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1141: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1142: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1143: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1144: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1145: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1146: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1147: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1148: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1149: "I have never used it."
1150: <p>
1151:
1152: </ul>
1153:
1.441 deraadt 1154: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1155: <ul>
1156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1157: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1158: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1159: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1160: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1161: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1162: future enhancements.
1163: <p>
1164:
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1166: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1167: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1168: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1169: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1170: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1171: North America mirror:
1172: <ul>
1.452 marco 1173: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1174: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1175: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1176: </ul>
1177: European mirror:
1178: <ul>
1.452 marco 1179: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1180: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1181: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1182: </ul>
1183: <p>
1184:
1185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1186: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1187: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1188: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1189: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1190: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1191: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1192: <p>
1193:
1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1195: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1196: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1197: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1198: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1199: first-hand account.
1200: <p>
1201:
1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1203: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1204: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1205: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1206: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1207: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1208: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1209: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1210: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1211: <p>
1212:
1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1214: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1215: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1216: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1217: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1218: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1219: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1220: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1221: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1222: <p>
1223:
1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1225: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1226: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1227: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1228: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1229: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1230: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1231: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1232: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1233: <p>
1234:
1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1236: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1237: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1238: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1239: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1240: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1241: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1242: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1243: <p>
1244:
1245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1246: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1247: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1248: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1249: </strong></font><br>
1250: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1251: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1252: with OpenBSD.
1253: </ul>
1254:
1.436 henning 1255: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1256: <ul>
1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1258: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1259: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1260: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1261: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1262: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1263: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1264: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1265: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1266: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1267: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1268: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1269: <p>
1270: This article can also be found online as
1271: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1272: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1273: <p>
1274:
1275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1276: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1277: </strong></font><br>
1278: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1279: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1280: <p>
1281:
1282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1283: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1284: </strong></font><br>
1285: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1286: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1287: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1288: the issues we had with IETF.
1289: </ul>
1290:
1.431 ian 1291: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1292: <ul>
1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1294: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1295: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1296: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1297: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1298: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1299: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1300: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1301: <p>
1302:
1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1304: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1305: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1306: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1307: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1308: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1309: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1310: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1311: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1312: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1313: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1314: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1315: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1316: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1317: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1318: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1319:
1320: </ul>
1321:
1.427 matthieu 1322: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1323: <ul>
1324:
1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1326: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1327: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1328: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1329: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1330: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1331: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1332: firmware.
1.434 ian 1333: Similar articles can be found online at:
1334: <ul>
1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1336: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1337: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1338: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1340: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1341: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1342: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1344: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1345: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1346: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1348: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1349: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1350: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1351: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1352: </ul>
1353:
1.426 ian 1354: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1355: <ul>
1356:
1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1358: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1359: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1360: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1361: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1362: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1363: mechanism: what it is and why and
1364: how to use it, with examples.
1365: Another excerpt from the book
1366: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1367: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1368: <p>
1369:
1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1371: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1372: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1373: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1374: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1375: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1376: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1377: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1378: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1379: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1380: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1381: This article is a sample chapter from
1382: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1383: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1384: <p>
1.443 ian 1385:
1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1387: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1388: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1389: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1390: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1391: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1392: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1393: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1394: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1395: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1396: ends with a sidebar on security.
1397: <p>
1.426 ian 1398: </ul>
1399:
1.424 ian 1400: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1401: <ul>
1402:
1403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1404: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1405: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1406: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1407: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1408: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1409: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1410: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1411: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1412: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1413: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1414: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1415: <p>
1416: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1417: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1418: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1419: <p>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1422: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1423: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1424: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1425: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1426: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1427: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1428: operating systems.
1429: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1430: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1431: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1432: systems, he writes:
1433: <blockquote>
1434: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1435: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1436: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1437: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1438: to the operating system...
1439: <br/>
1440: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1441: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1442: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1443: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1444: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1445: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1446: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1447: in a closed source operating system).
1448: <br/>
1449: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1450: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1451: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1452: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1453: </blockquote>
1454: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1455: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1456: their hardware and software operates.
1457: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1458: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1459: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1460: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1461: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1462: <p>
1463: </ul>
1464:
1.417 pvalchev 1465: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1466: <ul>
1.421 ian 1467:
1.417 pvalchev 1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1469: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1470: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1471: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1472: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1473: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1474: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1475: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1476: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1477: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1478: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1479: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1480: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1481: <p>
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1483: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1484: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1485: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1486: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1487: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1488: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1489: it claims to do".
1490: <p>
1491:
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1493: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1494: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1495: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1496: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1497: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1498: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1499: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1500: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1501: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1502: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1503: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1504: (yes, this is a hint).
1505: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1506: picked up on the
1507: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1508: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1509: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1510: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1511: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1512: <p>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1515: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1516: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1517: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1518: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1519: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1520: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1521: the current efforts.
1522: <p>
1523: </ul>
1524:
1.407 henning 1525: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1526: <ul>
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1528: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1529: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1530: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1531: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1532: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1533: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1534: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1535: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1536: <p>
1537:
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1539: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1540: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1541: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1542: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1543: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1544: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1545: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1546: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1547: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1548: <p>
1.415 ian 1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1551: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1552: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1553: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1554: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1555: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1556: overflow attacks... because
1557: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1558: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1559: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1560: and propolice.
1561: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1562: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1563: and that's when the science falls apart."
1564: <p>
1565:
1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1567: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1568: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1569: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1570: Starts with the question:
1571: <blockquote>
1572: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1573: <br/>
1574: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1575: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1576: <br/>
1577: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1578: Should we believe them?"
1579: </blockquote>
1580: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1581: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1582: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1583: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1584: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1585: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1586: <p>
1587:
1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1589: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1590: Simple Simon</a>,
1591: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1592: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1593: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1594: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1595: routing/firewall, and more.
1596: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1597: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1598: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1599: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1600: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1601: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1602: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1603: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1604: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1605: </blockquote>
1606: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1607: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1608: <p>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1611: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1612: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1613: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1614: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1615: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1616: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1617: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1618: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1619: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1620: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1621: in spite of it
1622: (registration required, but worth it).
1623: <p>
1624:
1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1626: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1627: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1628: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1629: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1630: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1631: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1632: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1633: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1634: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1635: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1636: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1637: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1638: <p>
1639:
1640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1641: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1642: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1643: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1644: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1645: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1646: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1647: <blockquote>
1648: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1649: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1650: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1651: a lot of analysis.
1652: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1653: </blockquote>
1654: <p>
1655: </ul>
1656:
1.400 marco 1657: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1658: <ul>
1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1660: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1661: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1662: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1663: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1664: UNIX-like systems.
1665: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1666: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1667: <p>
1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1669: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1670: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1671: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1672: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1673: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1674: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1675: At one point, the article states:
1676: <blockquote>
1677: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1678: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1679: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1680: </blockquote>
1681: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1682: <blockquote>
1683: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1684: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1685: </blockquote>
1686: <p>
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1688: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1689: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1690: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1691: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1692: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1693: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1694: required).
1695: <p>
1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1697: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1698: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1699: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1700: </strong></font><br>
1701: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1702: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1703: <p>
1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1705: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1706: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1707: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1708: </strong></font><br>
1709: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1710: <p>
1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1712: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1713: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1714: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1715: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1716: 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 1717: <p>
1718: </ul>
1719:
1.396 henning 1720: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1721: <ul>
1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1723: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1724: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1725: Unix Review, July, 2004
1726: </strong></font><br>
1727: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1728: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1729: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1730: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1731: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1732: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1733: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1734: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1735: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1736: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1737: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1738: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1739: and even spelling/wording errors.
1740: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1741: <p>
1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1743: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1744: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1745: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1746: </strong></font><br>
1747: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1748: <p>
1749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1750: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1751: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1752: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1753: </strong></font><br>
1754: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1755: <p>
1756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1757: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1758: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1759: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1760: </strong></font><br>
1761: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1762: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1763: <p>
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1765: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1766: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1767: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1768: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1769: <p>
1770: </ul>
1771:
1.405 jolan 1772: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1773: <ul>
1.545 tom 1774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1775: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1776: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1777: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1778: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1779: details on how funds are dispersed.
1780: <p>
1781: </ul>
1782:
1.393 david 1783: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1784: <ul>
1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1786: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1787: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1788: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1789: </strong></font><br>
1790: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1791: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1792: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1793: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1794: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1795: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1796: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1797: <p>
1798:
1799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1800: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1801: Secure by Default</a>,
1802: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1803: </strong></font><br>
1804: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1805: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1806: <p>
1807:
1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1809: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1810: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1811: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1812: </strong></font><br>
1813: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1814: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1815: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1816: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1817: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1818: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1819: <p>
1820:
1821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1822: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1823: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1824: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1825: </strong></font><br>
1826: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1827: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1828: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1829: <p>
1830:
1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1832: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1833: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1834: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1835: </strong></font><br>
1836: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1837: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1838: <p>
1839: </ul>
1840:
1.388 mcbride 1841: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1842: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1843:
1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1845: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1846: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1847: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1848: </strong></font><br>
1849: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1850: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1851: available for sparc64.
1852: <p>
1853:
1.390 beck 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1855: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1856: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1857: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1858: </strong></font><br>
1859: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1860: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1861: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1862: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1863: <p>
1864:
1865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1866: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1867: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1868: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1869: </strong></font><br>
1870: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1871: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1872: it does: CARP provides sharing
1873: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1874: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1875: detail to get you started using it.
1876: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1877: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1878: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1879: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1880: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1881: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1882: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1883: <p>
1.391 ian 1884:
1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1886: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1887: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1888: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1889: </strong></font><br>
1890: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1891: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1892: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1893: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1894:
1895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1896: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1897: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1898: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1899: </strong></font><br>
1900: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1901: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1902: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1903: unencumbered by patents.
1904: <p>
1905: </ul>
1906:
1.378 henning 1907: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1908: <ul>
1.384 jose 1909:
1910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1911: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1912: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1913: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1914: </strong></font><br>
1915: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1916: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1917: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1918: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1919: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1920: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1921: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1922: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1923: in the page tables."
1924: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1925: <p>
1926:
1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1928: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1929: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1930: </strong></font><br>
1931: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1932: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1933: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1934: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1935: <p>
1.384 jose 1936:
1.378 henning 1937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1938: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
1939: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 1940: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
1941: </strong></font><br>
1942: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
1943: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
1944: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
1945: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
1946: (quote:
1947: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
1948: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 1949: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 1950: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
1951: the other developers for their work on the system.
1952: <p>
1953:
1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1955: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
1956: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
1957: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 1958: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 1959: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
1960: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
1961: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
1962: too.
1963: <p>
1964:
1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 1966: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
1967: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 1968: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 1969: OpenBSD source code using
1970: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
1971: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
1972: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
1973: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
1974: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
1975: <p>
1976: </ul>
1977:
1.374 jose 1978: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
1979: <ul>
1980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 1981: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 1982: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
1983: </strong></font><br>
1984: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
1985: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
1986: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
1987: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
1988: it."
1989: <p>
1990:
1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 1992: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
1993: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
1994: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
1995: </strong></font><br/>
1996: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
1997: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
1998: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
1999: <p>
2000: </ul>
2001:
1.369 ian 2002: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2003: <ul>
2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2005: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2006: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2007: </strong></font><br/>
2008: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2009: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2010: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2011: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2012: <p>
2013:
2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2015: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2016: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2017: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2018: </strong></font><br/>
2019: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2020: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2021: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2022: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2023: form factor.
2024: <p>
2025:
2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2027: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2028: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2029: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2030: Features</a>,
2031: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2032: </strong></font><br/>
2033: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2034: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2035: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2036: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2037: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2038: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2039: <p>
2040: This article can also be found online at:
2041: <ul>
2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2043: <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 2044: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2045: </strong></font>
2046: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2047: </ul>
2048: <p>
1.392 david 2049:
1.371 jose 2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2051: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2052: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2053: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2054: </strong></font><br/>
2055: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2056: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2057: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2058: <p>
1.371 jose 2059:
2060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2061: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2062: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2063: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2064: </strong></font><br/>
2065: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2066: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2067: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2068: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2069: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2070: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2071: and its history with OpenBSD.
2072: </ul>
2073:
1.368 henning 2074: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2075: <ul>
2076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2077: [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 2078: </strong></font><br>
2079: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2080: </ul>
2081:
1.364 jose 2082: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2083: <ul>
2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2085: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2086: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2087: UNIX Review,
2088: July, 2003.
2089: </strong></font><br>
2090: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2091: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2092: who want more information.
2093: <p>
2094:
2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2096: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2097: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2098: Government Computer News,
2099: July 22, 2003.
2100: </strong></font><br>
2101: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2102: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2103: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2104: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2105: <p>
2106:
2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2108: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2109: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2110: SANS Institute,
2111: July 22, 2003.
2112: </strong></font><br>
2113: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2114: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2115: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2116: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2117: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2118: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2119: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2120: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2121: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2122: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2123: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2124: <p>
2125:
2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2127: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2128: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2129: OnLamp.com,
2130: July 17, 2003.
2131: </strong></font><br>
2132: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2133: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2134: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2135: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2136: have been working on.
2137:
2138: </ul>
2139:
1.356 jose 2140: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2141: <ul>
2142:
2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2144: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2145: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2146: UNIX Review,
2147: June, 2003.
2148: </strong></font><br>
2149: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2150: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2151: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2152: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2153: <p>
2154:
2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2156: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2157: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2158: eWeek,
2159: June 23, 2003.
2160: </strong></font><br>
2161: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2162: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2163: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2164: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2165: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2166: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2167: <p>
2168:
2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2170: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2171: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2172: Software Development Online,
2173: June, 2003.
2174: </strong></font><br>
2175: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2176: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2177: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2178: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2179: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2180: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2181: current activities.
2182: <p>
2183:
2184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2185: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2186: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2187: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2188: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2189: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2190: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2191: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2192: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2193: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2194: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2195: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2196: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2197: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2198: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2199: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2200: decisions.
2201: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2202: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2203: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2204: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2205: <p>
2206:
2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2208: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2209: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2210: Page 58, eWeek,
2211: June 2, 2003.
2212: </strong></font><br>
2213: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2214: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2215: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2216: been addressed in -current.
2217: <p>
2218:
1.356 jose 2219: </ul>
2220:
2221: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2222: <ul>
2223:
1.355 jose 2224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2225: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2226: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2227: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2228: </strong></font><br>
2229: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2230: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2231: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2232: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2233: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2234: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2235: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2236: <p>
2237:
2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2239: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2240: Beyond Linux</a>,
2241: InfoWorld,
2242: May 23, 2003.
2243: </strong></font><br>
2244: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2245: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2246: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2247: compared to the GPL.
2248: <p>
2249:
2250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2251: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2252: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2253: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2254: May 17, 2003.
2255: </strong></font><br>
2256: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2257: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2258: the business section and half of another page inside
2259: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2260: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2261: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2262: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2263: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2264: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2265: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2266: <br>
2267: This article can also be found online at:
2268: <ul>
2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2270: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2271: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2272: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2273: May 17, 2003
2274: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2275: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2277: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2278: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2279: Montreal Gazette,
2280: May 21, 2003
2281: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2282: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2283: <p>
1.346 ian 2284:
2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2286: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2287: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2288: May 7, 2003.
2289: </strong></font><br>
2290: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2291: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2292: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2293: <p>
2294:
2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2296: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2297: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2298: OsOpinion,
2299: May 6, 2003.
2300: </strong></font><br>
2301: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2302: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2303: <br>
2304: This article can also be found online at:
2305: <ul>
2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2307: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2308: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2309: NewsFactor Network.
2310: </strong></font>
2311: </ul>
2312: <p>
2313:
2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2315: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2316: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2317: ITBusiness,
2318: May 2, 2003.
2319: </strong></font><br>
2320: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2321: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2322: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2323: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2324: <p>
2325:
2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2327: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2328: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2329: InfoWorld,
2330: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2331: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2332: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2333: <br>
2334: This article can also be found online at:
2335: <ul>
2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2337: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2338: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2339: IDG Singapore.
2340: </strong></font>
2341: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2342: <p>
2343:
1.339 jose 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2345: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2346: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2347: ZDNet,
2348: May 1, 2003.
2349: </strong></font><br>
2350: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2351: someone using parts from previous articles.
2352: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2353: This article can also be found online at:
2354: <ul>
2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2356: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2357: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2358: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2359: </strong></font>
2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2361: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2362: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2363: CNET News.com.
2364: </strong></font>
2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2366: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2367: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2368: ZDNet UK.
2369: </strong></font>
2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2371: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2372: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2373: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2374: </strong></font>
2375: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2376: <p>
1.339 jose 2377:
1.341 deraadt 2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2379: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2380: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2381: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2382: May 1, 2003.
2383: </strong></font><br>
2384: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2385: that have been added
2386: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2387: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2388: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2389: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2390: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2391: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2392: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2393: <p>
2394:
2395: </ul>
2396:
1.253 ian 2397: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2398: <ul>
1.255 ian 2399:
1.260 ian 2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2401: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2402: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2403: TechRepublic,
2404: April 28, 2003.
2405: </strong></font><br>
2406: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2407: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2408: work.<br>
2409: Can also be found online at:
2410: <ul>
2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2412: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2413: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2414: ZDNet UK.
2415: </strong></font>
2416: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2417: <p>
2418:
2419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2420: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2421: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2422: IDG,
2423: April 24, 2003.
2424: </strong></font><br>
2425: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2426: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2427: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2428: Can also be found online at:
2429: <ul>
2430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2431: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2432: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2433: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2434: </strong></font>
2435: </ul>
2436: <p>
2437:
2438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2439: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2440: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2441: Slate,
2442: April 24, 2003.
2443: </strong></font><br>
2444: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2445: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2446: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2447: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2448: <p>
2449:
2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2451: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2452: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2453: April 24, 2003.
2454: </strong></font><br>
2455: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2456: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2457: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2458: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2459: <p>
2460:
2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2462: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2463: April 24, 2003.
2464: </strong></font><br>
2465: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2466: the free software community".
2467: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2468: other articles.
2469: <p>
2470:
2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2472: <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 2473: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2474: </strong></font><br>
2475: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2476: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2477: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2478: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2479: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2480: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2481: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2482: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2483: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2484: <br/>
2485: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2486: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2487: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2488: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2489: <br>
2490: Can also be found online at:
2491: <ul>
2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2493: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2494: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2495: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2496: </strong></font>
2497: </ul>
1.324 ian 2498: <p>
2499:
2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2501: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2502: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2503: </strong></font><br>
2504: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2505: article above.
2506: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2507: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2508: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2509: <br>
2510: Can also be found online at:
2511: <ul>
2512: <li>
2513: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2514: </strong></font>
2515: </ul>
1.324 ian 2516: <p>
2517:
2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2519: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2520: </strong></font><br>
2521: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2522: <p>
2523:
2524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2525: <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.
2526: </strong></font><br>
2527: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2528: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2529: <p>
2530:
2531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2532: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2533: April 23, 2003.
2534: </strong></font><br>
2535: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2536: <p>
2537:
2538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2539: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2540: April 22, 2003.
2541: </strong></font><br>
2542: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2543: <p>
2544:
2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2546: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2547: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2548: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2549: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2550: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2551: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2552: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2553: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2554: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2555: Can also be found online at:
2556: <ul>
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2558: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2559: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2560: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2561: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2563: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2564: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2565: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2566: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2567: </ul>
2568: <p>
2569:
2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2571: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2572: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2573: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2574: </strong></font><br>
2575: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2576: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2577: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2578: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2579: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2580: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2581: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2582: <p>
2583:
2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2585: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2586: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2587: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2588: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2589: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2590: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2591: at UPenn and DARPA.
2592: <p>
2593:
2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2595: [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,
2596: France
1.315 deraadt 2597: April 18, 2003.
2598: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2599: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2600: <p>
2601:
2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2603: [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 2604: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2605: </strong></font><br>
2606: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2607: <p>
2608:
2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2610: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2611: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2612: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2613: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2614: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2615: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2616: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2617: <p>
2618:
2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2620: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2621: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2622: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2623: </strong></font><br>
2624: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2625: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2626: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2627: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2628: <p>
2629:
2630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2631: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2632: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2633: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2634: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2635: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2636: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2637: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2638: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2639: Can also be found online at:
2640: <ul>
2641: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2642: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2643: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2644: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2645: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2646: <p>
2647:
2648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2649: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2650: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2651: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2652: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2653: </strong></font><br>
2654: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2655: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2656: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2657: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2658: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2659:
2660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2661: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2662: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2663: New York Times.
2664: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2665:
1.273 deraadt 2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2667: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2668: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2669: ABC News.
2670: </strong></font>
2671:
2672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2673: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2674: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2675: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2676: </strong></font>
2677:
2678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2679: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2680: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2681: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2682: </strong></font>
2683:
2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2685: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2686: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2687: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2688: </strong></font>
2689:
2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2691: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2692: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2693: Times Daily, AL.
2694: </strong></font>
2695:
2696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2697: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2698: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2699: Boston.com, MA.
2700: </strong></font>
2701:
2702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2703: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2704: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2705: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2706: </strong></font>
2707:
2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2709: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2710: [Article was pulled]</a>
2711: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2712: </strong></font>
2713:
2714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2715: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2716: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2717: Infoshop News.
2718: </strong></font>
2719:
2720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2721: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2722: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2723: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2724: </strong></font>
2725:
2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2727: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2728: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2729: Raleigh News, NC.
2730: </strong></font>
2731:
2732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2733: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2734: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2735: Napa News, CA.
2736: </strong></font>
2737:
2738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2739: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2740: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2741: NEPA News, PA.
2742: </strong></font>
2743:
2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2745: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2746: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2747: Wired News.
2748: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2749: <br>
2750: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2751: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2752: [JAPANESE]
2753: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2754: Wired News Japan</a>
2755: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2756:
1.271 deraadt 2757: </ul>
2758: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2759: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2760: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2761: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2762: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2763: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2764: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2765: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2766: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2767: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2768: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2769: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2770: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2771: <p>
2772: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2773:
2774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2775: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2776: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2777: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2778: </strong></font>
2779:
2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2781: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2782: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2783: Miami Herald, FL.
2784: </strong></font>
2785:
2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2787: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2788: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2789: </strong></font>
2790:
2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2792: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2793: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2794: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2795: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2796:
2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2798: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2799: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2800: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2801: ABC News.
2802: </strong></font>
2803:
1.276 deraadt 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2805: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2806: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2807: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2808: </strong></font>
2809:
1.286 dhartmei 2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2811: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2812: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2813: Wilmington Star, NC.
2814: </strong></font>
2815:
1.300 jose 2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2817: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2818: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2819: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2820: </strong></font>
2821:
1.309 jose 2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2823: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2824: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2825: Globe Technology.
2826: </strong></font>
2827:
1.263 deraadt 2828: </ul>
1.262 beck 2829: <p>
2830:
2831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2832: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2833: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2834: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2835: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2836: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2837: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2838: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2839: <p>
2840:
2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2842: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2843: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2844: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2845: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2846: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2847: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2848: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2849: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2850: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2851: and simply restates other press reports.
2852: <p>
2853:
2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2855: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2856: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2857: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2858: </strong></font><br>
2859: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2860: <p>
2861:
2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2863: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2864: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2865: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2866: </strong></font><br>
2867: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2868: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2869: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2870: <p>
2871:
2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2873: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2874: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2875: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2876: April 17, 2003.
2877: </strong></font><br>
2878: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2879: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2880: Tech Anthems</a>
2881: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2882: 4 so far.
2883: <p>
2884:
2885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2886: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2887: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2888: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2889: </strong></font><br>
2890: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2891: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2892: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2893: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2894: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2895: Goes on to say:
2896: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2897: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2898: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2899: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2900: This article is also found online at:
2901: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2903: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2904: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2905: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2906: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2908: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2909: ZDnet</a>,
2910: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2911: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2913: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2914: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2915: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2916: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2917: </ul>
1.260 ian 2918: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2919:
1.260 ian 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2921: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2922: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2923: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2924: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2925: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2926: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2927: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2928: without notice or justification.
2929: <p>
2930:
2931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2932: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2933: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2934: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2935: </strong></font><br>
2936: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2937: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2938: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 2939: effective today, without any warning..."
2940: <p>
1.257 ian 2941:
2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 2943: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
2944: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2945: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 2946: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 2947: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
2948: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
2949: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
2950: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
2951: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 2952: <p>
2953:
2954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 2955: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
2956: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2957: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 2958: </strong></font><br>
2959: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
2960: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
2961: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
2962: quoting two of them:
2963: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
2964: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
2965: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
2966: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
2967: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
2968: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
2969: <p>
2970:
1.255 ian 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2972: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
2973: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 2974: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2975: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 2976: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 2977: <p>
2978:
2979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 2980: [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 2981: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2982: </strong></font><br>
2983: New security concepts in OpenBSD
2984: <p>
2985:
2986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 2987: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
2988: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2989: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 2990: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 2991: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 2992: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
2993: security experts for more than three decades."
2994: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
2995: <p>
1.261 ian 2996:
1.254 drahn 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 2998: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 2999: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3000: </strong></font><br>
3001: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3002: <p>
3003:
3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3005: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3006: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3007: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3008: </strong></font><br>
3009: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3010: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3011: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3012: <p>
3013:
3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3015: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3016: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3017: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3018: </strong></font><br>
3019: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3020: from US DARPA.
3021: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3022: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3023: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3024: the BSD license.
3025: <p>
3026: </ul>
3027:
1.251 ian 3028: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3029: <ul>
3030:
3031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3032: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3033: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3034: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3035: </strong></font><br>
3036:
3037: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3038: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3039: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3040: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3041: <p>
3042:
3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3044: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3045: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3046: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3047: </strong></font><br>
3048: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3049: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3050: Mentions
3051: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3052: and
3053: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3054: programs.
3055: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3056: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3057: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3058: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3059: <p>
1.325 ian 3060: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3061: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3062:
3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3064: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3065: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3066: </strong></font><br>
3067: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3068: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3069: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3070: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3071: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3072: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3073: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3074: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3075: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3076: put into service."
3077: <p>
3078: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3079: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3080: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3081: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3082: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3083: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3084: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3085: computers with security features."
3086: <p>
1.329 ian 3087:
3088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3089: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3090: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3091: Slate,
3092: March 3, 2003.
3093: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3094: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3095: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3096: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3097: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3098: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3099: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3100: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3101: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3102: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3103: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3104: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3105: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3106: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3107: of more secure open-source solutions like
3108: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3109: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3110: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3111: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3112: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3113: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3114: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3115: the Beltway."
3116: <p>
1.251 ian 3117: </ul>
3118:
1.249 jufi 3119: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3120: <ul>
3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3122: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3123: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3124: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3125: </strong></font><br>
3126: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3127: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3128: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3129: <p>
1.334 ian 3130:
3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3132: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3133: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3134: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3135: </strong></font><br>
3136: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3137: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3138: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3139: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3140: "... the hypothetical question ...
3141: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3142: <br>
3143: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3144: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3145: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3146: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3147: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3148: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3149: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3150: support network security.
3151: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3152: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3153: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3154: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3155: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3156: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3157: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3158: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3159: <br>
3160: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3161: <p>
3162:
1.249 jufi 3163: </ul>
3164:
1.246 jufi 3165: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3166: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3167:
1.247 jufi 3168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3169: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3170: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3171: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3172: </strong></font><br>
3173: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3174: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3175: <p>
3176:
1.247 jufi 3177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3178: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3179: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3180: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3181: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3182: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3183: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3184: <p>
3185:
3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3187: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3188: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3189: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3190: </strong></font><br>
3191: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3192: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3193: <p>
1.247 jufi 3194: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3195:
1.244 jufi 3196: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3197: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3198:
1.247 jufi 3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3200: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3201: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3202: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3203: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3204: </strong></font><br>
3205: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3206: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3207: md5 digests.
3208: <p>
3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3211: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3212: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3213: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3214: </strong></font><br>
3215: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3216: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3217: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3218: right the first time."
3219: <p>
1.247 jufi 3220: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3221:
3222:
3223: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3224: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3225:
1.247 jufi 3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3227: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3228: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3229: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3230: </strong></font><br>
3231: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3232: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3233: part 6</a>.
3234: <p>
3235:
1.247 jufi 3236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3237: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3238: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3239: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3240: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3241: </strong></font><br>
3242: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3243: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3244: <p>
1.301 jose 3245:
3246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3247: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3248: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3249: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3250: </strong></font><br>
3251:
3252: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3253: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3254: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3255: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3256: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3257: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3258: <i>Here's the
3259: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3260: <p>
1.247 jufi 3261: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3262:
3263: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3264: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3265:
1.247 jufi 3266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3267: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3268: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3269: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3270: </strong></font><br>
3271: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3272: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3273: <p>
3274:
1.247 jufi 3275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3276: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3277: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3278: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3279: </strong></font><br>
3280: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3281: this time using pf.
3282: <p>
1.247 jufi 3283: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3284:
3285: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3286: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3287:
1.247 jufi 3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3289: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3290: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3291: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3292: </strong></font><br>
3293: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3294: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3295: their rotation.
3296: <p>
3297:
1.247 jufi 3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3299: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3300: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3301: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3302: </strong></font><br>
3303: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3304: <p>
1.247 jufi 3305: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3306:
1.239 jufi 3307: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3308: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3309:
1.247 jufi 3310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3311: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3312: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3313: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3314: </strong></font><br>
3315: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3316: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3317: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3318: <p>
3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3321: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3322: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3323: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3324: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3325: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3326: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3327: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3328: <p>
1.247 jufi 3329: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3330:
1.235 lebel 3331: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3332: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3333:
1.239 jufi 3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3336: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3337: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3338: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3339: </strong></font><br>
3340: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3341: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3342: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3343: <p>
1.301 jose 3344:
1.247 jufi 3345: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3346:
1.228 horacio 3347: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3348: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3349:
1.247 jufi 3350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3351: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3352: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3353: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3354: </strong></font><br>
3355: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3356: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3357: <p>
3358:
1.247 jufi 3359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3360: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3361: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3362: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3363: </strong></font><br>
3364: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3365: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3366: <p>
3367:
1.247 jufi 3368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3369: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3370: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3371: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3372: </strong></font><br>
3373: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3374: on the desktop of his parents.
3375: <p>
3376:
1.247 jufi 3377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3378: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3379: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3380: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3381: </strong></font><br>
3382: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3383: using IPFilter.
3384:
3385: <p>
3386:
1.247 jufi 3387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3388: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3389: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3390: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3391: </strong></font><br>
3392: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3393: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3394: perspectives of the four OS.
3395: <br>
3396: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3397: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3398: <p>
3399:
1.247 jufi 3400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3401: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3402: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3403: software and security</a>,
3404: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3405: </strong></font><br>
3406:
3407: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3408: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3409: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3410: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3411: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3412: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3413: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3414: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3415: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3416: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3417: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3418: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3419: <p>
1.247 jufi 3420: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3421:
1.225 horacio 3422: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3423: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3426: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3427: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3428: Interview</a>,
3429: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3430: </strong></font><br>
3431:
3432: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3433: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3434: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3435: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3436: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3437: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3438: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3439: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3440: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3441: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3442: of choice.
3443: <p>
1.247 jufi 3444: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3445:
3446: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3447: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3450: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3451: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3452: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3453: </strong></font><br>
3454:
3455: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3456: <p>
3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3459: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3460: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3461: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3462: </strong></font><br>
3463:
3464: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3465: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3466: <p>
1.247 jufi 3467: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3468:
1.218 horacio 3469: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3470: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3473: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3474: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3475: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3476: </strong></font><br>
3477:
3478: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3479: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3480: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3481: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3482: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3483: subjects. Worth a read.
3484: <p>
3485:
3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3488: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3489: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3490: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3491: </strong></font><br>
3492:
3493: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3494: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3495: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3496: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3497: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3498: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3499: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3500: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3501: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3502: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3503: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3504: on other operating systems.<br>
3505: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3506: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3507: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3508: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3509: <p>
3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3512: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3513: Operating System 2010</a>,
3514: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3515: </strong></font><br>
3516:
3517: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3518: covering the level of software integration into the core
3519: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3520: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3521: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3522: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3523: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3524: <p>
3525:
1.247 jufi 3526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3527: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3528: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3529: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3530: </strong></font><br>
3531:
3532: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3533: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3534: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3535: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3536: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3537: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3538: <p>
1.247 jufi 3539: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3540:
1.210 jufi 3541: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3542: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3545: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3546: Already a Contender</a>,
3547: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3548: </strong></font><br>
3549:
3550: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3551: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3552: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3553: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3554: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3555: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3556: <p>
3557:
1.247 jufi 3558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3559: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3560: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3561: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3562: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3563:
1.224 horacio 3564: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3565: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3566: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3567: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3568: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3569: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3570: <p>
1.247 jufi 3571: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3572:
3573: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3574: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3575:
1.247 jufi 3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3577: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3578: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3579: Division</a>,
3580: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3581: </strong></font><br>
3582:
3583: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3584: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3585: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3586: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3587: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3588: investment</em>.<br>
3589: The implementation details can be seen on their
3590: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3591: <p>
3592:
1.247 jufi 3593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3594: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3595: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3596: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3597: </strong></font><br>
3598:
3599: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3600: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3601: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3602: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3603: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3604: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3605: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3606: <p>
3607:
3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3609: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3610: Thinking about Security</a>,
3611: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3612: </strong></font><br>
3613:
3614: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3615: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3616: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3617: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3618: to time.<br>
3619: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3620: system and just the most secure system.
3621: <p>
3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3624: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3625: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3626: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3627: </strong></font><br>
3628:
3629: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3630: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3631: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3632: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3633: choice:<br>
3634: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3635: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3636: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3637: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3638: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3639: network security devices and as such must be well
3640: armored."</em><br>
3641: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3642: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3643: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3644: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3645: <br>
3646: Bravo!
3647: <p>
1.247 jufi 3648: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3649:
1.207 ian 3650: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3651: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3652:
1.247 jufi 3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3654: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3655: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3656: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3657:
1.207 ian 3658: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3659: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3660: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3661: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3662: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3663: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3664: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3665: <p>
1.247 jufi 3666: </ul>
1.207 ian 3667:
1.194 jufi 3668: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3669: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3670:
1.247 jufi 3671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3672: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3673: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3674: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3675: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3676:
1.240 miod 3677: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3678: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3679: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3680: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3681: <p>
3682:
1.247 jufi 3683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3684: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3685: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3686: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3687:
3688: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3689: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3690: <p>
3691:
3692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3693: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3694: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3695: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3696:
3697: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3698: <p>
3699:
3700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3701: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3702: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3703: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3704: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3705:
1.240 miod 3706: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3707: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3708: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3709: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3710: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3711: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3712: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3713: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3714: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3715: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3716: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3717: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3718: <p>
3719:
1.247 jufi 3720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3721: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3722: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3723: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3724: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3725:
1.194 jufi 3726: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3727: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3728: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3729: <br>
3730: The new
3731: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3732: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3733: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3734: <p>
1.247 jufi 3735: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3736:
1.190 horacio 3737: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3738: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3739:
1.247 jufi 3740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3741:
3742: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3743: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3744:
1.301 jose 3745:
1.191 jufi 3746: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3747: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3748:
3749: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3750: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3751:
1.212 horacio 3752: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3753: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3754: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3755:
1.211 horacio 3756: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3757: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3758: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3759:
1.247 jufi 3760: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3761: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3762:
1.247 jufi 3763: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3764: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3765:
1.212 horacio 3766: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3767: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3768: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3769:
3770: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3771: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3772:
3773: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3774: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3775:
1.301 jose 3776: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3777: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3778:
1.191 jufi 3779: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3780: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3781:
3782: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3783: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3784:
1.192 jufi 3785: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3786: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3787: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3788:
1.193 deraadt 3789: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3790: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3791: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3792:
1.247 jufi 3793: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3794: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3795:
1.247 jufi 3796: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3797: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3798: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3799:
1.213 horacio 3800: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3801: 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 3802: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3803:
1.190 horacio 3804: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3805: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3806: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3807: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3808: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3809: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3810: <p>
1.190 horacio 3811:
1.247 jufi 3812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3813: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3814: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3815: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3816: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3817:
1.195 jufi 3818: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3819: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3820: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3821: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3822: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3823: <p>
3824:
1.247 jufi 3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3826: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3827: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3828: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3829: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3830:
1.191 jufi 3831: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3832: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3833: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3834: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3835: <p>
3836:
3837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3838: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3839: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3840: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3841:
3842: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3843: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3844: <p>
1.247 jufi 3845: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3846:
1.191 jufi 3847:
1.186 jufi 3848: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3849: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3850:
1.247 jufi 3851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3852: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3853: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3854: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3855: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3856:
1.188 jufi 3857: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3858: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3859: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3860: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3861: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3862: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3863: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3864: <p>
3865:
1.301 jose 3866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3867: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3868: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3869: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3870:
3871: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3872: <p>
1.191 jufi 3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3875: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3876: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3877: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3878: </strong></font><br>
3879:
3880: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3881: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3882: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3883: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3884: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3885: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3886: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3887: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3888: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3889: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3890: familiar?
3891: <p>
1.247 jufi 3892: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3893:
1.178 louis 3894: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3895: <ul>
1.178 louis 3896:
1.247 jufi 3897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3898: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3899: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3900: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3901: </strong></font><br>
3902:
3903: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3904: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3905: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3906: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3907: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3908: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3909: <p>
3910:
1.247 jufi 3911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3912: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3913: Open source under the hood</a>,
3914: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3915: </strong></font><br>
3916:
3917: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3918: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3919: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3920: <p>
3921:
1.247 jufi 3922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3923: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3924: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3925: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3926: </strong></font><br>
3927:
3928: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3929: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3930: <p>
1.247 jufi 3931: </ul>
1.179 louis 3932:
1.174 louis 3933:
1.175 louis 3934: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3935: <ul>
1.175 louis 3936:
1.247 jufi 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3938: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
3939: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
3940: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 3941: </strong></font><br>
3942:
3943: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
3944: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
3945: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
3946: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
3947: <p>
3948:
1.247 jufi 3949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3950: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
3951: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
3952: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 3953: </strong></font><br>
3954:
3955: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 3956: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 3957: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
3958: <p>
1.247 jufi 3959: </ul>
1.175 louis 3960:
1.176 louis 3961:
1.172 mickey 3962: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3963: <ul>
1.172 mickey 3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3966: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
3967: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 3968: </strong></font><br>
3969:
3970: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
3971: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
3972: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 3973: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 3974: <p>
3975:
1.247 jufi 3976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 3977: <a
1.269 deraadt 3978: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
3979: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
3980: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 3981: </strong></font><br>
3982:
3983: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
3984: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
3985: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
3986: <p>
3987:
1.247 jufi 3988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3989: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 3990: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
3991: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 3992: </strong></font><br>
3993:
3994: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
3995: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
3996: <p>
3997:
1.247 jufi 3998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3999: <a
1.269 deraadt 4000: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4001: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4002: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4003: </strong></font><br>
4004:
4005: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4006: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4007: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4008: our own Theo de Raadt.
4009: <p>
4010:
1.247 jufi 4011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4012: <a
1.269 deraadt 4013: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4014: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4015: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4016: </strong></font><br>
4017:
4018: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4019: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4020: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4021: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4022: shut down.]
4023: <p>
4024:
1.247 jufi 4025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4026: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4027: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4028: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4029: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4030: </strong></font><br>
4031:
4032: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4033: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4034: <p>
1.247 jufi 4035: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4036:
1.161 louis 4037: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4038: <ul>
1.161 louis 4039:
1.247 jufi 4040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4041: <a
1.269 deraadt 4042: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4043: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4044: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4045: </strong></font><br>
4046:
4047: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4048: by John Wolley
4049: <p>
4050:
1.247 jufi 4051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4052: <a
1.269 deraadt 4053: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4054: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4055: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4056: </strong></font><br>
4057:
4058: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4059: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4060: OpenBSD).
4061: <p>
4062:
1.247 jufi 4063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4064: <a
1.247 jufi 4065: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4066: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4067: </strong></font><br>
4068:
4069: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4070: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
4071: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
4072: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4073: and hindsight.
4074: <p>
4075:
1.247 jufi 4076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4077: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4078: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4079: </strong></font><br>
4080:
4081: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4082: <p>
4083:
1.247 jufi 4084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4085: <a
1.168 provos 4086: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4087: December 7, 2000
4088: </strong></font><br>
4089:
4090: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4091: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4092: us explain.
4093: <p>
4094:
1.247 jufi 4095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4096: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4097: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4098: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4099: December 6, 2000
4100: </strong></font><br>
4101:
4102: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4103: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4104: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4105: <p>
4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4108: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4109: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4110: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4111: </strong></font><br>
4112:
4113: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4114: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4115: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4116: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4117: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4118: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4119: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4120: <p>
4121:
4122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4123: <a
1.226 horacio 4124: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4125: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4126: </strong></font><br>
4127:
4128: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4129: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4130: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4131: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4132: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4133: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4134: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4135: <p>
1.162 millert 4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4138: <a
1.161 louis 4139: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4140: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4141: </strong></font><br>
4142:
4143: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4144: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4145: <p>
4146:
1.247 jufi 4147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4148: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4149: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4150: </strong></font><br>
4151:
4152: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4153: <p>
4154:
4155:
1.247 jufi 4156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4157: <a
1.226 horacio 4158: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4159: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4160: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4161: </strong></font><br>
4162:
4163: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4164: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4165: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4166: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4167: <p>
1.247 jufi 4168: </ul>
1.169 louis 4169:
1.158 louis 4170: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4171: <ul>
1.147 louis 4172:
1.247 jufi 4173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4174: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4175: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4176: </strong></font><br>
4177:
4178: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4179: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4180: <p>
4181:
1.247 jufi 4182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4183: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4184: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4185: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4186: </strong></font><br>
4187: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4188: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4189: <p>
4190:
1.247 jufi 4191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4192: <a
4193: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4194: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4195: </strong></font><br>
4196:
4197: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4198: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4199: <p>
4200:
1.247 jufi 4201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4202: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4203: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4204: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4205:
1.213 horacio 4206: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4207: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4208: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4209: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4210: <p>
1.215 horacio 4211:
1.247 jufi 4212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4213: <a
4214: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4215: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4216: </strong></font><br>
4217:
4218: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4219: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4220: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4221: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4222: much of the attitude too).
4223: <p>
1.161 louis 4224:
1.247 jufi 4225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4226: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4227: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4228: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4229:
1.157 louis 4230: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4231: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4232: <p>
1.247 jufi 4233: </ul>
1.157 louis 4234:
4235: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4236: <ul>
1.157 louis 4237:
1.247 jufi 4238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4239: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4240: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4241: </strong></font><br>
4242:
4243: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4244: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4245: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4246: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4247: <p>
4248:
1.247 jufi 4249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4250: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4251: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4252: </strong></font><br>
4253:
4254: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4255: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4256: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4257: it because they love coding...
4258: <p>
4259:
1.247 jufi 4260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4261: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4262: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4263: </strong></font><br>
4264:
4265: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4266: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4267: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4268: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4269: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4270: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4271: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4272: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4273: <p>
4274:
1.247 jufi 4275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4276: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4277: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4278: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4279: </strong></font><br>
4280:
4281: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4282: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4283: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4284: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4285: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4286: the pizza.
4287: <p>
4288:
1.247 jufi 4289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4290: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4291: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4292: </strong></font><br>
4293:
4294: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4295: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4296: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4297: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4298: problems.
4299: <p>
4300:
1.247 jufi 4301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4302: <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 4303: </strong></font><br>
4304:
1.222 miod 4305: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4306: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4307: - whether they like it or not.
4308: <p>
4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4311: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4312: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4313: </strong></font><br>
4314:
4315: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4316: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4317: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4318: <p>
1.148 aaron 4319:
1.247 jufi 4320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4321: <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 4322: </strong></font><br>
4323:
4324: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4325: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4326: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4327: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4328: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4329: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4330: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4331: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4332: <p>
4333:
1.247 jufi 4334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4335: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4336: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4337: </strong></font><br>
4338:
4339: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4340: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4341: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4342: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4343: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4344: <p>
1.247 jufi 4345: </ul>
1.147 louis 4346:
1.138 louis 4347: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4348: <ul>
1.138 louis 4349:
1.247 jufi 4350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4351: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4352: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4353: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4354: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4355: </strong></font><br>
4356:
1.227 horacio 4357: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4358: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4359: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4360: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4361: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4362: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4363: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4364: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4365: <p>
4366:
1.247 jufi 4367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4368: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4369: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4370: </strong></font><br>
4371:
4372: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4373: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4374: groups, and even Linux.
4375: <p>
4376:
1.247 jufi 4377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4378: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4379: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4380: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4381: </strong></font><br>
4382:
4383: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4384: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4385: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4386: library after installing the OS.
4387: <p>
4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4390: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4391: Sys Admin, September 2000
4392: </strong></font><br>
4393:
4394: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4395: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4396: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4397: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4398: (<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>,
4399: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4400: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4401: <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 4402: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4403: out of the system.
4404: <p>
4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4407: <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
4408: </strong></font><br>
4409:
4410: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4411: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4412: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4413: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4414: the IP filtering and address translation.
4415: <p>
1.301 jose 4416:
4417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4418: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4419: </strong></font><br>
4420:
4421: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4422: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4423: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4424: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4425: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4426: <p>
1.247 jufi 4427: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4428:
1.131 louis 4429: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4430: <ul>
1.131 louis 4431:
1.247 jufi 4432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4433: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4434: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4435: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4436: </strong></font><br>
4437:
4438: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4439: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4440: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4441: <p>
4442:
1.247 jufi 4443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4444: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4445: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4446: </strong></font><br>
4447:
4448: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4449: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4450: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4451: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4452: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4453: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4454: note of"</i>.
4455: <p>
4456:
1.247 jufi 4457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4458: <a
1.247 jufi 4459: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4460: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4461: </strong></font><br>
4462:
4463: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4464: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4465: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4466: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4467: <p>
4468:
1.247 jufi 4469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4470: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4471: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4472: </strong></font><br>
4473:
4474: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4475: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4476: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4477: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4478: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4479: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4480: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4481: <p>
4482:
1.247 jufi 4483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4484: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4485: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4486: 2000
4487: </strong></font><br>
4488:
4489: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4490: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4491: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4492: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4493: against current industry practices.
4494: <p>
4495:
1.247 jufi 4496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4497: <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
4498: </strong></font><br>
4499:
4500: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4501: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4502: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4503: <p>
4504:
1.247 jufi 4505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4506: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4507: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4508: </strong></font><br>
4509:
4510: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4511: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4512: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4513: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4514: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4515: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4516: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4517: <p>
4518:
1.247 jufi 4519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4520: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4521: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4522: </strong></font><br>
4523:
4524: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4525: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4526: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4527: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4528: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4529: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4530: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4531: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4532: <p>
1.247 jufi 4533: </ul>
1.131 louis 4534:
1.118 louis 4535: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4536: <ul>
1.118 louis 4537:
1.247 jufi 4538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4539: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4540: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4541: </strong></font><br>
4542:
4543: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4544: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4545: about time. The article mentions that
4546: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4547: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4548: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4549: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4550: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4551: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4552: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4553: <p>
4554:
1.247 jufi 4555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4556: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4557: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4558: </strong></font><br>
4559:
4560: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4561: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4562: of OpenSSH.
4563: <p>
4564:
1.247 jufi 4565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4566: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4567: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4568: </strong></font><br>
4569:
4570: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4571: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4572: bridging.
4573: <p>
4574:
1.247 jufi 4575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4576: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4577: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4578: </strong></font><br>
4579:
1.121 deraadt 4580: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4581: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4582: <p>
4583:
1.247 jufi 4584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4585: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4586: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4587: </strong></font><br>
4588:
4589: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4590: <p>
4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4593: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4594: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4595: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4596: </strong></font><br>
4597:
1.120 deraadt 4598: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4599: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4600: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4601: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4602: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4603: <p>
4604:
1.247 jufi 4605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4606: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4607: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4608: </strong></font><br>
4609:
1.222 miod 4610: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4611: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4612: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4613: protocols and their quirks.
4614: <p>
4615:
1.247 jufi 4616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4617: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4618: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4619: </strong></font><br>
4620:
4621: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4622: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4623: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4624: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4625: <p>
4626:
1.247 jufi 4627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4628: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4629: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4630: </strong></font><br>
4631:
4632: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4633: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4634: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4635: <p>
4636:
1.247 jufi 4637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4638: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4639: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4640: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4641: </strong></font><br>
4642:
4643: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4644: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4645: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4646: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4647: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4648: <p>
1.247 jufi 4649: </ul>
1.118 louis 4650:
1.104 louis 4651: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4652: <ul>
1.104 louis 4653:
1.247 jufi 4654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4655: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4656: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4657: </strong></font><br>
4658:
4659: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4660: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4661: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4662: be a bit dry.
4663: <p>
4664:
1.247 jufi 4665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4666: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4667: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4668: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4669: </strong></font><br>
4670: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4671: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4672: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4673: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4674: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4675: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4676: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4677: <p>
4678:
1.247 jufi 4679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4680: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4681: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4682: 2000
1.128 louis 4683: </strong></font><br>
4684:
4685: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4686: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4687: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4688: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4689: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4690: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4691: <p>
4692:
1.247 jufi 4693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4694: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4695: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4696: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4697:
4698: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4699: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4700: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4701: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4702: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4703: <p>
1.110 louis 4704:
1.247 jufi 4705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4706: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4707: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4708: </strong></font><br>
4709:
4710: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4711: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4712: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4713: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4714: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4715: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4716: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4717: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4718: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4719: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4720: <p>
4721:
1.247 jufi 4722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4723: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4724: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4725:
4726: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4727: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4728: <p>
1.108 louis 4729:
1.247 jufi 4730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4731: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4732: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4733: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4734:
4735: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4736: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4737: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4738: <p>
1.106 louis 4739:
1.247 jufi 4740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4741: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4742: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4743: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4744:
4745: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4746: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4747: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4748: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4749: <p>
1.107 louis 4750:
1.247 jufi 4751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4752: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4753: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4754: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4755:
4756: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4757: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4758: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4759: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4760: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4761: <p>
1.105 louis 4762:
1.247 jufi 4763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4764: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4765: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4766: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4767:
1.113 naddy 4768: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4769: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4770: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4771: <p>
1.104 louis 4772:
1.247 jufi 4773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4774: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4775: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4776: </strong></font><br>
4777:
4778: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4779: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4780: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4781: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4782: <p>
1.301 jose 4783:
4784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4785: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4786: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4787: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4788:
4789: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4790: hardware-supported cryptography.
4791: <p>
1.247 jufi 4792: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4793:
1.85 louis 4794: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4795: <ul>
1.85 louis 4796:
1.247 jufi 4797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4798: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4799: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4800: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4801:
4802: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4803: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4804: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4805: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4806: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4807: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4808: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4809: <p>
1.99 louis 4810:
1.247 jufi 4811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4812: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4813: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4814: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4815:
4816: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4817: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4818: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4819: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4820: <p>
1.100 louis 4821:
1.247 jufi 4822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4823: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4824: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4825: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4826:
4827: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4828: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4829: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4830: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4831: <p>
1.95 louis 4832:
1.247 jufi 4833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4834: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4835: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4836: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4837:
4838: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4839: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4840: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4841: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4842: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4843: <p>
1.92 louis 4844:
1.247 jufi 4845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4846: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4847: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4848: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4849:
4850: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4851: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4852: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4853: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4854: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4855: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4856: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4857: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4858: <p>
1.91 louis 4859:
1.247 jufi 4860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4861: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4862: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4863: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4864:
4865: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4866: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4867: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4868: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4869: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4870: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4871: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4872: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4873: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4874: <p>
1.90 louis 4875:
1.247 jufi 4876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4877: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4878: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4879: </strong></font><br>
4880: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4881: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4882: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4883: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4884: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4885: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4886: <p>
4887:
1.247 jufi 4888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4889: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4890: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4891: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4892:
1.113 naddy 4893: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4894: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4895: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4896: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4897: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4898: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4899: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4900: <p>
1.87 louis 4901:
1.247 jufi 4902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4903: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4904: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4905: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4906:
4907: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4908: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4909: <p>
1.85 louis 4910:
1.247 jufi 4911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4912: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4913: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4914: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4915:
4916: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4917: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4918: <p>
4919:
4920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4921: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4922: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4923: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4924:
4925: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4926: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4927: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4928: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4929: <p>
1.89 louis 4930:
1.247 jufi 4931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4932: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4933: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4934: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4935:
4936: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4937: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4938: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
4939: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
4940: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 4941: </ul>
1.85 louis 4942:
1.78 deraadt 4943: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4944: <ul>
1.74 louis 4945:
1.247 jufi 4946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4947: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 4948: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 4949: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 4950: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 4951:
4952: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
4953: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
4954: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4955: <p>
1.83 louis 4956:
1.247 jufi 4957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 4958: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
4959: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4960: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 4961:
4962: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
4963: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 4964: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 4965: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
4966: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 4967: <p>
1.93 louis 4968:
1.247 jufi 4969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4970: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
4971: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
4972: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4973: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 4974:
1.83 louis 4975: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
4976: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
4977: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
4978: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
4979: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 4980: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
4981: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
4982: <p>
1.82 aaron 4983:
1.247 jufi 4984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4985: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 4986: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 4987: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 4988:
1.83 louis 4989: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
4990: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
4991: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 4992: <p>
1.80 louis 4993:
1.247 jufi 4994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4995: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 4996: Bad Press</a>,
4997: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 4998: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 4999:
5000: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5001: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5002: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5003: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5004: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5005: <p>
1.247 jufi 5006: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5007:
5008: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5009: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5010:
1.247 jufi 5011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5012: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5013: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5014: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5015: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5016:
5017: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5018: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5019: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5020: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5021: <p>
1.74 louis 5022:
1.247 jufi 5023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5024: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5025: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5026: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5027:
1.219 horacio 5028: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5029: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5030: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5031: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5032: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5033: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5034: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5035: <p>
1.88 louis 5036:
1.247 jufi 5037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5038: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5039: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5040: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5041:
5042: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5043: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5044: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5045: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5046: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5047: <p>
1.81 louis 5048:
1.247 jufi 5049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5050: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5051: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5052: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5053:
5054: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5055: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5056: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5057: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5058: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5059: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5060: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5061: <p>
1.90 louis 5062:
1.247 jufi 5063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5064: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5065: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5066: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5067:
5068: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5069: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5070: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5071: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5072: <p>
1.247 jufi 5073: </ul>
1.71 louis 5074:
1.69 deraadt 5075: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5076: <ul>
1.70 louis 5077:
1.247 jufi 5078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5079: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5080: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5081: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5082:
5083: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5084: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5085: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5086: <p>
1.70 louis 5087:
1.247 jufi 5088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5089: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5090: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5091: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5092:
5093: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5094: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5095: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5096: <p>
1.68 louis 5097:
1.247 jufi 5098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5099: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5100: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5101: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5102: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5103:
1.111 jufi 5104: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5105: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5106: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5107: "secure by default" installation.
5108: <p>
1.64 louis 5109:
1.247 jufi 5110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5111: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5112: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5113: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5114:
1.113 naddy 5115: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5116: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5117: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5118: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5119: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5120: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5121: <p>
1.66 louis 5122:
1.247 jufi 5123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5124: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5125: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5126: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5127:
5128: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5129: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5130: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5131: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5132: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5133: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5134: <p>
1.83 louis 5135:
1.247 jufi 5136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5137: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5138: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5139: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5140:
5141: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5142: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5143: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5144: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5145: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5146: <p>
1.64 louis 5147:
1.247 jufi 5148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5149: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5150: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5151: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5152:
5153: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5154: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5155: <p>
1.301 jose 5156:
5157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5158: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5159: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5160: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5161: </strong></font><br>
5162:
5163: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5164: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5165: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5166: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5167: Giving way to
5168: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5169: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5170: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5171: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5172: <p>
1.247 jufi 5173: </ul>
1.65 louis 5174:
1.69 deraadt 5175: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5176: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5177:
1.247 jufi 5178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5179: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5180: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5181: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5182:
5183: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5184: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5185: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5186: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5187: <p>
1.88 louis 5188:
1.247 jufi 5189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5190: <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 5191: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5192:
5193: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5194: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5195: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5196: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5197: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5198: <p>
1.60 louis 5199:
1.247 jufi 5200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5201: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5202: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5203: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5204: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5205:
5206: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5207: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5208: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5209: <p>
1.58 louis 5210:
1.247 jufi 5211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5212: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5213: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5214:
5215: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5216: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5217: <p>
1.53 louis 5218:
1.247 jufi 5219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5220: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5221: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5222: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5223:
5224: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5225: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5226: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5227: <p>
1.99 louis 5228:
1.247 jufi 5229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5230: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5231: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5232:
5233: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5234: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5235: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5236: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5237: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5238:
1.247 jufi 5239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5240: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5241: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5242: </strong></font><br>
5243:
5244: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5245: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5246: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5247: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5248: <p>
5249:
1.247 jufi 5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5251: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5252: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5253: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5254:
5255: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5256: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5257: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5258:
1.247 jufi 5259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5260: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5261: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5262:
5263: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5264: in
1.247 jufi 5265: <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 5266: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5267: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5268: <p>
1.53 louis 5269:
1.247 jufi 5270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5271: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5272: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5273: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5274: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5275:
1.58 louis 5276: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5277: <p>
1.301 jose 5278:
5279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5280: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5281: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5282: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5283: Informacyjny, January 2000
5284: </strong></font><br>
5285:
5286: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5287: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5288: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5289: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5290: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5291: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5292: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5293: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5294: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5295: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5296: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5297: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5298: <p>
5299:
5300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5301: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5302: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5303: </strong></font><br>
5304:
5305: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5306: <p>
5307: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5308:
1.69 deraadt 5309: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5310: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5311:
1.247 jufi 5312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5313: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5314: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5315: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5316: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5317:
1.58 louis 5318: Kurt Seifried
5319: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5320: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5321: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5322: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5323:
1.247 jufi 5324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5325: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5326: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5327: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5328:
5329: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5330: <p>
1.96 louis 5331:
1.247 jufi 5332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5333: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5334: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5335: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5336: </strong></font><br>
5337:
5338: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5339: <p>
5340:
5341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5342: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5343: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5344: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5345:
5346: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5347: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5348: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5349: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5350: <p>
1.247 jufi 5351: </ul>
1.86 louis 5352:
1.69 deraadt 5353: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5354: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5355:
1.247 jufi 5356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5357: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5358: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5359: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5360:
5361: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5362: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5363: <p>
1.61 louis 5364:
1.247 jufi 5365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5366: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5367: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5368: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5369: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5370:
5371: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5372: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5373: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5374: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5375: right -- or at least strives to".
5376: <p>
1.48 louis 5377:
1.247 jufi 5378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5379: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5380: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5381: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5382: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5383: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5384: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5385: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5386: <p>
1.61 louis 5387:
1.247 jufi 5388: <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 5389: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5390: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5391:
5392: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5393: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5394: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5395: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5396: <p>
1.46 louis 5397:
1.247 jufi 5398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5399: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5400: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5401: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5402:
5403: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5404: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5405: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5406:
1.247 jufi 5407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5408: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5409: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5410: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5411:
5412: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5413: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5414: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5415: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5416: <p>
1.247 jufi 5417: </ul>
1.70 louis 5418:
1.69 deraadt 5419: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5420: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5421:
1.247 jufi 5422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5423: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5424: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5425: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5426: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5427:
5428: Kurt Seifried
5429: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5430: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5431: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5432: <p>
1.44 philen 5433:
1.247 jufi 5434: <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 5435: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5436: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5437:
5438: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5439: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5440:
1.247 jufi 5441: <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 5442: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5443: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5444:
5445: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5446: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5447:
1.247 jufi 5448: <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 5449: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5450: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5451:
5452: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5453: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5454: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5455: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5456: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5457:
1.247 jufi 5458: <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 5459: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5460: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5461:
1.36 louis 5462: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5463: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5464:
1.247 jufi 5465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5466: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5467: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5468: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5469:
5470: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5471: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5472: </ul>
1.38 louis 5473:
1.69 deraadt 5474: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5475: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5476:
1.247 jufi 5477: <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 5478: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5479: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5480:
5481: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5482: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5483: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5484:
1.113 naddy 5485: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5486: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5487: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5488: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5489:
5490: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5491: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5492: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5493: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5494: <blockquote>
5495: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5496: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5497: <br>
5498: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5499: </code>
5500: </blockquote>
5501: <p>
5502:
1.247 jufi 5503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5504: <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 5505: <p>
5506:
5507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5508: <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 5509: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5510:
5511: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5512: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5513: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5514: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5515:
1.247 jufi 5516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5517: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5518: Sept. 28, 1999
5519: </strong></font><br>
5520:
5521: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5522: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5523: translating and reprinting articles from
5524: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5525: <p>
5526:
5527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5528: <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 5529: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5530:
5531: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5532: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5533: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5534: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5535: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5536: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5537: <p>
1.19 louis 5538:
1.113 naddy 5539: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5540: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5541: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5542:
5543: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5544: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5545: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5546: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5547: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5548: <p>
1.16 louis 5549:
1.247 jufi 5550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5551: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5552: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5553: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5554:
1.57 louis 5555: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5556: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5557: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5558: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5559:
1.247 jufi 5560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5561: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5562: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5563: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5564:
1.113 naddy 5565: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5566:
1.247 jufi 5567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5568: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5569: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5570: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5571:
1.23 louis 5572: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5573: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5574: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5575: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5576: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5577: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5578:
1.247 jufi 5579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5580: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5581: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5582: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5583:
1.199 pvalchev 5584: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5585: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5586: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5587: installation.
1.113 naddy 5588: <p>
1.47 louis 5589:
1.247 jufi 5590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5591: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5592: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5593: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5594:
1.301 jose 5595: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5596: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5597: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5598: </ul>
1.57 louis 5599:
1.69 deraadt 5600: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5601: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5602:
1.247 jufi 5603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5604: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5605: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5606: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5607:
5608: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5609: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5610: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5611: <p>
1.12 louis 5612:
1.247 jufi 5613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5614: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5615: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5616: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5617:
5618: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5619: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5620: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5621: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5622: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5623: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5624: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5625: <p>
1.247 jufi 5626: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5627:
1.69 deraadt 5628: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5629: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5630:
1.247 jufi 5631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5632: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5633: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5634:
5635: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5636: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5637: available."
1.113 naddy 5638: <p>
1.301 jose 5639:
5640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5641: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5642: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5643: </strong></font><br>
5644:
5645: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5646: <p>
1.247 jufi 5647: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5648:
1.69 deraadt 5649: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5650: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5651:
1.247 jufi 5652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5653: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5654: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5655:
5656: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5657: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5658: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5659: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5660: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5661: <p>
1.33 louis 5662:
1.247 jufi 5663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5664: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5665: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5666: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5667:
1.113 naddy 5668: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5669: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5670: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5671: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5672: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5673: <p>
1.247 jufi 5674: </ul>
1.57 louis 5675:
1.69 deraadt 5676: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5677: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5678:
1.247 jufi 5679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5680: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5681: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5682: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5683:
5684: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5685: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5686: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5687:
1.247 jufi 5688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5689: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5690: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5691: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5692: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5693:
5694: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5695: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5696:
1.247 jufi 5697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5698: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5699:
1.113 naddy 5700: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5701:
1.247 jufi 5702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5703: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5704: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5705: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5706:
5707: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5708: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5709: </ul>
1.23 louis 5710:
1.69 deraadt 5711: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5712: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5713:
1.247 jufi 5714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5715: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5716: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5717:
5718: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5719: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5720: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5721:
1.247 jufi 5722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5723: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5724: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5725: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5726:
5727: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5728: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5729: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5730: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5731: </ul>
1.57 louis 5732:
1.69 deraadt 5733: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5734: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5735:
1.247 jufi 5736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5737: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5738: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5739: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5740:
5741: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5742: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5743: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5744: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5745: <p>
1.15 louis 5746:
1.247 jufi 5747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5748: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5749: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5750: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5751:
5752: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5753: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5754: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5755: columns."
1.113 naddy 5756: <p>
1.247 jufi 5757: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5758:
1.69 deraadt 5759: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5760: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5761:
1.247 jufi 5762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5763: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5764: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5765: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5766:
5767: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5768: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5769:
1.113 naddy 5770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5771: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5772: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5773:
5774: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5775: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5776: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5777: </ul>
1.57 louis 5778:
1.69 deraadt 5779: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5780: <ul>
1.301 jose 5781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5782: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5783: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5784: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5785:
5786: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5787: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5788: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5789: <p>
5790:
5791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5792: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5793: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5794: Nov 13, 1998 and
5795: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5796: Datateknik</a>,
5797: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5798:
1.380 saad 5799: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5800: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5801: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5802: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5803: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5804:
1.113 naddy 5805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5806: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5807: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5808: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5809:
1.222 miod 5810: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5811: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5812: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5813: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5814: <p>
1.247 jufi 5815: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5816:
1.69 deraadt 5817: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5818: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5819:
1.247 jufi 5820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5821: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5822: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5823:
1.69 deraadt 5824: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5825: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5826: <p>
1.247 jufi 5827: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5828:
1.69 deraadt 5829: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5830: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5831:
1.247 jufi 5832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5833: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5834: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5835: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5836:
1.383 jcs 5837: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5838: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5839: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5840:
1.247 jufi 5841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5842: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5843: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5844: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5845: <p>
1.247 jufi 5846: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5847:
1.69 deraadt 5848: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5849: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5850:
1.247 jufi 5851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5852: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5853: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5854: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5855: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5856: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5857:
5858: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5859: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5860: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5861: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5862: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5863: <p>
1.247 jufi 5864: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5865:
5866: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5867: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5868:
1.247 jufi 5869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5870: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5871: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5872:
1.69 deraadt 5873: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5874: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5875: <p>
1.112 naddy 5876:
1.247 jufi 5877: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5878: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5879:
1.292 camield 5880: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5881: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5882: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.546 ! ian 5883: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.545 2006/10/19 16:34:32 tom Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5884:
5885: </body>
5886: </html>
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