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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.550 mbalmer 19: <h2>December, 2006</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.552 ian 23: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/29/01OPsecadvise_1.html">
1.553 ! ian 24: New Year's Resolution No. 1: Get OpenBSD</a>,
1.552 ian 25: InfoWorld, December 29, 2006
26: </strong></font><br>
27: InfoWorld's Security Advisor columnist Roger A. Grimes says:
28: "Kick off 2007 with a new, more secure operating system."
29: Citing OpenBSD's code-auditing security process and its
30: excellent security record, Grimes advises readers to give the system a try.
31: Despite repeating some old canards about the "unfriendly" install, he
32: notes favorably that
33: "OpenBSD is shipped secure-by-default, with all non-essential services disabled.
34: You won't find NFS, mountd, or Apache [httpd] enabled by default.
35: The /bin and /sbin folders will be emptier than other Linux or BSD distros.
36: Install OpenBSD and you can be assured that it doesn't default to an insecure state."
37: <p>
38:
39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.551 xsa 40: [GERMAN]
1.550 mbalmer 41: <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2007/01/074/">
42: OpenBSD 4.0 - Kanadische Eröffnung</a>
43: iX magazine, December 14, 2006
44: </strong></font><br>
45: The german IT magazine iX reviews the 4.0 release of OpenBSD and also mentions
46: why we don't support blobs and why this is beneficial to our users.
47: The article gives OpenBSD a very good rating for being strictly free software,
48: its swift installation, the support for upgrades, and the large number of
49: platforms and architectures it runs on.
50: <p>
51:
52: </ul>
53:
1.546 ian 54: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
55: <ul>
56:
1.549 ian 57: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
58: <a href='http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061110204834'>
59: Official support for OpenBSD in Parallels Workstation</a>
60: undeadly.org, November 10, 2006
61: </strong></font><br>
62: OpenBSD is now supported by Parallels, a commercial OS
63: virtualization product for Mac OS X, Linux or MS-Windows.
64: In addition to allowing users to run both OpenBSD and one of those other
65: systems concurrently, the announcement means that developers with Intel Mac
66: hardware can run multiple test systems; the Undeadly Editor adds:
67: "I've had up to six OpenBSD guest systems operating simultaneously,
68: versions 3.8 through 4.0 (and -current)."
69: This also reinforces the increasing commercial acceptance of our favorite OS.
70: <p>
71:
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
73: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/bsdtalk082-openbsd-developer-jason.html">
74: Interview with Jason Wright</a>, BSDTalk 82, November 8, 2006
75: </strong></font><br>
76: Jason talks about the OpenBSD development process (particularly for device drivers
77: and getting hardware documentation from vendors), Sun SPARC hardware (particularly
78: the Ultra III), ham radio (APRS) with OpenBSD, and more.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
82: <a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6132572.html'>
83: OpenBSD turns 4.0</a>
84: CNET News.com, November 3, 2006
85: </strong></font><br>
86: Stephen Shankland talks about the UltraSPARC III code in 4.0, and notes that
87: OpenBSD has chosen to stay with stable GCC versions rather than moving to
88: the latest and most bloated GCC versions like Linux did.
89: Quotes Theo as saying: OpenBSD doesn't aim for particular niches,
90: but it's popular in network applications... "The biggest
91: users of OpenBSD these days are people who need our fancy networking
92: features..."
93: <p>
94:
1.546 ian 95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
96: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
97: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
98: </strong></font><br>
99: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
100: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
101: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
102: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
103: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
104: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
105: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
106: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
107: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
108: several of the most important new features, evaluates
109: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
1.548 saad 110: He also offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
1.546 ian 111: the project even better.
112: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
113: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
114: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
115: the music behind it.
116: <p>
117:
1.547 ian 118: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
119: <a href='http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1243'>
120: Big changes with OpenBSD 4.0 out today</a>
121: Tectonic, November 1, 2006
122: </strong></font><br>
123: "With his characteristic no-frills approach OpenBSD team leader
124: Theo de Raadt this morning announced the release of OpenBSD 4.0."
125: This article lists the highlights of the 4.0 release and
126: tells readers where to order CD's or download the release.
127: Quotes Theo: ""We are pleased to announce the official release of
128: OpenBSD 4.0. This is our 20th release on CD-Rom (and 21st via FTP).
129: We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only a single
130: remote hole in the default install,"
131: <p>
132:
133: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
134: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8123.html'>
135: OpenBSD 4.0 released</a>
136: Ars Technica, November 1, 2006
137: </strong></font><br>
138: A short note about the 4.0 release; refers to the O'ReillyNet article below.
139: <p>
140:
1.546 ian 141: </ul>
142:
1.539 ian 143: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
144: <ul>
1.540 ian 145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ian 147: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
148: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
149: </strong></font><br>
150: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
151: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
1.548 saad 152: Topics include the new blob-free wireless drivers, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
1.546 ian 153: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
154: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
155: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
156: <p>
157:
158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 159: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
160: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
161: </strong></font><br>
162: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
163: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
164: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
165: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
166: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
167: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
168: for his many customers.
169: <p>
170:
171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 172: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
173: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
174: </strong></font><br>
175: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
176: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
177: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
178: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
179: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
180: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
181: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
182: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
183: also do."
184: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
185: seats already."
186: <p>
187:
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
189: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
190: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
191: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
192: </strong></font><br>
193: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
194: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
195: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
196: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
197: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
198: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
199: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
200: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
201: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
202: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
203: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
204: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
205: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
206: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
207: <p>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.541 ian 210: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
211: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
212: </strong></font><br>
213: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
214: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
215: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
216: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
217: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
218: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
219: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 220: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 224: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
225: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
226: </strong></font><br>
227: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
228: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
229: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
230: <br />
231: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
232: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
233: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
234: overflows and vulnerabilities."
235: <br />
236: And, Grimes generalizes,
237: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
238: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
239: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
240: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
241: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
242: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
243: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
244: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
245: happened."
246: Worth reading!
247: <p>
248:
1.539 ian 249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
250: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
251: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
252: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
253: </strong></font><br>
254: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
255: redistributable firmware from Intel.
256: <p>
257:
258: </ul>
259:
1.536 grunk 260: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
261: <ul>
262:
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 264: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
265: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
266: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
267: </strong></font><br>
268: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
269: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
270: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
271: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
272: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
273: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
274: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
275: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
276: for ages over these chipsets.
277: Quotes Theo as saying:
278: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
279: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
280: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
281: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
282: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
283: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
287: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
288: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
289: </strong></font><br>
290: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
291: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
292: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
293: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
294: <p>
295:
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 297: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
298: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
299: </strong></font><br>
300: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
301: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
302: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
303: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
304: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
305: <p>
306:
1.537 ian 307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
308: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
309: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
310: </strong></font><br>
311: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
312: (the official release date is November 1).
313: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
314: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
315: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
316: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
317: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 318: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 319: <p>
320:
1.536 grunk 321: </ul>
322:
1.534 ian 323: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
324: <ul>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 327: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
328: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
329: </strong></font><br>
330: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
331: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
332: as a guest operating system under
333: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
334: or "virtualization" system.
335: <p>
336:
337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 338: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
339: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
340: </strong></font><br>
341: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
342: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
343: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
344: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
345: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
346: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
347: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
348: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
349: <p>
350:
351: </ul>
352:
1.531 ian 353: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
354: <ul>
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
356: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
357: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
358: </strong></font><br>
359: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
360: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
361: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
362: The article quotes Theo as saying
363: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
364: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
365: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
366: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
367: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
368: and describes the funding issues as well.
369: <p>
370:
371: </ul>
372:
1.525 ian 373: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
374: <ul>
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 376: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 377: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
378: </strong></font><br>
379: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
380: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
381: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
382: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
383: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
384: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
385: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
386: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
387: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
388: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
389: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
390: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
391: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
392: <p>
393:
394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 395: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 396: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
397: </strong></font><br>
398: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
399: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
400: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
401: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
402: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
403: <p>
404:
1.526 ian 405: </ul>
1.525 ian 406:
1.514 ian 407: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
408: <ul>
1.524 ian 409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
410: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
411: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
412: </strong></font><br>
413: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
414: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
415: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
416: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
417: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
418: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
419: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
420: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
421: to make them useful.
422: <p>
1.518 ian 423:
424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 425: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 426: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
427: and
428: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 429: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 430: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 431: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 432: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 433: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
434: their plans for the week.
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 438: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
439: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
440: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
441: </strong></font><br>
442: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
443: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
444: <p>
445:
446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 447: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
448: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
449: </strong></font><br>
450: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
451: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
452: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
453: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 454: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 455: (introduced with 3.9).
456: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
457: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
458: <p>
459:
460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 461: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
462: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
463: </strong></font><br>
464: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
465: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
466: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
467: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
468: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
469: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
470: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
471: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
472: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
473: <p>
474:
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
476: [GERMAN]
477: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
478: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
479: </strong></font><br>
480: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
481: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 482: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 483: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
484: is connected to OpenBSD.
485: <p>
486:
1.514 ian 487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
488: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
489: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
490: </strong></font><br>
491: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
492: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
493: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 494: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 495: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 496: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 497: running this project) is so important to Theo,
498: and even why he does mountain biking!
499: <p>
500:
501: </ul>
502:
1.503 ian 503: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
504: <ul>
505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 506: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
507: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
508: </strong></font><br>
509: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
510: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
511: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
512: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
513: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
514: <blockquote>
515: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
516: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
517: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
518: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
519: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
520: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
521: </blockquote>
522: This is just plain cool."
523: <p>
524:
525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 526: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
527: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
528: </strong></font><br>
529: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
530: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
531: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 532: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 533: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
534: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
535: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
536: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
537: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
538: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 539: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 540: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
541: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 545: [GERMAN]
546: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
547: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
548: </strong></font><br>
549: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
550: are and why they are bad.
551: <p>
552:
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 554: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
555: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
556: </strong></font><br>
557: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
558: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
559: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
560: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
561: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
562: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
563: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
564: pages."
565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 568: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
569: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
570: </strong></font><br>
571: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
572: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
573: and continues:
574: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
575: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
576: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
577: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
578: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
579: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
580: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
581: and more. Final thought:
582: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
583: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
584: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
585: true for business environments."
586: <p>
587:
588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 589: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 590: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 591: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 592: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
593: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
594: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 595: for funding.
1.509 djm 596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 599: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
600: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
601: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
602: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
603: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
604: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
605: <p>
606:
607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 608: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
609: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
610: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
611: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
612: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
613: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
614: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
615: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
616: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
617: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
618: <br/>
1.529 ian 619: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 620: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 621: hostsearch.com</a> and
622: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
623: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 624: <p>
625:
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 627: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
628: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
629: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
630: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 631: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 632: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 633: is punctuated with examples.
634: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 635: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
636: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 637: and
1.535 steven 638: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 639: <p>
640:
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 642: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
643: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
644: </strong></font><br>
645: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
646: further OpenSSH development.
647: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
648: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
649: project's funding needs for all time.
650: <p>
1.504 bernd 651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
652: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
653: April 3, 2006
654: </strong></font><br>
655: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
656: this could compromise future hackathons.
657: <p>
1.503 ian 658:
659: </ul>
660:
1.487 ian 661: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
662: <ul>
1.495 ian 663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 664: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 665: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 666: </strong></font><br>
667: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
668: on topics including "Puffy",
669: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
670: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
671: what's new in 3.9,
672: and of course project expenses.
673: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
674: <!--
675: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
676: -->
677: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
678: <p>
679:
680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 681: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
682: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
683: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 684: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
685: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 686: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
687: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
688: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
689: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
690: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
691: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
692: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
693: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
694: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
695: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
696: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
697: but Matzan does - is that
698: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
699: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
700: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
701: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
702: <br/>
703: <p>
704:
705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
706: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
707: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
708: </strong></font><br>
709: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
710: "blob" drivers, and more.
711: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
712: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
713: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
714: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
715: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
716: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
717: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
718: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
719: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
720: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
721: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
722: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
723: <p>
724:
725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 726: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
727: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
728: </strong></font><br>
729: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
730: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
731: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
732: in general temperature and environmental issues.
733: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
734: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
735: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
736: other major operating systems." ...
737: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
738: machines running in
739: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
740: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
741: <p>
742:
743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
744: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
745: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
746: </strong></font><br>
747: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
748: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
749: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
750: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
751: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
752: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
753: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
754: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
755: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
756: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
757: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
758: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
759: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
760: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
761: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
762: <p>
763:
1.487 ian 764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 765: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
766: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
767: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 768: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 769: financial situation.
770: <p>
771:
772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 773: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
774: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
775: </strong></font><br>
776: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
777: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
778: produce our favorite operating system.
779: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
780: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
781: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
782: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
783: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 784: <br/>
785: Also online at
786: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
787: <p>
788:
789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
790: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
791: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
792: </strong></font><br>
793: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
794: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
795: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
796: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
797: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
798: sustain indefinitely."
799: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
800: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
801: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
802: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
803: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 804: <p>
805:
806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 807: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
808: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
809: </strong></font><br>
810: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
811: with a reminder that
812: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
813: used nowadays almost everywhere."
814: Ends with this quote from Marco:
815: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
816: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
817: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
818: <p>
819:
820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 821: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 822: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
823: </strong></font><br>
824: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
825: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
826: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
827: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
828: a few of them each year.
829: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
830: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
831: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
832: to the OpenBSD project.
833: It's time for them to do so.
834: <p>
835:
836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 837: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
838: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
839: </strong></font><br>
840: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
841: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
842: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
843: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
844: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
845: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
846: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
847: <p>
848:
849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 850: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
851: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 852: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
853: <!-- North America mirror:
854: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 855: -->
1.490 deraadt 856: European mirror:
857: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
858: <br>
859: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 860: <p>
861:
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 863: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
864: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 865: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 866: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
867: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
868: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
869: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
870: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
871: designed to provide reliability and security.
872: <p>
873:
874: </ul>
875:
1.485 ian 876: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
877: <ul>
878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 879: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
880: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
881: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 882: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 883: installations in about four minutes flat".
884: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
885: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 886: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 887: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
888: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
889: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
890: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
891: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
892: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
893: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
894: the steps in the article.
895: <p>
896:
897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 898: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
899: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
900: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
901: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
902: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
903: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
904: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
905: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
906: happening in real life.
907: <p>
908:
909: </ul>
910:
1.492 ian 911: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
912: <ul>
913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
914: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
915: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
916: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
917: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
918: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
919: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 920: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 921: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
922: </ul>
923:
1.483 ian 924: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
925: <ul>
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 927: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
928: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
929: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
930: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
931: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
932: <p>
933:
934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 935: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 936: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
937: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
938: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
939: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
940: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
941: to sites with more information on most topics.
942: <p>
943:
944: </ul>
945:
946:
1.479 grunk 947: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
948: <ul>
949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 950: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 951: Goes to Venice</a>,
952: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 953: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 954: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
955: <br/>
956: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
957: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
958: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 959: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 960: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
961: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
962: Contains a link to
963: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
964: pval's summary slides</a>.
965: <p>
966:
967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 968: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
969: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
970: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
971: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
972: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
973: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
974: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
975: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 976: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 977: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
978: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
979: the packages and ports system"</i>.
980: <p>
981:
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
983: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
984: Return of The BSDs</a>,
985: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
986: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
987: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
988: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
989: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
990: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
991: quotes from Bob Beck.
992: <p>
993:
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 995: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
996: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
997: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 998: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
999: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 1000: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
1001: and Linux.<br>
1002: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
1003: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
1004: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
1005: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
1006: of the release
1007: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
1008: <p>
1009: </ul>
1010:
1.476 ian 1011: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
1012: <ul>
1013:
1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1015: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
1016: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
1017: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
1018: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
1019: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
1020: and too unreliable.
1021: This quote will rattle some cages:
1022: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
1023: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
1024: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
1025: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
1026: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
1027: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
1028: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
1029: costs without any commercial lock-in."
1030: <p>
1031:
1.477 saad 1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1033: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
1034: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
1035: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1036: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1037: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
1038: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
1039: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
1040: discussion about future plans.
1041: <p>
1042:
1.478 grunk 1043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1044: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
1045: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
1046: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
1047: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
1048: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
1049: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
1050: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
1051: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
1052: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
1053: <p>
1054:
1.476 ian 1055: </ul>
1056:
1.470 saad 1057: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
1058: <ul>
1059:
1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 1061: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
1062: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
1063: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1064: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
1065: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
1066: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
1067: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
1068: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
1069: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
1070: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
1071: <p>
1072:
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 1074: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
1075: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
1076: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
1077: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
1078: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
1079: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
1080: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
1081: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
1082: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
1083: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
1084: <p>
1085:
1086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1087: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
1088: Big debate over small packets</a>,
1089: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
1090: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
1091: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
1092: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
1093: draft.
1094: <p>
1095:
1096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1097: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1098: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1099: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1100: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1101: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1102: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1103: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1104: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1105: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1106: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1107: <p>
1108:
1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1110: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1111: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1112: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1113: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1114: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1115: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1116: performance data with pfstat.
1117: <p>
1118:
1119: </ul>
1120:
1.461 grunk 1121: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1122: <ul>
1123:
1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1125: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1126: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1127: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1128: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1129: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1130: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1131: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1132: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1133: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1134: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1135: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1136: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1137: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1138: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1139: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1140: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1141: <p>
1142:
1143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1144: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1145: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1146: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1147: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1148: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1149: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1150: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1151: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1152: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1153: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1154: <p>
1155:
1156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1157: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1158: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1159: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1160: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1161: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1162: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1163: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1164: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1165: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1166: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1167: commercial vendors.
1168: <p>
1169:
1170: </ul>
1171:
1.454 ian 1172: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1173: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1174:
1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1176: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1177: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1178: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1179: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1180: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1181: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1182: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1183: <br>
1184: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1185: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1186: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1187: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1188: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1189: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1190: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1191: <p>
1192:
1.454 ian 1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1194: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1195: Free Bird</a>,
1196: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1197: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1198: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1199: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1200: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1201: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1202: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1203: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1204: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1205: room will only be available in the print edition.
1206: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1207:
1.458 niallo 1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1209: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1210: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1211: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1212: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1213: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1214: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1215: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1216: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1217: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1218:
1.456 niallo 1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1220: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1221: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1222: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1223: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1224: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1225: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1226: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1227: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1228: interview.</a>
1229: <p>
1230:
1231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1232: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1233: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1234: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1235: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1236: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1237: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1238: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1239: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1240: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1241: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1242: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1243: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1244: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1245: "I have never used it."
1246: <p>
1247:
1248: </ul>
1249:
1.441 deraadt 1250: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1251: <ul>
1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1253: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1254: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1255: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1256: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1257: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1258: future enhancements.
1259: <p>
1260:
1261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1262: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1263: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1264: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1265: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1266: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1267: North America mirror:
1268: <ul>
1.452 marco 1269: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1270: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1271: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1272: </ul>
1273: European mirror:
1274: <ul>
1.452 marco 1275: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1276: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1277: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1278: </ul>
1279: <p>
1280:
1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1282: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1283: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1284: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1285: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1286: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1287: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1288: <p>
1289:
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1291: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1292: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1293: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1294: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1295: first-hand account.
1296: <p>
1297:
1298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1299: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1300: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1301: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1302: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1303: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1304: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1305: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1306: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1307: <p>
1308:
1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1310: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1311: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1312: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1313: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1314: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1315: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1316: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1317: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1318: <p>
1319:
1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1321: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1322: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1323: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1324: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1325: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1326: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1327: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1328: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1329: <p>
1330:
1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1332: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1333: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1334: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1335: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1336: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1337: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1338: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1339: <p>
1340:
1341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1342: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1343: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1344: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1345: </strong></font><br>
1346: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1347: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1348: with OpenBSD.
1349: </ul>
1350:
1.436 henning 1351: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1352: <ul>
1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1354: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1355: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1356: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1357: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1358: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1359: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1360: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1361: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1362: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1363: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1364: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1365: <p>
1366: This article can also be found online as
1367: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1368: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1369: <p>
1370:
1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1372: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1373: </strong></font><br>
1374: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1375: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1376: <p>
1377:
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1379: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1380: </strong></font><br>
1381: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1382: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1383: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1384: the issues we had with IETF.
1385: </ul>
1386:
1.431 ian 1387: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1388: <ul>
1389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1390: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1391: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1392: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1393: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1394: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1395: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1396: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1397: <p>
1398:
1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1400: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1401: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1402: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1403: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1404: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1405: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1406: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1407: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1408: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1409: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1410: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1411: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1412: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1413: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1414: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1415:
1416: </ul>
1417:
1.427 matthieu 1418: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1419: <ul>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1422: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1423: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1424: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1425: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1426: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1427: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1428: firmware.
1.434 ian 1429: Similar articles can be found online at:
1430: <ul>
1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1432: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1433: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1434: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1436: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1437: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1438: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1440: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1441: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1442: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1444: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1445: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1446: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1447: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1448: </ul>
1449:
1.426 ian 1450: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1451: <ul>
1452:
1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1454: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1455: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1456: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1457: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1458: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1459: mechanism: what it is and why and
1460: how to use it, with examples.
1461: Another excerpt from the book
1462: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1463: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1464: <p>
1465:
1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1467: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1468: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1469: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1470: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1471: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1472: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1473: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1474: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1475: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1476: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1477: This article is a sample chapter from
1478: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1479: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1480: <p>
1.443 ian 1481:
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1483: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1484: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1485: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1486: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1487: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1488: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1489: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1490: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1491: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1492: ends with a sidebar on security.
1493: <p>
1.426 ian 1494: </ul>
1495:
1.424 ian 1496: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1497: <ul>
1498:
1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1500: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1501: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1502: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1503: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1504: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1505: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1506: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1507: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1508: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1509: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1510: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1511: <p>
1512: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1513: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1514: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1515: <p>
1516:
1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1518: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1519: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1520: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1521: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1522: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1523: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1524: operating systems.
1525: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1526: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1527: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1528: systems, he writes:
1529: <blockquote>
1530: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1531: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1532: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1533: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1534: to the operating system...
1535: <br/>
1536: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1537: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1538: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1539: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1540: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1541: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1542: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1543: in a closed source operating system).
1544: <br/>
1545: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1546: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1547: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1548: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1549: </blockquote>
1550: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1551: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1552: their hardware and software operates.
1553: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1554: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1555: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1556: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1557: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1558: <p>
1559: </ul>
1560:
1.417 pvalchev 1561: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1562: <ul>
1.421 ian 1563:
1.417 pvalchev 1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1565: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1566: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1567: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1568: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1569: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1570: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1571: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1572: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1573: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1574: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1575: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1576: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1577: <p>
1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1579: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1580: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1581: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1582: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1583: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1584: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1585: it claims to do".
1586: <p>
1587:
1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1589: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1590: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1591: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1592: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1593: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1594: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1595: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1596: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1597: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1598: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1599: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1600: (yes, this is a hint).
1601: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1602: picked up on the
1603: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1604: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1605: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1606: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1607: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1608: <p>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1611: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1612: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1613: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1614: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1615: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1616: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1617: the current efforts.
1618: <p>
1619: </ul>
1620:
1.407 henning 1621: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1622: <ul>
1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1624: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1625: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1626: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1627: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1628: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1629: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1630: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1631: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1632: <p>
1633:
1634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1635: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1636: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1637: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1638: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1639: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1640: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1641: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1642: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1643: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1644: <p>
1.415 ian 1645:
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1647: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1648: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1649: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1650: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1651: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1652: overflow attacks... because
1653: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1654: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1655: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1656: and propolice.
1657: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1658: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1659: and that's when the science falls apart."
1660: <p>
1661:
1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1663: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1664: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1665: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1666: Starts with the question:
1667: <blockquote>
1668: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1669: <br/>
1670: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1671: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1672: <br/>
1673: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1674: Should we believe them?"
1675: </blockquote>
1676: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1677: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1678: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1679: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1680: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1681: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1682: <p>
1683:
1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1685: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1686: Simple Simon</a>,
1687: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1688: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1689: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1690: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1691: routing/firewall, and more.
1692: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1693: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1694: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1695: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1696: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1697: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1698: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1699: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1700: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1701: </blockquote>
1702: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1703: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1704: <p>
1705:
1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1707: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1708: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1709: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1710: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1711: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1712: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1713: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1714: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1715: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1716: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1717: in spite of it
1718: (registration required, but worth it).
1719: <p>
1720:
1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1722: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1723: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1724: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1725: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1726: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1727: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1728: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1729: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1730: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1731: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1732: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1733: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1734: <p>
1735:
1736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1737: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1738: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1739: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1740: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1741: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1742: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1743: <blockquote>
1744: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1745: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1746: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1747: a lot of analysis.
1748: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1749: </blockquote>
1750: <p>
1751: </ul>
1752:
1.400 marco 1753: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1754: <ul>
1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1756: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1757: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1758: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1759: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1760: UNIX-like systems.
1761: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1762: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1763: <p>
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1765: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1766: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1767: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1768: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1769: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1770: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1771: At one point, the article states:
1772: <blockquote>
1773: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1774: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1775: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1776: </blockquote>
1777: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1778: <blockquote>
1779: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1780: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1781: </blockquote>
1782: <p>
1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1784: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1785: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1786: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1787: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1788: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1789: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1790: required).
1791: <p>
1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1793: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1794: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1795: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1796: </strong></font><br>
1797: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1798: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1799: <p>
1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1801: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1802: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1803: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1804: </strong></font><br>
1805: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1806: <p>
1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1808: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1809: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1810: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1811: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1812: 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 1813: <p>
1814: </ul>
1815:
1.396 henning 1816: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1817: <ul>
1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1819: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1820: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1821: Unix Review, July, 2004
1822: </strong></font><br>
1823: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1824: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1825: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1826: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1827: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1828: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1829: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1830: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1831: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1832: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1833: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1834: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1835: and even spelling/wording errors.
1836: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1837: <p>
1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1839: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1840: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1841: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1842: </strong></font><br>
1843: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1844: <p>
1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1846: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1847: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1848: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1849: </strong></font><br>
1850: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1851: <p>
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1853: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1854: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1855: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1856: </strong></font><br>
1857: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1858: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1859: <p>
1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1861: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1862: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1863: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1864: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1865: <p>
1866: </ul>
1867:
1.405 jolan 1868: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1869: <ul>
1.545 tom 1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1871: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1872: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1873: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1874: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1875: details on how funds are dispersed.
1876: <p>
1877: </ul>
1878:
1.393 david 1879: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1880: <ul>
1881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1882: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1883: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1884: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1885: </strong></font><br>
1886: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1887: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1888: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1889: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1890: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1891: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1892: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1893: <p>
1894:
1895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1896: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1897: Secure by Default</a>,
1898: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1899: </strong></font><br>
1900: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1901: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1902: <p>
1903:
1904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1905: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1906: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1907: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1908: </strong></font><br>
1909: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1910: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1911: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1912: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1913: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1914: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1915: <p>
1916:
1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1918: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1919: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1920: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1921: </strong></font><br>
1922: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1923: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1924: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1925: <p>
1926:
1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1928: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1929: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1930: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1931: </strong></font><br>
1932: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1933: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1934: <p>
1935: </ul>
1936:
1.388 mcbride 1937: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1938: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1939:
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1941: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1942: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1943: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
1944: </strong></font><br>
1945: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
1946: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
1947: available for sparc64.
1948: <p>
1949:
1.390 beck 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1951: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
1952: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
1953: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
1954: </strong></font><br>
1955: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
1956: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
1957: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
1958: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
1959: <p>
1960:
1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 1962: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
1963: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 1964: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 1965: </strong></font><br>
1966: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
1967: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
1968: it does: CARP provides sharing
1969: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
1970: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
1971: detail to get you started using it.
1972: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
1973: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
1974: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
1975: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
1976: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
1977: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
1978: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 1979: <p>
1.391 ian 1980:
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 1982: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 1983: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
1984: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 1985: </strong></font><br>
1986: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 1987: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 1988: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 1989: <p>
1.388 mcbride 1990:
1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1992: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
1993: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 1994: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 1995: </strong></font><br>
1996: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
1997: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
1998: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
1999: unencumbered by patents.
2000: <p>
2001: </ul>
2002:
1.378 henning 2003: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
2004: <ul>
1.384 jose 2005:
2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 2007: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
2008: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
2009: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
2010: </strong></font><br>
2011: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
2012: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
2013: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
2014: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
2015: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
2016: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
2017: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
2018: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
2019: in the page tables."
2020: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
2021: <p>
2022:
2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2024: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
2025: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
2026: </strong></font><br>
2027: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
2028: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
2029: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
2030: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 2031: <p>
1.384 jose 2032:
1.378 henning 2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2034: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
2035: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 2036: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
2037: </strong></font><br>
2038: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
2039: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
2040: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
2041: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
2042: (quote:
2043: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
2044: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 2045: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 2046: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
2047: the other developers for their work on the system.
2048: <p>
2049:
2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2051: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
2052: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
2053: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 2054: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 2055: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
2056: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
2057: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
2058: too.
2059: <p>
2060:
2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 2062: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
2063: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 2064: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 2065: OpenBSD source code using
2066: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
2067: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
2068: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
2069: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
2070: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
2071: <p>
2072: </ul>
2073:
1.374 jose 2074: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
2075: <ul>
2076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 2077: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 2078: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
2079: </strong></font><br>
2080: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
2081: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
2082: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
2083: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
2084: it."
2085: <p>
2086:
2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 2088: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
2089: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
2090: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
2091: </strong></font><br/>
2092: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
2093: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
2094: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
2095: <p>
2096: </ul>
2097:
1.369 ian 2098: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2099: <ul>
2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2101: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2102: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2103: </strong></font><br/>
2104: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2105: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2106: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2107: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2108: <p>
2109:
2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2111: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2112: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2113: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2114: </strong></font><br/>
2115: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2116: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2117: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2118: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2119: form factor.
2120: <p>
2121:
2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2123: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2124: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2125: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2126: Features</a>,
2127: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2128: </strong></font><br/>
2129: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2130: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2131: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2132: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2133: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2134: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2135: <p>
2136: This article can also be found online at:
2137: <ul>
2138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2139: <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 2140: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2141: </strong></font>
2142: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2143: </ul>
2144: <p>
1.392 david 2145:
1.371 jose 2146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2147: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2148: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2149: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2150: </strong></font><br/>
2151: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2152: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2153: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2154: <p>
1.371 jose 2155:
2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2157: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2158: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2159: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2160: </strong></font><br/>
2161: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2162: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2163: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2164: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2165: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2166: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2167: and its history with OpenBSD.
2168: </ul>
2169:
1.368 henning 2170: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2171: <ul>
2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2173: [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 2174: </strong></font><br>
2175: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2176: </ul>
2177:
1.364 jose 2178: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2179: <ul>
2180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2181: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2182: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2183: UNIX Review,
2184: July, 2003.
2185: </strong></font><br>
2186: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2187: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2188: who want more information.
2189: <p>
2190:
2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2192: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2193: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2194: Government Computer News,
2195: July 22, 2003.
2196: </strong></font><br>
2197: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2198: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2199: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2200: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2201: <p>
2202:
2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2204: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2205: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2206: SANS Institute,
2207: July 22, 2003.
2208: </strong></font><br>
2209: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2210: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2211: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2212: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2213: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2214: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2215: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2216: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2217: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2218: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2219: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2220: <p>
2221:
2222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2223: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2224: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2225: OnLamp.com,
2226: July 17, 2003.
2227: </strong></font><br>
2228: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2229: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2230: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2231: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2232: have been working on.
2233:
2234: </ul>
2235:
1.356 jose 2236: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2237: <ul>
2238:
2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2240: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2241: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2242: UNIX Review,
2243: June, 2003.
2244: </strong></font><br>
2245: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2246: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2247: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2248: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2249: <p>
2250:
2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2252: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2253: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2254: eWeek,
2255: June 23, 2003.
2256: </strong></font><br>
2257: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2258: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2259: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2260: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2261: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2262: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2263: <p>
2264:
2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2266: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2267: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2268: Software Development Online,
2269: June, 2003.
2270: </strong></font><br>
2271: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2272: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2273: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2274: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2275: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2276: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2277: current activities.
2278: <p>
2279:
2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2281: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2282: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2283: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2284: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2285: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2286: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2287: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2288: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2289: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2290: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2291: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2292: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2293: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2294: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2295: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2296: decisions.
2297: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2298: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2299: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2300: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2301: <p>
2302:
2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2304: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2305: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2306: Page 58, eWeek,
2307: June 2, 2003.
2308: </strong></font><br>
2309: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2310: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2311: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2312: been addressed in -current.
2313: <p>
2314:
1.356 jose 2315: </ul>
2316:
2317: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2318: <ul>
2319:
1.355 jose 2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2321: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2322: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2323: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2324: </strong></font><br>
2325: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2326: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2327: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2328: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2329: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2330: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2331: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2332: <p>
2333:
2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2335: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2336: Beyond Linux</a>,
2337: InfoWorld,
2338: May 23, 2003.
2339: </strong></font><br>
2340: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2341: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2342: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2343: compared to the GPL.
2344: <p>
2345:
2346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2347: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2348: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2349: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2350: May 17, 2003.
2351: </strong></font><br>
2352: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2353: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2354: the business section and half of another page inside
2355: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2356: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2357: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2358: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2359: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2360: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2361: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2362: <br>
2363: This article can also be found online at:
2364: <ul>
2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2366: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2367: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2368: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2369: May 17, 2003
2370: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2371: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2373: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2374: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2375: Montreal Gazette,
2376: May 21, 2003
2377: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2378: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2379: <p>
1.346 ian 2380:
2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2382: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2383: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2384: May 7, 2003.
2385: </strong></font><br>
2386: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2387: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2388: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2389: <p>
2390:
2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2392: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2393: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2394: OsOpinion,
2395: May 6, 2003.
2396: </strong></font><br>
2397: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2398: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2399: <br>
2400: This article can also be found online at:
2401: <ul>
2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2403: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2404: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2405: NewsFactor Network.
2406: </strong></font>
2407: </ul>
2408: <p>
2409:
2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2411: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2412: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2413: ITBusiness,
2414: May 2, 2003.
2415: </strong></font><br>
2416: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2417: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2418: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2419: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2420: <p>
2421:
2422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2423: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2424: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2425: InfoWorld,
2426: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2427: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2428: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2429: <br>
2430: This article can also be found online at:
2431: <ul>
2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2433: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2434: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2435: IDG Singapore.
2436: </strong></font>
2437: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2438: <p>
2439:
1.339 jose 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2441: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2442: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2443: ZDNet,
2444: May 1, 2003.
2445: </strong></font><br>
2446: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2447: someone using parts from previous articles.
2448: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2449: This article can also be found online at:
2450: <ul>
2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2452: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2453: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2454: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2455: </strong></font>
2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2457: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2458: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2459: CNET News.com.
2460: </strong></font>
2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2462: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2463: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2464: ZDNet UK.
2465: </strong></font>
2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2467: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2468: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2469: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2470: </strong></font>
2471: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2472: <p>
1.339 jose 2473:
1.341 deraadt 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2475: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2476: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2477: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2478: May 1, 2003.
2479: </strong></font><br>
2480: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2481: that have been added
2482: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2483: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2484: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2485: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2486: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2487: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2488: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2489: <p>
2490:
2491: </ul>
2492:
1.253 ian 2493: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2494: <ul>
1.255 ian 2495:
1.260 ian 2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2497: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2498: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2499: TechRepublic,
2500: April 28, 2003.
2501: </strong></font><br>
2502: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2503: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2504: work.<br>
2505: Can also be found online at:
2506: <ul>
2507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2508: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2509: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2510: ZDNet UK.
2511: </strong></font>
2512: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2513: <p>
2514:
2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2516: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2517: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2518: IDG,
2519: April 24, 2003.
2520: </strong></font><br>
2521: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2522: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2523: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2524: Can also be found online at:
2525: <ul>
2526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2527: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2528: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2529: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2530: </strong></font>
2531: </ul>
2532: <p>
2533:
2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2535: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2536: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2537: Slate,
2538: April 24, 2003.
2539: </strong></font><br>
2540: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2541: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2542: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2543: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2544: <p>
2545:
2546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2547: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2548: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2549: April 24, 2003.
2550: </strong></font><br>
2551: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2552: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2553: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2554: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2555: <p>
2556:
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2558: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2559: April 24, 2003.
2560: </strong></font><br>
2561: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2562: the free software community".
2563: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2564: other articles.
2565: <p>
2566:
2567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2568: <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 2569: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2570: </strong></font><br>
2571: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2572: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2573: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2574: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2575: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2576: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2577: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2578: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2579: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2580: <br/>
2581: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2582: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2583: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2584: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2585: <br>
2586: Can also be found online at:
2587: <ul>
2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2589: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2590: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2591: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2592: </strong></font>
2593: </ul>
1.324 ian 2594: <p>
2595:
2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2597: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2598: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2599: </strong></font><br>
2600: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2601: article above.
2602: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2603: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2604: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2605: <br>
2606: Can also be found online at:
2607: <ul>
2608: <li>
2609: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2610: </strong></font>
2611: </ul>
1.324 ian 2612: <p>
2613:
2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2615: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2616: </strong></font><br>
2617: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2618: <p>
2619:
2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2621: <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.
2622: </strong></font><br>
2623: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2624: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2625: <p>
2626:
2627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2628: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2629: April 23, 2003.
2630: </strong></font><br>
2631: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2632: <p>
2633:
2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2635: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2636: April 22, 2003.
2637: </strong></font><br>
2638: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2639: <p>
2640:
2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2642: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2643: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2644: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2645: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2646: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2647: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2648: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2649: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2650: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2651: Can also be found online at:
2652: <ul>
2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2654: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2655: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2656: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2657: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2659: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2660: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2661: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2662: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2663: </ul>
2664: <p>
2665:
2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2667: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2668: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2669: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2670: </strong></font><br>
2671: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2672: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2673: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2674: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2675: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2676: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2677: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2678: <p>
2679:
2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2681: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2682: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2683: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2684: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2685: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2686: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2687: at UPenn and DARPA.
2688: <p>
2689:
2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2691: [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,
2692: France
1.315 deraadt 2693: April 18, 2003.
2694: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2695: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2696: <p>
2697:
2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2699: [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 2700: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2701: </strong></font><br>
2702: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2703: <p>
2704:
2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2706: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2707: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2708: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2709: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2710: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2711: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2712: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2713: <p>
2714:
2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2716: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2717: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2718: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2719: </strong></font><br>
2720: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2721: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2722: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2723: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2724: <p>
2725:
2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2727: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2728: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2729: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2730: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2731: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2732: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2733: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2734: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2735: Can also be found online at:
2736: <ul>
2737: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2738: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2739: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2740: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2741: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2742: <p>
2743:
2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2745: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2746: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2747: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2748: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2749: </strong></font><br>
2750: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2751: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2752: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2753: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2754: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2755:
2756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2757: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2758: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2759: New York Times.
2760: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2761:
1.273 deraadt 2762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2763: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2764: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2765: ABC News.
2766: </strong></font>
2767:
2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2769: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2770: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2771: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2772: </strong></font>
2773:
2774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2775: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2776: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2777: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2778: </strong></font>
2779:
2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2781: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2782: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2783: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2784: </strong></font>
2785:
2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2787: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2788: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2789: Times Daily, AL.
2790: </strong></font>
2791:
2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2793: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2794: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2795: Boston.com, MA.
2796: </strong></font>
2797:
2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2799: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2800: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2801: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2802: </strong></font>
2803:
2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2805: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2806: [Article was pulled]</a>
2807: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2808: </strong></font>
2809:
2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2811: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2812: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2813: Infoshop News.
2814: </strong></font>
2815:
2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2817: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2818: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2819: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2820: </strong></font>
2821:
2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2823: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2824: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2825: Raleigh News, NC.
2826: </strong></font>
2827:
2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2829: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2830: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2831: Napa News, CA.
2832: </strong></font>
2833:
2834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2835: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2836: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2837: NEPA News, PA.
2838: </strong></font>
2839:
2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2841: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2842: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2843: Wired News.
2844: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2845: <br>
2846: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2847: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2848: [JAPANESE]
2849: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2850: Wired News Japan</a>
2851: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2852:
1.271 deraadt 2853: </ul>
2854: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2855: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2856: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2857: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2858: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2859: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2860: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2861: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2862: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2863: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2864: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2865: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2866: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2867: <p>
2868: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2869:
2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2871: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2872: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2873: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2874: </strong></font>
2875:
2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2877: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2878: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2879: Miami Herald, FL.
2880: </strong></font>
2881:
2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2883: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2884: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2885: </strong></font>
2886:
2887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2888: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2889: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2890: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2891: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2892:
2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2894: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2895: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2896: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2897: ABC News.
2898: </strong></font>
2899:
1.276 deraadt 2900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2901: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2902: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2903: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2904: </strong></font>
2905:
1.286 dhartmei 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2907: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2908: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2909: Wilmington Star, NC.
2910: </strong></font>
2911:
1.300 jose 2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2913: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2914: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2915: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2916: </strong></font>
2917:
1.309 jose 2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2919: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2920: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2921: Globe Technology.
2922: </strong></font>
2923:
1.263 deraadt 2924: </ul>
1.262 beck 2925: <p>
2926:
2927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2928: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2929: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2930: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2931: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2932: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2933: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2934: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2935: <p>
2936:
2937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2938: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2939: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2940: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2941: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2942: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2943: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
2944: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
2945: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
2946: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
2947: and simply restates other press reports.
2948: <p>
2949:
2950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 2951: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
2952: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2953: OS News, April 18, 2003.
2954: </strong></font><br>
2955: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
2956: <p>
2957:
2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 2959: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
2960: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2961: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 2962: </strong></font><br>
2963: Another report on the DARPA funding.
2964: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
2965: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
2966: <p>
2967:
2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 2969: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
2970: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
2971: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
2972: April 17, 2003.
2973: </strong></font><br>
2974: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
2975: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
2976: Tech Anthems</a>
2977: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
2978: 4 so far.
2979: <p>
2980:
2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 2982: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
2983: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2984: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 2985: </strong></font><br>
2986: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
2987: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
2988: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
2989: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
2990: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
2991: Goes on to say:
2992: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
2993: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
2994: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
2995: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 2996: This article is also found online at:
2997: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2999: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
3000: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
3001: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3002: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3004: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
3005: ZDnet</a>,
3006: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3007: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3009: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
3010: ZDnet Australia</a>,
3011: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 3012: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 3013: </ul>
1.260 ian 3014: <p>
1.279 deraadt 3015:
1.260 ian 3016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3017: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 3018: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 3019: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3020: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 3021: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 3022: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
3023: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
3024: without notice or justification.
3025: <p>
3026:
3027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3028: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 3029: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 3030: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3031: </strong></font><br>
3032: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
3033: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 3034: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 3035: effective today, without any warning..."
3036: <p>
1.257 ian 3037:
3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 3039: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
3040: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3041: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 3042: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 3043: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
3044: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
3045: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
3046: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
3047: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 3048: <p>
3049:
3050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 3051: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
3052: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3053: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 3054: </strong></font><br>
3055: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
3056: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
3057: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
3058: quoting two of them:
3059: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
3060: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
3061: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
3062: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
3063: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
3064: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
3065: <p>
3066:
1.255 ian 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3068: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
3069: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 3070: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3071: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 3072: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 3073: <p>
3074:
3075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 3076: [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 3077: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3078: </strong></font><br>
3079: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3080: <p>
3081:
3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 3083: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
3084: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3085: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 3086: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 3087: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 3088: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
3089: security experts for more than three decades."
3090: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
3091: <p>
1.261 ian 3092:
1.254 drahn 3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 3094: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 3095: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3096: </strong></font><br>
3097: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3098: <p>
3099:
3100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3101: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3102: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3103: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3104: </strong></font><br>
3105: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3106: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3107: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3108: <p>
3109:
3110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3111: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3112: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3113: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3114: </strong></font><br>
3115: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3116: from US DARPA.
3117: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3118: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3119: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3120: the BSD license.
3121: <p>
3122: </ul>
3123:
1.251 ian 3124: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3125: <ul>
3126:
3127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3128: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3129: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3130: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3131: </strong></font><br>
3132:
3133: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3134: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3135: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3136: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3137: <p>
3138:
3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3140: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3141: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3142: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3143: </strong></font><br>
3144: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3145: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3146: Mentions
3147: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3148: and
3149: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3150: programs.
3151: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3152: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3153: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3154: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3155: <p>
1.325 ian 3156: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3157: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3158:
3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3160: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3161: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3162: </strong></font><br>
3163: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3164: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3165: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3166: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3167: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3168: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3169: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3170: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3171: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3172: put into service."
3173: <p>
3174: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3175: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3176: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3177: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3178: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3179: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3180: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3181: computers with security features."
3182: <p>
1.329 ian 3183:
3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3185: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3186: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3187: Slate,
3188: March 3, 2003.
3189: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3190: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3191: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3192: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3193: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3194: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3195: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3196: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3197: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3198: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3199: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3200: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3201: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3202: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3203: of more secure open-source solutions like
3204: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3205: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3206: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3207: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3208: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3209: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3210: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3211: the Beltway."
3212: <p>
1.251 ian 3213: </ul>
3214:
1.249 jufi 3215: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3216: <ul>
3217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3218: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3219: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3220: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3221: </strong></font><br>
3222: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3223: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3224: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3225: <p>
1.334 ian 3226:
3227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3228: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3229: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3230: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3231: </strong></font><br>
3232: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3233: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3234: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3235: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3236: "... the hypothetical question ...
3237: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3238: <br>
3239: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3240: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3241: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3242: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3243: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3244: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3245: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3246: support network security.
3247: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3248: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3249: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3250: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3251: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3252: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3253: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3254: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3255: <br>
3256: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3257: <p>
3258:
1.249 jufi 3259: </ul>
3260:
1.246 jufi 3261: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3262: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3263:
1.247 jufi 3264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3265: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3266: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3267: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3268: </strong></font><br>
3269: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3270: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3271: <p>
3272:
1.247 jufi 3273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3274: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3275: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3276: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3277: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3278: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3279: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3280: <p>
3281:
3282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3283: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3284: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3285: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3286: </strong></font><br>
3287: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3288: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3289: <p>
1.247 jufi 3290: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3291:
1.244 jufi 3292: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3293: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3294:
1.247 jufi 3295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3296: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3297: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3298: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3299: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3300: </strong></font><br>
3301: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3302: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3303: md5 digests.
3304: <p>
3305:
1.247 jufi 3306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3307: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3308: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3309: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3310: </strong></font><br>
3311: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3312: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3313: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3314: right the first time."
3315: <p>
1.247 jufi 3316: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3317:
3318:
3319: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3320: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3321:
1.247 jufi 3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3323: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3324: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3325: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3326: </strong></font><br>
3327: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3328: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3329: part 6</a>.
3330: <p>
3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3333: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3334: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3335: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3336: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3337: </strong></font><br>
3338: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3339: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3340: <p>
1.301 jose 3341:
3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3343: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3344: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3345: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3346: </strong></font><br>
3347:
3348: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3349: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3350: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3351: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3352: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3353: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3354: <i>Here's the
3355: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3356: <p>
1.247 jufi 3357: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3358:
3359: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3360: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3361:
1.247 jufi 3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3363: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3364: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3365: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3366: </strong></font><br>
3367: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3368: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3369: <p>
3370:
1.247 jufi 3371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3372: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3373: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3374: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3375: </strong></font><br>
3376: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3377: this time using pf.
3378: <p>
1.247 jufi 3379: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3380:
3381: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3382: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3383:
1.247 jufi 3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3385: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3386: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3387: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3388: </strong></font><br>
3389: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3390: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3391: their rotation.
3392: <p>
3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3395: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3396: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3397: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3398: </strong></font><br>
3399: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3400: <p>
1.247 jufi 3401: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3402:
1.239 jufi 3403: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3404: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3407: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3408: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3409: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3410: </strong></font><br>
3411: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3412: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3413: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3414: <p>
3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3417: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3418: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3419: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3420: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3421: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3422: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3423: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3424: <p>
1.247 jufi 3425: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3426:
1.235 lebel 3427: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3428: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3429:
1.239 jufi 3430:
1.247 jufi 3431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3432: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3433: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3434: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3435: </strong></font><br>
3436: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3437: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3438: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3439: <p>
1.301 jose 3440:
1.247 jufi 3441: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3442:
1.228 horacio 3443: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3444: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3445:
1.247 jufi 3446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3447: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3448: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3449: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3450: </strong></font><br>
3451: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3452: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3453: <p>
3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3456: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3457: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3458: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3459: </strong></font><br>
3460: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3461: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3462: <p>
3463:
1.247 jufi 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3465: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3466: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3467: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3468: </strong></font><br>
3469: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3470: on the desktop of his parents.
3471: <p>
3472:
1.247 jufi 3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3474: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3475: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3476: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3477: </strong></font><br>
3478: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3479: using IPFilter.
3480:
3481: <p>
3482:
1.247 jufi 3483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3484: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3485: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3486: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3487: </strong></font><br>
3488: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3489: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3490: perspectives of the four OS.
3491: <br>
3492: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3493: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3494: <p>
3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3497: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3498: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3499: software and security</a>,
3500: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3501: </strong></font><br>
3502:
3503: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3504: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3505: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3506: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3507: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3508: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3509: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3510: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3511: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3512: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3513: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3514: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3515: <p>
1.247 jufi 3516: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3517:
1.225 horacio 3518: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3519: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3520:
1.247 jufi 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3522: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3523: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3524: Interview</a>,
3525: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3526: </strong></font><br>
3527:
3528: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3529: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3530: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3531: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3532: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3533: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3534: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3535: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3536: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3537: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3538: of choice.
3539: <p>
1.247 jufi 3540: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3541:
3542: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3543: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3546: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3547: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3548: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3549: </strong></font><br>
3550:
3551: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3552: <p>
3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3555: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3556: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3557: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3558: </strong></font><br>
3559:
3560: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3561: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3562: <p>
1.247 jufi 3563: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3564:
1.218 horacio 3565: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3566: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3567:
1.247 jufi 3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3569: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3570: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3571: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3572: </strong></font><br>
3573:
3574: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3575: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3576: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3577: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3578: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3579: subjects. Worth a read.
3580: <p>
3581:
3582:
1.247 jufi 3583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3584: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3585: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3586: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3587: </strong></font><br>
3588:
3589: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3590: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3591: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3592: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3593: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3594: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3595: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3596: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3597: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3598: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3599: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3600: on other operating systems.<br>
3601: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3602: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3603: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3604: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3605: <p>
3606:
1.247 jufi 3607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3608: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3609: Operating System 2010</a>,
3610: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3611: </strong></font><br>
3612:
3613: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3614: covering the level of software integration into the core
3615: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3616: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3617: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3618: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3619: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3620: <p>
3621:
1.247 jufi 3622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3623: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3624: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3625: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3626: </strong></font><br>
3627:
3628: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3629: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3630: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3631: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3632: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3633: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3634: <p>
1.247 jufi 3635: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3636:
1.210 jufi 3637: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3638: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3639:
1.247 jufi 3640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3641: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3642: Already a Contender</a>,
3643: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3644: </strong></font><br>
3645:
3646: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3647: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3648: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3649: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3650: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3651: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3652: <p>
3653:
1.247 jufi 3654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3655: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3656: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3657: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3658: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3659:
1.224 horacio 3660: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3661: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3662: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3663: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3664: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3665: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3666: <p>
1.247 jufi 3667: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3668:
3669: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3670: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3673: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3674: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3675: Division</a>,
3676: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3677: </strong></font><br>
3678:
3679: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3680: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3681: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3682: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3683: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3684: investment</em>.<br>
3685: The implementation details can be seen on their
3686: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3687: <p>
3688:
1.247 jufi 3689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3690: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3691: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3692: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3693: </strong></font><br>
3694:
3695: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3696: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3697: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3698: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3699: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3700: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3701: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3702: <p>
3703:
3704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3705: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3706: Thinking about Security</a>,
3707: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3708: </strong></font><br>
3709:
3710: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3711: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3712: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3713: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3714: to time.<br>
3715: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3716: system and just the most secure system.
3717: <p>
3718:
1.247 jufi 3719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3720: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3721: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3722: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3723: </strong></font><br>
3724:
3725: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3726: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3727: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3728: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3729: choice:<br>
3730: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3731: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3732: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3733: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3734: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3735: network security devices and as such must be well
3736: armored."</em><br>
3737: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3738: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3739: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3740: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3741: <br>
3742: Bravo!
3743: <p>
1.247 jufi 3744: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3745:
1.207 ian 3746: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3747: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3748:
1.247 jufi 3749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3750: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3751: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3752: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3753:
1.207 ian 3754: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3755: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3756: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3757: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3758: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3759: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3760: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3761: <p>
1.247 jufi 3762: </ul>
1.207 ian 3763:
1.194 jufi 3764: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3765: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3766:
1.247 jufi 3767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3768: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3769: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3770: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3771: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3772:
1.240 miod 3773: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3774: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3775: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3776: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3777: <p>
3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3780: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3781: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3782: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3783:
3784: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3785: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3786: <p>
3787:
3788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3789: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3790: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3791: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3792:
3793: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3794: <p>
3795:
3796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3797: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3798: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3799: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3800: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3801:
1.240 miod 3802: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3803: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3804: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3805: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3806: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3807: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3808: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3809: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3810: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3811: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3812: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3813: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3814: <p>
3815:
1.247 jufi 3816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3817: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3818: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3819: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3820: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3821:
1.194 jufi 3822: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3823: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3824: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3825: <br>
3826: The new
3827: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3828: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3829: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3830: <p>
1.247 jufi 3831: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3832:
1.190 horacio 3833: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3834: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3837:
3838: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3839: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3840:
1.301 jose 3841:
1.191 jufi 3842: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3843: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3844:
3845: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3846: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3847:
1.212 horacio 3848: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3849: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3850: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3851:
1.211 horacio 3852: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3853: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3854: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3855:
1.247 jufi 3856: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3857: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3860: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3861:
1.212 horacio 3862: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3863: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3864: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3865:
3866: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3867: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3868:
3869: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3870: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3871:
1.301 jose 3872: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3873: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3874:
1.191 jufi 3875: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3876: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3877:
3878: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3879: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3880:
1.192 jufi 3881: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3882: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3883: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3884:
1.193 deraadt 3885: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3886: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3887: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3888:
1.247 jufi 3889: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3890: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3893: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3894: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3895:
1.213 horacio 3896: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3897: 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 3898: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3899:
1.190 horacio 3900: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3901: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3902: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3903: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3904: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3905: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3906: <p>
1.190 horacio 3907:
1.247 jufi 3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3909: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3910: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3911: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3912: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3913:
1.195 jufi 3914: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3915: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3916: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3917: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3918: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3919: <p>
3920:
1.247 jufi 3921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3922: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3923: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3924: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3925: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3926:
1.191 jufi 3927: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3928: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3929: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3930: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3931: <p>
3932:
3933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3934: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3935: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3936: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3937:
3938: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3939: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3940: <p>
1.247 jufi 3941: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3942:
1.191 jufi 3943:
1.186 jufi 3944: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3945: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 3948: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 3949: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
3950: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 3951: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 3952:
1.188 jufi 3953: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 3954: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 3955: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 3956: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
3957: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 3958: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 3959: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 3960: <p>
3961:
1.301 jose 3962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3963: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3964: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3965: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3966:
3967: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3968: <p>
1.191 jufi 3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 3971: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
3972: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3973: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 3974: </strong></font><br>
3975:
3976: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
3977: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
3978: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
3979: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
3980: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
3981: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
3982: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
3983: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
3984: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
3985: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
3986: familiar?
3987: <p>
1.247 jufi 3988: </ul>
1.191 jufi 3989:
1.178 louis 3990: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3991: <ul>
1.178 louis 3992:
1.247 jufi 3993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 3994: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 3995: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
3996: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 3997: </strong></font><br>
3998:
3999: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
4000: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
4001: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
4002: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
4003: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
4004: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
4005: <p>
4006:
1.247 jufi 4007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4008: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
4009: Open source under the hood</a>,
4010: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 4011: </strong></font><br>
4012:
4013: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
4014: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
4015: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
4016: <p>
4017:
1.247 jufi 4018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4019: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
4020: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
4021: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 4022: </strong></font><br>
4023:
4024: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
4025: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
4026: <p>
1.247 jufi 4027: </ul>
1.179 louis 4028:
1.174 louis 4029:
1.175 louis 4030: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4031: <ul>
1.175 louis 4032:
1.247 jufi 4033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4034: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
4035: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
4036: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 4037: </strong></font><br>
4038:
4039: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
4040: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
4041: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
4042: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
4043: <p>
4044:
1.247 jufi 4045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4046: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
4047: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
4048: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 4049: </strong></font><br>
4050:
4051: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 4052: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 4053: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
4054: <p>
1.247 jufi 4055: </ul>
1.175 louis 4056:
1.176 louis 4057:
1.172 mickey 4058: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4059: <ul>
1.172 mickey 4060:
1.247 jufi 4061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4062: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
4063: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 4064: </strong></font><br>
4065:
4066: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
4067: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
4068: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 4069: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 4070: <p>
4071:
1.247 jufi 4072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 4073: <a
1.269 deraadt 4074: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
4075: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
4076: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 4077: </strong></font><br>
4078:
4079: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
4080: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
4081: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
4082: <p>
4083:
1.247 jufi 4084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4085: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 4086: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
4087: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 4088: </strong></font><br>
4089:
4090: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
4091: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
4092: <p>
4093:
1.247 jufi 4094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4095: <a
1.269 deraadt 4096: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4097: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4098: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4099: </strong></font><br>
4100:
4101: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4102: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4103: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4104: our own Theo de Raadt.
4105: <p>
4106:
1.247 jufi 4107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4108: <a
1.269 deraadt 4109: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4110: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4111: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4112: </strong></font><br>
4113:
4114: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4115: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4116: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4117: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4118: shut down.]
4119: <p>
4120:
1.247 jufi 4121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4122: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4123: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4124: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4125: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4126: </strong></font><br>
4127:
4128: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4129: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4130: <p>
1.247 jufi 4131: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4132:
1.161 louis 4133: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4134: <ul>
1.161 louis 4135:
1.247 jufi 4136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4137: <a
1.269 deraadt 4138: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4139: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4140: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4141: </strong></font><br>
4142:
4143: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4144: by John Wolley
4145: <p>
4146:
1.247 jufi 4147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4148: <a
1.269 deraadt 4149: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4150: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4151: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4152: </strong></font><br>
4153:
4154: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4155: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4156: OpenBSD).
4157: <p>
4158:
1.247 jufi 4159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4160: <a
1.247 jufi 4161: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4162: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4163: </strong></font><br>
4164:
4165: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4166: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
4167: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
4168: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4169: and hindsight.
4170: <p>
4171:
1.247 jufi 4172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4173: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4174: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4175: </strong></font><br>
4176:
4177: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4178: <p>
4179:
1.247 jufi 4180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4181: <a
1.168 provos 4182: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4183: December 7, 2000
4184: </strong></font><br>
4185:
4186: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4187: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4188: us explain.
4189: <p>
4190:
1.247 jufi 4191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4192: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4193: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4194: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4195: December 6, 2000
4196: </strong></font><br>
4197:
4198: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4199: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4200: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4201: <p>
4202:
1.247 jufi 4203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4204: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4205: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4206: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4207: </strong></font><br>
4208:
4209: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4210: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4211: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4212: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4213: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4214: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4215: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4216: <p>
4217:
4218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4219: <a
1.226 horacio 4220: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4221: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4222: </strong></font><br>
4223:
4224: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4225: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4226: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4227: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4228: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4229: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4230: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4231: <p>
1.162 millert 4232:
1.247 jufi 4233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4234: <a
1.161 louis 4235: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4236: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4237: </strong></font><br>
4238:
4239: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4240: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4241: <p>
4242:
1.247 jufi 4243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4244: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4245: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4246: </strong></font><br>
4247:
4248: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4249: <p>
4250:
4251:
1.247 jufi 4252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4253: <a
1.226 horacio 4254: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4255: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4256: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4257: </strong></font><br>
4258:
4259: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4260: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4261: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4262: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4263: <p>
1.247 jufi 4264: </ul>
1.169 louis 4265:
1.158 louis 4266: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4267: <ul>
1.147 louis 4268:
1.247 jufi 4269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4270: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4271: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4272: </strong></font><br>
4273:
4274: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4275: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4276: <p>
4277:
1.247 jufi 4278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4279: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4280: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4281: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4282: </strong></font><br>
4283: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4284: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4285: <p>
4286:
1.247 jufi 4287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4288: <a
4289: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4290: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4291: </strong></font><br>
4292:
4293: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4294: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4295: <p>
4296:
1.247 jufi 4297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4298: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4299: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4300: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4301:
1.213 horacio 4302: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4303: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4304: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4305: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4306: <p>
1.215 horacio 4307:
1.247 jufi 4308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4309: <a
4310: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4311: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4312: </strong></font><br>
4313:
4314: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4315: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4316: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4317: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4318: much of the attitude too).
4319: <p>
1.161 louis 4320:
1.247 jufi 4321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4322: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4323: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4324: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4325:
1.157 louis 4326: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4327: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4328: <p>
1.247 jufi 4329: </ul>
1.157 louis 4330:
4331: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4332: <ul>
1.157 louis 4333:
1.247 jufi 4334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4335: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4336: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4337: </strong></font><br>
4338:
4339: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4340: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4341: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4342: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4343: <p>
4344:
1.247 jufi 4345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4346: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4347: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4348: </strong></font><br>
4349:
4350: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4351: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4352: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4353: it because they love coding...
4354: <p>
4355:
1.247 jufi 4356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4357: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4358: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4359: </strong></font><br>
4360:
4361: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4362: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4363: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4364: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4365: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4366: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4367: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4368: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4369: <p>
4370:
1.247 jufi 4371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4372: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4373: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4374: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4375: </strong></font><br>
4376:
4377: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4378: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4379: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4380: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4381: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4382: the pizza.
4383: <p>
4384:
1.247 jufi 4385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4386: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4387: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4388: </strong></font><br>
4389:
4390: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4391: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4392: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4393: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4394: problems.
4395: <p>
4396:
1.247 jufi 4397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4398: <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 4399: </strong></font><br>
4400:
1.222 miod 4401: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4402: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4403: - whether they like it or not.
4404: <p>
4405:
1.247 jufi 4406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4407: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4408: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4409: </strong></font><br>
4410:
4411: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4412: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4413: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4414: <p>
1.148 aaron 4415:
1.247 jufi 4416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4417: <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 4418: </strong></font><br>
4419:
4420: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4421: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4422: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4423: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4424: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4425: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4426: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4427: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4428: <p>
4429:
1.247 jufi 4430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4431: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4432: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4433: </strong></font><br>
4434:
4435: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4436: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4437: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4438: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4439: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4440: <p>
1.247 jufi 4441: </ul>
1.147 louis 4442:
1.138 louis 4443: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4444: <ul>
1.138 louis 4445:
1.247 jufi 4446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4447: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4448: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4449: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4450: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4451: </strong></font><br>
4452:
1.227 horacio 4453: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4454: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4455: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4456: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4457: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4458: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4459: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4460: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4461: <p>
4462:
1.247 jufi 4463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4464: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4465: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4466: </strong></font><br>
4467:
4468: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4469: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4470: groups, and even Linux.
4471: <p>
4472:
1.247 jufi 4473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4474: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4475: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4476: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4477: </strong></font><br>
4478:
4479: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4480: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4481: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4482: library after installing the OS.
4483: <p>
4484:
1.247 jufi 4485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4486: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4487: Sys Admin, September 2000
4488: </strong></font><br>
4489:
4490: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4491: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4492: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4493: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4494: (<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>,
4495: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4496: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4497: <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 4498: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4499: out of the system.
4500: <p>
4501:
1.247 jufi 4502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4503: <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
4504: </strong></font><br>
4505:
4506: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4507: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4508: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4509: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4510: the IP filtering and address translation.
4511: <p>
1.301 jose 4512:
4513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4514: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4515: </strong></font><br>
4516:
4517: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4518: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4519: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4520: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4521: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4522: <p>
1.247 jufi 4523: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4524:
1.131 louis 4525: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4526: <ul>
1.131 louis 4527:
1.247 jufi 4528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4529: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4530: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4531: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4532: </strong></font><br>
4533:
4534: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4535: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4536: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4537: <p>
4538:
1.247 jufi 4539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4540: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4541: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4542: </strong></font><br>
4543:
4544: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4545: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4546: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4547: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4548: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4549: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4550: note of"</i>.
4551: <p>
4552:
1.247 jufi 4553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4554: <a
1.247 jufi 4555: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4556: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4557: </strong></font><br>
4558:
4559: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4560: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4561: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4562: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4563: <p>
4564:
1.247 jufi 4565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4566: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4567: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4568: </strong></font><br>
4569:
4570: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4571: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4572: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4573: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4574: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4575: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4576: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4577: <p>
4578:
1.247 jufi 4579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4580: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4581: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4582: 2000
4583: </strong></font><br>
4584:
4585: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4586: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4587: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4588: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4589: against current industry practices.
4590: <p>
4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4593: <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
4594: </strong></font><br>
4595:
4596: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4597: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4598: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4599: <p>
4600:
1.247 jufi 4601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4602: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4603: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4604: </strong></font><br>
4605:
4606: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4607: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4608: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4609: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4610: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4611: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4612: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4613: <p>
4614:
1.247 jufi 4615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4616: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4617: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4618: </strong></font><br>
4619:
4620: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4621: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4622: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4623: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4624: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4625: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4626: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4627: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4628: <p>
1.247 jufi 4629: </ul>
1.131 louis 4630:
1.118 louis 4631: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4632: <ul>
1.118 louis 4633:
1.247 jufi 4634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4635: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4636: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4637: </strong></font><br>
4638:
4639: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4640: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4641: about time. The article mentions that
4642: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4643: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4644: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4645: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4646: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4647: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4648: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4649: <p>
4650:
1.247 jufi 4651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4652: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4653: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4654: </strong></font><br>
4655:
4656: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4657: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4658: of OpenSSH.
4659: <p>
4660:
1.247 jufi 4661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4662: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4663: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4664: </strong></font><br>
4665:
4666: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4667: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4668: bridging.
4669: <p>
4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4672: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4673: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4674: </strong></font><br>
4675:
1.121 deraadt 4676: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4677: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4678: <p>
4679:
1.247 jufi 4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4681: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4682: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4683: </strong></font><br>
4684:
4685: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4686: <p>
4687:
1.247 jufi 4688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4689: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4690: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4691: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4692: </strong></font><br>
4693:
1.120 deraadt 4694: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4695: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4696: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4697: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4698: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4699: <p>
4700:
1.247 jufi 4701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4702: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4703: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4704: </strong></font><br>
4705:
1.222 miod 4706: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4707: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4708: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4709: protocols and their quirks.
4710: <p>
4711:
1.247 jufi 4712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4713: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4714: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4715: </strong></font><br>
4716:
4717: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4718: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4719: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4720: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4721: <p>
4722:
1.247 jufi 4723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4724: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4725: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4726: </strong></font><br>
4727:
4728: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4729: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4730: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4731: <p>
4732:
1.247 jufi 4733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4734: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4735: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4736: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4737: </strong></font><br>
4738:
4739: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4740: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4741: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4742: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4743: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4744: <p>
1.247 jufi 4745: </ul>
1.118 louis 4746:
1.104 louis 4747: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4748: <ul>
1.104 louis 4749:
1.247 jufi 4750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4751: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4752: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4753: </strong></font><br>
4754:
4755: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4756: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4757: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4758: be a bit dry.
4759: <p>
4760:
1.247 jufi 4761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4762: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4763: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4764: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4765: </strong></font><br>
4766: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4767: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4768: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4769: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4770: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4771: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4772: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4773: <p>
4774:
1.247 jufi 4775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4776: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4777: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4778: 2000
1.128 louis 4779: </strong></font><br>
4780:
4781: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4782: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4783: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4784: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4785: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4786: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4787: <p>
4788:
1.247 jufi 4789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4790: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4791: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4792: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4793:
4794: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4795: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4796: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4797: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4798: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4799: <p>
1.110 louis 4800:
1.247 jufi 4801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4802: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4803: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4804: </strong></font><br>
4805:
4806: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4807: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4808: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4809: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4810: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4811: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4812: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4813: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4814: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4815: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4816: <p>
4817:
1.247 jufi 4818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4819: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4820: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4821:
4822: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4823: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4824: <p>
1.108 louis 4825:
1.247 jufi 4826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4827: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4828: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4829: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4830:
4831: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4832: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4833: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4834: <p>
1.106 louis 4835:
1.247 jufi 4836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4837: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4838: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4839: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4840:
4841: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4842: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4843: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4844: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4845: <p>
1.107 louis 4846:
1.247 jufi 4847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4848: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4849: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4850: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4851:
4852: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4853: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4854: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4855: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4856: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4857: <p>
1.105 louis 4858:
1.247 jufi 4859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4860: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4861: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4862: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4863:
1.113 naddy 4864: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4865: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4866: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4867: <p>
1.104 louis 4868:
1.247 jufi 4869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4870: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4871: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4872: </strong></font><br>
4873:
4874: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4875: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4876: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4877: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4878: <p>
1.301 jose 4879:
4880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4881: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4882: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4883: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4884:
4885: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4886: hardware-supported cryptography.
4887: <p>
1.247 jufi 4888: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4889:
1.85 louis 4890: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4891: <ul>
1.85 louis 4892:
1.247 jufi 4893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4894: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4895: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4896: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4897:
4898: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4899: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4900: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4901: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4902: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4903: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4904: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4905: <p>
1.99 louis 4906:
1.247 jufi 4907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4908: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4909: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4910: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4911:
4912: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4913: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4914: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4915: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4916: <p>
1.100 louis 4917:
1.247 jufi 4918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4919: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4920: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4921: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4922:
4923: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4924: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4925: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4926: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4927: <p>
1.95 louis 4928:
1.247 jufi 4929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4930: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4931: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4932: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4933:
4934: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4935: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4936: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4937: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4938: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4939: <p>
1.92 louis 4940:
1.247 jufi 4941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4942: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4943: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4944: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 4945:
4946: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
4947: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
4948: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
4949: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
4950: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
4951: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 4952: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 4953: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 4954: <p>
1.91 louis 4955:
1.247 jufi 4956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4957: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
4958: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 4959: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 4960:
4961: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
4962: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
4963: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
4964: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
4965: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
4966: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
4967: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
4968: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
4969: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 4970: <p>
1.90 louis 4971:
1.247 jufi 4972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4973: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
4974: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
4975: </strong></font><br>
4976: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
4977: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
4978: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
4979: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
4980: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
4981: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
4982: <p>
4983:
1.247 jufi 4984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 4985: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
4986: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4987: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 4988:
1.113 naddy 4989: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
4990: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 4991: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
4992: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
4993: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
4994: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
4995: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 4996: <p>
1.87 louis 4997:
1.247 jufi 4998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 4999: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
5000: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 5001: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5002:
5003: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 5004: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 5005: <p>
1.85 louis 5006:
1.247 jufi 5007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5008: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
5009: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
5010: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
5011:
5012: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
5013: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
5014: <p>
5015:
5016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 5017: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
5018: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5019: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 5020:
5021: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 5022: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 5023: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
5024: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 5025: <p>
1.89 louis 5026:
1.247 jufi 5027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5028: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 5029: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5030: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5031:
5032: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
5033: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
5034: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
5035: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
5036: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 5037: </ul>
1.85 louis 5038:
1.78 deraadt 5039: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5040: <ul>
1.74 louis 5041:
1.247 jufi 5042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5043: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 5044: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 5045: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 5046: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5047:
5048: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
5049: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
5050: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5051: <p>
1.83 louis 5052:
1.247 jufi 5053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 5054: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
5055: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5056: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 5057:
5058: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
5059: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 5060: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 5061: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
5062: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 5063: <p>
1.93 louis 5064:
1.247 jufi 5065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5066: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
5067: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
5068: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5069: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 5070:
1.83 louis 5071: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
5072: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
5073: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
5074: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
5075: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 5076: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
5077: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
5078: <p>
1.82 aaron 5079:
1.247 jufi 5080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5081: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 5082: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5083: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 5084:
1.83 louis 5085: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
5086: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
5087: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 5088: <p>
1.80 louis 5089:
1.247 jufi 5090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5091: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 5092: Bad Press</a>,
5093: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 5094: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 5095:
5096: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5097: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5098: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5099: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5100: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5101: <p>
1.247 jufi 5102: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5103:
5104: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5105: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5106:
1.247 jufi 5107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5108: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5109: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5110: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5111: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5112:
5113: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5114: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5115: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5116: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5117: <p>
1.74 louis 5118:
1.247 jufi 5119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5120: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5121: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5122: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5123:
1.219 horacio 5124: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5125: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5126: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5127: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5128: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5129: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5130: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5131: <p>
1.88 louis 5132:
1.247 jufi 5133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5134: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5135: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5136: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5137:
5138: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5139: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5140: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5141: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5142: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5143: <p>
1.81 louis 5144:
1.247 jufi 5145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5146: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5147: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5148: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5149:
5150: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5151: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5152: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5153: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5154: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5155: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5156: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5157: <p>
1.90 louis 5158:
1.247 jufi 5159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5160: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5161: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5162: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5163:
5164: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5165: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5166: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5167: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5168: <p>
1.247 jufi 5169: </ul>
1.71 louis 5170:
1.69 deraadt 5171: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5172: <ul>
1.70 louis 5173:
1.247 jufi 5174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5175: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5176: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5177: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5178:
5179: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5180: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5181: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5182: <p>
1.70 louis 5183:
1.247 jufi 5184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5185: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5186: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5187: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5188:
5189: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5190: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5191: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5192: <p>
1.68 louis 5193:
1.247 jufi 5194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5195: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5196: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5197: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5198: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5199:
1.111 jufi 5200: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5201: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5202: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5203: "secure by default" installation.
5204: <p>
1.64 louis 5205:
1.247 jufi 5206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5207: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5208: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5209: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5210:
1.113 naddy 5211: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5212: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5213: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5214: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5215: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5216: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5217: <p>
1.66 louis 5218:
1.247 jufi 5219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5220: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5221: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5222: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5223:
5224: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5225: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5226: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5227: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5228: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5229: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5230: <p>
1.83 louis 5231:
1.247 jufi 5232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5233: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5234: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5235: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5236:
5237: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5238: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5239: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5240: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5241: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5242: <p>
1.64 louis 5243:
1.247 jufi 5244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5245: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5246: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5247: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5248:
5249: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5250: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5251: <p>
1.301 jose 5252:
5253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5254: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5255: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5256: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5257: </strong></font><br>
5258:
5259: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5260: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5261: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5262: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5263: Giving way to
5264: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5265: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5266: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5267: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5268: <p>
1.247 jufi 5269: </ul>
1.65 louis 5270:
1.69 deraadt 5271: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5272: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5273:
1.247 jufi 5274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5275: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5276: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5277: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5278:
5279: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5280: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5281: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5282: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5283: <p>
1.88 louis 5284:
1.247 jufi 5285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5286: <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 5287: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5288:
5289: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5290: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5291: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5292: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5293: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5294: <p>
1.60 louis 5295:
1.247 jufi 5296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5297: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5298: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5299: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5300: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5301:
5302: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5303: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5304: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5305: <p>
1.58 louis 5306:
1.247 jufi 5307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5308: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5309: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5310:
5311: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5312: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5313: <p>
1.53 louis 5314:
1.247 jufi 5315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5316: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5317: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5318: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5319:
5320: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5321: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5322: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5323: <p>
1.99 louis 5324:
1.247 jufi 5325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5326: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5327: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5328:
5329: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5330: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5331: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5332: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5333: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5334:
1.247 jufi 5335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5336: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5337: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5338: </strong></font><br>
5339:
5340: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5341: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5342: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5343: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5344: <p>
5345:
1.247 jufi 5346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5347: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5348: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5349: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5350:
5351: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5352: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5353: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5354:
1.247 jufi 5355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5356: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5357: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5358:
5359: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5360: in
1.247 jufi 5361: <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 5362: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5363: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5364: <p>
1.53 louis 5365:
1.247 jufi 5366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5367: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5368: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5369: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5370: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5371:
1.58 louis 5372: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5373: <p>
1.301 jose 5374:
5375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5376: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5377: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5378: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5379: Informacyjny, January 2000
5380: </strong></font><br>
5381:
5382: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5383: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5384: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5385: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5386: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5387: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5388: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5389: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5390: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5391: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5392: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5393: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5394: <p>
5395:
5396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5397: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5398: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5399: </strong></font><br>
5400:
5401: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5402: <p>
5403: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5404:
1.69 deraadt 5405: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5406: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5407:
1.247 jufi 5408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5409: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5410: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5411: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5412: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5413:
1.58 louis 5414: Kurt Seifried
5415: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5416: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5417: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5418: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5419:
1.247 jufi 5420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5421: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5422: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5423: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5424:
5425: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5426: <p>
1.96 louis 5427:
1.247 jufi 5428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5429: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5430: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5431: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5432: </strong></font><br>
5433:
5434: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5435: <p>
5436:
5437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5438: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5439: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5440: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5441:
5442: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5443: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5444: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5445: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5446: <p>
1.247 jufi 5447: </ul>
1.86 louis 5448:
1.69 deraadt 5449: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5450: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5451:
1.247 jufi 5452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5453: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5454: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5455: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5456:
5457: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5458: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5459: <p>
1.61 louis 5460:
1.247 jufi 5461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5462: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5463: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5464: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5465: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5466:
5467: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5468: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5469: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5470: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5471: right -- or at least strives to".
5472: <p>
1.48 louis 5473:
1.247 jufi 5474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5475: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5476: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5477: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5478: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5479: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5480: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5481: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5482: <p>
1.61 louis 5483:
1.247 jufi 5484: <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 5485: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5486: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5487:
5488: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5489: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5490: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5491: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5492: <p>
1.46 louis 5493:
1.247 jufi 5494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5495: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5496: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5497: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5498:
5499: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5500: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5501: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5502:
1.247 jufi 5503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5504: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5505: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5506: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5507:
5508: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5509: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5510: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5511: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5512: <p>
1.247 jufi 5513: </ul>
1.70 louis 5514:
1.69 deraadt 5515: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5516: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5517:
1.247 jufi 5518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5519: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5520: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5521: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5522: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5523:
5524: Kurt Seifried
5525: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5526: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5527: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5528: <p>
1.44 philen 5529:
1.247 jufi 5530: <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 5531: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5532: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5533:
5534: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5535: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5536:
1.247 jufi 5537: <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 5538: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5539: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5540:
5541: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5542: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5543:
1.247 jufi 5544: <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 5545: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5546: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5547:
5548: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5549: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5550: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5551: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5552: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5553:
1.247 jufi 5554: <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 5555: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5556: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5557:
1.36 louis 5558: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5559: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5560:
1.247 jufi 5561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5562: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5563: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5564: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5565:
5566: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5567: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5568: </ul>
1.38 louis 5569:
1.69 deraadt 5570: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5571: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5572:
1.247 jufi 5573: <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 5574: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5575: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5576:
5577: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5578: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5579: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5580:
1.113 naddy 5581: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5582: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5583: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5584: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5585:
5586: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5587: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5588: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5589: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5590: <blockquote>
5591: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5592: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5593: <br>
5594: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5595: </code>
5596: </blockquote>
5597: <p>
5598:
1.247 jufi 5599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5600: <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 5601: <p>
5602:
5603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5604: <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 5605: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5606:
5607: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5608: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5609: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5610: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5611:
1.247 jufi 5612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5613: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5614: Sept. 28, 1999
5615: </strong></font><br>
5616:
5617: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5618: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5619: translating and reprinting articles from
5620: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5621: <p>
5622:
5623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5624: <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 5625: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5626:
5627: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5628: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5629: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5630: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5631: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5632: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5633: <p>
1.19 louis 5634:
1.113 naddy 5635: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5636: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5637: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5638:
5639: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5640: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5641: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5642: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5643: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5644: <p>
1.16 louis 5645:
1.247 jufi 5646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5647: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5648: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5649: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5650:
1.57 louis 5651: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5652: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5653: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5654: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5655:
1.247 jufi 5656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5657: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5658: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5659: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5660:
1.113 naddy 5661: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5662:
1.247 jufi 5663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5664: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5665: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5666: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5667:
1.23 louis 5668: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5669: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5670: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5671: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5672: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5673: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5674:
1.247 jufi 5675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5676: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5677: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5678: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5679:
1.199 pvalchev 5680: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5681: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5682: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5683: installation.
1.113 naddy 5684: <p>
1.47 louis 5685:
1.247 jufi 5686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5687: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5688: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5689: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5690:
1.301 jose 5691: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5692: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5693: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5694: </ul>
1.57 louis 5695:
1.69 deraadt 5696: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5697: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5698:
1.247 jufi 5699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5700: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5701: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5702: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5703:
5704: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5705: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5706: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5707: <p>
1.12 louis 5708:
1.247 jufi 5709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5710: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5711: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5712: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5713:
5714: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5715: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5716: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5717: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5718: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5719: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5720: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5721: <p>
1.247 jufi 5722: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5723:
1.69 deraadt 5724: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5725: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5726:
1.247 jufi 5727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5728: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5729: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5730:
5731: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5732: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5733: available."
1.113 naddy 5734: <p>
1.301 jose 5735:
5736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5737: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5738: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5739: </strong></font><br>
5740:
5741: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5742: <p>
1.247 jufi 5743: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5744:
1.69 deraadt 5745: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5746: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5747:
1.247 jufi 5748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5749: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5750: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5751:
5752: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5753: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5754: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5755: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5756: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5757: <p>
1.33 louis 5758:
1.247 jufi 5759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5760: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5761: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5762: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5763:
1.113 naddy 5764: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5765: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5766: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5767: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5768: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5769: <p>
1.247 jufi 5770: </ul>
1.57 louis 5771:
1.69 deraadt 5772: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5773: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5774:
1.247 jufi 5775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5776: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5777: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5778: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5779:
5780: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5781: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5782: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5783:
1.247 jufi 5784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5785: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5786: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5787: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5788: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5789:
5790: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5791: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5792:
1.247 jufi 5793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5794: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5795:
1.113 naddy 5796: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5797:
1.247 jufi 5798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5799: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5800: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5801: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5802:
5803: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5804: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5805: </ul>
1.23 louis 5806:
1.69 deraadt 5807: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5808: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5809:
1.247 jufi 5810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5811: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5812: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5813:
5814: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5815: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5816: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5817:
1.247 jufi 5818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5819: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5820: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5821: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5822:
5823: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5824: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5825: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5826: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5827: </ul>
1.57 louis 5828:
1.69 deraadt 5829: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5830: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5831:
1.247 jufi 5832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5833: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5834: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5835: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5836:
5837: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5838: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5839: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5840: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5841: <p>
1.15 louis 5842:
1.247 jufi 5843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5844: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5845: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5846: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5847:
5848: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5849: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5850: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5851: columns."
1.113 naddy 5852: <p>
1.247 jufi 5853: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5854:
1.69 deraadt 5855: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5856: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5857:
1.247 jufi 5858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5859: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5860: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5861: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5862:
5863: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5864: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5865:
1.113 naddy 5866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5867: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5868: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5869:
5870: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5871: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5872: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5873: </ul>
1.57 louis 5874:
1.69 deraadt 5875: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5876: <ul>
1.301 jose 5877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5878: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5879: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5880: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5881:
5882: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5883: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5884: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5885: <p>
5886:
5887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5888: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5889: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5890: Nov 13, 1998 and
5891: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5892: Datateknik</a>,
5893: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5894:
1.380 saad 5895: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5896: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5897: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5898: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5899: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5900:
1.113 naddy 5901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5902: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5903: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5904: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5905:
1.222 miod 5906: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5907: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5908: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5909: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5910: <p>
1.247 jufi 5911: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5912:
1.69 deraadt 5913: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5914: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5915:
1.247 jufi 5916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5917: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5918: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5919:
1.69 deraadt 5920: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5921: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5922: <p>
1.247 jufi 5923: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5924:
1.69 deraadt 5925: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5926: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5927:
1.247 jufi 5928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5929: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5930: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5931: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5932:
1.383 jcs 5933: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5934: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5935: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5936:
1.247 jufi 5937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5938: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5939: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5940: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5941: <p>
1.247 jufi 5942: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5943:
1.69 deraadt 5944: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5945: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5946:
1.247 jufi 5947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5948: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 5949: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
5950: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 5951: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 5952: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5953:
5954: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
5955: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
5956: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 5957: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 5958: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 5959: <p>
1.247 jufi 5960: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 5961:
5962: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5963: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5964:
1.247 jufi 5965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5966: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 5967: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5968:
1.69 deraadt 5969: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
5970: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 5971: <p>
1.112 naddy 5972:
1.247 jufi 5973: </ul>
1.113 naddy 5974: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5975:
1.292 camield 5976: <hr>
1.216 horacio 5977: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 5978: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.553 ! ian 5979: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.552 2006/12/30 05:20:47 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 5980:
5981: </body>
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