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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.546 ian 19: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
1.549 ! ian 22: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
! 23: <a href='http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061110204834'>
! 24: Official support for OpenBSD in Parallels Workstation</a>
! 25: undeadly.org, November 10, 2006
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: OpenBSD is now supported by Parallels, a commercial OS
! 28: virtualization product for Mac OS X, Linux or MS-Windows.
! 29: In addition to allowing users to run both OpenBSD and one of those other
! 30: systems concurrently, the announcement means that developers with Intel Mac
! 31: hardware can run multiple test systems; the Undeadly Editor adds:
! 32: "I've had up to six OpenBSD guest systems operating simultaneously,
! 33: versions 3.8 through 4.0 (and -current)."
! 34: This also reinforces the increasing commercial acceptance of our favorite OS.
! 35: <p>
! 36:
! 37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 38: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/bsdtalk082-openbsd-developer-jason.html">
! 39: Interview with Jason Wright</a>, BSDTalk 82, November 8, 2006
! 40: </strong></font><br>
! 41: Jason talks about the OpenBSD development process (particularly for device drivers
! 42: and getting hardware documentation from vendors), Sun SPARC hardware (particularly
! 43: the Ultra III), ham radio (APRS) with OpenBSD, and more.
! 44: <p>
! 45:
! 46: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
! 47: <a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6132572.html'>
! 48: OpenBSD turns 4.0</a>
! 49: CNET News.com, November 3, 2006
! 50: </strong></font><br>
! 51: Stephen Shankland talks about the UltraSPARC III code in 4.0, and notes that
! 52: OpenBSD has chosen to stay with stable GCC versions rather than moving to
! 53: the latest and most bloated GCC versions like Linux did.
! 54: Quotes Theo as saying: OpenBSD doesn't aim for particular niches,
! 55: but it's popular in network applications... "The biggest
! 56: users of OpenBSD these days are people who need our fancy networking
! 57: features..."
! 58: <p>
! 59:
1.546 ian 60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
61: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
62: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
63: </strong></font><br>
64: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
65: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
66: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
67: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
68: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
69: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
70: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
71: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
72: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
73: several of the most important new features, evaluates
74: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
1.548 saad 75: He also offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
1.546 ian 76: the project even better.
77: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
78: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
79: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
80: the music behind it.
81: <p>
82:
1.547 ian 83: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
84: <a href='http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1243'>
85: Big changes with OpenBSD 4.0 out today</a>
86: Tectonic, November 1, 2006
87: </strong></font><br>
88: "With his characteristic no-frills approach OpenBSD team leader
89: Theo de Raadt this morning announced the release of OpenBSD 4.0."
90: This article lists the highlights of the 4.0 release and
91: tells readers where to order CD's or download the release.
92: Quotes Theo: ""We are pleased to announce the official release of
93: OpenBSD 4.0. This is our 20th release on CD-Rom (and 21st via FTP).
94: We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only a single
95: remote hole in the default install,"
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
99: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8123.html'>
100: OpenBSD 4.0 released</a>
101: Ars Technica, November 1, 2006
102: </strong></font><br>
103: A short note about the 4.0 release; refers to the O'ReillyNet article below.
104: <p>
105:
1.546 ian 106: </ul>
107:
1.539 ian 108: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
109: <ul>
1.540 ian 110:
111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ian 112: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
113: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
114: </strong></font><br>
115: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
116: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
1.548 saad 117: Topics include the new blob-free wireless drivers, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
1.546 ian 118: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
119: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
120: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 124: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
125: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
126: </strong></font><br>
127: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
128: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
129: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
130: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
131: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
132: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
133: for his many customers.
134: <p>
135:
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 137: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
138: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
139: </strong></font><br>
140: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
141: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
142: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
143: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
144: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
145: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
146: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
147: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
148: also do."
149: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
150: seats already."
151: <p>
152:
153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
154: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
155: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
156: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
157: </strong></font><br>
158: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
159: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
160: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
161: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
162: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
163: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
164: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
165: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
166: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
167: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
168: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
169: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
170: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
171: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
172: <p>
173:
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.541 ian 175: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
176: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
177: </strong></font><br>
178: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
179: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
180: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
181: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
182: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
183: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
184: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 185: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 186: <p>
187:
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 189: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
190: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
191: </strong></font><br>
192: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
193: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
194: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
195: <br />
196: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
197: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
198: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
199: overflows and vulnerabilities."
200: <br />
201: And, Grimes generalizes,
202: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
203: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
204: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
205: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
206: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
207: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
208: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
209: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
210: happened."
211: Worth reading!
212: <p>
213:
1.539 ian 214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
215: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
216: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
217: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
218: </strong></font><br>
219: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
220: redistributable firmware from Intel.
221: <p>
222:
223: </ul>
224:
1.536 grunk 225: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
226: <ul>
227:
228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 229: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
230: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
231: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
232: </strong></font><br>
233: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
234: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
235: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
236: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
237: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
238: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
239: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
240: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
241: for ages over these chipsets.
242: Quotes Theo as saying:
243: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
244: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
245: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
246: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
247: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
248: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
252: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
253: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
254: </strong></font><br>
255: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
256: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
257: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
258: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
259: <p>
260:
261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 262: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
263: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
264: </strong></font><br>
265: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
266: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
267: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
268: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
269: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
270: <p>
271:
1.537 ian 272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
273: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
274: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
275: </strong></font><br>
276: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
277: (the official release date is November 1).
278: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
279: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
280: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
281: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
282: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 283: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 284: <p>
285:
1.536 grunk 286: </ul>
287:
1.534 ian 288: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
289: <ul>
290:
291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 292: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
293: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
294: </strong></font><br>
295: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
296: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
297: as a guest operating system under
298: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
299: or "virtualization" system.
300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 303: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
304: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
305: </strong></font><br>
306: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
307: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
308: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
309: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
310: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
311: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
312: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
313: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
314: <p>
315:
316: </ul>
317:
1.531 ian 318: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
319: <ul>
320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
321: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
322: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
323: </strong></font><br>
324: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
325: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
326: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
327: The article quotes Theo as saying
328: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
329: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
330: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
331: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
332: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
333: and describes the funding issues as well.
334: <p>
335:
336: </ul>
337:
1.525 ian 338: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
339: <ul>
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 341: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 342: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
343: </strong></font><br>
344: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
345: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
346: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
347: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
348: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
349: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
350: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
351: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
352: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
353: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
354: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
355: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
356: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
357: <p>
358:
359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 360: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 361: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
362: </strong></font><br>
363: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
364: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
365: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
366: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
367: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
368: <p>
369:
1.526 ian 370: </ul>
1.525 ian 371:
1.514 ian 372: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
373: <ul>
1.524 ian 374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
375: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
376: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
377: </strong></font><br>
378: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
379: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
380: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
381: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
382: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
383: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
384: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
385: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
386: to make them useful.
387: <p>
1.518 ian 388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 390: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 391: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
392: and
393: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 394: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 395: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 396: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 397: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 398: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
399: their plans for the week.
400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 403: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
404: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
405: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
406: </strong></font><br>
407: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
408: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
409: <p>
410:
411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 412: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
413: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
414: </strong></font><br>
415: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
416: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
417: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
418: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 419: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 420: (introduced with 3.9).
421: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
422: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
423: <p>
424:
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 426: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
427: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
428: </strong></font><br>
429: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
430: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
431: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
432: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
433: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
434: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
435: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
436: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
437: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
438: <p>
439:
440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
441: [GERMAN]
442: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
443: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
444: </strong></font><br>
445: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
446: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 447: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 448: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
449: is connected to OpenBSD.
450: <p>
451:
1.514 ian 452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
453: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
454: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
455: </strong></font><br>
456: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
457: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
458: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 459: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 460: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 461: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 462: running this project) is so important to Theo,
463: and even why he does mountain biking!
464: <p>
465:
466: </ul>
467:
1.503 ian 468: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
469: <ul>
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 471: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
472: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
473: </strong></font><br>
474: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
475: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
476: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
477: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
478: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
479: <blockquote>
480: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
481: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
482: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
483: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
484: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
485: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
486: </blockquote>
487: This is just plain cool."
488: <p>
489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 491: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
492: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
493: </strong></font><br>
494: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
495: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
496: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 497: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 498: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
499: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
500: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
501: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
502: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
503: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 504: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 505: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
506: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
507: <p>
508:
509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 510: [GERMAN]
511: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
512: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
513: </strong></font><br>
514: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
515: are and why they are bad.
516: <p>
517:
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 519: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
520: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
521: </strong></font><br>
522: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
523: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
524: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
525: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
526: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
527: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
528: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
529: pages."
530: <p>
531:
532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 533: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
534: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
535: </strong></font><br>
536: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
537: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
538: and continues:
539: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
540: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
541: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
542: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
543: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
544: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
545: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
546: and more. Final thought:
547: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
548: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
549: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
550: true for business environments."
551: <p>
552:
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 554: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 555: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 556: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 557: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
558: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
559: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 560: for funding.
1.509 djm 561: <p>
562:
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 564: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
565: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
566: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
567: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
568: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
569: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
570: <p>
571:
572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 573: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
574: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
575: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
576: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
577: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
578: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
579: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
580: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
581: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
582: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
583: <br/>
1.529 ian 584: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 585: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 586: hostsearch.com</a> and
587: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
588: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 589: <p>
590:
591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 592: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
593: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
594: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
595: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 596: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 597: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 598: is punctuated with examples.
599: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 600: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
601: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 602: and
1.535 steven 603: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 604: <p>
605:
606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 607: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
608: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
609: </strong></font><br>
610: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
611: further OpenSSH development.
612: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
613: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
614: project's funding needs for all time.
615: <p>
1.504 bernd 616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
617: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
618: April 3, 2006
619: </strong></font><br>
620: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
621: this could compromise future hackathons.
622: <p>
1.503 ian 623:
624: </ul>
625:
1.487 ian 626: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
627: <ul>
1.495 ian 628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 629: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 630: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 631: </strong></font><br>
632: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
633: on topics including "Puffy",
634: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
635: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
636: what's new in 3.9,
637: and of course project expenses.
638: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
639: <!--
640: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
641: -->
642: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
643: <p>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 646: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
647: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
648: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 649: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
650: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 651: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
652: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
653: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
654: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
655: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
656: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
657: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
658: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
659: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
660: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
661: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
662: but Matzan does - is that
663: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
664: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
665: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
666: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
667: <br/>
668: <p>
669:
670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
671: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
672: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
673: </strong></font><br>
674: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
675: "blob" drivers, and more.
676: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
677: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
678: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
679: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
680: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
681: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
682: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
683: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
684: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
685: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
686: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
687: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
688: <p>
689:
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 691: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
692: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
693: </strong></font><br>
694: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
695: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
696: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
697: in general temperature and environmental issues.
698: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
699: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
700: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
701: other major operating systems." ...
702: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
703: machines running in
704: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
705: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
709: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
710: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
711: </strong></font><br>
712: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
713: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
714: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
715: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
716: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
717: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
718: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
719: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
720: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
721: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
722: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
723: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
724: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
725: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
726: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
727: <p>
728:
1.487 ian 729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 730: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
731: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
732: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 733: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 734: financial situation.
735: <p>
736:
737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 738: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
739: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
740: </strong></font><br>
741: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
742: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
743: produce our favorite operating system.
744: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
745: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
746: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
747: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
748: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 749: <br/>
750: Also online at
751: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
752: <p>
753:
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
755: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
756: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
757: </strong></font><br>
758: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
759: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
760: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
761: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
762: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
763: sustain indefinitely."
764: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
765: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
766: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
767: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
768: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 769: <p>
770:
771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 772: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
773: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
774: </strong></font><br>
775: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
776: with a reminder that
777: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
778: used nowadays almost everywhere."
779: Ends with this quote from Marco:
780: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
781: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
782: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
783: <p>
784:
785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 786: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 787: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
788: </strong></font><br>
789: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
790: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
791: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
792: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
793: a few of them each year.
794: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
795: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
796: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
797: to the OpenBSD project.
798: It's time for them to do so.
799: <p>
800:
801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 802: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
803: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
804: </strong></font><br>
805: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
806: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
807: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
808: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
809: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
810: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
811: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
812: <p>
813:
814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 815: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
816: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 817: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
818: <!-- North America mirror:
819: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 820: -->
1.490 deraadt 821: European mirror:
822: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
823: <br>
824: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 825: <p>
826:
827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 828: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
829: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 830: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 831: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
832: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
833: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
834: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
835: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
836: designed to provide reliability and security.
837: <p>
838:
839: </ul>
840:
1.485 ian 841: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
842: <ul>
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 844: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
845: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
846: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 847: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 848: installations in about four minutes flat".
849: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
850: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 851: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 852: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
853: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
854: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
855: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
856: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
857: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
858: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
859: the steps in the article.
860: <p>
861:
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 863: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
864: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
865: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
866: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
867: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
868: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
869: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
870: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
871: happening in real life.
872: <p>
873:
874: </ul>
875:
1.492 ian 876: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
877: <ul>
878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
879: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
880: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
881: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
882: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
883: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
884: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 885: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 886: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
887: </ul>
888:
1.483 ian 889: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
890: <ul>
891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 892: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
893: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
894: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
895: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
896: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
897: <p>
898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 900: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 901: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
902: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
903: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
904: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
905: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
906: to sites with more information on most topics.
907: <p>
908:
909: </ul>
910:
911:
1.479 grunk 912: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
913: <ul>
914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 915: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 916: Goes to Venice</a>,
917: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 918: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 919: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
920: <br/>
921: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
922: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
923: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 924: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 925: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
926: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
927: Contains a link to
928: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
929: pval's summary slides</a>.
930: <p>
931:
932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 933: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
934: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
935: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
936: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
937: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
938: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
939: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
940: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 941: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 942: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
943: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
944: the packages and ports system"</i>.
945: <p>
946:
947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
948: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
949: Return of The BSDs</a>,
950: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
951: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
952: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
953: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
954: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
955: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
956: quotes from Bob Beck.
957: <p>
958:
959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 960: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
961: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
962: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 963: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
964: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 965: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
966: and Linux.<br>
967: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
968: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
969: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
970: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
971: of the release
972: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
973: <p>
974: </ul>
975:
1.476 ian 976: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
977: <ul>
978:
979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
980: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
981: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
982: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
983: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
984: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
985: and too unreliable.
986: This quote will rattle some cages:
987: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
988: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
989: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
990: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
991: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
992: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
993: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
994: costs without any commercial lock-in."
995: <p>
996:
1.477 saad 997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
998: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
999: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
1000: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1001: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1002: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
1003: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
1004: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
1005: discussion about future plans.
1006: <p>
1007:
1.478 grunk 1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1009: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
1010: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
1011: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
1012: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
1013: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
1014: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
1015: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
1016: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
1017: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
1018: <p>
1019:
1.476 ian 1020: </ul>
1021:
1.470 saad 1022: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
1023: <ul>
1024:
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 1026: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
1027: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
1028: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1029: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
1030: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
1031: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
1032: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
1033: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
1034: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
1035: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
1036: <p>
1037:
1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 1039: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
1040: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
1041: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
1042: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
1043: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
1044: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
1045: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
1046: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
1047: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
1048: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
1049: <p>
1050:
1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1052: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
1053: Big debate over small packets</a>,
1054: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
1055: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
1056: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
1057: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
1058: draft.
1059: <p>
1060:
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1062: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1063: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1064: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1065: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1066: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1067: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1068: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1069: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1070: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1071: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1072: <p>
1073:
1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1075: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1076: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1077: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1078: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1079: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1080: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1081: performance data with pfstat.
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: </ul>
1085:
1.461 grunk 1086: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1087: <ul>
1088:
1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1090: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1091: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1092: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1093: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1094: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1095: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1096: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1097: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1098: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1099: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1100: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1101: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1102: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1103: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1104: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1105: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1106: <p>
1107:
1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1109: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1110: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1111: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1112: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1113: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1114: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1115: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1116: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1117: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1118: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1119: <p>
1120:
1121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1122: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1123: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1124: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1125: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1126: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1127: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1128: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1129: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1130: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1131: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1132: commercial vendors.
1133: <p>
1134:
1135: </ul>
1136:
1.454 ian 1137: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1138: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1139:
1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1141: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1142: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1143: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1144: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1145: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1146: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1147: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1148: <br>
1149: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1150: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1151: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1152: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1153: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1154: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1155: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1156: <p>
1157:
1.454 ian 1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1159: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1160: Free Bird</a>,
1161: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1162: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1163: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1164: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1165: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1166: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1167: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1168: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1169: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1170: room will only be available in the print edition.
1171: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1172:
1.458 niallo 1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1174: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1175: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1176: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1177: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1178: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1179: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1180: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1181: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1182: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1183:
1.456 niallo 1184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1185: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1186: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1187: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1188: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1189: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1190: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1191: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1192: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1193: interview.</a>
1194: <p>
1195:
1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1197: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1198: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1199: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1200: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1201: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1202: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1203: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1204: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1205: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1206: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1207: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1208: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1209: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1210: "I have never used it."
1211: <p>
1212:
1213: </ul>
1214:
1.441 deraadt 1215: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1216: <ul>
1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1218: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1219: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1220: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1221: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1222: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1223: future enhancements.
1224: <p>
1225:
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1227: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1228: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1229: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1230: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1231: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1232: North America mirror:
1233: <ul>
1.452 marco 1234: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1235: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1236: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1237: </ul>
1238: European mirror:
1239: <ul>
1.452 marco 1240: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1241: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1242: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1243: </ul>
1244: <p>
1245:
1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1247: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1248: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1249: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1250: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1251: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1252: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1253: <p>
1254:
1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1256: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1257: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1258: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1259: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1260: first-hand account.
1261: <p>
1262:
1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1264: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1265: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1266: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1267: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1268: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1269: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1270: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1271: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1272: <p>
1273:
1274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1275: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1276: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1277: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1278: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1279: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1280: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1281: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1282: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1283: <p>
1284:
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1286: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1287: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1288: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1289: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1290: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1291: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1292: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1293: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1294: <p>
1295:
1296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1297: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1298: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1299: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1300: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1301: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1302: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1303: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1304: <p>
1305:
1306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1307: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1308: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1309: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1310: </strong></font><br>
1311: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1312: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1313: with OpenBSD.
1314: </ul>
1315:
1.436 henning 1316: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1317: <ul>
1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1319: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1320: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1321: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1322: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1323: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1324: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1325: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1326: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1327: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1328: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1329: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1330: <p>
1331: This article can also be found online as
1332: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1333: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1334: <p>
1335:
1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1337: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1338: </strong></font><br>
1339: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1340: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1341: <p>
1342:
1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1344: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1345: </strong></font><br>
1346: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1347: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1348: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1349: the issues we had with IETF.
1350: </ul>
1351:
1.431 ian 1352: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1353: <ul>
1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1355: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1356: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1357: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1358: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1359: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1360: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1361: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1362: <p>
1363:
1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1365: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1366: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1367: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1368: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1369: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1370: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1371: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1372: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1373: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1374: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1375: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1376: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1377: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1378: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1379: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1380:
1381: </ul>
1382:
1.427 matthieu 1383: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1384: <ul>
1385:
1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1387: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1388: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1389: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1390: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1391: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1392: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1393: firmware.
1.434 ian 1394: Similar articles can be found online at:
1395: <ul>
1396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1397: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1398: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1399: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1401: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1402: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1403: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1405: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1406: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1407: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1409: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1410: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1411: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1412: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1413: </ul>
1414:
1.426 ian 1415: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1416: <ul>
1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1419: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1420: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1421: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1422: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1423: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1424: mechanism: what it is and why and
1425: how to use it, with examples.
1426: Another excerpt from the book
1427: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1428: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1429: <p>
1430:
1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1432: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1433: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1434: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1435: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1436: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1437: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1438: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1439: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1440: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1441: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1442: This article is a sample chapter from
1443: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1444: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1445: <p>
1.443 ian 1446:
1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1448: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1449: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1450: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1451: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1452: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1453: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1454: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1455: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1456: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1457: ends with a sidebar on security.
1458: <p>
1.426 ian 1459: </ul>
1460:
1.424 ian 1461: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1462: <ul>
1463:
1464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1465: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1466: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1467: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1468: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1469: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1470: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1471: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1472: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1473: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1474: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1475: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1476: <p>
1477: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1478: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1479: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1480: <p>
1481:
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1483: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1484: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1485: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1486: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1487: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1488: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1489: operating systems.
1490: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1491: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1492: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1493: systems, he writes:
1494: <blockquote>
1495: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1496: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1497: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1498: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1499: to the operating system...
1500: <br/>
1501: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1502: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1503: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1504: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1505: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1506: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1507: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1508: in a closed source operating system).
1509: <br/>
1510: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1511: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1512: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1513: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1514: </blockquote>
1515: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1516: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1517: their hardware and software operates.
1518: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1519: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1520: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1521: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1522: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1523: <p>
1524: </ul>
1525:
1.417 pvalchev 1526: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1527: <ul>
1.421 ian 1528:
1.417 pvalchev 1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1530: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1531: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1532: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1533: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1534: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1535: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1536: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1537: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1538: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1539: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1540: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1541: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1542: <p>
1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1544: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1545: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1546: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1547: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1548: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1549: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1550: it claims to do".
1551: <p>
1552:
1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1554: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1555: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1556: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1557: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1558: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1559: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1560: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1561: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1562: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1563: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1564: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1565: (yes, this is a hint).
1566: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1567: picked up on the
1568: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1569: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1570: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1571: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1572: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1573: <p>
1574:
1575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1576: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1577: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1578: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1579: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1580: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1581: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1582: the current efforts.
1583: <p>
1584: </ul>
1585:
1.407 henning 1586: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1587: <ul>
1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1589: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1590: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1591: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1592: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1593: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1594: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1595: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1596: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1597: <p>
1598:
1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1600: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1601: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1602: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1603: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1604: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1605: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1606: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1607: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1608: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1609: <p>
1.415 ian 1610:
1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1612: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1613: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1614: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1615: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1616: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1617: overflow attacks... because
1618: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1619: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1620: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1621: and propolice.
1622: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1623: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1624: and that's when the science falls apart."
1625: <p>
1626:
1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1628: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1629: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1630: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1631: Starts with the question:
1632: <blockquote>
1633: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1634: <br/>
1635: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1636: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1637: <br/>
1638: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1639: Should we believe them?"
1640: </blockquote>
1641: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1642: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1643: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1644: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1645: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1646: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1647: <p>
1648:
1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1650: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1651: Simple Simon</a>,
1652: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1653: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1654: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1655: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1656: routing/firewall, and more.
1657: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1658: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1659: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1660: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1661: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1662: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1663: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1664: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1665: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1666: </blockquote>
1667: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1668: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1669: <p>
1670:
1671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1672: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1673: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1674: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1675: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1676: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1677: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1678: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1679: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1680: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1681: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1682: in spite of it
1683: (registration required, but worth it).
1684: <p>
1685:
1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1687: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1688: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1689: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1690: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1691: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1692: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1693: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1694: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1695: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1696: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1697: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1698: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1699: <p>
1700:
1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1702: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1703: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1704: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1705: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1706: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1707: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1708: <blockquote>
1709: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1710: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1711: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1712: a lot of analysis.
1713: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1714: </blockquote>
1715: <p>
1716: </ul>
1717:
1.400 marco 1718: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1719: <ul>
1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1721: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1722: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1723: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1724: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1725: UNIX-like systems.
1726: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1727: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1728: <p>
1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1730: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1731: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1732: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1733: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1734: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1735: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1736: At one point, the article states:
1737: <blockquote>
1738: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1739: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1740: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1741: </blockquote>
1742: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1743: <blockquote>
1744: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1745: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1746: </blockquote>
1747: <p>
1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1749: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1750: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1751: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1752: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1753: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1754: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1755: required).
1756: <p>
1757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1758: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1759: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1760: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1761: </strong></font><br>
1762: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1763: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1764: <p>
1765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1766: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1767: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1768: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1769: </strong></font><br>
1770: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1771: <p>
1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1773: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1774: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1775: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1776: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1777: 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 1778: <p>
1779: </ul>
1780:
1.396 henning 1781: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1782: <ul>
1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1784: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1785: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1786: Unix Review, July, 2004
1787: </strong></font><br>
1788: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1789: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1790: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1791: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1792: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1793: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1794: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1795: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1796: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1797: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1798: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1799: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1800: and even spelling/wording errors.
1801: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1802: <p>
1803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1804: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1805: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1806: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1807: </strong></font><br>
1808: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1809: <p>
1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1811: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1812: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1813: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1814: </strong></font><br>
1815: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1816: <p>
1817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1818: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1819: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1820: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1821: </strong></font><br>
1822: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1823: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1824: <p>
1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1826: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1827: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1828: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1829: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1830: <p>
1831: </ul>
1832:
1.405 jolan 1833: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1834: <ul>
1.545 tom 1835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1836: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1837: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1838: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1839: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1840: details on how funds are dispersed.
1841: <p>
1842: </ul>
1843:
1.393 david 1844: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1845: <ul>
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1847: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1848: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1849: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1850: </strong></font><br>
1851: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1852: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1853: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1854: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1855: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1856: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1857: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1858: <p>
1859:
1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1861: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1862: Secure by Default</a>,
1863: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1864: </strong></font><br>
1865: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1866: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1867: <p>
1868:
1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1870: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1871: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1872: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1873: </strong></font><br>
1874: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1875: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1876: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1877: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1878: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1879: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1880: <p>
1881:
1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1883: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1884: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1885: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1886: </strong></font><br>
1887: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1888: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1889: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1890: <p>
1891:
1892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1893: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1894: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1895: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1896: </strong></font><br>
1897: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1898: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1899: <p>
1900: </ul>
1901:
1.388 mcbride 1902: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1903: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1904:
1905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1906: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1907: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1908: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1909: </strong></font><br>
1910: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1911: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1912: available for sparc64.
1913: <p>
1914:
1.390 beck 1915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1916: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1917: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1918: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1919: </strong></font><br>
1920: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1921: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1922: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1923: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1924: <p>
1925:
1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1927: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1928: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1929: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1930: </strong></font><br>
1931: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1932: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1933: it does: CARP provides sharing
1934: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1935: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1936: detail to get you started using it.
1937: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1938: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1939: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1940: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1941: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1942: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1943: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1944: <p>
1.391 ian 1945:
1946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1947: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1948: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1949: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1950: </strong></font><br>
1951: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1952: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1953: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1954: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1955:
1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1957: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1958: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1959: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1960: </strong></font><br>
1961: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1962: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1963: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1964: unencumbered by patents.
1965: <p>
1966: </ul>
1967:
1.378 henning 1968: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
1969: <ul>
1.384 jose 1970:
1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 1972: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
1973: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
1974: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
1975: </strong></font><br>
1976: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
1977: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
1978: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
1979: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
1980: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
1981: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
1982: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
1983: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
1984: in the page tables."
1985: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
1986: <p>
1987:
1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 1989: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
1990: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
1991: </strong></font><br>
1992: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
1993: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
1994: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
1995: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 1996: <p>
1.384 jose 1997:
1.378 henning 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 1999: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
2000: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 2001: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
2002: </strong></font><br>
2003: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
2004: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
2005: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
2006: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
2007: (quote:
2008: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
2009: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 2010: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 2011: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
2012: the other developers for their work on the system.
2013: <p>
2014:
2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2016: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
2017: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
2018: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 2019: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 2020: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
2021: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
2022: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
2023: too.
2024: <p>
2025:
2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 2027: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
2028: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 2029: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 2030: OpenBSD source code using
2031: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
2032: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
2033: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
2034: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
2035: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
2036: <p>
2037: </ul>
2038:
1.374 jose 2039: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
2040: <ul>
2041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 2042: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 2043: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
2044: </strong></font><br>
2045: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
2046: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
2047: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
2048: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
2049: it."
2050: <p>
2051:
2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 2053: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
2054: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
2055: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
2056: </strong></font><br/>
2057: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
2058: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
2059: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
2060: <p>
2061: </ul>
2062:
1.369 ian 2063: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2064: <ul>
2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2066: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2067: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2068: </strong></font><br/>
2069: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2070: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2071: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2072: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2073: <p>
2074:
2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2076: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2077: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2078: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2079: </strong></font><br/>
2080: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2081: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2082: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2083: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2084: form factor.
2085: <p>
2086:
2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2088: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2089: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2090: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2091: Features</a>,
2092: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2093: </strong></font><br/>
2094: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2095: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2096: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2097: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2098: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2099: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2100: <p>
2101: This article can also be found online at:
2102: <ul>
2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2104: <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 2105: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2106: </strong></font>
2107: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2108: </ul>
2109: <p>
1.392 david 2110:
1.371 jose 2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2112: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2113: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2114: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2115: </strong></font><br/>
2116: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2117: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2118: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2119: <p>
1.371 jose 2120:
2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2122: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2123: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2124: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2125: </strong></font><br/>
2126: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2127: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2128: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2129: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2130: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2131: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2132: and its history with OpenBSD.
2133: </ul>
2134:
1.368 henning 2135: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2136: <ul>
2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2138: [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 2139: </strong></font><br>
2140: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2141: </ul>
2142:
1.364 jose 2143: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2144: <ul>
2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2146: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2147: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2148: UNIX Review,
2149: July, 2003.
2150: </strong></font><br>
2151: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2152: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2153: who want more information.
2154: <p>
2155:
2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2157: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2158: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2159: Government Computer News,
2160: July 22, 2003.
2161: </strong></font><br>
2162: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2163: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2164: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2165: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2166: <p>
2167:
2168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2169: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2170: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2171: SANS Institute,
2172: July 22, 2003.
2173: </strong></font><br>
2174: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2175: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2176: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2177: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2178: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2179: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2180: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2181: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2182: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2183: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2184: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2185: <p>
2186:
2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2188: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2189: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2190: OnLamp.com,
2191: July 17, 2003.
2192: </strong></font><br>
2193: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2194: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2195: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2196: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2197: have been working on.
2198:
2199: </ul>
2200:
1.356 jose 2201: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2202: <ul>
2203:
2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2205: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2206: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2207: UNIX Review,
2208: June, 2003.
2209: </strong></font><br>
2210: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2211: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2212: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2213: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2214: <p>
2215:
2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2217: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2218: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2219: eWeek,
2220: June 23, 2003.
2221: </strong></font><br>
2222: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2223: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2224: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2225: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2226: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2227: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2228: <p>
2229:
2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2231: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2232: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2233: Software Development Online,
2234: June, 2003.
2235: </strong></font><br>
2236: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2237: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2238: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2239: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2240: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2241: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2242: current activities.
2243: <p>
2244:
2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2246: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2247: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2248: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2249: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2250: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2251: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2252: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2253: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2254: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2255: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2256: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2257: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2258: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2259: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2260: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2261: decisions.
2262: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2263: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2264: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2265: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2266: <p>
2267:
2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2269: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2270: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2271: Page 58, eWeek,
2272: June 2, 2003.
2273: </strong></font><br>
2274: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2275: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2276: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2277: been addressed in -current.
2278: <p>
2279:
1.356 jose 2280: </ul>
2281:
2282: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2283: <ul>
2284:
1.355 jose 2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2286: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2287: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2288: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2289: </strong></font><br>
2290: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2291: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2292: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2293: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2294: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2295: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2296: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2297: <p>
2298:
2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2300: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2301: Beyond Linux</a>,
2302: InfoWorld,
2303: May 23, 2003.
2304: </strong></font><br>
2305: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2306: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2307: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2308: compared to the GPL.
2309: <p>
2310:
2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2312: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2313: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2314: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2315: May 17, 2003.
2316: </strong></font><br>
2317: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2318: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2319: the business section and half of another page inside
2320: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2321: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2322: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2323: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2324: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2325: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2326: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2327: <br>
2328: This article can also be found online at:
2329: <ul>
2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2331: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2332: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2333: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2334: May 17, 2003
2335: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2336: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2338: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2339: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2340: Montreal Gazette,
2341: May 21, 2003
2342: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2343: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2344: <p>
1.346 ian 2345:
2346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2347: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2348: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2349: May 7, 2003.
2350: </strong></font><br>
2351: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2352: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2353: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2354: <p>
2355:
2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2357: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2358: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2359: OsOpinion,
2360: May 6, 2003.
2361: </strong></font><br>
2362: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2363: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2364: <br>
2365: This article can also be found online at:
2366: <ul>
2367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2368: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2369: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2370: NewsFactor Network.
2371: </strong></font>
2372: </ul>
2373: <p>
2374:
2375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2376: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2377: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2378: ITBusiness,
2379: May 2, 2003.
2380: </strong></font><br>
2381: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2382: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2383: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2384: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2385: <p>
2386:
2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2388: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2389: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2390: InfoWorld,
2391: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2392: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2393: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2394: <br>
2395: This article can also be found online at:
2396: <ul>
2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2398: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2399: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2400: IDG Singapore.
2401: </strong></font>
2402: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2403: <p>
2404:
1.339 jose 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2406: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2407: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2408: ZDNet,
2409: May 1, 2003.
2410: </strong></font><br>
2411: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2412: someone using parts from previous articles.
2413: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2414: This article can also be found online at:
2415: <ul>
2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2417: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2418: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2419: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2420: </strong></font>
2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2422: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2423: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2424: CNET News.com.
2425: </strong></font>
2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2427: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2428: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2429: ZDNet UK.
2430: </strong></font>
2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2432: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2433: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2434: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2435: </strong></font>
2436: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2437: <p>
1.339 jose 2438:
1.341 deraadt 2439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2440: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2441: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2442: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2443: May 1, 2003.
2444: </strong></font><br>
2445: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2446: that have been added
2447: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2448: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2449: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2450: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2451: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2452: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2453: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2454: <p>
2455:
2456: </ul>
2457:
1.253 ian 2458: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2459: <ul>
1.255 ian 2460:
1.260 ian 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2462: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2463: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2464: TechRepublic,
2465: April 28, 2003.
2466: </strong></font><br>
2467: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2468: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2469: work.<br>
2470: Can also be found online at:
2471: <ul>
2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2473: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2474: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2475: ZDNet UK.
2476: </strong></font>
2477: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2478: <p>
2479:
2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2481: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2482: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2483: IDG,
2484: April 24, 2003.
2485: </strong></font><br>
2486: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2487: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2488: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2489: Can also be found online at:
2490: <ul>
2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2492: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2493: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2494: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2495: </strong></font>
2496: </ul>
2497: <p>
2498:
2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2500: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2501: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2502: Slate,
2503: April 24, 2003.
2504: </strong></font><br>
2505: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2506: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2507: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2508: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2509: <p>
2510:
2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2512: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2513: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2514: April 24, 2003.
2515: </strong></font><br>
2516: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2517: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2518: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2519: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2520: <p>
2521:
2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2523: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2524: April 24, 2003.
2525: </strong></font><br>
2526: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2527: the free software community".
2528: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2529: other articles.
2530: <p>
2531:
2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2533: <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 2534: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2535: </strong></font><br>
2536: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2537: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2538: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2539: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2540: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2541: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2542: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2543: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2544: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2545: <br/>
2546: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2547: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2548: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2549: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2550: <br>
2551: Can also be found online at:
2552: <ul>
2553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2554: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2555: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2556: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2557: </strong></font>
2558: </ul>
1.324 ian 2559: <p>
2560:
2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2562: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2563: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2564: </strong></font><br>
2565: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2566: article above.
2567: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2568: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2569: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2570: <br>
2571: Can also be found online at:
2572: <ul>
2573: <li>
2574: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2575: </strong></font>
2576: </ul>
1.324 ian 2577: <p>
2578:
2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2580: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2581: </strong></font><br>
2582: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2583: <p>
2584:
2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2586: <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.
2587: </strong></font><br>
2588: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2589: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2590: <p>
2591:
2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2593: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2594: April 23, 2003.
2595: </strong></font><br>
2596: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2597: <p>
2598:
2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2600: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2601: April 22, 2003.
2602: </strong></font><br>
2603: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2604: <p>
2605:
2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2607: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2608: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2609: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2610: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2611: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2612: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2613: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2614: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2615: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2616: Can also be found online at:
2617: <ul>
2618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2619: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2620: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2621: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2622: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2624: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2625: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2626: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2627: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2628: </ul>
2629: <p>
2630:
2631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2632: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2633: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2634: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2635: </strong></font><br>
2636: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2637: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2638: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2639: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2640: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2641: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2642: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2643: <p>
2644:
2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2646: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2647: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2648: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2649: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2650: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2651: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2652: at UPenn and DARPA.
2653: <p>
2654:
2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2656: [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,
2657: France
1.315 deraadt 2658: April 18, 2003.
2659: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2660: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2661: <p>
2662:
2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2664: [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 2665: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2666: </strong></font><br>
2667: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2668: <p>
2669:
2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2671: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2672: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2673: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2674: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2675: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2676: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2677: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2678: <p>
2679:
2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2681: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2682: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2683: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2684: </strong></font><br>
2685: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2686: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2687: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2688: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2689: <p>
2690:
2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2692: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2693: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2694: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2695: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2696: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2697: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2698: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2699: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2700: Can also be found online at:
2701: <ul>
2702: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2703: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2704: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2705: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2706: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2707: <p>
2708:
2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2710: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2711: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2712: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2713: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2714: </strong></font><br>
2715: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2716: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2717: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2718: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2719: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2720:
2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2722: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2723: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2724: New York Times.
2725: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2726:
1.273 deraadt 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2728: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2729: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2730: ABC News.
2731: </strong></font>
2732:
2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2734: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2735: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2736: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2737: </strong></font>
2738:
2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2740: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2741: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2742: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2743: </strong></font>
2744:
2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2746: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2747: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2748: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2749: </strong></font>
2750:
2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2752: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2753: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2754: Times Daily, AL.
2755: </strong></font>
2756:
2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2758: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2759: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2760: Boston.com, MA.
2761: </strong></font>
2762:
2763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2764: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2765: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2766: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2767: </strong></font>
2768:
2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2770: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2771: [Article was pulled]</a>
2772: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2773: </strong></font>
2774:
2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2776: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2777: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2778: Infoshop News.
2779: </strong></font>
2780:
2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2782: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2783: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2784: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2785: </strong></font>
2786:
2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2788: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2789: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2790: Raleigh News, NC.
2791: </strong></font>
2792:
2793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2794: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2795: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2796: Napa News, CA.
2797: </strong></font>
2798:
2799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2800: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2801: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2802: NEPA News, PA.
2803: </strong></font>
2804:
2805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2806: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2807: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2808: Wired News.
2809: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2810: <br>
2811: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2812: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2813: [JAPANESE]
2814: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2815: Wired News Japan</a>
2816: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2817:
1.271 deraadt 2818: </ul>
2819: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2820: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2821: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2822: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2823: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2824: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2825: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2826: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2827: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2828: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2829: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2830: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2831: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2832: <p>
2833: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2834:
2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2836: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2837: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2838: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2839: </strong></font>
2840:
2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2842: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2843: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2844: Miami Herald, FL.
2845: </strong></font>
2846:
2847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2848: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2849: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2850: </strong></font>
2851:
2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2853: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2854: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2855: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2856: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2857:
2858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2859: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2860: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2861: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2862: ABC News.
2863: </strong></font>
2864:
1.276 deraadt 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2866: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2867: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2868: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2869: </strong></font>
2870:
1.286 dhartmei 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2872: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2873: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2874: Wilmington Star, NC.
2875: </strong></font>
2876:
1.300 jose 2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2878: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2879: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2880: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2881: </strong></font>
2882:
1.309 jose 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2884: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2885: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2886: Globe Technology.
2887: </strong></font>
2888:
1.263 deraadt 2889: </ul>
1.262 beck 2890: <p>
2891:
2892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2893: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2894: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2895: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2896: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2897: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2898: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2899: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2900: <p>
2901:
2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2903: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2904: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2905: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2906: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2907: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2908: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2909: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2910: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2911: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2912: and simply restates other press reports.
2913: <p>
2914:
2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2916: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2917: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2918: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2919: </strong></font><br>
2920: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2921: <p>
2922:
2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2924: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2925: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2926: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2927: </strong></font><br>
2928: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2929: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2930: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2931: <p>
2932:
2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2934: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2935: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2936: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2937: April 17, 2003.
2938: </strong></font><br>
2939: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2940: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2941: Tech Anthems</a>
2942: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2943: 4 so far.
2944: <p>
2945:
2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2947: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2948: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2949: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2950: </strong></font><br>
2951: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2952: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2953: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2954: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2955: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2956: Goes on to say:
2957: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2958: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2959: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2960: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2961: This article is also found online at:
2962: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2964: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
2965: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
2966: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2967: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2969: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
2970: ZDnet</a>,
2971: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 2972: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2974: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
2975: ZDnet Australia</a>,
2976: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 2977: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 2978: </ul>
1.260 ian 2979: <p>
1.279 deraadt 2980:
1.260 ian 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2982: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 2983: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 2984: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2985: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 2986: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 2987: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
2988: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
2989: without notice or justification.
2990: <p>
2991:
2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2993: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 2994: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 2995: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2996: </strong></font><br>
2997: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
2998: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 2999: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 3000: effective today, without any warning..."
3001: <p>
1.257 ian 3002:
3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 3004: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
3005: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3006: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 3007: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 3008: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
3009: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
3010: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
3011: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
3012: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 3013: <p>
3014:
3015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 3016: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
3017: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3018: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 3019: </strong></font><br>
3020: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
3021: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
3022: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
3023: quoting two of them:
3024: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
3025: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
3026: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
3027: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
3028: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
3029: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
3030: <p>
3031:
1.255 ian 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3033: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
3034: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 3035: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3036: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 3037: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 3038: <p>
3039:
3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 3041: [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 3042: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3043: </strong></font><br>
3044: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3045: <p>
3046:
3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 3048: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
3049: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3050: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 3051: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 3052: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 3053: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
3054: security experts for more than three decades."
3055: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
3056: <p>
1.261 ian 3057:
1.254 drahn 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 3059: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 3060: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3061: </strong></font><br>
3062: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3063: <p>
3064:
3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3066: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3067: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3068: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3069: </strong></font><br>
3070: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3071: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3072: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3073: <p>
3074:
3075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3076: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3077: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3078: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3079: </strong></font><br>
3080: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3081: from US DARPA.
3082: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3083: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3084: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3085: the BSD license.
3086: <p>
3087: </ul>
3088:
1.251 ian 3089: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3090: <ul>
3091:
3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3093: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3094: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3095: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3096: </strong></font><br>
3097:
3098: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3099: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3100: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3101: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3102: <p>
3103:
3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3105: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3106: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3107: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3108: </strong></font><br>
3109: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3110: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3111: Mentions
3112: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3113: and
3114: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3115: programs.
3116: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3117: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3118: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3119: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3120: <p>
1.325 ian 3121: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3122: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3123:
3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3125: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3126: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3127: </strong></font><br>
3128: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3129: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3130: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3131: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3132: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3133: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3134: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3135: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3136: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3137: put into service."
3138: <p>
3139: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3140: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3141: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3142: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3143: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3144: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3145: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3146: computers with security features."
3147: <p>
1.329 ian 3148:
3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3150: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3151: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3152: Slate,
3153: March 3, 2003.
3154: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3155: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3156: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3157: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3158: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3159: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3160: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3161: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3162: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3163: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3164: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3165: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3166: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3167: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3168: of more secure open-source solutions like
3169: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3170: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3171: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3172: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3173: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3174: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3175: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3176: the Beltway."
3177: <p>
1.251 ian 3178: </ul>
3179:
1.249 jufi 3180: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3181: <ul>
3182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3183: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3184: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3185: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3186: </strong></font><br>
3187: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3188: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3189: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3190: <p>
1.334 ian 3191:
3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3193: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3194: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3195: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3196: </strong></font><br>
3197: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3198: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3199: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3200: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3201: "... the hypothetical question ...
3202: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3203: <br>
3204: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3205: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3206: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3207: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3208: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3209: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3210: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3211: support network security.
3212: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3213: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3214: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3215: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3216: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3217: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3218: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3219: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3220: <br>
3221: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3222: <p>
3223:
1.249 jufi 3224: </ul>
3225:
1.246 jufi 3226: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3227: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3230: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3231: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3232: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3233: </strong></font><br>
3234: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3235: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3236: <p>
3237:
1.247 jufi 3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3239: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3240: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3241: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3242: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3243: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3244: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3245: <p>
3246:
3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3248: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3249: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3250: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3251: </strong></font><br>
3252: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3253: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3254: <p>
1.247 jufi 3255: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3256:
1.244 jufi 3257: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3258: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3259:
1.247 jufi 3260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3261: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3262: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3263: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3264: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3265: </strong></font><br>
3266: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3267: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3268: md5 digests.
3269: <p>
3270:
1.247 jufi 3271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3272: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3273: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3274: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3275: </strong></font><br>
3276: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3277: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3278: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3279: right the first time."
3280: <p>
1.247 jufi 3281: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3282:
3283:
3284: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3285: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3288: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3289: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3290: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3291: </strong></font><br>
3292: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3293: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3294: part 6</a>.
3295: <p>
3296:
1.247 jufi 3297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3298: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3299: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3300: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3301: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3302: </strong></font><br>
3303: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3304: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3305: <p>
1.301 jose 3306:
3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3308: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3309: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3310: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3311: </strong></font><br>
3312:
3313: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3314: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3315: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3316: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3317: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3318: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3319: <i>Here's the
3320: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3321: <p>
1.247 jufi 3322: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3323:
3324: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3325: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3326:
1.247 jufi 3327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3328: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3329: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3330: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3331: </strong></font><br>
3332: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3333: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3334: <p>
3335:
1.247 jufi 3336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3337: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3338: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3339: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3340: </strong></font><br>
3341: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3342: this time using pf.
3343: <p>
1.247 jufi 3344: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3345:
3346: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3347: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3348:
1.247 jufi 3349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3350: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3351: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3352: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3353: </strong></font><br>
3354: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3355: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3356: their rotation.
3357: <p>
3358:
1.247 jufi 3359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3360: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3361: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3362: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3363: </strong></font><br>
3364: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3365: <p>
1.247 jufi 3366: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3367:
1.239 jufi 3368: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3369: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3370:
1.247 jufi 3371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3372: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3373: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3374: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3375: </strong></font><br>
3376: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3377: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3378: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3379: <p>
3380:
1.247 jufi 3381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3382: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3383: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3384: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3385: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3386: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3387: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3388: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3389: <p>
1.247 jufi 3390: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3391:
1.235 lebel 3392: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3393: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3394:
1.239 jufi 3395:
1.247 jufi 3396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3397: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3398: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3399: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3400: </strong></font><br>
3401: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3402: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3403: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3404: <p>
1.301 jose 3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3407:
1.228 horacio 3408: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3409: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3410:
1.247 jufi 3411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3412: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3413: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3414: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3415: </strong></font><br>
3416: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3417: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3418: <p>
3419:
1.247 jufi 3420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3421: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3422: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3423: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3424: </strong></font><br>
3425: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3426: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3427: <p>
3428:
1.247 jufi 3429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3430: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3431: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3432: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3433: </strong></font><br>
3434: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3435: on the desktop of his parents.
3436: <p>
3437:
1.247 jufi 3438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3439: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3440: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3441: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3442: </strong></font><br>
3443: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3444: using IPFilter.
3445:
3446: <p>
3447:
1.247 jufi 3448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3449: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3450: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3451: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3452: </strong></font><br>
3453: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3454: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3455: perspectives of the four OS.
3456: <br>
3457: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3458: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3459: <p>
3460:
1.247 jufi 3461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3462: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3463: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3464: software and security</a>,
3465: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3466: </strong></font><br>
3467:
3468: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3469: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3470: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3471: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3472: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3473: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3474: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3475: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3476: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3477: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3478: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3479: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3480: <p>
1.247 jufi 3481: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3482:
1.225 horacio 3483: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3484: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3485:
1.247 jufi 3486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3487: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3488: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3489: Interview</a>,
3490: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3491: </strong></font><br>
3492:
3493: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3494: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3495: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3496: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3497: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3498: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3499: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3500: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3501: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3502: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3503: of choice.
3504: <p>
1.247 jufi 3505: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3506:
3507: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3508: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3509:
1.247 jufi 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3511: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3512: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3513: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3514: </strong></font><br>
3515:
3516: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3517: <p>
3518:
1.247 jufi 3519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3520: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3521: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3522: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3523: </strong></font><br>
3524:
3525: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3526: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3527: <p>
1.247 jufi 3528: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3529:
1.218 horacio 3530: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3531: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3532:
1.247 jufi 3533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3534: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3535: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3536: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3537: </strong></font><br>
3538:
3539: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3540: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3541: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3542: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3543: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3544: subjects. Worth a read.
3545: <p>
3546:
3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3549: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3550: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3551: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3552: </strong></font><br>
3553:
3554: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3555: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3556: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3557: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3558: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3559: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3560: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3561: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3562: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3563: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3564: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3565: on other operating systems.<br>
3566: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3567: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3568: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3569: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3570: <p>
3571:
1.247 jufi 3572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3573: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3574: Operating System 2010</a>,
3575: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3576: </strong></font><br>
3577:
3578: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3579: covering the level of software integration into the core
3580: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3581: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3582: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3583: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3584: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3585: <p>
3586:
1.247 jufi 3587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3588: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3589: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3590: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3591: </strong></font><br>
3592:
3593: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3594: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3595: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3596: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3597: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3598: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3599: <p>
1.247 jufi 3600: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3601:
1.210 jufi 3602: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3603: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3604:
1.247 jufi 3605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3606: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3607: Already a Contender</a>,
3608: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3609: </strong></font><br>
3610:
3611: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3612: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3613: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3614: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3615: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3616: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3617: <p>
3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3620: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3621: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3622: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3623: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3624:
1.224 horacio 3625: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3626: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3627: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3628: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3629: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3630: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3631: <p>
1.247 jufi 3632: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3633:
3634: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3635: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3636:
1.247 jufi 3637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3638: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3639: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3640: Division</a>,
3641: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3642: </strong></font><br>
3643:
3644: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3645: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3646: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3647: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3648: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3649: investment</em>.<br>
3650: The implementation details can be seen on their
3651: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3652: <p>
3653:
1.247 jufi 3654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3655: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3656: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3657: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3658: </strong></font><br>
3659:
3660: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3661: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3662: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3663: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3664: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3665: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3666: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3667: <p>
3668:
3669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3670: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3671: Thinking about Security</a>,
3672: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3673: </strong></font><br>
3674:
3675: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3676: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3677: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3678: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3679: to time.<br>
3680: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3681: system and just the most secure system.
3682: <p>
3683:
1.247 jufi 3684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3685: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3686: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3687: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3688: </strong></font><br>
3689:
3690: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3691: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3692: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3693: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3694: choice:<br>
3695: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3696: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3697: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3698: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3699: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3700: network security devices and as such must be well
3701: armored."</em><br>
3702: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3703: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3704: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3705: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3706: <br>
3707: Bravo!
3708: <p>
1.247 jufi 3709: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3710:
1.207 ian 3711: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3712: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3713:
1.247 jufi 3714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3715: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3716: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3717: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3718:
1.207 ian 3719: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3720: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3721: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3722: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3723: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3724: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3725: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3726: <p>
1.247 jufi 3727: </ul>
1.207 ian 3728:
1.194 jufi 3729: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3730: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3731:
1.247 jufi 3732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3733: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3734: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3735: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3736: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3737:
1.240 miod 3738: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3739: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3740: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3741: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3742: <p>
3743:
1.247 jufi 3744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3745: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3746: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3747: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3748:
3749: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3750: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3751: <p>
3752:
3753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3754: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3755: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3756: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3757:
3758: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3759: <p>
3760:
3761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3762: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3763: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3764: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3765: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3766:
1.240 miod 3767: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3768: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3769: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3770: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3771: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3772: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3773: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3774: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3775: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3776: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3777: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3778: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3779: <p>
3780:
1.247 jufi 3781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3782: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3783: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3784: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3785: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3786:
1.194 jufi 3787: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3788: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3789: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3790: <br>
3791: The new
3792: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3793: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3794: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3795: <p>
1.247 jufi 3796: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3797:
1.190 horacio 3798: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3799: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3800:
1.247 jufi 3801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3802:
3803: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3804: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3805:
1.301 jose 3806:
1.191 jufi 3807: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3808: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3809:
3810: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3811: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3812:
1.212 horacio 3813: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3814: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3815: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3816:
1.211 horacio 3817: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3818: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3819: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3822: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3823:
1.247 jufi 3824: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3825: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3826:
1.212 horacio 3827: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3828: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3829: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3830:
3831: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3832: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3833:
3834: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3835: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3836:
1.301 jose 3837: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3838: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3839:
1.191 jufi 3840: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3841: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3842:
3843: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3844: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3845:
1.192 jufi 3846: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3847: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3848: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3849:
1.193 deraadt 3850: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3851: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3852: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3853:
1.247 jufi 3854: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3855: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3856:
1.247 jufi 3857: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3858: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3859: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3860:
1.213 horacio 3861: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3862: 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 3863: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3864:
1.190 horacio 3865: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3866: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3867: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3868: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3869: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3870: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3871: <p>
1.190 horacio 3872:
1.247 jufi 3873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3874: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3875: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3876: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3877: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3878:
1.195 jufi 3879: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3880: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3881: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3882: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3883: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3884: <p>
3885:
1.247 jufi 3886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3887: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3888: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3889: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3890: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3891:
1.191 jufi 3892: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3893: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3894: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3895: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3896: <p>
3897:
3898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3899: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3900: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3901: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3902:
3903: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3904: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3905: <p>
1.247 jufi 3906: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3907:
1.191 jufi 3908:
1.186 jufi 3909: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3910: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3911:
1.247 jufi 3912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3913: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3914: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3915: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3916: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3917:
1.188 jufi 3918: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3919: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3920: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3921: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3922: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3923: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3924: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3925: <p>
3926:
1.301 jose 3927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3928: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3929: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3930: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3931:
3932: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3933: <p>
1.191 jufi 3934:
1.247 jufi 3935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3936: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3937: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3938: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3939: </strong></font><br>
3940:
3941: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3942: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3943: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3944: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3945: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3946: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3947: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3948: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3949: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3950: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3951: familiar?
3952: <p>
1.247 jufi 3953: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3954:
1.178 louis 3955: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3956: <ul>
1.178 louis 3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3959: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3960: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3961: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3962: </strong></font><br>
3963:
3964: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
3965: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
3966: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
3967: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
3968: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
3969: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
3970: <p>
3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3973: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
3974: Open source under the hood</a>,
3975: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 3976: </strong></font><br>
3977:
3978: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
3979: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
3980: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
3981: <p>
3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3984: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
3985: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
3986: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 3987: </strong></font><br>
3988:
3989: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
3990: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
3991: <p>
1.247 jufi 3992: </ul>
1.179 louis 3993:
1.174 louis 3994:
1.175 louis 3995: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3996: <ul>
1.175 louis 3997:
1.247 jufi 3998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 3999: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
4000: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
4001: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 4002: </strong></font><br>
4003:
4004: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
4005: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
4006: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
4007: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
4008: <p>
4009:
1.247 jufi 4010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4011: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
4012: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
4013: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 4014: </strong></font><br>
4015:
4016: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 4017: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 4018: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
4019: <p>
1.247 jufi 4020: </ul>
1.175 louis 4021:
1.176 louis 4022:
1.172 mickey 4023: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4024: <ul>
1.172 mickey 4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4027: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
4028: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 4029: </strong></font><br>
4030:
4031: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
4032: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
4033: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 4034: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 4035: <p>
4036:
1.247 jufi 4037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 4038: <a
1.269 deraadt 4039: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
4040: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
4041: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 4042: </strong></font><br>
4043:
4044: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
4045: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
4046: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
4047: <p>
4048:
1.247 jufi 4049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4050: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 4051: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
4052: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 4053: </strong></font><br>
4054:
4055: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
4056: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
4057: <p>
4058:
1.247 jufi 4059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4060: <a
1.269 deraadt 4061: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4062: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4063: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4064: </strong></font><br>
4065:
4066: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4067: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4068: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4069: our own Theo de Raadt.
4070: <p>
4071:
1.247 jufi 4072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4073: <a
1.269 deraadt 4074: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4075: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4076: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4077: </strong></font><br>
4078:
4079: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4080: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4081: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4082: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4083: shut down.]
4084: <p>
4085:
1.247 jufi 4086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4087: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4088: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4089: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4090: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4091: </strong></font><br>
4092:
4093: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4094: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4095: <p>
1.247 jufi 4096: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4097:
1.161 louis 4098: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4099: <ul>
1.161 louis 4100:
1.247 jufi 4101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4102: <a
1.269 deraadt 4103: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4104: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4105: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4106: </strong></font><br>
4107:
4108: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4109: by John Wolley
4110: <p>
4111:
1.247 jufi 4112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4113: <a
1.269 deraadt 4114: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4115: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4116: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4117: </strong></font><br>
4118:
4119: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4120: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4121: OpenBSD).
4122: <p>
4123:
1.247 jufi 4124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4125: <a
1.247 jufi 4126: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4127: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4128: </strong></font><br>
4129:
4130: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4131: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
4132: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
4133: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4134: and hindsight.
4135: <p>
4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4138: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4139: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4140: </strong></font><br>
4141:
4142: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4143: <p>
4144:
1.247 jufi 4145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4146: <a
1.168 provos 4147: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4148: December 7, 2000
4149: </strong></font><br>
4150:
4151: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4152: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4153: us explain.
4154: <p>
4155:
1.247 jufi 4156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4157: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4158: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4159: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4160: December 6, 2000
4161: </strong></font><br>
4162:
4163: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4164: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4165: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4166: <p>
4167:
1.247 jufi 4168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4169: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4170: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4171: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4172: </strong></font><br>
4173:
4174: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4175: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4176: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4177: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4178: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4179: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4180: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4181: <p>
4182:
4183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4184: <a
1.226 horacio 4185: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4186: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4187: </strong></font><br>
4188:
4189: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4190: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4191: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4192: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4193: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4194: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4195: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4196: <p>
1.162 millert 4197:
1.247 jufi 4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4199: <a
1.161 louis 4200: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4201: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4202: </strong></font><br>
4203:
4204: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4205: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4206: <p>
4207:
1.247 jufi 4208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4209: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4210: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4211: </strong></font><br>
4212:
4213: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4214: <p>
4215:
4216:
1.247 jufi 4217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4218: <a
1.226 horacio 4219: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4220: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4221: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4222: </strong></font><br>
4223:
4224: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4225: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4226: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4227: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4228: <p>
1.247 jufi 4229: </ul>
1.169 louis 4230:
1.158 louis 4231: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4232: <ul>
1.147 louis 4233:
1.247 jufi 4234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4235: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4236: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4237: </strong></font><br>
4238:
4239: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4240: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4241: <p>
4242:
1.247 jufi 4243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4244: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4245: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4246: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4247: </strong></font><br>
4248: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4249: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4250: <p>
4251:
1.247 jufi 4252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4253: <a
4254: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4255: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4256: </strong></font><br>
4257:
4258: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4259: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4260: <p>
4261:
1.247 jufi 4262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4263: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4264: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4265: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4266:
1.213 horacio 4267: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4268: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4269: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4270: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4271: <p>
1.215 horacio 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4274: <a
4275: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4276: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4277: </strong></font><br>
4278:
4279: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4280: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4281: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4282: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4283: much of the attitude too).
4284: <p>
1.161 louis 4285:
1.247 jufi 4286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4287: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4288: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4289: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4290:
1.157 louis 4291: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4292: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4293: <p>
1.247 jufi 4294: </ul>
1.157 louis 4295:
4296: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4297: <ul>
1.157 louis 4298:
1.247 jufi 4299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4300: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4301: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4302: </strong></font><br>
4303:
4304: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4305: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4306: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4307: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4308: <p>
4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4311: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4312: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4313: </strong></font><br>
4314:
4315: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4316: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4317: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4318: it because they love coding...
4319: <p>
4320:
1.247 jufi 4321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4322: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4323: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4324: </strong></font><br>
4325:
4326: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4327: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4328: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4329: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4330: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4331: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4332: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4333: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4334: <p>
4335:
1.247 jufi 4336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4337: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4338: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4339: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4340: </strong></font><br>
4341:
4342: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4343: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4344: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4345: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4346: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4347: the pizza.
4348: <p>
4349:
1.247 jufi 4350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4351: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4352: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4353: </strong></font><br>
4354:
4355: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4356: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4357: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4358: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4359: problems.
4360: <p>
4361:
1.247 jufi 4362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4363: <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 4364: </strong></font><br>
4365:
1.222 miod 4366: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4367: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4368: - whether they like it or not.
4369: <p>
4370:
1.247 jufi 4371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4372: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4373: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4374: </strong></font><br>
4375:
4376: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4377: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4378: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4379: <p>
1.148 aaron 4380:
1.247 jufi 4381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4382: <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 4383: </strong></font><br>
4384:
4385: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4386: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4387: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4388: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4389: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4390: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4391: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4392: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4393: <p>
4394:
1.247 jufi 4395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4396: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4397: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4398: </strong></font><br>
4399:
4400: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4401: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4402: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4403: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4404: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4405: <p>
1.247 jufi 4406: </ul>
1.147 louis 4407:
1.138 louis 4408: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4409: <ul>
1.138 louis 4410:
1.247 jufi 4411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4412: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4413: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4414: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4415: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4416: </strong></font><br>
4417:
1.227 horacio 4418: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4419: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4420: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4421: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4422: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4423: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4424: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4425: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4426: <p>
4427:
1.247 jufi 4428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4429: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4430: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4431: </strong></font><br>
4432:
4433: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4434: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4435: groups, and even Linux.
4436: <p>
4437:
1.247 jufi 4438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4439: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4440: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4441: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4442: </strong></font><br>
4443:
4444: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4445: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4446: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4447: library after installing the OS.
4448: <p>
4449:
1.247 jufi 4450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4451: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4452: Sys Admin, September 2000
4453: </strong></font><br>
4454:
4455: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4456: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4457: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4458: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4459: (<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>,
4460: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4461: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4462: <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 4463: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4464: out of the system.
4465: <p>
4466:
1.247 jufi 4467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4468: <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
4469: </strong></font><br>
4470:
4471: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4472: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4473: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4474: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4475: the IP filtering and address translation.
4476: <p>
1.301 jose 4477:
4478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4479: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4480: </strong></font><br>
4481:
4482: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4483: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4484: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4485: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4486: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4487: <p>
1.247 jufi 4488: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4489:
1.131 louis 4490: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4491: <ul>
1.131 louis 4492:
1.247 jufi 4493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4494: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4495: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4496: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4497: </strong></font><br>
4498:
4499: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4500: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4501: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4502: <p>
4503:
1.247 jufi 4504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4505: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4506: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4507: </strong></font><br>
4508:
4509: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4510: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4511: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4512: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4513: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4514: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4515: note of"</i>.
4516: <p>
4517:
1.247 jufi 4518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4519: <a
1.247 jufi 4520: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4521: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4522: </strong></font><br>
4523:
4524: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4525: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4526: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4527: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4528: <p>
4529:
1.247 jufi 4530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4531: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4532: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4533: </strong></font><br>
4534:
4535: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4536: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4537: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4538: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4539: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4540: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4541: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4542: <p>
4543:
1.247 jufi 4544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4545: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4546: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4547: 2000
4548: </strong></font><br>
4549:
4550: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4551: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4552: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4553: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4554: against current industry practices.
4555: <p>
4556:
1.247 jufi 4557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4558: <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
4559: </strong></font><br>
4560:
4561: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4562: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4563: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4564: <p>
4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4567: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4568: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4569: </strong></font><br>
4570:
4571: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4572: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4573: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4574: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4575: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4576: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4577: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4578: <p>
4579:
1.247 jufi 4580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4581: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4582: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4583: </strong></font><br>
4584:
4585: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4586: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4587: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4588: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4589: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4590: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4591: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4592: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4593: <p>
1.247 jufi 4594: </ul>
1.131 louis 4595:
1.118 louis 4596: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4597: <ul>
1.118 louis 4598:
1.247 jufi 4599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4600: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4601: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4602: </strong></font><br>
4603:
4604: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4605: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4606: about time. The article mentions that
4607: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4608: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4609: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4610: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4611: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4612: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4613: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4614: <p>
4615:
1.247 jufi 4616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4617: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4618: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4619: </strong></font><br>
4620:
4621: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4622: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4623: of OpenSSH.
4624: <p>
4625:
1.247 jufi 4626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4627: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4628: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4629: </strong></font><br>
4630:
4631: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4632: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4633: bridging.
4634: <p>
4635:
1.247 jufi 4636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4637: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4638: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4639: </strong></font><br>
4640:
1.121 deraadt 4641: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4642: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4643: <p>
4644:
1.247 jufi 4645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4646: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4647: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4648: </strong></font><br>
4649:
4650: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4651: <p>
4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4654: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4655: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4656: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4657: </strong></font><br>
4658:
1.120 deraadt 4659: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4660: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4661: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4662: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4663: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4664: <p>
4665:
1.247 jufi 4666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4667: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4668: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4669: </strong></font><br>
4670:
1.222 miod 4671: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4672: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4673: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4674: protocols and their quirks.
4675: <p>
4676:
1.247 jufi 4677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4678: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4679: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4680: </strong></font><br>
4681:
4682: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4683: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4684: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4685: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4686: <p>
4687:
1.247 jufi 4688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4689: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4690: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4691: </strong></font><br>
4692:
4693: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4694: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4695: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4696: <p>
4697:
1.247 jufi 4698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4699: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4700: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4701: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4702: </strong></font><br>
4703:
4704: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4705: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4706: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4707: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4708: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4709: <p>
1.247 jufi 4710: </ul>
1.118 louis 4711:
1.104 louis 4712: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4713: <ul>
1.104 louis 4714:
1.247 jufi 4715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4716: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4717: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4718: </strong></font><br>
4719:
4720: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4721: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4722: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4723: be a bit dry.
4724: <p>
4725:
1.247 jufi 4726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4727: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4728: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4729: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4730: </strong></font><br>
4731: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4732: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4733: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4734: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4735: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4736: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4737: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4738: <p>
4739:
1.247 jufi 4740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4741: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4742: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4743: 2000
1.128 louis 4744: </strong></font><br>
4745:
4746: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4747: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4748: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4749: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4750: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4751: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4752: <p>
4753:
1.247 jufi 4754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4755: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4756: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4757: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4758:
4759: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4760: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4761: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4762: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4763: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4764: <p>
1.110 louis 4765:
1.247 jufi 4766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4767: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4768: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4769: </strong></font><br>
4770:
4771: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4772: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4773: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4774: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4775: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4776: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4777: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4778: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4779: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4780: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4781: <p>
4782:
1.247 jufi 4783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4784: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4785: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4786:
4787: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4788: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4789: <p>
1.108 louis 4790:
1.247 jufi 4791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4792: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4793: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4794: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4795:
4796: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4797: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4798: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4799: <p>
1.106 louis 4800:
1.247 jufi 4801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4802: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4803: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4804: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4805:
4806: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4807: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4808: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4809: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4810: <p>
1.107 louis 4811:
1.247 jufi 4812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4813: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4814: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4815: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4816:
4817: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4818: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4819: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4820: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4821: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4822: <p>
1.105 louis 4823:
1.247 jufi 4824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4825: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4826: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4827: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4828:
1.113 naddy 4829: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4830: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4831: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4832: <p>
1.104 louis 4833:
1.247 jufi 4834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4835: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4836: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4837: </strong></font><br>
4838:
4839: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4840: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4841: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4842: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4843: <p>
1.301 jose 4844:
4845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4846: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4847: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4848: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4849:
4850: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4851: hardware-supported cryptography.
4852: <p>
1.247 jufi 4853: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4854:
1.85 louis 4855: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4856: <ul>
1.85 louis 4857:
1.247 jufi 4858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4859: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4860: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4861: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4862:
4863: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4864: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4865: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4866: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4867: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4868: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4869: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4870: <p>
1.99 louis 4871:
1.247 jufi 4872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4873: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4874: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4875: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4876:
4877: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4878: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4879: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4880: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4881: <p>
1.100 louis 4882:
1.247 jufi 4883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4884: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4885: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4886: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4887:
4888: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4889: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4890: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4891: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4892: <p>
1.95 louis 4893:
1.247 jufi 4894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4895: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4896: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4897: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4898:
4899: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4900: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4901: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4902: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4903: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4904: <p>
1.92 louis 4905:
1.247 jufi 4906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4907: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4908: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4909: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4910:
4911: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4912: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4913: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4914: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4915: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4916: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4917: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4918: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4919: <p>
1.91 louis 4920:
1.247 jufi 4921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4922: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4923: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4924: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4925:
4926: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4927: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4928: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4929: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4930: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4931: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4932: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4933: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4934: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4935: <p>
1.90 louis 4936:
1.247 jufi 4937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4938: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4939: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4940: </strong></font><br>
4941: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4942: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4943: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4944: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4945: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4946: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4947: <p>
4948:
1.247 jufi 4949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4950: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4951: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4952: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4953:
1.113 naddy 4954: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4955: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4956: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4957: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4958: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4959: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4960: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4961: <p>
1.87 louis 4962:
1.247 jufi 4963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4964: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
4965: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 4966: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4967:
4968: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 4969: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 4970: <p>
1.85 louis 4971:
1.247 jufi 4972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4973: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
4974: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4975: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
4976:
4977: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
4978: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
4979: <p>
4980:
4981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 4982: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
4983: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4984: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 4985:
4986: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 4987: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 4988: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
4989: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 4990: <p>
1.89 louis 4991:
1.247 jufi 4992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 4993: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 4994: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 4995: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 4996:
4997: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
4998: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
4999: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
5000: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
5001: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 5002: </ul>
1.85 louis 5003:
1.78 deraadt 5004: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5005: <ul>
1.74 louis 5006:
1.247 jufi 5007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5008: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 5009: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 5010: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 5011: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5012:
5013: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
5014: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
5015: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5016: <p>
1.83 louis 5017:
1.247 jufi 5018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 5019: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
5020: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5021: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 5022:
5023: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
5024: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 5025: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 5026: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
5027: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 5028: <p>
1.93 louis 5029:
1.247 jufi 5030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5031: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
5032: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
5033: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5034: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 5035:
1.83 louis 5036: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
5037: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
5038: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
5039: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
5040: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 5041: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
5042: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
5043: <p>
1.82 aaron 5044:
1.247 jufi 5045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5046: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 5047: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5048: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 5049:
1.83 louis 5050: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
5051: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
5052: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 5053: <p>
1.80 louis 5054:
1.247 jufi 5055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5056: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 5057: Bad Press</a>,
5058: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 5059: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 5060:
5061: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5062: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5063: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5064: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5065: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5066: <p>
1.247 jufi 5067: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5068:
5069: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5070: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5071:
1.247 jufi 5072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5073: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5074: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5075: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5076: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5077:
5078: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5079: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5080: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5081: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5082: <p>
1.74 louis 5083:
1.247 jufi 5084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5085: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5086: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5087: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5088:
1.219 horacio 5089: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5090: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5091: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5092: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5093: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5094: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5095: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5096: <p>
1.88 louis 5097:
1.247 jufi 5098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5099: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5100: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5101: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5102:
5103: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5104: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5105: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5106: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5107: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5108: <p>
1.81 louis 5109:
1.247 jufi 5110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5111: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5112: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5113: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5114:
5115: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5116: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5117: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5118: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5119: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5120: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5121: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5122: <p>
1.90 louis 5123:
1.247 jufi 5124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5125: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5126: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5127: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5128:
5129: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5130: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5131: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5132: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5133: <p>
1.247 jufi 5134: </ul>
1.71 louis 5135:
1.69 deraadt 5136: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5137: <ul>
1.70 louis 5138:
1.247 jufi 5139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5140: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5141: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5142: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5143:
5144: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5145: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5146: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5147: <p>
1.70 louis 5148:
1.247 jufi 5149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5150: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5151: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5152: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5153:
5154: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5155: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5156: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5157: <p>
1.68 louis 5158:
1.247 jufi 5159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5160: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5161: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5162: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5163: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5164:
1.111 jufi 5165: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5166: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5167: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5168: "secure by default" installation.
5169: <p>
1.64 louis 5170:
1.247 jufi 5171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5172: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5173: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5174: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5175:
1.113 naddy 5176: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5177: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5178: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5179: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5180: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5181: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5182: <p>
1.66 louis 5183:
1.247 jufi 5184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5185: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5186: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5187: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5188:
5189: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5190: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5191: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5192: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5193: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5194: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5195: <p>
1.83 louis 5196:
1.247 jufi 5197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5198: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5199: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5200: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5201:
5202: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5203: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5204: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5205: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5206: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5207: <p>
1.64 louis 5208:
1.247 jufi 5209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5210: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5211: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5212: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5213:
5214: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5215: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5216: <p>
1.301 jose 5217:
5218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5219: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5220: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5221: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5222: </strong></font><br>
5223:
5224: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5225: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5226: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5227: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5228: Giving way to
5229: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5230: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5231: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5232: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5233: <p>
1.247 jufi 5234: </ul>
1.65 louis 5235:
1.69 deraadt 5236: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5237: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5238:
1.247 jufi 5239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5240: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5241: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5242: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5243:
5244: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5245: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5246: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5247: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5248: <p>
1.88 louis 5249:
1.247 jufi 5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5251: <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 5252: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5253:
5254: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5255: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5256: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5257: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5258: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5259: <p>
1.60 louis 5260:
1.247 jufi 5261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5262: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5263: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5264: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5265: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5266:
5267: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5268: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5269: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5270: <p>
1.58 louis 5271:
1.247 jufi 5272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5273: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5274: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5275:
5276: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5277: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5278: <p>
1.53 louis 5279:
1.247 jufi 5280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5281: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5282: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5283: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5284:
5285: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5286: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5287: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5288: <p>
1.99 louis 5289:
1.247 jufi 5290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5291: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5292: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5293:
5294: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5295: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5296: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5297: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5298: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5299:
1.247 jufi 5300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5301: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5302: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5303: </strong></font><br>
5304:
5305: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5306: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5307: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5308: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5309: <p>
5310:
1.247 jufi 5311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5312: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5313: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5314: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5315:
5316: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5317: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5318: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5319:
1.247 jufi 5320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5321: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5322: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5323:
5324: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5325: in
1.247 jufi 5326: <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 5327: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5328: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5329: <p>
1.53 louis 5330:
1.247 jufi 5331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5332: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5333: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5334: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5335: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5336:
1.58 louis 5337: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5338: <p>
1.301 jose 5339:
5340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5341: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5342: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5343: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5344: Informacyjny, January 2000
5345: </strong></font><br>
5346:
5347: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5348: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5349: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5350: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5351: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5352: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5353: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5354: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5355: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5356: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5357: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5358: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5359: <p>
5360:
5361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5362: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5363: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5364: </strong></font><br>
5365:
5366: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5367: <p>
5368: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5369:
1.69 deraadt 5370: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5371: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5372:
1.247 jufi 5373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5374: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5375: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5376: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5377: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5378:
1.58 louis 5379: Kurt Seifried
5380: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5381: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5382: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5383: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5384:
1.247 jufi 5385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5386: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5387: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5388: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5389:
5390: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5391: <p>
1.96 louis 5392:
1.247 jufi 5393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5394: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5395: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5396: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5397: </strong></font><br>
5398:
5399: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5400: <p>
5401:
5402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5403: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5404: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5405: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5406:
5407: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5408: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5409: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5410: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5411: <p>
1.247 jufi 5412: </ul>
1.86 louis 5413:
1.69 deraadt 5414: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5415: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5416:
1.247 jufi 5417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5418: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5419: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5420: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5421:
5422: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5423: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5424: <p>
1.61 louis 5425:
1.247 jufi 5426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5427: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5428: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5429: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5430: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5431:
5432: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5433: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5434: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5435: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5436: right -- or at least strives to".
5437: <p>
1.48 louis 5438:
1.247 jufi 5439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5440: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5441: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5442: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5443: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5444: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5445: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5446: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5447: <p>
1.61 louis 5448:
1.247 jufi 5449: <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 5450: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5451: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5452:
5453: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5454: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5455: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5456: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5457: <p>
1.46 louis 5458:
1.247 jufi 5459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5460: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5461: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5462: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5463:
5464: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5465: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5466: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5467:
1.247 jufi 5468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5469: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5470: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5471: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5472:
5473: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5474: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5475: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5476: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5477: <p>
1.247 jufi 5478: </ul>
1.70 louis 5479:
1.69 deraadt 5480: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5481: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5482:
1.247 jufi 5483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5484: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5485: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5486: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5487: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5488:
5489: Kurt Seifried
5490: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5491: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5492: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5493: <p>
1.44 philen 5494:
1.247 jufi 5495: <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 5496: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5497: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5498:
5499: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5500: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5501:
1.247 jufi 5502: <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 5503: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5504: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5505:
5506: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5507: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5508:
1.247 jufi 5509: <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 5510: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5511: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5512:
5513: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5514: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5515: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5516: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5517: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5518:
1.247 jufi 5519: <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 5520: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5521: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5522:
1.36 louis 5523: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5524: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5525:
1.247 jufi 5526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5527: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5528: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5529: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5530:
5531: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5532: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5533: </ul>
1.38 louis 5534:
1.69 deraadt 5535: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5536: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5537:
1.247 jufi 5538: <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 5539: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5540: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5541:
5542: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5543: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5544: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5545:
1.113 naddy 5546: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5547: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5548: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5549: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5550:
5551: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5552: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5553: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5554: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5555: <blockquote>
5556: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5557: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5558: <br>
5559: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5560: </code>
5561: </blockquote>
5562: <p>
5563:
1.247 jufi 5564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5565: <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 5566: <p>
5567:
5568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5569: <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 5570: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5571:
5572: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5573: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5574: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5575: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5576:
1.247 jufi 5577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5578: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5579: Sept. 28, 1999
5580: </strong></font><br>
5581:
5582: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5583: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5584: translating and reprinting articles from
5585: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5586: <p>
5587:
5588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5589: <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 5590: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5591:
5592: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5593: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5594: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5595: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5596: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5597: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5598: <p>
1.19 louis 5599:
1.113 naddy 5600: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5601: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5602: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5603:
5604: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5605: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5606: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5607: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5608: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5609: <p>
1.16 louis 5610:
1.247 jufi 5611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5612: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5613: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5614: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5615:
1.57 louis 5616: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5617: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5618: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5619: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5620:
1.247 jufi 5621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5622: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5623: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5624: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5625:
1.113 naddy 5626: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5627:
1.247 jufi 5628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5629: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5630: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5631: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5632:
1.23 louis 5633: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5634: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5635: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5636: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5637: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5638: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5639:
1.247 jufi 5640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5641: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5642: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5643: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5644:
1.199 pvalchev 5645: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5646: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5647: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5648: installation.
1.113 naddy 5649: <p>
1.47 louis 5650:
1.247 jufi 5651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5652: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5653: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5654: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5655:
1.301 jose 5656: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5657: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5658: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5659: </ul>
1.57 louis 5660:
1.69 deraadt 5661: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5662: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5663:
1.247 jufi 5664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5665: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5666: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5667: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5668:
5669: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5670: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5671: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5672: <p>
1.12 louis 5673:
1.247 jufi 5674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5675: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5676: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5677: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5678:
5679: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5680: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5681: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5682: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5683: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5684: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5685: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5686: <p>
1.247 jufi 5687: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5688:
1.69 deraadt 5689: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5690: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5691:
1.247 jufi 5692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5693: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5694: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5695:
5696: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5697: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5698: available."
1.113 naddy 5699: <p>
1.301 jose 5700:
5701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5702: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5703: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5704: </strong></font><br>
5705:
5706: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5707: <p>
1.247 jufi 5708: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5709:
1.69 deraadt 5710: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5711: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5712:
1.247 jufi 5713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5714: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5715: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5716:
5717: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5718: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5719: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5720: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5721: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5722: <p>
1.33 louis 5723:
1.247 jufi 5724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5725: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5726: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5727: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5728:
1.113 naddy 5729: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5730: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5731: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5732: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5733: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5734: <p>
1.247 jufi 5735: </ul>
1.57 louis 5736:
1.69 deraadt 5737: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5738: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5739:
1.247 jufi 5740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5741: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5742: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5743: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5744:
5745: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5746: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5747: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5748:
1.247 jufi 5749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5750: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5751: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5752: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5753: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5754:
5755: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5756: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5757:
1.247 jufi 5758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5759: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5760:
1.113 naddy 5761: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5762:
1.247 jufi 5763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5764: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5765: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5766: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5767:
5768: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5769: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5770: </ul>
1.23 louis 5771:
1.69 deraadt 5772: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5773: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5774:
1.247 jufi 5775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5776: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5777: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5778:
5779: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5780: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5781: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5782:
1.247 jufi 5783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5784: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5785: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5786: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5787:
5788: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5789: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5790: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5791: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5792: </ul>
1.57 louis 5793:
1.69 deraadt 5794: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5795: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5796:
1.247 jufi 5797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5798: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5799: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5800: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5801:
5802: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5803: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5804: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5805: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5806: <p>
1.15 louis 5807:
1.247 jufi 5808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5809: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5810: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5811: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5812:
5813: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5814: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5815: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5816: columns."
1.113 naddy 5817: <p>
1.247 jufi 5818: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5819:
1.69 deraadt 5820: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5821: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5822:
1.247 jufi 5823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5824: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5825: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5826: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5827:
5828: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5829: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5830:
1.113 naddy 5831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5832: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5833: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5834:
5835: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5836: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5837: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5838: </ul>
1.57 louis 5839:
1.69 deraadt 5840: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5841: <ul>
1.301 jose 5842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5843: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5844: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5845: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5846:
5847: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5848: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5849: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5850: <p>
5851:
5852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5853: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5854: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5855: Nov 13, 1998 and
5856: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5857: Datateknik</a>,
5858: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5859:
1.380 saad 5860: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5861: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5862: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5863: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5864: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5865:
1.113 naddy 5866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5867: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5868: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5869: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5870:
1.222 miod 5871: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5872: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5873: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5874: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5875: <p>
1.247 jufi 5876: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5877:
1.69 deraadt 5878: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5879: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5880:
1.247 jufi 5881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5882: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5883: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5884:
1.69 deraadt 5885: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5886: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5887: <p>
1.247 jufi 5888: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5889:
1.69 deraadt 5890: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5891: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5892:
1.247 jufi 5893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5894: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5895: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5896: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5897:
1.383 jcs 5898: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5899: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5900: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5901:
1.247 jufi 5902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5903: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5904: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5905: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5906: <p>
1.247 jufi 5907: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5908:
1.69 deraadt 5909: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5910: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5911:
1.247 jufi 5912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5913: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5914: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5915: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5916: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5917: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5918:
5919: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5920: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5921: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5922: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5923: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5924: <p>
1.247 jufi 5925: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5926:
5927: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5928: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5929:
1.247 jufi 5930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5931: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5932: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5933:
1.69 deraadt 5934: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5935: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5936: <p>
1.112 naddy 5937:
1.247 jufi 5938: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5939: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5940:
1.292 camield 5941: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5942: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5943: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.549 ! ian 5944: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.548 2006/11/04 18:45:58 saad Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5945:
5946: </body>
5947: </html>
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