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1.556 matthieu 19: <h2>February, 2007</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.557 ! reyk 23: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/85495">
! 24: OpenBSD und Linux: Kritik an Stillhalteabkommen für Treiberentwicklung</a>, heise online, February 2, 2007
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26:
! 27: Short article about OpenBSD's clear statement against device driver
! 28: development under non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
! 29: It attempts to summarize the reaction of the OpenBSD community against the
! 30: <a href="http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/free_drivers.html">"Free Linux Driver Development"</a>
! 31: under NDA offered by the linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman which previously raised some
! 32: discussion.
! 33: Code written under NDA will make it difficult to improve it in the future
! 34: because somebody signed an agreement to keep the required hardware
! 35: documentation secret. For the OpenBSD project
! 36: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/goals.html">NDAs are never acceptable</a>.
! 37: <p>
! 38:
! 39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.556 matthieu 40: [FRENCH]
41: <a href="http://www.ed-diamond.com/produit.php?produit=462">GNU/Linux
42: Magazine France</a> special issue number 29
43: </strong></font>
44: is dedicated to BSD systems. It features several articles about
45: OpenBSD: a pf tutorial, an article on IPSec and two articles on
46: high-availability with pf and CARP and with dynamic routing protocols
47: using OpenOSPFd and OpenBGPd.
48: <p>
49:
50: </ul>
51:
1.550 mbalmer 52: <h2>December, 2006</h2>
53: <ul>
54:
55: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.554 reyk 56: [GERMAN]
57: <a href="http://www.freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=15206">
58: 23C3: Interview mit Henning und Reyk von OpenBSD</a>,
59: Radio Unerhört Marbug, December 29, 2006
60: </strong></font><br>
61: Interview with Henning Brauer and Reyk Flöter about OpenBSD and
62: the latest changes since 4.0 during the 23rd Chaos Communications
63: Congress in Berlin.
64: <p>
65:
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.552 ian 67: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/29/01OPsecadvise_1.html">
1.553 ian 68: New Year's Resolution No. 1: Get OpenBSD</a>,
1.552 ian 69: InfoWorld, December 29, 2006
70: </strong></font><br>
71: InfoWorld's Security Advisor columnist Roger A. Grimes says:
72: "Kick off 2007 with a new, more secure operating system."
73: Citing OpenBSD's code-auditing security process and its
74: excellent security record, Grimes advises readers to give the system a try.
75: Despite repeating some old canards about the "unfriendly" install, he
76: notes favorably that
77: "OpenBSD is shipped secure-by-default, with all non-essential services disabled.
78: You won't find NFS, mountd, or Apache [httpd] enabled by default.
79: The /bin and /sbin folders will be emptier than other Linux or BSD distros.
80: Install OpenBSD and you can be assured that it doesn't default to an insecure state."
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.551 xsa 84: [GERMAN]
1.550 mbalmer 85: <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2007/01/074/">
86: OpenBSD 4.0 - Kanadische Eröffnung</a>
87: iX magazine, December 14, 2006
88: </strong></font><br>
89: The german IT magazine iX reviews the 4.0 release of OpenBSD and also mentions
90: why we don't support blobs and why this is beneficial to our users.
91: The article gives OpenBSD a very good rating for being strictly free software,
92: its swift installation, the support for upgrades, and the large number of
93: platforms and architectures it runs on.
94: <p>
95:
96: </ul>
97:
1.546 ian 98: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
99: <ul>
100:
1.549 ian 101: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
102: <a href='http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061110204834'>
103: Official support for OpenBSD in Parallels Workstation</a>
104: undeadly.org, November 10, 2006
105: </strong></font><br>
106: OpenBSD is now supported by Parallels, a commercial OS
107: virtualization product for Mac OS X, Linux or MS-Windows.
108: In addition to allowing users to run both OpenBSD and one of those other
109: systems concurrently, the announcement means that developers with Intel Mac
110: hardware can run multiple test systems; the Undeadly Editor adds:
111: "I've had up to six OpenBSD guest systems operating simultaneously,
112: versions 3.8 through 4.0 (and -current)."
113: This also reinforces the increasing commercial acceptance of our favorite OS.
114: <p>
115:
116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
117: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/bsdtalk082-openbsd-developer-jason.html">
118: Interview with Jason Wright</a>, BSDTalk 82, November 8, 2006
119: </strong></font><br>
120: Jason talks about the OpenBSD development process (particularly for device drivers
121: and getting hardware documentation from vendors), Sun SPARC hardware (particularly
122: the Ultra III), ham radio (APRS) with OpenBSD, and more.
123: <p>
124:
125: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
126: <a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6132572.html'>
127: OpenBSD turns 4.0</a>
128: CNET News.com, November 3, 2006
129: </strong></font><br>
130: Stephen Shankland talks about the UltraSPARC III code in 4.0, and notes that
131: OpenBSD has chosen to stay with stable GCC versions rather than moving to
132: the latest and most bloated GCC versions like Linux did.
133: Quotes Theo as saying: OpenBSD doesn't aim for particular niches,
134: but it's popular in network applications... "The biggest
135: users of OpenBSD these days are people who need our fancy networking
136: features..."
137: <p>
138:
1.546 ian 139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
140: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
141: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
142: </strong></font><br>
143: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
144: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
145: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
146: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
147: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
148: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
149: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
150: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
151: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
152: several of the most important new features, evaluates
153: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
1.548 saad 154: He also offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
1.546 ian 155: the project even better.
156: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
157: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
158: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
159: the music behind it.
160: <p>
161:
1.547 ian 162: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
163: <a href='http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1243'>
164: Big changes with OpenBSD 4.0 out today</a>
165: Tectonic, November 1, 2006
166: </strong></font><br>
167: "With his characteristic no-frills approach OpenBSD team leader
168: Theo de Raadt this morning announced the release of OpenBSD 4.0."
169: This article lists the highlights of the 4.0 release and
170: tells readers where to order CD's or download the release.
171: Quotes Theo: ""We are pleased to announce the official release of
172: OpenBSD 4.0. This is our 20th release on CD-Rom (and 21st via FTP).
173: We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only a single
174: remote hole in the default install,"
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
178: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8123.html'>
179: OpenBSD 4.0 released</a>
180: Ars Technica, November 1, 2006
181: </strong></font><br>
182: A short note about the 4.0 release; refers to the O'ReillyNet article below.
183: <p>
184:
1.546 ian 185: </ul>
186:
1.539 ian 187: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
188: <ul>
1.540 ian 189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ian 191: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
192: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
193: </strong></font><br>
194: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
195: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
1.548 saad 196: Topics include the new blob-free wireless drivers, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
1.546 ian 197: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
198: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
199: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
200: <p>
201:
202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 203: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
204: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
205: </strong></font><br>
206: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
207: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
208: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
209: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
210: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
211: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
212: for his many customers.
213: <p>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 216: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
217: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
218: </strong></font><br>
219: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
220: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
221: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
222: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
223: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
224: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
225: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
226: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
227: also do."
228: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
229: seats already."
230: <p>
231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
233: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
234: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
235: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
236: </strong></font><br>
237: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
238: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
239: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
240: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
241: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
242: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
243: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
244: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
245: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
246: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
247: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
248: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
249: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
250: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
251: <p>
252:
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.541 ian 254: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
255: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
256: </strong></font><br>
257: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
258: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
259: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
260: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
261: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
262: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
263: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 264: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 268: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
269: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
270: </strong></font><br>
271: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
272: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
273: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
274: <br />
275: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
276: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
277: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
278: overflows and vulnerabilities."
279: <br />
280: And, Grimes generalizes,
281: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
282: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
283: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
284: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
285: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
286: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
287: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
288: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
289: happened."
290: Worth reading!
291: <p>
292:
1.539 ian 293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
294: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
295: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
296: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
297: </strong></font><br>
298: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
299: redistributable firmware from Intel.
300: <p>
301:
302: </ul>
303:
1.536 grunk 304: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
305: <ul>
306:
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 308: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
309: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
310: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
311: </strong></font><br>
312: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
313: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
314: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
315: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
316: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
317: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
318: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
319: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
320: for ages over these chipsets.
321: Quotes Theo as saying:
322: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
323: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
324: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
325: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
326: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
327: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
328: <p>
329:
330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
331: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
332: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
333: </strong></font><br>
334: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
335: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
336: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
337: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 341: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
342: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
343: </strong></font><br>
344: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
345: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
346: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
347: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
348: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
349: <p>
350:
1.537 ian 351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
352: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
353: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
354: </strong></font><br>
355: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
356: (the official release date is November 1).
357: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
358: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
359: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
360: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
361: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 362: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 363: <p>
364:
1.536 grunk 365: </ul>
366:
1.534 ian 367: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
368: <ul>
369:
370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 371: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
372: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
373: </strong></font><br>
374: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
375: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
376: as a guest operating system under
377: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
378: or "virtualization" system.
379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 382: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
383: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
384: </strong></font><br>
385: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
386: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
387: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
388: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
389: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
390: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
391: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
392: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
393: <p>
394:
395: </ul>
396:
1.531 ian 397: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
398: <ul>
399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
400: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
401: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
402: </strong></font><br>
403: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
404: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
405: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
406: The article quotes Theo as saying
407: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
408: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
409: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
410: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
411: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
412: and describes the funding issues as well.
413: <p>
414:
415: </ul>
416:
1.525 ian 417: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
418: <ul>
419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 420: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 421: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
422: </strong></font><br>
423: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
424: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
425: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
426: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
427: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
428: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
429: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
430: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
431: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
432: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
433: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
434: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
435: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 439: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 440: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
441: </strong></font><br>
442: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
443: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
444: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
445: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
446: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
447: <p>
448:
1.526 ian 449: </ul>
1.525 ian 450:
1.514 ian 451: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
452: <ul>
1.524 ian 453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
454: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
455: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
456: </strong></font><br>
457: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
458: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
459: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
460: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
461: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
462: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
463: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
464: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
465: to make them useful.
466: <p>
1.518 ian 467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 469: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 470: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
471: and
472: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 473: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 474: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 475: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 476: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 477: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
478: their plans for the week.
479: <p>
480:
481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 482: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
483: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
484: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
485: </strong></font><br>
486: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
487: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
488: <p>
489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 491: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
492: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
493: </strong></font><br>
494: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
495: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
496: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
497: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 498: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 499: (introduced with 3.9).
500: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
501: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
502: <p>
503:
504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 505: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
506: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
507: </strong></font><br>
508: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
509: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
510: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
511: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
512: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
513: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
514: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
515: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
516: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
517: <p>
518:
519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
520: [GERMAN]
521: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
522: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
523: </strong></font><br>
524: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
525: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 526: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 527: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
528: is connected to OpenBSD.
529: <p>
530:
1.514 ian 531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
532: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
533: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
534: </strong></font><br>
535: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
536: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
537: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 538: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 539: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 540: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 541: running this project) is so important to Theo,
542: and even why he does mountain biking!
543: <p>
544:
545: </ul>
546:
1.503 ian 547: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
548: <ul>
549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 550: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
551: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
552: </strong></font><br>
553: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
554: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
555: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
556: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
557: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
558: <blockquote>
559: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
560: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
561: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
562: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
563: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
564: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
565: </blockquote>
566: This is just plain cool."
567: <p>
568:
569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 570: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
571: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
572: </strong></font><br>
573: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
574: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
575: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 576: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 577: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
578: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
579: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
580: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
581: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
582: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 583: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 584: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
585: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
586: <p>
587:
588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 589: [GERMAN]
590: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
591: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
592: </strong></font><br>
593: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
594: are and why they are bad.
595: <p>
596:
597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 598: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
599: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
600: </strong></font><br>
601: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
602: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
603: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
604: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
605: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
606: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
607: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
608: pages."
609: <p>
610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 612: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
613: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
614: </strong></font><br>
615: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
616: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
617: and continues:
618: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
619: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
620: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
621: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
622: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
623: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
624: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
625: and more. Final thought:
626: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
627: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
628: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
629: true for business environments."
630: <p>
631:
632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 633: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 634: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 635: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 636: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
637: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
638: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 639: for funding.
1.509 djm 640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 643: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
644: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
645: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
646: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
647: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
648: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
649: <p>
650:
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 652: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
653: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
654: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
655: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
656: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
657: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
658: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
659: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
660: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
661: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
662: <br/>
1.529 ian 663: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 664: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 665: hostsearch.com</a> and
666: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
667: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 668: <p>
669:
670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 671: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
672: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
673: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
674: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 675: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 676: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 677: is punctuated with examples.
678: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 679: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
680: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 681: and
1.535 steven 682: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 683: <p>
684:
685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 686: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
687: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
688: </strong></font><br>
689: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
690: further OpenSSH development.
691: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
692: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
693: project's funding needs for all time.
694: <p>
1.504 bernd 695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
696: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
697: April 3, 2006
698: </strong></font><br>
699: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
700: this could compromise future hackathons.
701: <p>
1.503 ian 702:
703: </ul>
704:
1.487 ian 705: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
706: <ul>
1.495 ian 707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 708: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 709: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 710: </strong></font><br>
711: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
712: on topics including "Puffy",
713: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
714: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
715: what's new in 3.9,
716: and of course project expenses.
717: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
718: <!--
719: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
720: -->
721: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 725: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
726: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
727: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 728: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
729: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 730: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
731: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
732: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
733: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
734: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
735: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
736: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
737: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
738: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
739: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
740: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
741: but Matzan does - is that
742: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
743: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
744: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
745: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
746: <br/>
747: <p>
748:
749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
750: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
751: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
752: </strong></font><br>
753: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
754: "blob" drivers, and more.
755: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
756: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
757: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
758: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
759: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
760: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
761: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
762: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
763: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
764: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
765: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
766: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
767: <p>
768:
769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 770: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
771: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
772: </strong></font><br>
773: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
774: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
775: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
776: in general temperature and environmental issues.
777: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
778: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
779: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
780: other major operating systems." ...
781: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
782: machines running in
783: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
784: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
785: <p>
786:
787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
788: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
789: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
790: </strong></font><br>
791: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
792: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
793: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
794: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
795: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
796: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
797: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
798: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
799: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
800: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
801: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
802: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
803: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
804: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
805: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
806: <p>
807:
1.487 ian 808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 809: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
810: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
811: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 812: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 813: financial situation.
814: <p>
815:
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 817: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
818: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
819: </strong></font><br>
820: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
821: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
822: produce our favorite operating system.
823: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
824: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
825: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
826: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
827: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 828: <br/>
829: Also online at
830: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
831: <p>
832:
833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
834: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
835: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
836: </strong></font><br>
837: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
838: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
839: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
840: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
841: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
842: sustain indefinitely."
843: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
844: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
845: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
846: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
847: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 848: <p>
849:
850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 851: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
852: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
853: </strong></font><br>
854: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
855: with a reminder that
856: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
857: used nowadays almost everywhere."
858: Ends with this quote from Marco:
859: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
860: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
861: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
862: <p>
863:
864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 865: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 866: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
867: </strong></font><br>
868: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
869: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
870: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
871: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
872: a few of them each year.
873: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
874: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
875: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
876: to the OpenBSD project.
877: It's time for them to do so.
878: <p>
879:
880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 881: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
882: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
883: </strong></font><br>
884: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
885: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
886: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
887: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
888: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
889: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
890: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
891: <p>
892:
893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 894: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
895: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 896: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
897: <!-- North America mirror:
898: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 899: -->
1.490 deraadt 900: European mirror:
901: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
902: <br>
903: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 904: <p>
905:
906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 907: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
908: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 909: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 910: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
911: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
912: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
913: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
914: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
915: designed to provide reliability and security.
916: <p>
917:
918: </ul>
919:
1.485 ian 920: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
921: <ul>
922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 923: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
924: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
925: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 926: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 927: installations in about four minutes flat".
928: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
929: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 930: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 931: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
932: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
933: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
934: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
935: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
936: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
937: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
938: the steps in the article.
939: <p>
940:
941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 942: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
943: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
944: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
945: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
946: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
947: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
948: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
949: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
950: happening in real life.
951: <p>
952:
953: </ul>
954:
1.492 ian 955: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
956: <ul>
957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
958: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
959: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
960: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
961: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
962: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
963: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 964: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 965: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
966: </ul>
967:
1.483 ian 968: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
969: <ul>
1.555 reyk 970:
1.483 ian 971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.555 reyk 972: [GERMAN]
973: <a href="http://www.ini.unizh.ch/~stephan/articles/openbsd/064-069_linux-bsd-fw.pdf">
974: Wehrhaft abtauchen - HA-fähige Firewall mit OpenBSD/PF</a>, Linux-Magazin, December 2005
975: </strong></font><br>
976: High available firewall setups are considered as the high arts of network protection.
977: Due to clustering the network stays online even if one firewall fails. This article
978: from Stephan A. Rickauer (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH / University Zurich) shows
979: how well OpenBSD/PF performs in comparison to the well-known duo Linux/Netfilter.
980: <p>
981:
982: </p></li><li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 983: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
984: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
985: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
986: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
987: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
988: <p>
989:
990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 991: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 992: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
993: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
994: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
995: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
996: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
997: to sites with more information on most topics.
998: <p>
999:
1000: </ul>
1001:
1002:
1.479 grunk 1003: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
1004: <ul>
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1006: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 1007: Goes to Venice</a>,
1008: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1009: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 1010: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
1011: <br/>
1012: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
1013: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
1014: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 1015: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 1016: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
1017: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
1018: Contains a link to
1019: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
1020: pval's summary slides</a>.
1021: <p>
1022:
1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 1024: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
1025: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
1026: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
1027: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
1028: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
1029: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
1030: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
1031: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 1032: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 1033: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
1034: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
1035: the packages and ports system"</i>.
1036: <p>
1037:
1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1039: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
1040: Return of The BSDs</a>,
1041: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1042: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
1043: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
1044: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
1045: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
1046: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
1047: quotes from Bob Beck.
1048: <p>
1049:
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 1051: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
1052: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
1053: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 1054: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
1055: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 1056: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
1057: and Linux.<br>
1058: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
1059: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
1060: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
1061: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
1062: of the release
1063: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
1064: <p>
1065: </ul>
1066:
1.476 ian 1067: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
1068: <ul>
1069:
1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1071: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
1072: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
1073: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
1074: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
1075: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
1076: and too unreliable.
1077: This quote will rattle some cages:
1078: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
1079: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
1080: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
1081: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
1082: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
1083: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
1084: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
1085: costs without any commercial lock-in."
1086: <p>
1087:
1.477 saad 1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1089: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
1090: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
1091: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1092: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1093: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
1094: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
1095: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
1096: discussion about future plans.
1097: <p>
1098:
1.478 grunk 1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1100: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
1101: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
1102: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
1103: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
1104: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
1105: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
1106: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
1107: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
1108: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
1109: <p>
1110:
1.476 ian 1111: </ul>
1112:
1.470 saad 1113: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
1114: <ul>
1115:
1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 1117: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
1118: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
1119: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1120: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
1121: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
1122: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
1123: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
1124: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
1125: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
1126: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
1127: <p>
1128:
1129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 1130: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
1131: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
1132: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
1133: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
1134: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
1135: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
1136: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
1137: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
1138: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
1139: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
1140: <p>
1141:
1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1143: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
1144: Big debate over small packets</a>,
1145: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
1146: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
1147: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
1148: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
1149: draft.
1150: <p>
1151:
1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1153: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1154: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1155: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1156: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1157: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1158: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1159: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1160: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1161: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1162: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1163: <p>
1164:
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1166: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1167: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1168: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1169: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1170: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1171: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1172: performance data with pfstat.
1173: <p>
1174:
1175: </ul>
1176:
1.461 grunk 1177: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1178: <ul>
1179:
1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1181: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1182: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1183: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1184: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1185: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1186: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1187: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1188: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1189: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1190: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1191: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1192: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1193: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1194: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1195: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1196: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1197: <p>
1198:
1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1200: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1201: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1202: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1203: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1204: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1205: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1206: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1207: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1208: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1209: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1210: <p>
1211:
1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1213: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1214: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1215: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1216: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1217: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1218: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1219: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1220: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1221: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1222: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1223: commercial vendors.
1224: <p>
1225:
1226: </ul>
1227:
1.454 ian 1228: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1229: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1230:
1231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1232: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1233: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1234: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1235: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1236: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1237: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1238: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1239: <br>
1240: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1241: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1242: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1243: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1244: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1245: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1246: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1247: <p>
1248:
1.454 ian 1249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1250: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1251: Free Bird</a>,
1252: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1253: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1254: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1255: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1256: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1257: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1258: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1259: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1260: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1261: room will only be available in the print edition.
1262: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1263:
1.458 niallo 1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1265: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1266: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1267: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1268: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1269: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1270: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1271: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1272: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1273: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1274:
1.456 niallo 1275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1276: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1277: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1278: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1279: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1280: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1281: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1282: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1283: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1284: interview.</a>
1285: <p>
1286:
1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1288: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1289: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1290: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1291: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1292: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1293: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1294: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1295: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1296: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1297: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1298: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1299: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1300: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1301: "I have never used it."
1302: <p>
1303:
1304: </ul>
1305:
1.441 deraadt 1306: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1307: <ul>
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1309: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1310: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1311: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1312: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1313: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1314: future enhancements.
1315: <p>
1316:
1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1318: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1319: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1320: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1321: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1322: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1323: North America mirror:
1324: <ul>
1.452 marco 1325: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1326: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1327: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1328: </ul>
1329: European mirror:
1330: <ul>
1.452 marco 1331: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1332: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1333: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1334: </ul>
1335: <p>
1336:
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1338: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1339: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1340: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1341: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1342: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1343: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1344: <p>
1345:
1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1347: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1348: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1349: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1350: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1351: first-hand account.
1352: <p>
1353:
1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1355: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1356: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1357: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1358: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1359: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1360: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1361: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1362: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1363: <p>
1364:
1365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1366: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1367: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1368: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1369: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1370: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1371: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1372: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1373: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1374: <p>
1375:
1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1377: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1378: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1379: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1380: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1381: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1382: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1383: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1384: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1385: <p>
1386:
1387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1388: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1389: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1390: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1391: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1392: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1393: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1394: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1395: <p>
1396:
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1398: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1399: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1400: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1401: </strong></font><br>
1402: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1403: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1404: with OpenBSD.
1405: </ul>
1406:
1.436 henning 1407: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1408: <ul>
1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1410: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1411: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1412: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1413: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1414: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1415: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1416: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1417: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1418: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1419: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1420: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1421: <p>
1422: This article can also be found online as
1423: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1424: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1425: <p>
1426:
1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1428: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1429: </strong></font><br>
1430: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1431: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1432: <p>
1433:
1434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1435: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1436: </strong></font><br>
1437: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1438: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1439: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1440: the issues we had with IETF.
1441: </ul>
1442:
1.431 ian 1443: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1444: <ul>
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1446: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1447: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1448: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1449: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1450: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1451: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1452: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1453: <p>
1454:
1455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1456: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1457: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1458: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1459: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1460: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1461: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1462: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1463: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1464: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1465: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1466: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1467: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1468: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1469: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1470: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1471:
1472: </ul>
1473:
1.427 matthieu 1474: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1475: <ul>
1476:
1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1478: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1479: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1480: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1481: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1482: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1483: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1484: firmware.
1.434 ian 1485: Similar articles can be found online at:
1486: <ul>
1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1488: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1489: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1490: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1492: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1493: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1494: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1496: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1497: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1498: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1500: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1501: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1502: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1503: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1504: </ul>
1505:
1.426 ian 1506: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1507: <ul>
1508:
1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1510: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1511: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1512: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1513: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1514: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1515: mechanism: what it is and why and
1516: how to use it, with examples.
1517: Another excerpt from the book
1518: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1519: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1520: <p>
1521:
1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1523: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1524: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1525: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1526: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1527: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1528: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1529: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1530: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1531: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1532: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1533: This article is a sample chapter from
1534: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1535: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1536: <p>
1.443 ian 1537:
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1539: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1540: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1541: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1542: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1543: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1544: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1545: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1546: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1547: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1548: ends with a sidebar on security.
1549: <p>
1.426 ian 1550: </ul>
1551:
1.424 ian 1552: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1553: <ul>
1554:
1555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1556: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1557: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1558: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1559: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1560: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1561: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1562: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1563: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1564: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1565: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1566: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1567: <p>
1568: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1569: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1570: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1571: <p>
1572:
1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1574: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1575: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1576: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1577: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1578: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1579: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1580: operating systems.
1581: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1582: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1583: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1584: systems, he writes:
1585: <blockquote>
1586: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1587: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1588: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1589: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1590: to the operating system...
1591: <br/>
1592: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1593: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1594: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1595: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1596: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1597: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1598: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1599: in a closed source operating system).
1600: <br/>
1601: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1602: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1603: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1604: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1605: </blockquote>
1606: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1607: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1608: their hardware and software operates.
1609: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1610: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1611: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1612: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1613: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1614: <p>
1615: </ul>
1616:
1.417 pvalchev 1617: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1618: <ul>
1.421 ian 1619:
1.417 pvalchev 1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1621: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1622: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1623: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1624: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1625: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1626: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1627: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1628: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1629: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1630: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1631: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1632: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1633: <p>
1634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1635: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1636: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1637: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1638: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1639: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1640: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1641: it claims to do".
1642: <p>
1643:
1644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1645: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1646: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1647: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1648: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1649: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1650: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1651: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1652: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1653: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1654: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1655: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1656: (yes, this is a hint).
1657: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1658: picked up on the
1659: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1660: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1661: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1662: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1663: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1664: <p>
1665:
1666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1667: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1668: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1669: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1670: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1671: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1672: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1673: the current efforts.
1674: <p>
1675: </ul>
1676:
1.407 henning 1677: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1678: <ul>
1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1680: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1681: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1682: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1683: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1684: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1685: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1686: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1687: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1688: <p>
1689:
1690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1691: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1692: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1693: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1694: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1695: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1696: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1697: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1698: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1699: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1700: <p>
1.415 ian 1701:
1702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1703: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1704: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1705: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1706: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1707: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1708: overflow attacks... because
1709: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1710: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1711: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1712: and propolice.
1713: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1714: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1715: and that's when the science falls apart."
1716: <p>
1717:
1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1719: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1720: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1721: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1722: Starts with the question:
1723: <blockquote>
1724: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1725: <br/>
1726: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1727: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1728: <br/>
1729: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1730: Should we believe them?"
1731: </blockquote>
1732: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1733: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1734: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1735: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1736: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1737: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1738: <p>
1739:
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1741: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1742: Simple Simon</a>,
1743: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1744: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1745: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1746: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1747: routing/firewall, and more.
1748: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1749: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1750: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1751: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1752: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1753: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1754: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1755: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1756: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1757: </blockquote>
1758: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1759: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1760: <p>
1761:
1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1763: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1764: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1765: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1766: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1767: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1768: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1769: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1770: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1771: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1772: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1773: in spite of it
1774: (registration required, but worth it).
1775: <p>
1776:
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1778: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1779: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1780: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1781: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1782: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1783: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1784: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1785: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1786: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1787: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1788: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1789: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1790: <p>
1791:
1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1793: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1794: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1795: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1796: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1797: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1798: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1799: <blockquote>
1800: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1801: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1802: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1803: a lot of analysis.
1804: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1805: </blockquote>
1806: <p>
1807: </ul>
1808:
1.400 marco 1809: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1810: <ul>
1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1812: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1813: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1814: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1815: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1816: UNIX-like systems.
1817: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1818: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1819: <p>
1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1821: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1822: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1823: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1824: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1825: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1826: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1827: At one point, the article states:
1828: <blockquote>
1829: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1830: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1831: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1832: </blockquote>
1833: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1834: <blockquote>
1835: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1836: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1837: </blockquote>
1838: <p>
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1840: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1841: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1842: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1843: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1844: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1845: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1846: required).
1847: <p>
1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1849: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1850: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1851: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1852: </strong></font><br>
1853: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1854: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1855: <p>
1856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1857: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1858: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1859: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1860: </strong></font><br>
1861: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1862: <p>
1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1864: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1865: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1866: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1867: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1868: 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 1869: <p>
1870: </ul>
1871:
1.396 henning 1872: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1873: <ul>
1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1875: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1876: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1877: Unix Review, July, 2004
1878: </strong></font><br>
1879: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1880: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1881: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1882: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1883: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1884: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1885: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1886: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1887: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1888: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1889: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1890: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1891: and even spelling/wording errors.
1892: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1893: <p>
1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1895: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1896: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1897: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1898: </strong></font><br>
1899: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1900: <p>
1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1902: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1903: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1904: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1905: </strong></font><br>
1906: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1907: <p>
1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1909: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1910: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1911: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1912: </strong></font><br>
1913: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1914: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1915: <p>
1916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1917: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1918: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1919: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1920: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1921: <p>
1922: </ul>
1923:
1.405 jolan 1924: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1925: <ul>
1.545 tom 1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1927: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1928: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1929: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1930: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1931: details on how funds are dispersed.
1932: <p>
1933: </ul>
1934:
1.393 david 1935: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1936: <ul>
1937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1938: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
1939: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
1940: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
1941: </strong></font><br>
1942: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
1943: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
1944: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
1945: on inserting large number of SQL records.
1946: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
1947: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
1948: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
1949: <p>
1950:
1951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 1952: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
1953: Secure by Default</a>,
1954: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
1955: </strong></font><br>
1956: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
1957: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
1958: <p>
1959:
1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1961: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
1962: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
1963: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
1964: </strong></font><br>
1965: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
1966: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
1967: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
1968: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
1969: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
1970: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
1971: <p>
1972:
1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1974: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
1975: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
1976: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
1977: </strong></font><br>
1978: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
1979: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
1980: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
1981: <p>
1982:
1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1984: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
1985: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
1986: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
1987: </strong></font><br>
1988: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
1989: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
1990: <p>
1991: </ul>
1992:
1.388 mcbride 1993: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
1994: <ul>
1.394 jolan 1995:
1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1997: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
1998: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
1999: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
2000: </strong></font><br>
2001: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
2002: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
2003: available for sparc64.
2004: <p>
2005:
1.390 beck 2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2007: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
2008: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
2009: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
2010: </strong></font><br>
2011: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
2012: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
2013: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
2014: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
2015: <p>
2016:
2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 2018: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
2019: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 2020: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 2021: </strong></font><br>
2022: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
2023: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
2024: it does: CARP provides sharing
2025: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
2026: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
2027: detail to get you started using it.
2028: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
2029: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
2030: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
2031: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
2032: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
2033: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
2034: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 2035: <p>
1.391 ian 2036:
2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 2038: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 2039: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
2040: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 2041: </strong></font><br>
2042: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 2043: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 2044: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 2045: <p>
1.388 mcbride 2046:
2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2048: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
2049: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 2050: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 2051: </strong></font><br>
2052: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
2053: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
2054: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
2055: unencumbered by patents.
2056: <p>
2057: </ul>
2058:
1.378 henning 2059: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
2060: <ul>
1.384 jose 2061:
2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 2063: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
2064: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
2065: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
2066: </strong></font><br>
2067: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
2068: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
2069: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
2070: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
2071: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
2072: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
2073: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
2074: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
2075: in the page tables."
2076: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
2077: <p>
2078:
2079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2080: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
2081: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
2082: </strong></font><br>
2083: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
2084: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
2085: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
2086: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 2087: <p>
1.384 jose 2088:
1.378 henning 2089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2090: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
2091: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 2092: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
2093: </strong></font><br>
2094: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
2095: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
2096: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
2097: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
2098: (quote:
2099: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
2100: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 2101: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 2102: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
2103: the other developers for their work on the system.
2104: <p>
2105:
2106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2107: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
2108: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
2109: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 2110: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 2111: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
2112: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
2113: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
2114: too.
2115: <p>
2116:
2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 2118: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
2119: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 2120: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 2121: OpenBSD source code using
2122: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
2123: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
2124: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
2125: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
2126: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
2127: <p>
2128: </ul>
2129:
1.374 jose 2130: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
2131: <ul>
2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 2133: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 2134: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
2135: </strong></font><br>
2136: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
2137: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
2138: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
2139: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
2140: it."
2141: <p>
2142:
2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 2144: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
2145: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
2146: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
2147: </strong></font><br/>
2148: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
2149: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
2150: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
2151: <p>
2152: </ul>
2153:
1.369 ian 2154: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2155: <ul>
2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2157: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2158: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2159: </strong></font><br/>
2160: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2161: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2162: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2163: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2164: <p>
2165:
2166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2167: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2168: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2169: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2170: </strong></font><br/>
2171: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2172: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2173: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2174: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2175: form factor.
2176: <p>
2177:
2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2179: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2180: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2181: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2182: Features</a>,
2183: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2184: </strong></font><br/>
2185: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2186: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2187: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2188: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2189: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2190: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2191: <p>
2192: This article can also be found online at:
2193: <ul>
2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2195: <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 2196: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2197: </strong></font>
2198: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2199: </ul>
2200: <p>
1.392 david 2201:
1.371 jose 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2203: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2204: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2205: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2206: </strong></font><br/>
2207: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2208: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2209: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2210: <p>
1.371 jose 2211:
2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2213: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2214: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2215: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2216: </strong></font><br/>
2217: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2218: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2219: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2220: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2221: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2222: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2223: and its history with OpenBSD.
2224: </ul>
2225:
1.368 henning 2226: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2227: <ul>
2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2229: [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 2230: </strong></font><br>
2231: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2232: </ul>
2233:
1.364 jose 2234: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2235: <ul>
2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2237: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2238: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2239: UNIX Review,
2240: July, 2003.
2241: </strong></font><br>
2242: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2243: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2244: who want more information.
2245: <p>
2246:
2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2248: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2249: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2250: Government Computer News,
2251: July 22, 2003.
2252: </strong></font><br>
2253: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2254: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2255: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2256: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2257: <p>
2258:
2259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2260: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2261: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2262: SANS Institute,
2263: July 22, 2003.
2264: </strong></font><br>
2265: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2266: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2267: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2268: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2269: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2270: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2271: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2272: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2273: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2274: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2275: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2276: <p>
2277:
2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2279: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2280: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2281: OnLamp.com,
2282: July 17, 2003.
2283: </strong></font><br>
2284: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2285: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2286: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2287: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2288: have been working on.
2289:
2290: </ul>
2291:
1.356 jose 2292: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2293: <ul>
2294:
2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2296: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2297: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2298: UNIX Review,
2299: June, 2003.
2300: </strong></font><br>
2301: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2302: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2303: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2304: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2305: <p>
2306:
2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2308: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2309: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2310: eWeek,
2311: June 23, 2003.
2312: </strong></font><br>
2313: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2314: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2315: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2316: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2317: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2318: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2319: <p>
2320:
2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2322: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2323: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2324: Software Development Online,
2325: June, 2003.
2326: </strong></font><br>
2327: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2328: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2329: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2330: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2331: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2332: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2333: current activities.
2334: <p>
2335:
2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2337: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2338: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2339: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2340: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2341: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2342: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2343: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2344: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2345: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2346: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2347: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2348: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2349: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2350: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2351: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2352: decisions.
2353: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2354: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2355: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2356: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2357: <p>
2358:
2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2360: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2361: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2362: Page 58, eWeek,
2363: June 2, 2003.
2364: </strong></font><br>
2365: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2366: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2367: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2368: been addressed in -current.
2369: <p>
2370:
1.356 jose 2371: </ul>
2372:
2373: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2374: <ul>
2375:
1.355 jose 2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2377: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2378: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2379: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2380: </strong></font><br>
2381: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2382: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2383: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2384: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2385: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2386: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2387: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2388: <p>
2389:
2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2391: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2392: Beyond Linux</a>,
2393: InfoWorld,
2394: May 23, 2003.
2395: </strong></font><br>
2396: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2397: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2398: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2399: compared to the GPL.
2400: <p>
2401:
2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2403: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2404: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2405: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2406: May 17, 2003.
2407: </strong></font><br>
2408: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2409: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2410: the business section and half of another page inside
2411: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2412: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2413: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2414: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2415: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2416: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2417: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2418: <br>
2419: This article can also be found online at:
2420: <ul>
2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2422: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2423: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2424: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2425: May 17, 2003
2426: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2427: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2429: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2430: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2431: Montreal Gazette,
2432: May 21, 2003
2433: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2434: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2435: <p>
1.346 ian 2436:
2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2438: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2439: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2440: May 7, 2003.
2441: </strong></font><br>
2442: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2443: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2444: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2445: <p>
2446:
2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2448: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2449: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2450: OsOpinion,
2451: May 6, 2003.
2452: </strong></font><br>
2453: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2454: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2455: <br>
2456: This article can also be found online at:
2457: <ul>
2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2459: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2460: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2461: NewsFactor Network.
2462: </strong></font>
2463: </ul>
2464: <p>
2465:
2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2467: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2468: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2469: ITBusiness,
2470: May 2, 2003.
2471: </strong></font><br>
2472: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2473: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2474: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2475: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2476: <p>
2477:
2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2479: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2480: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2481: InfoWorld,
2482: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2483: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2484: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2485: <br>
2486: This article can also be found online at:
2487: <ul>
2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2489: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2490: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2491: IDG Singapore.
2492: </strong></font>
2493: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2494: <p>
2495:
1.339 jose 2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2497: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2498: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2499: ZDNet,
2500: May 1, 2003.
2501: </strong></font><br>
2502: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2503: someone using parts from previous articles.
2504: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2505: This article can also be found online at:
2506: <ul>
2507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2508: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2509: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2510: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2511: </strong></font>
2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2513: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2514: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2515: CNET News.com.
2516: </strong></font>
2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2518: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2519: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2520: ZDNet UK.
2521: </strong></font>
2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2523: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2524: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2525: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2526: </strong></font>
2527: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2528: <p>
1.339 jose 2529:
1.341 deraadt 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2531: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2532: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2533: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2534: May 1, 2003.
2535: </strong></font><br>
2536: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2537: that have been added
2538: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2539: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2540: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2541: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2542: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2543: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2544: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2545: <p>
2546:
2547: </ul>
2548:
1.253 ian 2549: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2550: <ul>
1.255 ian 2551:
1.260 ian 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2553: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2554: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2555: TechRepublic,
2556: April 28, 2003.
2557: </strong></font><br>
2558: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2559: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2560: work.<br>
2561: Can also be found online at:
2562: <ul>
2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2564: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2565: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2566: ZDNet UK.
2567: </strong></font>
2568: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2569: <p>
2570:
2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2572: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2573: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2574: IDG,
2575: April 24, 2003.
2576: </strong></font><br>
2577: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2578: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2579: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2580: Can also be found online at:
2581: <ul>
2582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2583: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2584: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2585: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2586: </strong></font>
2587: </ul>
2588: <p>
2589:
2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2591: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2592: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2593: Slate,
2594: April 24, 2003.
2595: </strong></font><br>
2596: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2597: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2598: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2599: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2600: <p>
2601:
2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2603: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2604: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2605: April 24, 2003.
2606: </strong></font><br>
2607: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2608: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2609: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2610: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2611: <p>
2612:
2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2614: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2615: April 24, 2003.
2616: </strong></font><br>
2617: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2618: the free software community".
2619: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2620: other articles.
2621: <p>
2622:
2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2624: <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 2625: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2626: </strong></font><br>
2627: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2628: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2629: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2630: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2631: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2632: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2633: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2634: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2635: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2636: <br/>
2637: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2638: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2639: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2640: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2641: <br>
2642: Can also be found online at:
2643: <ul>
2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2645: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2646: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2647: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2648: </strong></font>
2649: </ul>
1.324 ian 2650: <p>
2651:
2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2653: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2654: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2655: </strong></font><br>
2656: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2657: article above.
2658: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2659: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2660: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2661: <br>
2662: Can also be found online at:
2663: <ul>
2664: <li>
2665: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2666: </strong></font>
2667: </ul>
1.324 ian 2668: <p>
2669:
2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2671: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2672: </strong></font><br>
2673: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2674: <p>
2675:
2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2677: <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.
2678: </strong></font><br>
2679: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2680: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2681: <p>
2682:
2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2684: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2685: April 23, 2003.
2686: </strong></font><br>
2687: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2688: <p>
2689:
2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2691: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2692: April 22, 2003.
2693: </strong></font><br>
2694: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2695: <p>
2696:
2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2698: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2699: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2700: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2701: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2702: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2703: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2704: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2705: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2706: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2707: Can also be found online at:
2708: <ul>
2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2710: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2711: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2712: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2713: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2715: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2716: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2717: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2718: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2719: </ul>
2720: <p>
2721:
2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2723: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2724: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2725: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2726: </strong></font><br>
2727: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2728: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2729: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2730: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2731: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2732: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2733: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2734: <p>
2735:
2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2737: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2738: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2739: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2740: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2741: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2742: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2743: at UPenn and DARPA.
2744: <p>
2745:
2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2747: [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,
2748: France
1.315 deraadt 2749: April 18, 2003.
2750: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2751: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2752: <p>
2753:
2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2755: [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 2756: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2757: </strong></font><br>
2758: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2759: <p>
2760:
2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2762: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2763: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2764: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2765: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2766: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2767: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2768: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2769: <p>
2770:
2771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2772: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2773: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2774: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2775: </strong></font><br>
2776: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2777: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2778: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2779: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2780: <p>
2781:
2782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2783: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2784: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2785: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2786: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2787: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2788: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2789: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2790: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2791: Can also be found online at:
2792: <ul>
2793: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2794: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2795: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2796: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2797: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2798: <p>
2799:
2800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2801: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2802: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2803: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2804: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2805: </strong></font><br>
2806: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2807: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2808: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2809: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2810: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2811:
2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2813: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2814: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2815: New York Times.
2816: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2817:
1.273 deraadt 2818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2819: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2820: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2821: ABC News.
2822: </strong></font>
2823:
2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2825: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2826: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2827: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2828: </strong></font>
2829:
2830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2831: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2832: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2833: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2834: </strong></font>
2835:
2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2837: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2838: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2839: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2840: </strong></font>
2841:
2842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2843: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2844: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2845: Times Daily, AL.
2846: </strong></font>
2847:
2848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2849: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2850: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2851: Boston.com, MA.
2852: </strong></font>
2853:
2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2855: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2856: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2857: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2858: </strong></font>
2859:
2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2861: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2862: [Article was pulled]</a>
2863: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2864: </strong></font>
2865:
2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2867: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2868: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2869: Infoshop News.
2870: </strong></font>
2871:
2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2873: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2874: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2875: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2876: </strong></font>
2877:
2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2879: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2880: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2881: Raleigh News, NC.
2882: </strong></font>
2883:
2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2885: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2886: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2887: Napa News, CA.
2888: </strong></font>
2889:
2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2891: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2892: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2893: NEPA News, PA.
2894: </strong></font>
2895:
2896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2897: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2898: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2899: Wired News.
2900: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2901: <br>
2902: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2903: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2904: [JAPANESE]
2905: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2906: Wired News Japan</a>
2907: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2908:
1.271 deraadt 2909: </ul>
2910: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2911: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2912: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2913: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2914: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2915: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2916: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2917: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2918: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2919: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2920: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2921: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2922: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2923: <p>
2924: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2925:
2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2927: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2928: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2929: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2930: </strong></font>
2931:
2932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2933: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2934: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2935: Miami Herald, FL.
2936: </strong></font>
2937:
2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 2939: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2940: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
2941: </strong></font>
2942:
2943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2944: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 2945: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 2946: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 2947: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 2948:
2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2950: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
2951: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
2952: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
2953: ABC News.
2954: </strong></font>
2955:
1.276 deraadt 2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2957: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 2958: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2959: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 2960: </strong></font>
2961:
1.286 dhartmei 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2963: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 2964: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2965: Wilmington Star, NC.
2966: </strong></font>
2967:
1.300 jose 2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2969: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
2970: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
2971: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
2972: </strong></font>
2973:
1.309 jose 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2975: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
2976: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
2977: Globe Technology.
2978: </strong></font>
2979:
1.263 deraadt 2980: </ul>
1.262 beck 2981: <p>
2982:
2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 2984: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
2985: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2986: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 2987: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 2988: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 2989: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
2990: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
2991: <p>
2992:
2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 2994: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
2995: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
2996: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2997: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 2998: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
2999: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
3000: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
3001: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
3002: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
3003: and simply restates other press reports.
3004: <p>
3005:
3006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 3007: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
3008: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3009: OS News, April 18, 2003.
3010: </strong></font><br>
3011: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
3012: <p>
3013:
3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 3015: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
3016: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3017: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 3018: </strong></font><br>
3019: Another report on the DARPA funding.
3020: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
3021: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
3022: <p>
3023:
3024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 3025: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
3026: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
3027: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
3028: April 17, 2003.
3029: </strong></font><br>
3030: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
3031: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
3032: Tech Anthems</a>
3033: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
3034: 4 so far.
3035: <p>
3036:
3037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 3038: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
3039: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3040: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3041: </strong></font><br>
3042: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
3043: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
3044: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
3045: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
3046: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
3047: Goes on to say:
3048: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
3049: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
3050: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
3051: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 3052: This article is also found online at:
3053: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3055: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
3056: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
3057: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3058: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3060: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
3061: ZDnet</a>,
3062: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3063: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3065: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
3066: ZDnet Australia</a>,
3067: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 3068: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 3069: </ul>
1.260 ian 3070: <p>
1.279 deraadt 3071:
1.260 ian 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3073: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 3074: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 3075: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3076: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 3077: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 3078: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
3079: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
3080: without notice or justification.
3081: <p>
3082:
3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3084: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 3085: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 3086: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3087: </strong></font><br>
3088: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
3089: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 3090: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 3091: effective today, without any warning..."
3092: <p>
1.257 ian 3093:
3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 3095: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
3096: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3097: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 3098: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 3099: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
3100: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
3101: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
3102: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
3103: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 3104: <p>
3105:
3106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 3107: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
3108: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3109: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 3110: </strong></font><br>
3111: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
3112: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
3113: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
3114: quoting two of them:
3115: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
3116: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
3117: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
3118: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
3119: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
3120: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
3121: <p>
3122:
1.255 ian 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3124: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
3125: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 3126: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3127: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 3128: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 3129: <p>
3130:
3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 3132: [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 3133: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3134: </strong></font><br>
3135: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3136: <p>
3137:
3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 3139: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
3140: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3141: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 3142: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 3143: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 3144: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
3145: security experts for more than three decades."
3146: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
3147: <p>
1.261 ian 3148:
1.254 drahn 3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 3150: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 3151: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3152: </strong></font><br>
3153: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3154: <p>
3155:
3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3157: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3158: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3159: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3160: </strong></font><br>
3161: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3162: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3163: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3164: <p>
3165:
3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3167: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3168: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3169: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3170: </strong></font><br>
3171: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3172: from US DARPA.
3173: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3174: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3175: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3176: the BSD license.
3177: <p>
3178: </ul>
3179:
1.251 ian 3180: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3181: <ul>
3182:
3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3184: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3185: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3186: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3187: </strong></font><br>
3188:
3189: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3190: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3191: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3192: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3193: <p>
3194:
3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3196: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3197: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3198: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3199: </strong></font><br>
3200: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3201: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3202: Mentions
3203: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3204: and
3205: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3206: programs.
3207: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3208: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3209: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3210: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3211: <p>
1.325 ian 3212: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3213: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3214:
3215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3216: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3217: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3218: </strong></font><br>
3219: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3220: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3221: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3222: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3223: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3224: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3225: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3226: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3227: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3228: put into service."
3229: <p>
3230: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3231: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3232: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3233: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3234: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3235: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3236: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3237: computers with security features."
3238: <p>
1.329 ian 3239:
3240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3241: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3242: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3243: Slate,
3244: March 3, 2003.
3245: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3246: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3247: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3248: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3249: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3250: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3251: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3252: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3253: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3254: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3255: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3256: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3257: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3258: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3259: of more secure open-source solutions like
3260: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3261: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3262: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3263: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3264: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3265: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3266: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3267: the Beltway."
3268: <p>
1.251 ian 3269: </ul>
3270:
1.249 jufi 3271: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3272: <ul>
3273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3274: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3275: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3276: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3277: </strong></font><br>
3278: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3279: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3280: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3281: <p>
1.334 ian 3282:
3283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3284: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3285: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3286: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3287: </strong></font><br>
3288: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3289: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3290: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3291: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3292: "... the hypothetical question ...
3293: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3294: <br>
3295: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3296: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3297: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3298: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3299: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3300: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3301: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3302: support network security.
3303: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3304: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3305: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3306: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3307: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3308: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3309: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3310: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3311: <br>
3312: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3313: <p>
3314:
1.249 jufi 3315: </ul>
3316:
1.246 jufi 3317: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3318: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3321: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3322: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3323: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3324: </strong></font><br>
3325: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3326: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3327: <p>
3328:
1.247 jufi 3329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3330: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3331: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3332: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3333: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3334: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3335: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3336: <p>
3337:
3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3339: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3340: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3341: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3342: </strong></font><br>
3343: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3344: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3345: <p>
1.247 jufi 3346: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3347:
1.244 jufi 3348: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3349: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3352: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3353: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3354: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3355: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3356: </strong></font><br>
3357: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3358: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3359: md5 digests.
3360: <p>
3361:
1.247 jufi 3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3363: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3364: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3365: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3366: </strong></font><br>
3367: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3368: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3369: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3370: right the first time."
3371: <p>
1.247 jufi 3372: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3373:
3374:
3375: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3376: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3379: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3380: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3381: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3382: </strong></font><br>
3383: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3384: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3385: part 6</a>.
3386: <p>
3387:
1.247 jufi 3388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3389: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3390: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3391: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3392: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3393: </strong></font><br>
3394: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3395: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3396: <p>
1.301 jose 3397:
3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3399: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3400: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3401: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3402: </strong></font><br>
3403:
3404: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3405: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3406: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3407: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3408: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3409: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3410: <i>Here's the
3411: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3412: <p>
1.247 jufi 3413: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3414:
3415: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3416: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3419: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3420: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3421: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3422: </strong></font><br>
3423: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3424: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3425: <p>
3426:
1.247 jufi 3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3428: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3429: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3430: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3431: </strong></font><br>
3432: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3433: this time using pf.
3434: <p>
1.247 jufi 3435: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3436:
3437: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3438: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3439:
1.247 jufi 3440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3441: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3442: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3443: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3444: </strong></font><br>
3445: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3446: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3447: their rotation.
3448: <p>
3449:
1.247 jufi 3450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3451: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3452: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3453: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3454: </strong></font><br>
3455: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3456: <p>
1.247 jufi 3457: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3458:
1.239 jufi 3459: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3460: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3461:
1.247 jufi 3462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3463: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3464: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3465: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3466: </strong></font><br>
3467: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3468: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3469: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3470: <p>
3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3473: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3474: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3475: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3476: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3477: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3478: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3479: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3480: <p>
1.247 jufi 3481: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3482:
1.235 lebel 3483: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3484: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3485:
1.239 jufi 3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3488: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3489: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3490: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3491: </strong></font><br>
3492: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3493: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3494: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3495: <p>
1.301 jose 3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3498:
1.228 horacio 3499: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3500: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3501:
1.247 jufi 3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3503: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3504: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3505: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3506: </strong></font><br>
3507: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3508: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3509: <p>
3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3512: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3513: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3514: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3515: </strong></font><br>
3516: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3517: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3518: <p>
3519:
1.247 jufi 3520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3521: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3522: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3523: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3524: </strong></font><br>
3525: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3526: on the desktop of his parents.
3527: <p>
3528:
1.247 jufi 3529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3530: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3531: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3532: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3533: </strong></font><br>
3534: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3535: using IPFilter.
3536:
3537: <p>
3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3540: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3541: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3542: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3543: </strong></font><br>
3544: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3545: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3546: perspectives of the four OS.
3547: <br>
3548: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3549: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3550: <p>
3551:
1.247 jufi 3552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3553: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3554: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3555: software and security</a>,
3556: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3557: </strong></font><br>
3558:
3559: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3560: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3561: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3562: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3563: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3564: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3565: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3566: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3567: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3568: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3569: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3570: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3571: <p>
1.247 jufi 3572: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3573:
1.225 horacio 3574: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3575: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3578: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3579: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3580: Interview</a>,
3581: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3582: </strong></font><br>
3583:
3584: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3585: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3586: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3587: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3588: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3589: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3590: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3591: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3592: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3593: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3594: of choice.
3595: <p>
1.247 jufi 3596: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3597:
3598: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3599: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3600:
1.247 jufi 3601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3602: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3603: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3604: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3605: </strong></font><br>
3606:
3607: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3608: <p>
3609:
1.247 jufi 3610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3611: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3612: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3613: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3614: </strong></font><br>
3615:
3616: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3617: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3618: <p>
1.247 jufi 3619: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3620:
1.218 horacio 3621: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3622: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3623:
1.247 jufi 3624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3625: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3626: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3627: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3628: </strong></font><br>
3629:
3630: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3631: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3632: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3633: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3634: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3635: subjects. Worth a read.
3636: <p>
3637:
3638:
1.247 jufi 3639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3640: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3641: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3642: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3643: </strong></font><br>
3644:
3645: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3646: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3647: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3648: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3649: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3650: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3651: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3652: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3653: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3654: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3655: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3656: on other operating systems.<br>
3657: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3658: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3659: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3660: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3661: <p>
3662:
1.247 jufi 3663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3664: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3665: Operating System 2010</a>,
3666: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3667: </strong></font><br>
3668:
3669: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3670: covering the level of software integration into the core
3671: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3672: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3673: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3674: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3675: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3676: <p>
3677:
1.247 jufi 3678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3679: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3680: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3681: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3682: </strong></font><br>
3683:
3684: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3685: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3686: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3687: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3688: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3689: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3690: <p>
1.247 jufi 3691: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3692:
1.210 jufi 3693: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3694: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3695:
1.247 jufi 3696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3697: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3698: Already a Contender</a>,
3699: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3700: </strong></font><br>
3701:
3702: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3703: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3704: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3705: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3706: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3707: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3708: <p>
3709:
1.247 jufi 3710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3711: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3712: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3713: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3714: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3715:
1.224 horacio 3716: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3717: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3718: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3719: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3720: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3721: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3722: <p>
1.247 jufi 3723: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3724:
3725: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3726: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3727:
1.247 jufi 3728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3729: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3730: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3731: Division</a>,
3732: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3733: </strong></font><br>
3734:
3735: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3736: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3737: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3738: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3739: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3740: investment</em>.<br>
3741: The implementation details can be seen on their
3742: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3743: <p>
3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3746: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3747: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3748: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3749: </strong></font><br>
3750:
3751: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3752: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3753: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3754: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3755: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3756: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3757: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3758: <p>
3759:
3760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3761: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3762: Thinking about Security</a>,
3763: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3764: </strong></font><br>
3765:
3766: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3767: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3768: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3769: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3770: to time.<br>
3771: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3772: system and just the most secure system.
3773: <p>
3774:
1.247 jufi 3775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3776: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3777: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3778: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3779: </strong></font><br>
3780:
3781: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3782: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3783: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3784: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3785: choice:<br>
3786: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3787: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3788: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3789: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3790: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3791: network security devices and as such must be well
3792: armored."</em><br>
3793: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3794: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3795: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3796: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3797: <br>
3798: Bravo!
3799: <p>
1.247 jufi 3800: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3801:
1.207 ian 3802: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3803: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3804:
1.247 jufi 3805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3806: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3807: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3808: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3809:
1.207 ian 3810: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3811: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3812: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3813: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3814: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3815: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3816: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3817: <p>
1.247 jufi 3818: </ul>
1.207 ian 3819:
1.194 jufi 3820: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3821: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3822:
1.247 jufi 3823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3824: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3825: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3826: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3827: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3828:
1.240 miod 3829: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3830: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3831: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3832: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3833: <p>
3834:
1.247 jufi 3835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3836: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3837: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3838: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3839:
3840: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3841: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3842: <p>
3843:
3844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3845: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3846: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3847: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3848:
3849: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3850: <p>
3851:
3852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3853: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3854: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3855: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3856: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3857:
1.240 miod 3858: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3859: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3860: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3861: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3862: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3863: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3864: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3865: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3866: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3867: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3868: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3869: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3870: <p>
3871:
1.247 jufi 3872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3873: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3874: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3875: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3876: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3877:
1.194 jufi 3878: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3879: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3880: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3881: <br>
3882: The new
3883: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3884: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3885: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3886: <p>
1.247 jufi 3887: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3888:
1.190 horacio 3889: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3890: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3893:
3894: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3895: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3896:
1.301 jose 3897:
1.191 jufi 3898: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3899: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3900:
3901: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3902: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3903:
1.212 horacio 3904: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3905: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3906: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3907:
1.211 horacio 3908: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3909: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3910: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3911:
1.247 jufi 3912: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3913: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3914:
1.247 jufi 3915: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3916: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3917:
1.212 horacio 3918: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3919: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3920: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3921:
3922: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3923: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3924:
3925: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3926: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3927:
1.301 jose 3928: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3929: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3930:
1.191 jufi 3931: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3932: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3933:
3934: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3935: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3936:
1.192 jufi 3937: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3938: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 3939: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 3940:
1.193 deraadt 3941: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
3942: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 3943: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 3944:
1.247 jufi 3945: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 3946: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
3947:
1.247 jufi 3948: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 3949: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
3950: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
3951:
1.213 horacio 3952: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 3953: 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 3954: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
3955:
1.190 horacio 3956: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 3957: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
3958: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
3959: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
3960: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
3961: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
3962: <p>
1.190 horacio 3963:
1.247 jufi 3964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3965: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
3966: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
3967: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 3968: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3969:
1.195 jufi 3970: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 3971: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
3972: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
3973: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 3974: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
3975: <p>
3976:
1.247 jufi 3977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3978: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 3979: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
3980: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
3981: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3982:
1.191 jufi 3983: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 3984: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
3985: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
3986: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
3987: <p>
3988:
3989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3990: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3991: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3992: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
3993:
3994: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3995: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 3996: <p>
1.247 jufi 3997: </ul>
1.190 horacio 3998:
1.191 jufi 3999:
1.186 jufi 4000: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4001: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 4002:
1.247 jufi 4003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 4004: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 4005: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
4006: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 4007: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 4008:
1.188 jufi 4009: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 4010: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 4011: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 4012: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
4013: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 4014: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 4015: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 4016: <p>
4017:
1.301 jose 4018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4019: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
4020: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4021: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
4022:
4023: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
4024: <p>
1.191 jufi 4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 4027: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
4028: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 4029: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 4030: </strong></font><br>
4031:
4032: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
4033: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
4034: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
4035: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
4036: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
4037: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
4038: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
4039: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
4040: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
4041: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
4042: familiar?
4043: <p>
1.247 jufi 4044: </ul>
1.191 jufi 4045:
1.178 louis 4046: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4047: <ul>
1.178 louis 4048:
1.247 jufi 4049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 4050: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 4051: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
4052: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 4053: </strong></font><br>
4054:
4055: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
4056: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
4057: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
4058: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
4059: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
4060: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
4061: <p>
4062:
1.247 jufi 4063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4064: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
4065: Open source under the hood</a>,
4066: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 4067: </strong></font><br>
4068:
4069: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
4070: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
4071: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
4072: <p>
4073:
1.247 jufi 4074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4075: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
4076: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
4077: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 4078: </strong></font><br>
4079:
4080: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
4081: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
4082: <p>
1.247 jufi 4083: </ul>
1.179 louis 4084:
1.174 louis 4085:
1.175 louis 4086: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4087: <ul>
1.175 louis 4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4090: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
4091: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
4092: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 4093: </strong></font><br>
4094:
4095: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
4096: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
4097: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
4098: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
4099: <p>
4100:
1.247 jufi 4101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4102: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
4103: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
4104: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 4105: </strong></font><br>
4106:
4107: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 4108: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 4109: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
4110: <p>
1.247 jufi 4111: </ul>
1.175 louis 4112:
1.176 louis 4113:
1.172 mickey 4114: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4115: <ul>
1.172 mickey 4116:
1.247 jufi 4117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4118: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
4119: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 4120: </strong></font><br>
4121:
4122: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
4123: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
4124: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 4125: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 4126: <p>
4127:
1.247 jufi 4128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 4129: <a
1.269 deraadt 4130: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
4131: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
4132: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 4133: </strong></font><br>
4134:
4135: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
4136: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
4137: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
4138: <p>
4139:
1.247 jufi 4140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4141: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 4142: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
4143: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 4144: </strong></font><br>
4145:
4146: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
4147: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
4148: <p>
4149:
1.247 jufi 4150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4151: <a
1.269 deraadt 4152: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4153: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4154: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4155: </strong></font><br>
4156:
4157: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4158: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4159: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4160: our own Theo de Raadt.
4161: <p>
4162:
1.247 jufi 4163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4164: <a
1.269 deraadt 4165: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4166: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4167: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4168: </strong></font><br>
4169:
4170: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4171: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4172: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4173: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4174: shut down.]
4175: <p>
4176:
1.247 jufi 4177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4178: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4179: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4180: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4181: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4182: </strong></font><br>
4183:
4184: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4185: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4186: <p>
1.247 jufi 4187: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4188:
1.161 louis 4189: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4190: <ul>
1.161 louis 4191:
1.247 jufi 4192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4193: <a
1.269 deraadt 4194: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4195: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4196: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4197: </strong></font><br>
4198:
4199: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4200: by John Wolley
4201: <p>
4202:
1.247 jufi 4203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4204: <a
1.269 deraadt 4205: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4206: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4207: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4208: </strong></font><br>
4209:
4210: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4211: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4212: OpenBSD).
4213: <p>
4214:
1.247 jufi 4215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4216: <a
1.247 jufi 4217: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4218: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4219: </strong></font><br>
4220:
4221: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4222: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
4223: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
4224: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4225: and hindsight.
4226: <p>
4227:
1.247 jufi 4228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4229: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4230: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4231: </strong></font><br>
4232:
4233: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4234: <p>
4235:
1.247 jufi 4236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4237: <a
1.168 provos 4238: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4239: December 7, 2000
4240: </strong></font><br>
4241:
4242: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4243: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4244: us explain.
4245: <p>
4246:
1.247 jufi 4247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4248: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4249: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4250: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4251: December 6, 2000
4252: </strong></font><br>
4253:
4254: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4255: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4256: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4257: <p>
4258:
1.247 jufi 4259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4260: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4261: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4262: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4263: </strong></font><br>
4264:
4265: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4266: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4267: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4268: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4269: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4270: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4271: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4272: <p>
4273:
4274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4275: <a
1.226 horacio 4276: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4277: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4278: </strong></font><br>
4279:
4280: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4281: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4282: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4283: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4284: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4285: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4286: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4287: <p>
1.162 millert 4288:
1.247 jufi 4289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4290: <a
1.161 louis 4291: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4292: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4293: </strong></font><br>
4294:
4295: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4296: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4297: <p>
4298:
1.247 jufi 4299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4300: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4301: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4302: </strong></font><br>
4303:
4304: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4305: <p>
4306:
4307:
1.247 jufi 4308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4309: <a
1.226 horacio 4310: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4311: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4312: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4313: </strong></font><br>
4314:
4315: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4316: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4317: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4318: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4319: <p>
1.247 jufi 4320: </ul>
1.169 louis 4321:
1.158 louis 4322: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4323: <ul>
1.147 louis 4324:
1.247 jufi 4325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4326: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4327: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4328: </strong></font><br>
4329:
4330: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4331: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4332: <p>
4333:
1.247 jufi 4334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4335: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4336: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4337: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4338: </strong></font><br>
4339: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4340: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4341: <p>
4342:
1.247 jufi 4343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4344: <a
4345: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4346: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4347: </strong></font><br>
4348:
4349: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4350: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4351: <p>
4352:
1.247 jufi 4353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4354: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4355: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4356: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4357:
1.213 horacio 4358: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4359: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4360: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4361: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4362: <p>
1.215 horacio 4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4365: <a
4366: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4367: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4368: </strong></font><br>
4369:
4370: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4371: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4372: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4373: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4374: much of the attitude too).
4375: <p>
1.161 louis 4376:
1.247 jufi 4377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4378: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4379: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4380: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4381:
1.157 louis 4382: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4383: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4384: <p>
1.247 jufi 4385: </ul>
1.157 louis 4386:
4387: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4388: <ul>
1.157 louis 4389:
1.247 jufi 4390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4391: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4392: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4393: </strong></font><br>
4394:
4395: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4396: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4397: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4398: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4399: <p>
4400:
1.247 jufi 4401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4402: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4403: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4404: </strong></font><br>
4405:
4406: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4407: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4408: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4409: it because they love coding...
4410: <p>
4411:
1.247 jufi 4412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4413: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4414: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4415: </strong></font><br>
4416:
4417: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4418: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4419: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4420: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4421: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4422: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4423: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4424: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4425: <p>
4426:
1.247 jufi 4427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4428: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4429: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4430: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4431: </strong></font><br>
4432:
4433: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4434: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4435: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4436: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4437: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4438: the pizza.
4439: <p>
4440:
1.247 jufi 4441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4442: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4443: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4444: </strong></font><br>
4445:
4446: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4447: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4448: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4449: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4450: problems.
4451: <p>
4452:
1.247 jufi 4453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4454: <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 4455: </strong></font><br>
4456:
1.222 miod 4457: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4458: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4459: - whether they like it or not.
4460: <p>
4461:
1.247 jufi 4462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4463: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4464: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4465: </strong></font><br>
4466:
4467: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4468: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4469: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4470: <p>
1.148 aaron 4471:
1.247 jufi 4472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4473: <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 4474: </strong></font><br>
4475:
4476: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4477: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4478: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4479: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4480: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4481: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4482: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4483: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4484: <p>
4485:
1.247 jufi 4486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4487: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4488: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4489: </strong></font><br>
4490:
4491: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4492: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4493: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4494: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4495: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4496: <p>
1.247 jufi 4497: </ul>
1.147 louis 4498:
1.138 louis 4499: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4500: <ul>
1.138 louis 4501:
1.247 jufi 4502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4503: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4504: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4505: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4506: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4507: </strong></font><br>
4508:
1.227 horacio 4509: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4510: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4511: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4512: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4513: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4514: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4515: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4516: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4517: <p>
4518:
1.247 jufi 4519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4520: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4521: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4522: </strong></font><br>
4523:
4524: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4525: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4526: groups, and even Linux.
4527: <p>
4528:
1.247 jufi 4529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4530: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4531: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4532: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4533: </strong></font><br>
4534:
4535: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4536: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4537: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4538: library after installing the OS.
4539: <p>
4540:
1.247 jufi 4541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4542: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4543: Sys Admin, September 2000
4544: </strong></font><br>
4545:
4546: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4547: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4548: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4549: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4550: (<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>,
4551: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4552: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4553: <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 4554: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4555: out of the system.
4556: <p>
4557:
1.247 jufi 4558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4559: <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
4560: </strong></font><br>
4561:
4562: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4563: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4564: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4565: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4566: the IP filtering and address translation.
4567: <p>
1.301 jose 4568:
4569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4570: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4571: </strong></font><br>
4572:
4573: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4574: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4575: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4576: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4577: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4578: <p>
1.247 jufi 4579: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4580:
1.131 louis 4581: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4582: <ul>
1.131 louis 4583:
1.247 jufi 4584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4585: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4586: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4587: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4588: </strong></font><br>
4589:
4590: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4591: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4592: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4593: <p>
4594:
1.247 jufi 4595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4596: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4597: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4598: </strong></font><br>
4599:
4600: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4601: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4602: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4603: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4604: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4605: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4606: note of"</i>.
4607: <p>
4608:
1.247 jufi 4609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4610: <a
1.247 jufi 4611: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4612: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4613: </strong></font><br>
4614:
4615: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4616: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4617: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4618: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4619: <p>
4620:
1.247 jufi 4621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4622: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4623: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4624: </strong></font><br>
4625:
4626: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4627: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4628: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4629: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4630: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4631: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4632: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4633: <p>
4634:
1.247 jufi 4635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4636: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4637: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4638: 2000
4639: </strong></font><br>
4640:
4641: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4642: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4643: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4644: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4645: against current industry practices.
4646: <p>
4647:
1.247 jufi 4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4649: <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
4650: </strong></font><br>
4651:
4652: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4653: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4654: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4655: <p>
4656:
1.247 jufi 4657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4658: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4659: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4660: </strong></font><br>
4661:
4662: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4663: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4664: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4665: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4666: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4667: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4668: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4669: <p>
4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4672: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4673: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4674: </strong></font><br>
4675:
4676: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4677: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4678: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4679: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4680: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4681: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4682: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4683: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4684: <p>
1.247 jufi 4685: </ul>
1.131 louis 4686:
1.118 louis 4687: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4688: <ul>
1.118 louis 4689:
1.247 jufi 4690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4691: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4692: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4693: </strong></font><br>
4694:
4695: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4696: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4697: about time. The article mentions that
4698: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4699: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4700: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4701: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4702: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4703: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4704: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4705: <p>
4706:
1.247 jufi 4707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4708: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4709: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4710: </strong></font><br>
4711:
4712: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4713: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4714: of OpenSSH.
4715: <p>
4716:
1.247 jufi 4717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4718: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4719: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4720: </strong></font><br>
4721:
4722: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4723: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4724: bridging.
4725: <p>
4726:
1.247 jufi 4727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4728: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4729: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4730: </strong></font><br>
4731:
1.121 deraadt 4732: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4733: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4734: <p>
4735:
1.247 jufi 4736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4737: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4738: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4739: </strong></font><br>
4740:
4741: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4742: <p>
4743:
1.247 jufi 4744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4745: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4746: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4747: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4748: </strong></font><br>
4749:
1.120 deraadt 4750: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4751: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4752: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4753: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4754: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4755: <p>
4756:
1.247 jufi 4757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4758: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4759: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4760: </strong></font><br>
4761:
1.222 miod 4762: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4763: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4764: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4765: protocols and their quirks.
4766: <p>
4767:
1.247 jufi 4768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4769: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4770: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4771: </strong></font><br>
4772:
4773: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4774: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4775: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4776: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4777: <p>
4778:
1.247 jufi 4779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4780: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4781: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4782: </strong></font><br>
4783:
4784: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4785: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4786: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4787: <p>
4788:
1.247 jufi 4789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4790: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4791: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4792: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4793: </strong></font><br>
4794:
4795: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4796: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4797: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4798: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4799: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4800: <p>
1.247 jufi 4801: </ul>
1.118 louis 4802:
1.104 louis 4803: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4804: <ul>
1.104 louis 4805:
1.247 jufi 4806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4807: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4808: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4809: </strong></font><br>
4810:
4811: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4812: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4813: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4814: be a bit dry.
4815: <p>
4816:
1.247 jufi 4817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4818: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4819: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4820: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4821: </strong></font><br>
4822: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4823: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4824: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4825: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4826: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4827: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4828: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4829: <p>
4830:
1.247 jufi 4831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4832: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4833: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4834: 2000
1.128 louis 4835: </strong></font><br>
4836:
4837: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4838: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4839: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4840: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4841: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4842: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4843: <p>
4844:
1.247 jufi 4845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4846: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4847: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4848: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4849:
4850: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4851: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4852: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4853: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4854: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4855: <p>
1.110 louis 4856:
1.247 jufi 4857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4858: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4859: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4860: </strong></font><br>
4861:
4862: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4863: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4864: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4865: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4866: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4867: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4868: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4869: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4870: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4871: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4872: <p>
4873:
1.247 jufi 4874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4875: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4876: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4877:
4878: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4879: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4880: <p>
1.108 louis 4881:
1.247 jufi 4882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4883: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4884: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4885: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4886:
4887: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4888: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4889: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4890: <p>
1.106 louis 4891:
1.247 jufi 4892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4893: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4894: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4895: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4896:
4897: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4898: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4899: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4900: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4901: <p>
1.107 louis 4902:
1.247 jufi 4903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4904: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4905: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4906: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4907:
4908: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4909: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4910: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4911: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4912: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4913: <p>
1.105 louis 4914:
1.247 jufi 4915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4916: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4917: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4918: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4919:
1.113 naddy 4920: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4921: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4922: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4923: <p>
1.104 louis 4924:
1.247 jufi 4925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4926: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4927: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4928: </strong></font><br>
4929:
4930: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4931: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4932: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4933: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4934: <p>
1.301 jose 4935:
4936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4937: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4938: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
4939: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
4940:
4941: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
4942: hardware-supported cryptography.
4943: <p>
1.247 jufi 4944: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 4945:
1.85 louis 4946: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4947: <ul>
1.85 louis 4948:
1.247 jufi 4949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4950: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 4951: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 4952: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4953:
4954: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
4955: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
4956: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
4957: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
4958: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
4959: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
4960: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 4961: <p>
1.99 louis 4962:
1.247 jufi 4963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4964: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 4965: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 4966: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 4967:
4968: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
4969: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
4970: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
4971: conditions.
1.113 naddy 4972: <p>
1.100 louis 4973:
1.247 jufi 4974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4975: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 4976: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 4977: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 4978:
4979: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
4980: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
4981: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
4982: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 4983: <p>
1.95 louis 4984:
1.247 jufi 4985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4986: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 4987: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 4988: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 4989:
4990: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
4991: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 4992: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 4993: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
4994: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4995: <p>
1.92 louis 4996:
1.247 jufi 4997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4998: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 4999: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5000: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 5001:
5002: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
5003: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
5004: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
5005: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
5006: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
5007: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 5008: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 5009: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 5010: <p>
1.91 louis 5011:
1.247 jufi 5012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5013: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
5014: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 5015: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5016:
5017: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
5018: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
5019: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
5020: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
5021: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
5022: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
5023: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
5024: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
5025: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 5026: <p>
1.90 louis 5027:
1.247 jufi 5028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5029: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
5030: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
5031: </strong></font><br>
5032: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
5033: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
5034: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
5035: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
5036: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
5037: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
5038: <p>
5039:
1.247 jufi 5040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 5041: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
5042: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5043: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 5044:
1.113 naddy 5045: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
5046: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 5047: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
5048: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
5049: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
5050: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
5051: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 5052: <p>
1.87 louis 5053:
1.247 jufi 5054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 5055: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
5056: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 5057: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5058:
5059: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 5060: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 5061: <p>
1.85 louis 5062:
1.247 jufi 5063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5064: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
5065: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
5066: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
5067:
5068: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
5069: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
5070: <p>
5071:
5072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 5073: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
5074: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5075: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 5076:
5077: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 5078: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 5079: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
5080: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 5081: <p>
1.89 louis 5082:
1.247 jufi 5083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5084: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 5085: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5086: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5087:
5088: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
5089: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
5090: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
5091: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
5092: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 5093: </ul>
1.85 louis 5094:
1.78 deraadt 5095: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5096: <ul>
1.74 louis 5097:
1.247 jufi 5098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5099: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 5100: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 5101: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 5102: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5103:
5104: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
5105: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
5106: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5107: <p>
1.83 louis 5108:
1.247 jufi 5109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 5110: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
5111: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5112: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 5113:
5114: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
5115: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 5116: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 5117: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
5118: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 5119: <p>
1.93 louis 5120:
1.247 jufi 5121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5122: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
5123: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
5124: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5125: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 5126:
1.83 louis 5127: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
5128: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
5129: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
5130: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
5131: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 5132: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
5133: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
5134: <p>
1.82 aaron 5135:
1.247 jufi 5136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5137: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 5138: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5139: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 5140:
1.83 louis 5141: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
5142: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
5143: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 5144: <p>
1.80 louis 5145:
1.247 jufi 5146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5147: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 5148: Bad Press</a>,
5149: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 5150: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 5151:
5152: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5153: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5154: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5155: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5156: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5157: <p>
1.247 jufi 5158: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5159:
5160: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5161: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5162:
1.247 jufi 5163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5164: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5165: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5166: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5167: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5168:
5169: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5170: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5171: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5172: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5173: <p>
1.74 louis 5174:
1.247 jufi 5175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5176: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5177: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5178: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5179:
1.219 horacio 5180: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5181: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5182: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5183: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5184: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5185: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5186: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5187: <p>
1.88 louis 5188:
1.247 jufi 5189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5190: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5191: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5192: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5193:
5194: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5195: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5196: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5197: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5198: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5199: <p>
1.81 louis 5200:
1.247 jufi 5201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5202: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5203: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5204: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5205:
5206: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5207: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5208: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5209: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5210: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5211: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5212: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5213: <p>
1.90 louis 5214:
1.247 jufi 5215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5216: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5217: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5218: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5219:
5220: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5221: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5222: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5223: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5224: <p>
1.247 jufi 5225: </ul>
1.71 louis 5226:
1.69 deraadt 5227: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5228: <ul>
1.70 louis 5229:
1.247 jufi 5230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5231: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5232: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5233: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5234:
5235: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5236: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5237: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5238: <p>
1.70 louis 5239:
1.247 jufi 5240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5241: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5242: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5243: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5244:
5245: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5246: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5247: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5248: <p>
1.68 louis 5249:
1.247 jufi 5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5251: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5252: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5253: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5254: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5255:
1.111 jufi 5256: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5257: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5258: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5259: "secure by default" installation.
5260: <p>
1.64 louis 5261:
1.247 jufi 5262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5263: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5264: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5265: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5266:
1.113 naddy 5267: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5268: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5269: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5270: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5271: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5272: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5273: <p>
1.66 louis 5274:
1.247 jufi 5275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5276: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5277: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5278: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5279:
5280: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5281: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5282: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5283: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5284: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5285: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5286: <p>
1.83 louis 5287:
1.247 jufi 5288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5289: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5290: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5291: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5292:
5293: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5294: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5295: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5296: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5297: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5298: <p>
1.64 louis 5299:
1.247 jufi 5300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5301: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5302: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5303: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5304:
5305: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5306: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5307: <p>
1.301 jose 5308:
5309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5310: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5311: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5312: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5313: </strong></font><br>
5314:
5315: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5316: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5317: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5318: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5319: Giving way to
5320: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5321: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5322: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5323: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5324: <p>
1.247 jufi 5325: </ul>
1.65 louis 5326:
1.69 deraadt 5327: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5328: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5329:
1.247 jufi 5330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5331: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5332: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5333: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5334:
5335: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5336: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5337: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5338: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5339: <p>
1.88 louis 5340:
1.247 jufi 5341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5342: <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 5343: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5344:
5345: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5346: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5347: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5348: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5349: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5350: <p>
1.60 louis 5351:
1.247 jufi 5352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5353: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5354: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5355: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5356: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5357:
5358: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5359: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5360: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5361: <p>
1.58 louis 5362:
1.247 jufi 5363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5364: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5365: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5366:
5367: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5368: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5369: <p>
1.53 louis 5370:
1.247 jufi 5371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5372: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5373: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5374: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5375:
5376: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5377: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5378: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5379: <p>
1.99 louis 5380:
1.247 jufi 5381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5382: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5383: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5384:
5385: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5386: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5387: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5388: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5389: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5390:
1.247 jufi 5391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5392: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5393: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5394: </strong></font><br>
5395:
5396: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5397: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5398: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5399: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5400: <p>
5401:
1.247 jufi 5402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5403: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5404: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5405: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5406:
5407: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5408: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5409: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5410:
1.247 jufi 5411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5412: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5413: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5414:
5415: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5416: in
1.247 jufi 5417: <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 5418: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5419: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5420: <p>
1.53 louis 5421:
1.247 jufi 5422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5423: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5424: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5425: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5426: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5427:
1.58 louis 5428: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5429: <p>
1.301 jose 5430:
5431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5432: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5433: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5434: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5435: Informacyjny, January 2000
5436: </strong></font><br>
5437:
5438: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5439: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5440: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5441: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5442: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5443: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5444: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5445: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5446: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5447: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5448: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5449: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5450: <p>
5451:
5452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5453: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5454: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5455: </strong></font><br>
5456:
5457: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5458: <p>
5459: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5460:
1.69 deraadt 5461: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5462: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5463:
1.247 jufi 5464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5465: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5466: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5467: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5468: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5469:
1.58 louis 5470: Kurt Seifried
5471: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5472: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5473: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5474: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5475:
1.247 jufi 5476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5477: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5478: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5479: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5480:
5481: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5482: <p>
1.96 louis 5483:
1.247 jufi 5484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5485: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5486: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5487: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5488: </strong></font><br>
5489:
5490: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5491: <p>
5492:
5493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5494: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5495: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5496: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5497:
5498: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5499: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5500: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5501: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5502: <p>
1.247 jufi 5503: </ul>
1.86 louis 5504:
1.69 deraadt 5505: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5506: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5507:
1.247 jufi 5508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5509: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5510: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5511: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5512:
5513: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5514: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5515: <p>
1.61 louis 5516:
1.247 jufi 5517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5518: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5519: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5520: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5521: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5522:
5523: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5524: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5525: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5526: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5527: right -- or at least strives to".
5528: <p>
1.48 louis 5529:
1.247 jufi 5530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5531: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5532: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5533: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5534: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5535: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5536: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5537: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5538: <p>
1.61 louis 5539:
1.247 jufi 5540: <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 5541: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5542: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5543:
5544: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5545: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5546: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5547: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5548: <p>
1.46 louis 5549:
1.247 jufi 5550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5551: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5552: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5553: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5554:
5555: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5556: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5557: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5558:
1.247 jufi 5559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5560: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5561: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5562: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5563:
5564: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5565: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5566: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5567: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5568: <p>
1.247 jufi 5569: </ul>
1.70 louis 5570:
1.69 deraadt 5571: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5572: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5573:
1.247 jufi 5574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5575: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5576: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5577: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5578: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5579:
5580: Kurt Seifried
5581: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5582: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5583: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5584: <p>
1.44 philen 5585:
1.247 jufi 5586: <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 5587: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5588: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5589:
5590: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5591: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5592:
1.247 jufi 5593: <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 5594: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5595: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5596:
5597: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5598: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5599:
1.247 jufi 5600: <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 5601: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5602: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5603:
5604: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5605: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5606: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5607: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5608: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5609:
1.247 jufi 5610: <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 5611: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5612: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5613:
1.36 louis 5614: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5615: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5616:
1.247 jufi 5617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5618: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5619: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5620: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5621:
5622: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5623: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5624: </ul>
1.38 louis 5625:
1.69 deraadt 5626: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5627: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5628:
1.247 jufi 5629: <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 5630: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5631: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5632:
5633: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5634: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5635: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5636:
1.113 naddy 5637: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5638: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5639: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5640: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5641:
5642: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5643: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5644: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5645: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5646: <blockquote>
5647: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5648: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5649: <br>
5650: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5651: </code>
5652: </blockquote>
5653: <p>
5654:
1.247 jufi 5655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5656: <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 5657: <p>
5658:
5659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5660: <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 5661: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5662:
5663: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5664: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5665: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5666: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5667:
1.247 jufi 5668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5669: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5670: Sept. 28, 1999
5671: </strong></font><br>
5672:
5673: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5674: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5675: translating and reprinting articles from
5676: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5677: <p>
5678:
5679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5680: <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 5681: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5682:
5683: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5684: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5685: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5686: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5687: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5688: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5689: <p>
1.19 louis 5690:
1.113 naddy 5691: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5692: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5693: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5694:
5695: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5696: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5697: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5698: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5699: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5700: <p>
1.16 louis 5701:
1.247 jufi 5702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5703: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5704: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5705: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5706:
1.57 louis 5707: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5708: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5709: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5710: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5711:
1.247 jufi 5712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5713: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5714: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5715: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5716:
1.113 naddy 5717: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5718:
1.247 jufi 5719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5720: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5721: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5722: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5723:
1.23 louis 5724: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5725: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5726: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5727: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5728: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5729: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5730:
1.247 jufi 5731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5732: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5733: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5734: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5735:
1.199 pvalchev 5736: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5737: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5738: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5739: installation.
1.113 naddy 5740: <p>
1.47 louis 5741:
1.247 jufi 5742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5743: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5744: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5745: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5746:
1.301 jose 5747: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5748: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5749: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5750: </ul>
1.57 louis 5751:
1.69 deraadt 5752: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5753: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5754:
1.247 jufi 5755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5756: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5757: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5758: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5759:
5760: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5761: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5762: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5763: <p>
1.12 louis 5764:
1.247 jufi 5765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5766: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5767: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5768: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5769:
5770: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5771: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5772: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5773: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5774: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5775: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5776: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5777: <p>
1.247 jufi 5778: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5779:
1.69 deraadt 5780: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5781: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5782:
1.247 jufi 5783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5784: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5785: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5786:
5787: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5788: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5789: available."
1.113 naddy 5790: <p>
1.301 jose 5791:
5792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5793: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5794: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5795: </strong></font><br>
5796:
5797: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5798: <p>
1.247 jufi 5799: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5800:
1.69 deraadt 5801: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5802: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5803:
1.247 jufi 5804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5805: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5806: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5807:
5808: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5809: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5810: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5811: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5812: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5813: <p>
1.33 louis 5814:
1.247 jufi 5815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5816: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5817: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5818: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5819:
1.113 naddy 5820: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5821: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5822: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5823: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5824: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5825: <p>
1.247 jufi 5826: </ul>
1.57 louis 5827:
1.69 deraadt 5828: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5829: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5830:
1.247 jufi 5831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5832: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5833: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5834: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5835:
5836: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5837: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5838: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5839:
1.247 jufi 5840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5841: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5842: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5843: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5844: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5845:
5846: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5847: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5848:
1.247 jufi 5849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5850: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5851:
1.113 naddy 5852: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5853:
1.247 jufi 5854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5855: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5856: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5857: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5858:
5859: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5860: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5861: </ul>
1.23 louis 5862:
1.69 deraadt 5863: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5864: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5865:
1.247 jufi 5866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5867: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5868: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5869:
5870: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5871: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5872: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5873:
1.247 jufi 5874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5875: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5876: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5877: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5878:
5879: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5880: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5881: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5882: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5883: </ul>
1.57 louis 5884:
1.69 deraadt 5885: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5886: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5887:
1.247 jufi 5888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5889: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5890: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5891: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5892:
5893: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5894: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5895: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5896: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5897: <p>
1.15 louis 5898:
1.247 jufi 5899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5900: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5901: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5902: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5903:
5904: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5905: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5906: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5907: columns."
1.113 naddy 5908: <p>
1.247 jufi 5909: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5910:
1.69 deraadt 5911: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5912: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5913:
1.247 jufi 5914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5915: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5916: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5917: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5918:
5919: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5920: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5921:
1.113 naddy 5922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5923: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5924: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5925:
5926: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5927: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5928: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5929: </ul>
1.57 louis 5930:
1.69 deraadt 5931: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5932: <ul>
1.301 jose 5933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5934: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5935: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5936: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5937:
5938: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
5939: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
5940: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
5941: <p>
5942:
5943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5944: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
5945: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5946: Nov 13, 1998 and
5947: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
5948: Datateknik</a>,
5949: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
5950:
1.380 saad 5951: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 5952: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
5953: explains the licensing issues and points to our
5954: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
5955: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5956:
1.113 naddy 5957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5958: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 5959: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 5960: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5961:
1.222 miod 5962: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 5963: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
5964: Implementation, including a brief interview with
5965: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 5966: <p>
1.247 jufi 5967: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5968:
1.69 deraadt 5969: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5970: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5971:
1.247 jufi 5972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 5973: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 5974: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5975:
1.69 deraadt 5976: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
5977: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 5978: <p>
1.247 jufi 5979: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5980:
1.69 deraadt 5981: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5982: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 5983:
1.247 jufi 5984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5985: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
5986: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 5987: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5988:
1.383 jcs 5989: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 5990: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 5991: <p>
1.1 deraadt 5992:
1.247 jufi 5993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 5994: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 5995: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
5996: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 5997: <p>
1.247 jufi 5998: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5999:
1.69 deraadt 6000: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6001: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6002:
1.247 jufi 6003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6004: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 6005: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
6006: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 6007: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 6008: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6009:
6010: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
6011: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
6012: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 6013: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 6014: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 6015: <p>
1.247 jufi 6016: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 6017:
6018: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6019: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6020:
1.247 jufi 6021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6022: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 6023: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6024:
1.69 deraadt 6025: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
6026: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 6027: <p>
1.112 naddy 6028:
1.247 jufi 6029: </ul>
1.113 naddy 6030: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6031:
1.292 camield 6032: <hr>
1.216 horacio 6033: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 6034: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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6038: </html>