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1.560 ! ian 19: <h2>March, 2007</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21:
! 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 23: <a href="http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=30120&hilite=">
! 24: Welsh Government Agency demonstrates Open Source best practice</a>,
! 25: SourceWire, March 8, 2007
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: Conservation authority The Countryside Council for Wales has
! 28: hired UK Open Source service provider Sirius Corporation
! 29: to extend OpenBSD's interoperability with the proprietary
! 30: Cisco IOS; part of the agreement calls for Sirius to contribute its
! 31: source changes back to the OpenBSD project.
! 32: <p>
! 33:
! 34: </ul>
1.558 ian 35:
1.556 matthieu 36: <h2>February, 2007</h2>
37: <ul>
38:
39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.558 ian 40: <a href="http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/is_symantecs_vista_security_assessment_credible.html">
41: Is Symantec's Vista Security Assessment Credible?</a>, Microsoft Watch, February 28, 2007
42: </strong></font><br>
43: This paper is nominally about the relationship between Symantec and Microsoft,
44: talking about a white paper released by the former.
45: But it's quite revealing about Microsoft itself.
46: "Even Microsoft... now acknowledges that UAC (User Account Control) -
47: Vista's most [high-]profile security feature - is vulnerable to subversion,
48: particularly through social-engineering tactics."
49: And while the Symantec report says some good things about Vista security,
50: "its criticisms are brutal - for their clarity and foreboding:
51: <blockquote>
52: "Many of the technologies that Microsoft has employed to bolster
53: the security of Windows Vista are not new. In fact, most are
54: derived from the groundwork originally laid by open-source
55: operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD, the PaX and
56: Stackguard projects, as well as numerous academic publications....
57: The majority of these technologies first appeared in Windows
58: XP SP2 [Service Pack 2]. Windows XP SP2, at the time of its
59: release, was also billed as the most secure version of Windows."
60: </blockquote>
61: So remember, folks, if it's about security, you may well have heard it
62: here first, long before Microsoft "invented" it.
63: <p>
64:
65:
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.557 reyk 67: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/85495">
68: OpenBSD und Linux: Kritik an Stillhalteabkommen für Treiberentwicklung</a>, heise online, February 2, 2007
69: </strong></font><br>
70:
71: Short article about OpenBSD's clear statement against device driver
72: development under non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
73: It attempts to summarize the reaction of the OpenBSD community against the
74: <a href="http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/free_drivers.html">"Free Linux Driver Development"</a>
75: under NDA offered by the linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman which previously raised some
76: discussion.
77: Code written under NDA will make it difficult to improve it in the future
78: because somebody signed an agreement to keep the required hardware
79: documentation secret. For the OpenBSD project
80: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/goals.html">NDAs are never acceptable</a>.
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.556 matthieu 84: [FRENCH]
85: <a href="http://www.ed-diamond.com/produit.php?produit=462">GNU/Linux
86: Magazine France</a> special issue number 29
87: </strong></font>
88: is dedicated to BSD systems. It features several articles about
89: OpenBSD: a pf tutorial, an article on IPSec and two articles on
90: high-availability with pf and CARP and with dynamic routing protocols
91: using OpenOSPFd and OpenBGPd.
92: <p>
93:
94: </ul>
95:
1.558 ian 96: <h2>January, 2007</h2>
97: <ul>
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
99: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.html">
100: Greylisting with PF</a>, O'Reilly onLAMP, January 18, 2007
101: </strong></font><br>
102: This onLAMP article by Dan Langille leads you through the process of
1.559 ian 103: setting up greylisting using OpenBSD's pf and spamd, which has now been ported
1.558 ian 104: to most other BSD systems. The article is
105: quite detailed, but readers should ignore the FreeBSD-specific stuff
106: like kldload (OpenBSD uses modload, but, OpenBSD always has pf built-in
107: so you don't need this). Parts of the article are based on Bob Beck's
108: <a href="http://www.nycbsdcon.org/speakers#Beck">spamd talk at NYCBSDCon</a>.
109: <p>
110:
111: </ul>
112:
1.550 mbalmer 113: <h2>December, 2006</h2>
114: <ul>
115:
116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.554 reyk 117: [GERMAN]
118: <a href="http://www.freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=15206">
119: 23C3: Interview mit Henning und Reyk von OpenBSD</a>,
120: Radio Unerhört Marbug, December 29, 2006
121: </strong></font><br>
122: Interview with Henning Brauer and Reyk Flöter about OpenBSD and
123: the latest changes since 4.0 during the 23rd Chaos Communications
124: Congress in Berlin.
125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.552 ian 128: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/29/01OPsecadvise_1.html">
1.553 ian 129: New Year's Resolution No. 1: Get OpenBSD</a>,
1.552 ian 130: InfoWorld, December 29, 2006
131: </strong></font><br>
132: InfoWorld's Security Advisor columnist Roger A. Grimes says:
133: "Kick off 2007 with a new, more secure operating system."
134: Citing OpenBSD's code-auditing security process and its
135: excellent security record, Grimes advises readers to give the system a try.
136: Despite repeating some old canards about the "unfriendly" install, he
137: notes favorably that
138: "OpenBSD is shipped secure-by-default, with all non-essential services disabled.
139: You won't find NFS, mountd, or Apache [httpd] enabled by default.
140: The /bin and /sbin folders will be emptier than other Linux or BSD distros.
141: Install OpenBSD and you can be assured that it doesn't default to an insecure state."
142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.551 xsa 145: [GERMAN]
1.550 mbalmer 146: <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2007/01/074/">
147: OpenBSD 4.0 - Kanadische Eröffnung</a>
148: iX magazine, December 14, 2006
149: </strong></font><br>
150: The german IT magazine iX reviews the 4.0 release of OpenBSD and also mentions
151: why we don't support blobs and why this is beneficial to our users.
152: The article gives OpenBSD a very good rating for being strictly free software,
153: its swift installation, the support for upgrades, and the large number of
154: platforms and architectures it runs on.
155: <p>
156:
157: </ul>
158:
1.546 ian 159: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
160: <ul>
161:
1.549 ian 162: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
163: <a href='http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061110204834'>
164: Official support for OpenBSD in Parallels Workstation</a>
165: undeadly.org, November 10, 2006
166: </strong></font><br>
167: OpenBSD is now supported by Parallels, a commercial OS
168: virtualization product for Mac OS X, Linux or MS-Windows.
169: In addition to allowing users to run both OpenBSD and one of those other
170: systems concurrently, the announcement means that developers with Intel Mac
171: hardware can run multiple test systems; the Undeadly Editor adds:
172: "I've had up to six OpenBSD guest systems operating simultaneously,
173: versions 3.8 through 4.0 (and -current)."
174: This also reinforces the increasing commercial acceptance of our favorite OS.
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
178: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/bsdtalk082-openbsd-developer-jason.html">
179: Interview with Jason Wright</a>, BSDTalk 82, November 8, 2006
180: </strong></font><br>
181: Jason talks about the OpenBSD development process (particularly for device drivers
182: and getting hardware documentation from vendors), Sun SPARC hardware (particularly
183: the Ultra III), ham radio (APRS) with OpenBSD, and more.
184: <p>
185:
186: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
187: <a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6132572.html'>
188: OpenBSD turns 4.0</a>
189: CNET News.com, November 3, 2006
190: </strong></font><br>
191: Stephen Shankland talks about the UltraSPARC III code in 4.0, and notes that
192: OpenBSD has chosen to stay with stable GCC versions rather than moving to
193: the latest and most bloated GCC versions like Linux did.
194: Quotes Theo as saying: OpenBSD doesn't aim for particular niches,
195: but it's popular in network applications... "The biggest
196: users of OpenBSD these days are people who need our fancy networking
197: features..."
198: <p>
199:
1.546 ian 200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
201: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
202: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
203: </strong></font><br>
204: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
205: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
206: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
207: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
208: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
209: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
210: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
211: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
212: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
213: several of the most important new features, evaluates
214: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
1.548 saad 215: He also offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
1.546 ian 216: the project even better.
217: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
218: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
219: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
220: the music behind it.
221: <p>
222:
1.547 ian 223: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
224: <a href='http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1243'>
225: Big changes with OpenBSD 4.0 out today</a>
226: Tectonic, November 1, 2006
227: </strong></font><br>
228: "With his characteristic no-frills approach OpenBSD team leader
229: Theo de Raadt this morning announced the release of OpenBSD 4.0."
230: This article lists the highlights of the 4.0 release and
231: tells readers where to order CD's or download the release.
232: Quotes Theo: ""We are pleased to announce the official release of
233: OpenBSD 4.0. This is our 20th release on CD-Rom (and 21st via FTP).
234: We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only a single
235: remote hole in the default install,"
236: <p>
237:
238: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
239: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8123.html'>
240: OpenBSD 4.0 released</a>
241: Ars Technica, November 1, 2006
242: </strong></font><br>
243: A short note about the 4.0 release; refers to the O'ReillyNet article below.
244: <p>
245:
1.546 ian 246: </ul>
247:
1.539 ian 248: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
249: <ul>
1.540 ian 250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ian 252: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
253: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
254: </strong></font><br>
255: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
256: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
1.548 saad 257: Topics include the new blob-free wireless drivers, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
1.546 ian 258: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
259: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
260: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 264: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
265: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
266: </strong></font><br>
267: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
268: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
269: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
270: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
271: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
272: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
273: for his many customers.
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 277: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
278: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
279: </strong></font><br>
280: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
281: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
282: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
283: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
284: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
285: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
286: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
287: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
288: also do."
289: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
290: seats already."
291: <p>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
294: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
295: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
296: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
297: </strong></font><br>
298: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
299: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
300: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
301: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
302: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
303: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
304: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
305: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
306: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
307: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
308: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
309: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
310: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
311: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.541 ian 315: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
316: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
317: </strong></font><br>
318: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
319: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
320: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
321: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
322: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
323: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
324: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 325: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 326: <p>
327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 329: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
330: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
331: </strong></font><br>
332: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
333: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
334: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
335: <br />
336: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
337: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
338: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
339: overflows and vulnerabilities."
340: <br />
341: And, Grimes generalizes,
342: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
343: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
344: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
345: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
346: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
347: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
348: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
349: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
350: happened."
351: Worth reading!
352: <p>
353:
1.539 ian 354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
355: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
356: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
357: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
358: </strong></font><br>
359: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
360: redistributable firmware from Intel.
361: <p>
362:
363: </ul>
364:
1.536 grunk 365: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
366: <ul>
367:
368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 369: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
370: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
371: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
372: </strong></font><br>
373: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
374: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
375: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
376: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
377: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
378: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
379: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
380: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
381: for ages over these chipsets.
382: Quotes Theo as saying:
383: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
384: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
385: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
386: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
387: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
388: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
389: <p>
390:
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
392: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
393: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
394: </strong></font><br>
395: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
396: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
397: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
398: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 402: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
403: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
404: </strong></font><br>
405: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
406: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
407: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
408: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
409: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
410: <p>
411:
1.537 ian 412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
413: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
414: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
415: </strong></font><br>
416: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
417: (the official release date is November 1).
418: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
419: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
420: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
421: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
422: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 423: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 424: <p>
425:
1.536 grunk 426: </ul>
427:
1.534 ian 428: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
429: <ul>
430:
431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 432: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
433: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
434: </strong></font><br>
435: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
436: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
437: as a guest operating system under
438: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
439: or "virtualization" system.
440: <p>
441:
442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 443: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
444: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
445: </strong></font><br>
446: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
447: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
448: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
449: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
450: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
451: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
452: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
453: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
454: <p>
455:
456: </ul>
457:
1.531 ian 458: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
459: <ul>
460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
461: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
462: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
463: </strong></font><br>
464: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
465: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
466: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
467: The article quotes Theo as saying
468: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
469: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
470: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
471: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
472: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
473: and describes the funding issues as well.
474: <p>
475:
476: </ul>
477:
1.525 ian 478: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
479: <ul>
480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 481: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 482: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
483: </strong></font><br>
484: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
485: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
486: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
487: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
488: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
489: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
490: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
491: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
492: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
493: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
494: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
495: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
496: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 500: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 501: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
502: </strong></font><br>
503: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
504: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
505: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
506: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
507: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
508: <p>
509:
1.526 ian 510: </ul>
1.525 ian 511:
1.514 ian 512: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
513: <ul>
1.524 ian 514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
515: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
516: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
517: </strong></font><br>
518: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
519: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
520: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
521: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
522: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
523: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
524: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
525: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
526: to make them useful.
527: <p>
1.518 ian 528:
529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 530: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 531: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
532: and
533: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 534: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 535: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 536: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 537: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 538: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
539: their plans for the week.
540: <p>
541:
542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 543: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
544: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
545: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
546: </strong></font><br>
547: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
548: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 552: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
553: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
554: </strong></font><br>
555: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
556: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
557: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
558: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 559: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 560: (introduced with 3.9).
561: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
562: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
563: <p>
564:
565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 566: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
567: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
568: </strong></font><br>
569: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
570: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
571: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
572: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
573: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
574: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
575: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
576: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
577: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
578: <p>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
581: [GERMAN]
582: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
583: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
584: </strong></font><br>
585: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
586: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peerebroom's
1.535 steven 587: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 588: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
589: is connected to OpenBSD.
590: <p>
591:
1.514 ian 592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
593: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
594: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
595: </strong></font><br>
596: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
597: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
598: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 599: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 600: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 601: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 602: running this project) is so important to Theo,
603: and even why he does mountain biking!
604: <p>
605:
606: </ul>
607:
1.503 ian 608: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
609: <ul>
610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 611: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
612: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
613: </strong></font><br>
614: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
615: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
616: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
617: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
618: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
619: <blockquote>
620: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
621: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
622: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
623: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
624: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
625: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
626: </blockquote>
627: This is just plain cool."
628: <p>
629:
630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 631: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
632: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
633: </strong></font><br>
634: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
635: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
636: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 637: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 638: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
639: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
640: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
641: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
642: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
643: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 644: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 645: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
646: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 650: [GERMAN]
651: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
652: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
653: </strong></font><br>
654: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
655: are and why they are bad.
656: <p>
657:
658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 659: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
660: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
661: </strong></font><br>
662: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
663: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
664: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
665: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
666: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
667: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
668: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
669: pages."
670: <p>
671:
672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 673: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
674: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
675: </strong></font><br>
676: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
677: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
678: and continues:
679: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
680: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
681: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
682: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
683: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
684: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
685: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
686: and more. Final thought:
687: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
688: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
689: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
690: true for business environments."
691: <p>
692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 694: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 695: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 696: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 697: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
698: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
699: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 700: for funding.
1.509 djm 701: <p>
702:
703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 704: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
705: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
706: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
707: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
708: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
709: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
710: <p>
711:
712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 713: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
714: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
715: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
716: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
717: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
718: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
719: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
720: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
721: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
722: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
723: <br/>
1.529 ian 724: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 725: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 726: hostsearch.com</a> and
727: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
728: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 729: <p>
730:
731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 732: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
733: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
734: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
735: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 736: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 737: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 738: is punctuated with examples.
739: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 740: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
741: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 742: and
1.535 steven 743: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 744: <p>
745:
746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 747: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
748: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
749: </strong></font><br>
750: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
751: further OpenSSH development.
752: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
753: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
754: project's funding needs for all time.
755: <p>
1.504 bernd 756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
757: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
758: April 3, 2006
759: </strong></font><br>
760: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
761: this could compromise future hackathons.
762: <p>
1.503 ian 763:
764: </ul>
765:
1.487 ian 766: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
767: <ul>
1.495 ian 768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 769: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 770: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 771: </strong></font><br>
772: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
773: on topics including "Puffy",
774: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
775: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
776: what's new in 3.9,
777: and of course project expenses.
778: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
779: <!--
780: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
781: -->
782: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
783: <p>
784:
785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 786: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
787: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
788: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 789: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
790: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 791: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
792: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
793: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
794: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
795: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
796: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
797: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
798: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
799: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
800: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
801: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
802: but Matzan does - is that
803: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
804: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
805: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
806: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
807: <br/>
808: <p>
809:
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
811: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
812: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
813: </strong></font><br>
814: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
815: "blob" drivers, and more.
816: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
817: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
818: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
819: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
820: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
821: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
822: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
823: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
824: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
825: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
826: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
827: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
828: <p>
829:
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 831: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
832: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
833: </strong></font><br>
834: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
835: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
836: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
837: in general temperature and environmental issues.
838: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
839: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
840: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
841: other major operating systems." ...
842: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
843: machines running in
844: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
845: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
846: <p>
847:
848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
849: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
850: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
851: </strong></font><br>
852: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
853: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
854: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
855: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
856: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
857: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
858: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
859: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
860: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
861: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
862: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
863: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
864: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
865: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
866: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
867: <p>
868:
1.487 ian 869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 870: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
871: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
872: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 873: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 874: financial situation.
875: <p>
876:
877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 878: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
879: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
880: </strong></font><br>
881: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
882: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
883: produce our favorite operating system.
884: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
885: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
886: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
887: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
888: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.496 ian 889: <br/>
890: Also online at
891: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
892: <p>
893:
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
895: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
896: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
897: </strong></font><br>
898: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
899: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
900: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
901: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
902: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
903: sustain indefinitely."
904: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
905: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
906: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
907: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
908: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 909: <p>
910:
911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 912: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
913: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
914: </strong></font><br>
915: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
916: with a reminder that
917: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
918: used nowadays almost everywhere."
919: Ends with this quote from Marco:
920: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
921: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
922: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
923: <p>
924:
925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 926: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 927: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
928: </strong></font><br>
929: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
930: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
931: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
932: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
933: a few of them each year.
934: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
935: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
936: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
937: to the OpenBSD project.
938: It's time for them to do so.
939: <p>
940:
941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 942: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
943: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
944: </strong></font><br>
945: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
946: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
947: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
948: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
949: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
950: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
951: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
952: <p>
953:
954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 955: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
956: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 957: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
958: <!-- North America mirror:
959: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 960: -->
1.490 deraadt 961: European mirror:
962: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
963: <br>
964: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 965: <p>
966:
967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 968: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
969: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 970: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 971: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
972: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
973: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
974: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
975: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
976: designed to provide reliability and security.
977: <p>
978:
979: </ul>
980:
1.485 ian 981: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
982: <ul>
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 984: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
985: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
986: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 987: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 988: installations in about four minutes flat".
989: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
990: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 991: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 992: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
993: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
994: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
995: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
996: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
997: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
998: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
999: the steps in the article.
1000: <p>
1001:
1002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 1003: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
1004: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
1005: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
1006: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
1007: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
1008: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
1009: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
1010: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
1011: happening in real life.
1012: <p>
1013:
1014: </ul>
1015:
1.492 ian 1016: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
1017: <ul>
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1019: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
1020: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1021: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
1022: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
1023: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
1024: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 1025: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 1026: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
1027: </ul>
1028:
1.483 ian 1029: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
1030: <ul>
1.555 reyk 1031:
1.483 ian 1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.555 reyk 1033: [GERMAN]
1034: <a href="http://www.ini.unizh.ch/~stephan/articles/openbsd/064-069_linux-bsd-fw.pdf">
1035: Wehrhaft abtauchen - HA-fähige Firewall mit OpenBSD/PF</a>, Linux-Magazin, December 2005
1036: </strong></font><br>
1037: High available firewall setups are considered as the high arts of network protection.
1038: Due to clustering the network stays online even if one firewall fails. This article
1039: from Stephan A. Rickauer (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH / University Zurich) shows
1040: how well OpenBSD/PF performs in comparison to the well-known duo Linux/Netfilter.
1041: <p>
1042:
1043: </p></li><li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 1044: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
1045: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1046: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
1047: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
1048: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
1049: <p>
1050:
1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1052: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 1053: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
1054: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
1055: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
1056: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
1057: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
1058: to sites with more information on most topics.
1059: <p>
1060:
1061: </ul>
1062:
1063:
1.479 grunk 1064: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
1065: <ul>
1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1067: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 1068: Goes to Venice</a>,
1069: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1070: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 1071: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
1072: <br/>
1073: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
1074: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
1075: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 1076: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 1077: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
1078: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
1079: Contains a link to
1080: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
1081: pval's summary slides</a>.
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 1085: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
1086: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
1087: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
1088: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
1089: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
1090: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
1091: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
1092: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 1093: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 1094: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
1095: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
1096: the packages and ports system"</i>.
1097: <p>
1098:
1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1100: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
1101: Return of The BSDs</a>,
1102: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1103: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
1104: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
1105: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
1106: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
1107: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
1108: quotes from Bob Beck.
1109: <p>
1110:
1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 1112: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
1113: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
1114: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 1115: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
1116: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 1117: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
1118: and Linux.<br>
1119: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
1120: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
1121: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
1122: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
1123: of the release
1124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
1125: <p>
1126: </ul>
1127:
1.476 ian 1128: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
1129: <ul>
1130:
1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1132: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
1133: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
1134: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
1135: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
1136: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
1137: and too unreliable.
1138: This quote will rattle some cages:
1139: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
1140: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
1141: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
1142: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
1143: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
1144: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
1145: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
1146: costs without any commercial lock-in."
1147: <p>
1148:
1.477 saad 1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1150: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
1151: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
1152: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1153: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1154: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
1155: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
1156: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
1157: discussion about future plans.
1158: <p>
1159:
1.478 grunk 1160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1161: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
1162: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
1163: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
1164: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
1165: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
1166: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
1167: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
1168: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
1169: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
1170: <p>
1171:
1.476 ian 1172: </ul>
1173:
1.470 saad 1174: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
1175: <ul>
1176:
1177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 1178: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
1179: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
1180: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1181: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
1182: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
1183: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
1184: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
1185: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
1186: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
1187: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
1188: <p>
1189:
1190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 1191: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
1192: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
1193: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
1194: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
1195: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
1196: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
1197: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
1198: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
1199: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
1200: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
1201: <p>
1202:
1203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1204: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
1205: Big debate over small packets</a>,
1206: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
1207: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
1208: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
1209: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
1210: draft.
1211: <p>
1212:
1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1214: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1215: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1216: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1217: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1218: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1219: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1220: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1221: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1222: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1223: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1224: <p>
1225:
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1227: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1228: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1229: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1230: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1231: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1232: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1233: performance data with pfstat.
1234: <p>
1235:
1236: </ul>
1237:
1.461 grunk 1238: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1239: <ul>
1240:
1241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1242: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1243: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1244: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1245: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1246: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1247: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1248: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1249: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1250: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1251: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1252: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1253: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1254: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1255: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1256: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1257: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1258: <p>
1259:
1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1261: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1262: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1263: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1264: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1265: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1266: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1267: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1268: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1269: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1270: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1271: <p>
1272:
1273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1274: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1275: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1276: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1277: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1278: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1279: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1280: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1281: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1282: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1283: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1284: commercial vendors.
1285: <p>
1286:
1287: </ul>
1288:
1.454 ian 1289: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1290: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1291:
1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1293: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1294: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1295: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1296: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1297: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1298: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1299: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1300: <br>
1301: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1302: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1303: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1304: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1305: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1306: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1307: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1308: <p>
1309:
1.454 ian 1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1311: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1312: Free Bird</a>,
1313: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1314: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1315: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1316: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1317: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1318: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1319: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1320: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1321: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1322: room will only be available in the print edition.
1323: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1324:
1.458 niallo 1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1326: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1327: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1328: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1329: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1330: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1331: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1332: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1333: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1334: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1335:
1.456 niallo 1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1337: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1338: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1339: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1340: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1341: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1342: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1343: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1344: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1345: interview.</a>
1346: <p>
1347:
1348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1349: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1350: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1351: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1352: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1353: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1354: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1355: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1356: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1357: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1358: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1359: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1360: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1361: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1362: "I have never used it."
1363: <p>
1364:
1365: </ul>
1366:
1.441 deraadt 1367: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1368: <ul>
1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1370: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1371: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1372: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1373: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1374: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1375: future enhancements.
1376: <p>
1377:
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1379: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1380: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1381: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1382: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1383: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1384: North America mirror:
1385: <ul>
1.452 marco 1386: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1387: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1388: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1389: </ul>
1390: European mirror:
1391: <ul>
1.452 marco 1392: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1393: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1394: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1395: </ul>
1396: <p>
1397:
1398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1399: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1400: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1401: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1402: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1403: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1404: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1405: <p>
1406:
1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1408: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1409: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1410: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1411: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1412: first-hand account.
1413: <p>
1414:
1415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1416: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1417: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1418: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1419: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1420: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1421: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1422: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1423: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1424: <p>
1425:
1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1427: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1428: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1429: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1430: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1431: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1432: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1433: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1434: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1435: <p>
1436:
1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1438: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1439: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1440: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1441: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1442: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1443: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1444: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1445: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1446: <p>
1447:
1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1449: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1450: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1451: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1452: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1453: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1454: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1455: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1456: <p>
1457:
1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1459: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1460: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1461: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1462: </strong></font><br>
1463: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1464: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1465: with OpenBSD.
1466: </ul>
1467:
1.436 henning 1468: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1469: <ul>
1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1471: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1472: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1473: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1474: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1475: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1476: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1477: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1478: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1479: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1480: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1481: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1482: <p>
1483: This article can also be found online as
1484: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1485: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1486: <p>
1487:
1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1489: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1490: </strong></font><br>
1491: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1492: on security, part of a larger dossier Ťles secrets des hackersť.
1493: <p>
1494:
1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1496: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1497: </strong></font><br>
1498: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1499: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1500: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1501: the issues we had with IETF.
1502: </ul>
1503:
1.431 ian 1504: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1505: <ul>
1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1507: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1508: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1509: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1510: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1511: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1512: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1513: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1514: <p>
1515:
1516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1517: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1518: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1519: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1520: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1521: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1522: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1523: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1524: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1525: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1526: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1527: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1528: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1529: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1530: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1531: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1532:
1533: </ul>
1534:
1.427 matthieu 1535: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1536: <ul>
1537:
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1539: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1540: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1541: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1542: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1543: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1544: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1545: firmware.
1.434 ian 1546: Similar articles can be found online at:
1547: <ul>
1548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1549: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1550: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1551: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1553: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1554: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1555: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1557: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1558: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1559: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1561: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1562: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1563: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1564: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1565: </ul>
1566:
1.426 ian 1567: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1568: <ul>
1569:
1570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1571: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1572: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1573: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1574: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1575: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1576: mechanism: what it is and why and
1577: how to use it, with examples.
1578: Another excerpt from the book
1579: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1580: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1581: <p>
1582:
1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1584: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1585: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1586: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1587: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1588: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1589: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1590: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1591: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1592: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1593: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1594: This article is a sample chapter from
1595: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1596: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1597: <p>
1.443 ian 1598:
1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1600: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1601: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1602: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1603: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1604: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1605: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1606: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1607: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1608: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1609: ends with a sidebar on security.
1610: <p>
1.426 ian 1611: </ul>
1612:
1.424 ian 1613: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1614: <ul>
1615:
1616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1617: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1618: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1619: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1620: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1621: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1622: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1623: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1624: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1625: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1626: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1627: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1628: <p>
1629: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1630: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1631: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1632: <p>
1633:
1634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1635: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1636: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1637: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1638: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1639: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1640: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1641: operating systems.
1642: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1643: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1644: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1645: systems, he writes:
1646: <blockquote>
1647: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1648: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1649: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1650: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1651: to the operating system...
1652: <br/>
1653: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1654: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1655: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1656: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1657: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1658: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1659: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1660: in a closed source operating system).
1661: <br/>
1662: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1663: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1664: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1665: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1666: </blockquote>
1667: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1668: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1669: their hardware and software operates.
1670: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1671: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1672: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1673: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1674: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1675: <p>
1676: </ul>
1677:
1.417 pvalchev 1678: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1679: <ul>
1.421 ian 1680:
1.417 pvalchev 1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1682: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1683: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1684: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1685: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1686: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1687: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1688: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1689: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1690: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1691: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1692: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1693: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1694: <p>
1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1696: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1697: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1698: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1699: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1700: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1701: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1702: it claims to do".
1703: <p>
1704:
1705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1706: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1707: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1708: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1709: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1710: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1711: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1712: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1713: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1714: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1715: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1716: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1717: (yes, this is a hint).
1718: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1719: picked up on the
1720: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1721: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1722: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1723: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1724: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1725: <p>
1726:
1727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1728: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1729: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1730: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1731: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1732: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1733: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1734: the current efforts.
1735: <p>
1736: </ul>
1737:
1.407 henning 1738: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1739: <ul>
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1741: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1742: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1743: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1744: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1745: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1746: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1747: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1748: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1749: <p>
1750:
1751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1752: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1753: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1754: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1755: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1756: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1757: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1758: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1759: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1760: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1761: <p>
1.415 ian 1762:
1763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1764: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 1765: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
1766: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
1767: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
1768: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
1769: overflow attacks... because
1770: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
1771: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
1772: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
1773: and propolice.
1774: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
1775: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
1776: and that's when the science falls apart."
1777: <p>
1778:
1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 1780: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
1781: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
1782: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
1783: Starts with the question:
1784: <blockquote>
1785: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
1786: <br/>
1787: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
1788: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
1789: <br/>
1790: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
1791: Should we believe them?"
1792: </blockquote>
1793: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
1794: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
1795: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
1796: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
1797: for your mail, web and other online activities.
1798: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
1799: <p>
1800:
1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 1802: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
1803: Simple Simon</a>,
1804: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1805: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
1806: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
1807: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
1808: routing/firewall, and more.
1809: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
1810: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
1811: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
1812: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
1813: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
1814: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
1815: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
1816: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
1817: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
1818: </blockquote>
1819: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
1820: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
1821: <p>
1822:
1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 1824: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
1825: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 1826: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 1827: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 1828: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
1829: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
1830: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 1831: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 1832: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
1833: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
1834: in spite of it
1835: (registration required, but worth it).
1836: <p>
1837:
1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1839: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
1840: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
1841: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1842: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
1843: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
1844: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1845: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 1846: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 1847: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
1848: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
1849: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
1850: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
1851: <p>
1852:
1853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1854: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
1855: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
1856: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
1857: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
1858: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
1859: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
1860: <blockquote>
1861: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
1862: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
1863: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
1864: a lot of analysis.
1865: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
1866: </blockquote>
1867: <p>
1868: </ul>
1869:
1.400 marco 1870: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
1871: <ul>
1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 1873: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
1874: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
1875: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
1876: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
1877: UNIX-like systems.
1878: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
1879: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
1880: <p>
1881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 1882: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
1883: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 1884: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1885: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
1886: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
1887: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
1888: At one point, the article states:
1889: <blockquote>
1890: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
1891: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
1892: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
1893: </blockquote>
1894: And then quotes Theo as saying:
1895: <blockquote>
1896: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
1897: fewer are reading or auditing code."
1898: </blockquote>
1899: <p>
1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1901: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
1902: marks its fifth birthday</a>
1903: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1904: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
1905: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
1906: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
1907: required).
1908: <p>
1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 1910: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
1911: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
1912: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
1913: </strong></font><br>
1914: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
1915: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
1916: <p>
1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 1918: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
1919: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 1920: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 1921: </strong></font><br>
1922: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
1923: <p>
1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 1925: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
1926: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 1927: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 1928: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 1929: 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 1930: <p>
1931: </ul>
1932:
1.396 henning 1933: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
1934: <ul>
1935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 1936: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
1937: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
1938: Unix Review, July, 2004
1939: </strong></font><br>
1940: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
1941: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 1942: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 1943: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
1944: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
1945: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
1946: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
1947: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
1948: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
1949: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
1950: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
1951: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
1952: and even spelling/wording errors.
1953: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
1954: <p>
1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1956: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 1957: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
1958: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
1959: </strong></font><br>
1960: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
1961: <p>
1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1963: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 1964: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
1965: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
1966: </strong></font><br>
1967: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
1968: <p>
1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 1970: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
1971: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
1972: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
1973: </strong></font><br>
1974: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
1975: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
1976: <p>
1977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 1978: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
1979: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
1980: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
1981: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1982: <p>
1983: </ul>
1984:
1.405 jolan 1985: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
1986: <ul>
1.545 tom 1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 1988: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 1989: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 1990: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
1991: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
1992: details on how funds are dispersed.
1993: <p>
1994: </ul>
1995:
1.393 david 1996: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
1997: <ul>
1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 1999: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
2000: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
2001: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
2002: </strong></font><br>
2003: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
2004: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
2005: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
2006: on inserting large number of SQL records.
2007: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
2008: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
2009: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
2010: <p>
2011:
2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2013: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
2014: Secure by Default</a>,
2015: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
2016: </strong></font><br>
2017: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
2018: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
2019: <p>
2020:
2021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2022: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
2023: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
2024: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
2025: </strong></font><br>
2026: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
2027: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
2028: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
2029: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
2030: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
2031: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
2032: <p>
2033:
2034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2035: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
2036: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
2037: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
2038: </strong></font><br>
2039: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
2040: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
2041: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
2042: <p>
2043:
2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2045: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
2046: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
2047: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
2048: </strong></font><br>
2049: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
2050: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
2051: <p>
2052: </ul>
2053:
1.388 mcbride 2054: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
2055: <ul>
1.394 jolan 2056:
2057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2058: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
2059: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
2060: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
2061: </strong></font><br>
2062: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
2063: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
2064: available for sparc64.
2065: <p>
2066:
1.390 beck 2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2068: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
2069: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
2070: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
2071: </strong></font><br>
2072: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
2073: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
2074: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
2075: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
2076: <p>
2077:
2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 2079: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
2080: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 2081: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 2082: </strong></font><br>
2083: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
2084: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
2085: it does: CARP provides sharing
2086: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
2087: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
2088: detail to get you started using it.
2089: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
2090: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
2091: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
2092: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
2093: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
2094: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
2095: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 2096: <p>
1.391 ian 2097:
2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 2099: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 2100: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
2101: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 2102: </strong></font><br>
2103: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 2104: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 2105: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 2106: <p>
1.388 mcbride 2107:
2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2109: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
2110: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 2111: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 2112: </strong></font><br>
2113: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
2114: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
2115: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
2116: unencumbered by patents.
2117: <p>
2118: </ul>
2119:
1.378 henning 2120: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
2121: <ul>
1.384 jose 2122:
2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 2124: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
2125: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
2126: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
2127: </strong></font><br>
2128: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
2129: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
2130: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
2131: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
2132: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
2133: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
2134: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
2135: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
2136: in the page tables."
2137: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
2138: <p>
2139:
2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2141: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
2142: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
2143: </strong></font><br>
2144: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
2145: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
2146: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
2147: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 2148: <p>
1.384 jose 2149:
1.378 henning 2150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2151: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
2152: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 2153: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
2154: </strong></font><br>
2155: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
2156: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
2157: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
2158: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
2159: (quote:
2160: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
2161: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 2162: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 2163: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
2164: the other developers for their work on the system.
2165: <p>
2166:
2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2168: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
2169: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
2170: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 2171: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 2172: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
2173: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
2174: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
2175: too.
2176: <p>
2177:
2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 2179: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
2180: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 2181: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 2182: OpenBSD source code using
2183: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
2184: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
2185: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
2186: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
2187: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
2188: <p>
2189: </ul>
2190:
1.374 jose 2191: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
2192: <ul>
2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 2194: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 2195: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
2196: </strong></font><br>
2197: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
2198: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
2199: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
2200: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
2201: it."
2202: <p>
2203:
2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 2205: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
2206: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
2207: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
2208: </strong></font><br/>
2209: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
2210: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
2211: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
2212: <p>
2213: </ul>
2214:
1.369 ian 2215: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2216: <ul>
2217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2218: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2219: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2220: </strong></font><br/>
2221: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2222: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2223: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2224: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2225: <p>
2226:
2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2228: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2229: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2230: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2231: </strong></font><br/>
2232: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2233: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2234: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2235: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2236: form factor.
2237: <p>
2238:
2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2240: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2241: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2242: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2243: Features</a>,
2244: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2245: </strong></font><br/>
2246: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2247: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2248: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2249: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2250: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2251: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2252: <p>
2253: This article can also be found online at:
2254: <ul>
2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2256: <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 2257: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2258: </strong></font>
2259: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2260: </ul>
2261: <p>
1.392 david 2262:
1.371 jose 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2264: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2265: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2266: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2267: </strong></font><br/>
2268: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2269: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2270: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2271: <p>
1.371 jose 2272:
2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2274: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2275: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2276: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2277: </strong></font><br/>
2278: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2279: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2280: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2281: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2282: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2283: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2284: and its history with OpenBSD.
2285: </ul>
2286:
1.368 henning 2287: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2288: <ul>
2289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2290: [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 2291: </strong></font><br>
2292: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2293: </ul>
2294:
1.364 jose 2295: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2296: <ul>
2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2298: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2299: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2300: UNIX Review,
2301: July, 2003.
2302: </strong></font><br>
2303: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2304: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2305: who want more information.
2306: <p>
2307:
2308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2309: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2310: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2311: Government Computer News,
2312: July 22, 2003.
2313: </strong></font><br>
2314: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2315: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2316: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2317: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2318: <p>
2319:
2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2321: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2322: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2323: SANS Institute,
2324: July 22, 2003.
2325: </strong></font><br>
2326: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2327: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2328: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2329: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2330: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2331: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2332: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2333: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2334: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2335: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2336: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2337: <p>
2338:
2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2340: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2341: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2342: OnLamp.com,
2343: July 17, 2003.
2344: </strong></font><br>
2345: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2346: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2347: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2348: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2349: have been working on.
2350:
2351: </ul>
2352:
1.356 jose 2353: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2354: <ul>
2355:
2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2357: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2358: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2359: UNIX Review,
2360: June, 2003.
2361: </strong></font><br>
2362: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2363: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2364: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2365: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2366: <p>
2367:
2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2369: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2370: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2371: eWeek,
2372: June 23, 2003.
2373: </strong></font><br>
2374: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2375: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2376: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2377: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2378: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2379: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2380: <p>
2381:
2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2383: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2384: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2385: Software Development Online,
2386: June, 2003.
2387: </strong></font><br>
2388: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2389: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2390: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2391: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2392: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2393: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2394: current activities.
2395: <p>
2396:
2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2398: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2399: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2400: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2401: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2402: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2403: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2404: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2405: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2406: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2407: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2408: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2409: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2410: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2411: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2412: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2413: decisions.
2414: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2415: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2416: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2417: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2418: <p>
2419:
2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2421: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2422: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2423: Page 58, eWeek,
2424: June 2, 2003.
2425: </strong></font><br>
2426: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2427: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2428: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2429: been addressed in -current.
2430: <p>
2431:
1.356 jose 2432: </ul>
2433:
2434: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2435: <ul>
2436:
1.355 jose 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2438: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2439: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2440: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2441: </strong></font><br>
2442: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2443: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2444: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2445: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2446: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2447: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2448: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2449: <p>
2450:
2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2452: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2453: Beyond Linux</a>,
2454: InfoWorld,
2455: May 23, 2003.
2456: </strong></font><br>
2457: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2458: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2459: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2460: compared to the GPL.
2461: <p>
2462:
2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2464: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2465: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2466: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2467: May 17, 2003.
2468: </strong></font><br>
2469: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2470: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2471: the business section and half of another page inside
2472: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2473: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2474: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2475: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2476: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2477: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2478: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2479: <br>
2480: This article can also be found online at:
2481: <ul>
2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2483: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2484: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2485: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2486: May 17, 2003
2487: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2488: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2490: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2491: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2492: Montreal Gazette,
2493: May 21, 2003
2494: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2495: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2496: <p>
1.346 ian 2497:
2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2499: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2500: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2501: May 7, 2003.
2502: </strong></font><br>
2503: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2504: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2505: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2506: <p>
2507:
2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2509: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2510: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2511: OsOpinion,
2512: May 6, 2003.
2513: </strong></font><br>
2514: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2515: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2516: <br>
2517: This article can also be found online at:
2518: <ul>
2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2520: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2521: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2522: NewsFactor Network.
2523: </strong></font>
2524: </ul>
2525: <p>
2526:
2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2528: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2529: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2530: ITBusiness,
2531: May 2, 2003.
2532: </strong></font><br>
2533: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2534: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2535: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2536: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2537: <p>
2538:
2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2540: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2541: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2542: InfoWorld,
2543: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2544: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2545: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2546: <br>
2547: This article can also be found online at:
2548: <ul>
2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2550: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2551: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2552: IDG Singapore.
2553: </strong></font>
2554: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2555: <p>
2556:
1.339 jose 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2558: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2559: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2560: ZDNet,
2561: May 1, 2003.
2562: </strong></font><br>
2563: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2564: someone using parts from previous articles.
2565: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2566: This article can also be found online at:
2567: <ul>
2568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2569: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2570: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2571: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2572: </strong></font>
2573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2574: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2575: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2576: CNET News.com.
2577: </strong></font>
2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2579: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2580: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2581: ZDNet UK.
2582: </strong></font>
2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2584: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2585: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2586: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2587: </strong></font>
2588: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2589: <p>
1.339 jose 2590:
1.341 deraadt 2591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2592: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2593: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2594: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2595: May 1, 2003.
2596: </strong></font><br>
2597: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2598: that have been added
2599: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2600: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2601: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2602: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2603: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2604: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2605: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2606: <p>
2607:
2608: </ul>
2609:
1.253 ian 2610: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2611: <ul>
1.255 ian 2612:
1.260 ian 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2614: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2615: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2616: TechRepublic,
2617: April 28, 2003.
2618: </strong></font><br>
2619: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2620: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2621: work.<br>
2622: Can also be found online at:
2623: <ul>
2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2625: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2626: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2627: ZDNet UK.
2628: </strong></font>
2629: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2630: <p>
2631:
2632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2633: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2634: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2635: IDG,
2636: April 24, 2003.
2637: </strong></font><br>
2638: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2639: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2640: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2641: Can also be found online at:
2642: <ul>
2643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2644: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2645: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2646: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2647: </strong></font>
2648: </ul>
2649: <p>
2650:
2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2652: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2653: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2654: Slate,
2655: April 24, 2003.
2656: </strong></font><br>
2657: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2658: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2659: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2660: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2661: <p>
2662:
2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2664: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2665: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2666: April 24, 2003.
2667: </strong></font><br>
2668: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2669: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2670: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2671: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2672: <p>
2673:
2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2675: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2676: April 24, 2003.
2677: </strong></font><br>
2678: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2679: the free software community".
2680: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2681: other articles.
2682: <p>
2683:
2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2685: <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 2686: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2687: </strong></font><br>
2688: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2689: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2690: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2691: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2692: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2693: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2694: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2695: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2696: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2697: <br/>
2698: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2699: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2700: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2701: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2702: <br>
2703: Can also be found online at:
2704: <ul>
2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2706: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2707: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2708: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2709: </strong></font>
2710: </ul>
1.324 ian 2711: <p>
2712:
2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2714: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2715: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2716: </strong></font><br>
2717: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2718: article above.
2719: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2720: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2721: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2722: <br>
2723: Can also be found online at:
2724: <ul>
2725: <li>
2726: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2727: </strong></font>
2728: </ul>
1.324 ian 2729: <p>
2730:
2731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2732: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2733: </strong></font><br>
2734: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2735: <p>
2736:
2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2738: <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.
2739: </strong></font><br>
2740: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2741: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2742: <p>
2743:
2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2745: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2746: April 23, 2003.
2747: </strong></font><br>
2748: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2749: <p>
2750:
2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2752: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2753: April 22, 2003.
2754: </strong></font><br>
2755: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
2756: <p>
2757:
2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 2759: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
2760: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2761: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 2762: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 2763: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
2764: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
2765: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
2766: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
2767: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
2768: Can also be found online at:
2769: <ul>
2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2771: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 2772: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
2773: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 2774: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2776: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 2777: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
2778: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 2779: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 2780: </ul>
2781: <p>
2782:
2783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 2784: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
2785: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 2786: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2787: </strong></font><br>
2788: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 2789: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
2790: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
2791: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
2792: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
2793: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
2794: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 2795: <p>
2796:
2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 2798: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
2799: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 2800: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
2801: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 2802: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
2803: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
2804: at UPenn and DARPA.
2805: <p>
2806:
2807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 2808: [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,
2809: France
1.315 deraadt 2810: April 18, 2003.
2811: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 2812: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 2813: <p>
2814:
2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 2816: [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 2817: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 2818: </strong></font><br>
2819: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
2820: <p>
2821:
2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 2823: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
2824: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
2825: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 2826: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 2827: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
2828: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
2829: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
2830: <p>
2831:
2832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 2833: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
2834: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2835: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 2836: </strong></font><br>
2837: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
2838: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
2839: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 2840: American century.
1.267 deraadt 2841: <p>
2842:
2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 2844: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
2845: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2846: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 2848: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
2849: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
2850: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
2851: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
2852: Can also be found online at:
2853: <ul>
2854: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
2855: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 2856: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 2857: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 2858: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 2859: <p>
2860:
2861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 2862: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 2863: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2864: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 2865: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 2866: </strong></font><br>
2867: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 2868: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
2869: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
2870: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
2871: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 2872:
2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2874: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
2875: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
2876: New York Times.
2877: </strong></font>(free registration required)
2878:
1.273 deraadt 2879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2880: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 2881: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 2882: ABC News.
2883: </strong></font>
2884:
2885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2886: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 2887: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 2888: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 2889: </strong></font>
2890:
2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2892: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2893: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 2894: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 2895: </strong></font>
2896:
2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 2898: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
2899: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 2900: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 2901: </strong></font>
2902:
2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2904: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 2905: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 2906: Times Daily, AL.
2907: </strong></font>
2908:
2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2910: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
2911: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
2912: Boston.com, MA.
2913: </strong></font>
2914:
2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2916: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 2917: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 2918: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
2919: </strong></font>
2920:
2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 2922: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
2923: [Article was pulled]</a>
2924: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 2925: </strong></font>
2926:
2927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2928: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
2929: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
2930: Infoshop News.
2931: </strong></font>
2932:
2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2934: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
2935: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2936: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
2937: </strong></font>
2938:
2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 2940: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
2941: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
2942: Raleigh News, NC.
2943: </strong></font>
2944:
2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2946: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 2947: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
2948: Napa News, CA.
2949: </strong></font>
2950:
2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2952: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 2953: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2954: NEPA News, PA.
2955: </strong></font>
2956:
2957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2958: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
2959: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
2960: Wired News.
2961: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 2962: <br>
2963: <li>
1.333 deraadt 2964: <font color="#009000"><strong>
2965: [JAPANESE]
2966: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
2967: Wired News Japan</a>
2968: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 2969:
1.271 deraadt 2970: </ul>
2971: <p>
1.272 deraadt 2972: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
2973: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 2974: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
2975: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
2976: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
2977: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
2978: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
2979: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 2980: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 2981: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
2982: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
2983: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 2984: <p>
2985: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 2986:
2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 2988: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 2989: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
2990: Indianapolis Star, IN.
2991: </strong></font>
2992:
2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 2994: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
2995: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
2996: Miami Herald, FL.
2997: </strong></font>
2998:
2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 3000: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3001: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
3002: </strong></font>
3003:
3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3005: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 3006: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3007: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 3008: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 3009:
3010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3011: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
3012: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
3013: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
3014: ABC News.
3015: </strong></font>
3016:
1.276 deraadt 3017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3018: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 3019: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3020: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 3021: </strong></font>
3022:
1.286 dhartmei 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3024: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 3025: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3026: Wilmington Star, NC.
3027: </strong></font>
3028:
1.300 jose 3029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3030: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
3031: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
3032: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
3033: </strong></font>
3034:
1.309 jose 3035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3036: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
3037: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
3038: Globe Technology.
3039: </strong></font>
3040:
1.263 deraadt 3041: </ul>
1.262 beck 3042: <p>
3043:
3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 3045: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
3046: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3047: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 3048: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 3049: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 3050: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
3051: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
3052: <p>
3053:
3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 3055: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
3056: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
3057: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3058: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 3059: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
3060: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
3061: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
3062: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
3063: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
3064: and simply restates other press reports.
3065: <p>
3066:
3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 3068: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
3069: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3070: OS News, April 18, 2003.
3071: </strong></font><br>
3072: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
3073: <p>
3074:
3075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 3076: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
3077: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3078: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 3079: </strong></font><br>
3080: Another report on the DARPA funding.
3081: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
3082: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
3083: <p>
3084:
3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 3086: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
3087: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
3088: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
3089: April 17, 2003.
3090: </strong></font><br>
3091: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
3092: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
3093: Tech Anthems</a>
3094: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
3095: 4 so far.
3096: <p>
3097:
3098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 3099: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
3100: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3101: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3102: </strong></font><br>
3103: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
3104: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
3105: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
3106: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
3107: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
3108: Goes on to say:
3109: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
3110: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
3111: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
3112: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 3113: This article is also found online at:
3114: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 3115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3116: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
3117: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
3118: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3119: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3121: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
3122: ZDnet</a>,
3123: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3124: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3126: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
3127: ZDnet Australia</a>,
3128: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 3129: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 3130: </ul>
1.260 ian 3131: <p>
1.279 deraadt 3132:
1.260 ian 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3134: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 3135: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 3136: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3137: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 3138: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 3139: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
3140: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
3141: without notice or justification.
3142: <p>
3143:
3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3145: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 3146: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 3147: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3148: </strong></font><br>
3149: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
3150: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 3151: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 3152: effective today, without any warning..."
3153: <p>
1.257 ian 3154:
3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 3156: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
3157: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3158: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 3159: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 3160: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
3161: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
3162: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
3163: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
3164: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 3165: <p>
3166:
3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 3168: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
3169: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3170: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 3171: </strong></font><br>
3172: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
3173: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
3174: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
3175: quoting two of them:
3176: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
3177: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
3178: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
3179: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
3180: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
3181: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
3182: <p>
3183:
1.255 ian 3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3185: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
3186: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 3187: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3188: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 3189: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 3190: <p>
3191:
3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 3193: [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 3194: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3195: </strong></font><br>
3196: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3197: <p>
3198:
3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 3200: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
3201: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3202: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 3204: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 3205: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
3206: security experts for more than three decades."
3207: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
3208: <p>
1.261 ian 3209:
1.254 drahn 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 3211: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 3212: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3213: </strong></font><br>
3214: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3215: <p>
3216:
3217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3218: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3219: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3220: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3221: </strong></font><br>
3222: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3223: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3224: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3225: <p>
3226:
3227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3228: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3229: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3230: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3231: </strong></font><br>
3232: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3233: from US DARPA.
3234: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3235: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3236: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3237: the BSD license.
3238: <p>
3239: </ul>
3240:
1.251 ian 3241: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3242: <ul>
3243:
3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3245: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3246: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3247: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3248: </strong></font><br>
3249:
3250: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3251: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3252: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3253: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3254: <p>
3255:
3256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3257: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3258: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3259: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3260: </strong></font><br>
3261: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3262: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3263: Mentions
3264: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3265: and
3266: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3267: programs.
3268: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3269: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3270: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3271: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3272: <p>
1.325 ian 3273: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3274: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3275:
3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3277: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3278: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3279: </strong></font><br>
3280: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3281: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3282: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3283: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3284: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3285: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3286: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3287: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3288: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3289: put into service."
3290: <p>
3291: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3292: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3293: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3294: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3295: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3296: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3297: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3298: computers with security features."
3299: <p>
1.329 ian 3300:
3301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3302: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3303: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3304: Slate,
3305: March 3, 2003.
3306: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3307: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3308: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3309: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3310: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3311: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3312: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3313: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3314: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3315: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3316: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3317: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3318: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3319: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3320: of more secure open-source solutions like
3321: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3322: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3323: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3324: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3325: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3326: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3327: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3328: the Beltway."
3329: <p>
1.251 ian 3330: </ul>
3331:
1.249 jufi 3332: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3333: <ul>
3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3335: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3336: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3337: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3338: </strong></font><br>
3339: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3340: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3341: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3342: <p>
1.334 ian 3343:
3344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3345: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3346: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3347: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3348: </strong></font><br>
3349: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3350: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3351: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3352: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3353: "... the hypothetical question ...
3354: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3355: <br>
3356: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3357: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3358: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3359: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3360: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3361: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3362: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3363: support network security.
3364: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3365: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3366: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3367: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3368: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3369: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3370: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3371: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3372: <br>
3373: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3374: <p>
3375:
1.249 jufi 3376: </ul>
3377:
1.246 jufi 3378: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3379: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3380:
1.247 jufi 3381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3382: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3383: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3384: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3385: </strong></font><br>
3386: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3387: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3388: <p>
3389:
1.247 jufi 3390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3391: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3392: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3393: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3394: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3395: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3396: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3397: <p>
3398:
3399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3400: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3401: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3402: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3403: </strong></font><br>
3404: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3405: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3406: <p>
1.247 jufi 3407: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3408:
1.244 jufi 3409: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3410: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3413: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3414: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3415: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3416: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3417: </strong></font><br>
3418: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3419: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3420: md5 digests.
3421: <p>
3422:
1.247 jufi 3423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3424: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3425: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3426: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3427: </strong></font><br>
3428: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3429: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3430: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3431: right the first time."
3432: <p>
1.247 jufi 3433: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3434:
3435:
3436: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3437: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3438:
1.247 jufi 3439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3440: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3441: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3442: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3443: </strong></font><br>
3444: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3445: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3446: part 6</a>.
3447: <p>
3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3450: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3451: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3452: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3453: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3454: </strong></font><br>
3455: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3456: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3457: <p>
1.301 jose 3458:
3459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3460: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3461: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3462: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3463: </strong></font><br>
3464:
3465: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3466: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3467: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3468: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3469: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3470: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3471: <i>Here's the
3472: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3473: <p>
1.247 jufi 3474: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3475:
3476: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3477: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3480: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3481: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3482: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3483: </strong></font><br>
3484: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3485: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3486: <p>
3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3489: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3490: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3491: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3492: </strong></font><br>
3493: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3494: this time using pf.
3495: <p>
1.247 jufi 3496: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3497:
3498: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3499: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3502: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3503: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3504: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3505: </strong></font><br>
3506: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3507: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3508: their rotation.
3509: <p>
3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3512: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3513: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3514: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3515: </strong></font><br>
3516: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3517: <p>
1.247 jufi 3518: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3519:
1.239 jufi 3520: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3521: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3522:
1.247 jufi 3523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3524: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3525: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3526: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3527: </strong></font><br>
3528: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3529: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3530: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3531: <p>
3532:
1.247 jufi 3533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3534: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3535: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3536: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3537: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3538: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3539: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3540: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3541: <p>
1.247 jufi 3542: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3543:
1.235 lebel 3544: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3545: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3546:
1.239 jufi 3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3549: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3550: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3551: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3552: </strong></font><br>
3553: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3554: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3555: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3556: <p>
1.301 jose 3557:
1.247 jufi 3558: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3559:
1.228 horacio 3560: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3561: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3564: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3565: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3566: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3567: </strong></font><br>
3568: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3569: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3570: <p>
3571:
1.247 jufi 3572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3573: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3574: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3575: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3576: </strong></font><br>
3577: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3578: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3579: <p>
3580:
1.247 jufi 3581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3582: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3583: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3584: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3585: </strong></font><br>
3586: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3587: on the desktop of his parents.
3588: <p>
3589:
1.247 jufi 3590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3591: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3592: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3593: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3594: </strong></font><br>
3595: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3596: using IPFilter.
3597:
3598: <p>
3599:
1.247 jufi 3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3601: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3602: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3603: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3604: </strong></font><br>
3605: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3606: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3607: perspectives of the four OS.
3608: <br>
3609: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3610: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3611: <p>
3612:
1.247 jufi 3613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3614: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3615: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3616: software and security</a>,
3617: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3618: </strong></font><br>
3619:
3620: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3621: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3622: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3623: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3624: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3625: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3626: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3627: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3628: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3629: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3630: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3631: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3632: <p>
1.247 jufi 3633: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3634:
1.225 horacio 3635: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3636: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3637:
1.247 jufi 3638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3639: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3640: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3641: Interview</a>,
3642: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3643: </strong></font><br>
3644:
3645: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3646: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3647: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3648: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3649: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3650: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3651: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3652: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3653: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3654: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3655: of choice.
3656: <p>
1.247 jufi 3657: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3658:
3659: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3660: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3661:
1.247 jufi 3662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3663: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3664: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3665: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3666: </strong></font><br>
3667:
3668: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3669: <p>
3670:
1.247 jufi 3671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3672: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3673: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3674: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3675: </strong></font><br>
3676:
3677: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3678: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3679: <p>
1.247 jufi 3680: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3681:
1.218 horacio 3682: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3683: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3684:
1.247 jufi 3685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3686: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3687: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3688: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3689: </strong></font><br>
3690:
3691: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3692: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3693: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3694: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3695: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3696: subjects. Worth a read.
3697: <p>
3698:
3699:
1.247 jufi 3700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3701: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3702: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3703: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3704: </strong></font><br>
3705:
3706: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3707: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3708: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3709: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3710: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3711: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3712: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3713: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3714: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3715: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3716: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3717: on other operating systems.<br>
3718: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3719: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3720: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3721: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3722: <p>
3723:
1.247 jufi 3724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3725: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3726: Operating System 2010</a>,
3727: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3728: </strong></font><br>
3729:
3730: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3731: covering the level of software integration into the core
3732: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3733: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3734: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3735: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3736: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3737: <p>
3738:
1.247 jufi 3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3740: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3741: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3742: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3743: </strong></font><br>
3744:
3745: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3746: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3747: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3748: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3749: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3750: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3751: <p>
1.247 jufi 3752: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3753:
1.210 jufi 3754: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3755: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3756:
1.247 jufi 3757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3758: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3759: Already a Contender</a>,
3760: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 3761: </strong></font><br>
3762:
3763: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
3764: source software in response to an article which claimed that
3765: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
3766: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
3767: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
3768: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
3769: <p>
3770:
1.247 jufi 3771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 3772: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 3773: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
3774: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 3775: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3776:
1.224 horacio 3777: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
3778: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
3779: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
3780: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
3781: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
3782: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 3783: <p>
1.247 jufi 3784: </ul>
1.215 horacio 3785:
3786: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3787: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3790: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
3791: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 3792: Division</a>,
3793: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 3794: </strong></font><br>
3795:
3796: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
3797: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 3798: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 3799: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
3800: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
3801: investment</em>.<br>
3802: The implementation details can be seen on their
3803: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
3804: <p>
3805:
1.247 jufi 3806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3807: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
3808: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3809: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3810: </strong></font><br>
3811:
3812: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
3813: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
3814: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 3815: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 3816: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3817: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
3818: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3819: <p>
3820:
3821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3822: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3823: Thinking about Security</a>,
3824: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3825: </strong></font><br>
3826:
3827: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
3828: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
3829: security and says that even secured operating systems running
3830: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
3831: to time.<br>
3832: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
3833: system and just the most secure system.
3834: <p>
3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3837: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 3838: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
3839: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 3840: </strong></font><br>
3841:
3842: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
3843: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
3844: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
3845: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
3846: choice:<br>
3847: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
3848: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
3849: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
3850: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
3851: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
3852: network security devices and as such must be well
3853: armored."</em><br>
3854: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
3855: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
3856: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
3857: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
3858: <br>
3859: Bravo!
3860: <p>
1.247 jufi 3861: </ul>
1.210 jufi 3862:
1.207 ian 3863: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3864: <ul>
1.215 horacio 3865:
1.247 jufi 3866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 3867: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
3868: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
3869: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 3870:
1.207 ian 3871: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
3872: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 3873: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 3874: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
3875: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
3876: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 3877: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 3878: <p>
1.247 jufi 3879: </ul>
1.207 ian 3880:
1.194 jufi 3881: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3882: <ul>
1.194 jufi 3883:
1.247 jufi 3884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3885: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 3886: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
3887: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 3888: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3889:
1.240 miod 3890: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 3891: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
3892: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
3893: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
3894: <p>
3895:
1.247 jufi 3896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3897: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
3898: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
3899: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3900:
3901: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
3902: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
3903: <p>
3904:
3905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3906: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3907: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3908: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3909:
3910: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3911: <p>
3912:
3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3914: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 3915: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
3916: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
3917: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3918:
1.240 miod 3919: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 3920: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 3921: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
3922: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 3923: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 3924: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 3925: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
3926: <br>
1.413 deraadt 3927: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 3928: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
3929: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
3930: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
3931: <p>
3932:
1.247 jufi 3933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 3934: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
3935: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 3936: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 3937: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3938:
1.194 jufi 3939: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
3940: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
3941: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
3942: <br>
3943: The new
3944: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 3945: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 3946: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
3947: <p>
1.247 jufi 3948: </ul>
1.194 jufi 3949:
1.190 horacio 3950: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3951: <ul>
1.190 horacio 3952:
1.247 jufi 3953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 3954:
3955: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
3956: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
3957:
1.301 jose 3958:
1.191 jufi 3959: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
3960: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
3961:
3962: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
3963: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
3964:
1.212 horacio 3965: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
3966: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 3967: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
3968:
1.211 horacio 3969: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
3970: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 3971: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
3972:
1.247 jufi 3973: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 3974: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
3975:
1.247 jufi 3976: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 3977: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
3978:
1.212 horacio 3979: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
3980: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 3981: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
3982:
3983: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
3984: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
3985:
3986: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
3987: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
3988:
1.301 jose 3989: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
3990: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
3991:
1.191 jufi 3992: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
3993: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
3994:
3995: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 3996: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 3997:
1.192 jufi 3998: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
3999: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 4000: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 4001:
1.193 deraadt 4002: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
4003: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 4004: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 4005:
1.247 jufi 4006: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 4007: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
4008:
1.247 jufi 4009: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 4010: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
4011: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
4012:
1.213 horacio 4013: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 4014: 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 4015: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
4016:
1.190 horacio 4017: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 4018: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
4019: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
4020: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
4021: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
4022: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
4023: <p>
1.190 horacio 4024:
1.247 jufi 4025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4026: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
4027: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
4028: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 4029: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4030:
1.195 jufi 4031: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 4032: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
4033: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
4034: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 4035: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
4036: <p>
4037:
1.247 jufi 4038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4039: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 4040: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
4041: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
4042: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4043:
1.191 jufi 4044: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 4045: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
4046: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
4047: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
4048: <p>
4049:
4050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4051: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
4052: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4053: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
4054:
4055: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
4056: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 4057: <p>
1.247 jufi 4058: </ul>
1.190 horacio 4059:
1.191 jufi 4060:
1.186 jufi 4061: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4062: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 4063:
1.247 jufi 4064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 4065: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 4066: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
4067: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 4068: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 4069:
1.188 jufi 4070: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 4071: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 4072: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 4073: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
4074: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 4075: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 4076: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 4077: <p>
4078:
1.301 jose 4079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4080: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
4081: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4082: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
4083:
4084: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
4085: <p>
1.191 jufi 4086:
1.247 jufi 4087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 4088: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
4089: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 4090: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 4091: </strong></font><br>
4092:
4093: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
4094: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
4095: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
4096: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
4097: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
4098: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
4099: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
4100: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
4101: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
4102: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
4103: familiar?
4104: <p>
1.247 jufi 4105: </ul>
1.191 jufi 4106:
1.178 louis 4107: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4108: <ul>
1.178 louis 4109:
1.247 jufi 4110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 4111: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 4112: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
4113: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 4114: </strong></font><br>
4115:
4116: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
4117: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
4118: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
4119: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
4120: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
4121: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
4122: <p>
4123:
1.247 jufi 4124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4125: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
4126: Open source under the hood</a>,
4127: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 4128: </strong></font><br>
4129:
4130: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
4131: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
4132: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
4133: <p>
4134:
1.247 jufi 4135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4136: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
4137: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
4138: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 4139: </strong></font><br>
4140:
4141: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
4142: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
4143: <p>
1.247 jufi 4144: </ul>
1.179 louis 4145:
1.174 louis 4146:
1.175 louis 4147: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4148: <ul>
1.175 louis 4149:
1.247 jufi 4150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4151: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
4152: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
4153: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 4154: </strong></font><br>
4155:
4156: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
4157: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
4158: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
4159: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
4160: <p>
4161:
1.247 jufi 4162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4163: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
4164: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
4165: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 4166: </strong></font><br>
4167:
4168: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 4169: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 4170: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
4171: <p>
1.247 jufi 4172: </ul>
1.175 louis 4173:
1.176 louis 4174:
1.172 mickey 4175: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4176: <ul>
1.172 mickey 4177:
1.247 jufi 4178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4179: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
4180: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 4181: </strong></font><br>
4182:
4183: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
4184: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
4185: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 4186: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 4187: <p>
4188:
1.247 jufi 4189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 4190: <a
1.269 deraadt 4191: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
4192: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
4193: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 4194: </strong></font><br>
4195:
4196: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
4197: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
4198: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
4199: <p>
4200:
1.247 jufi 4201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4202: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 4203: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
4204: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 4205: </strong></font><br>
4206:
4207: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
4208: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
4209: <p>
4210:
1.247 jufi 4211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4212: <a
1.269 deraadt 4213: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4214: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4215: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4216: </strong></font><br>
4217:
4218: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4219: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4220: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4221: our own Theo de Raadt.
4222: <p>
4223:
1.247 jufi 4224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4225: <a
1.269 deraadt 4226: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4227: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4228: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4229: </strong></font><br>
4230:
4231: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4232: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4233: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4234: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4235: shut down.]
4236: <p>
4237:
1.247 jufi 4238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4239: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4240: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4241: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4242: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4243: </strong></font><br>
4244:
4245: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4246: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4247: <p>
1.247 jufi 4248: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4249:
1.161 louis 4250: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4251: <ul>
1.161 louis 4252:
1.247 jufi 4253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4254: <a
1.269 deraadt 4255: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4256: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4257: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4258: </strong></font><br>
4259:
4260: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4261: by John Wolley
4262: <p>
4263:
1.247 jufi 4264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4265: <a
1.269 deraadt 4266: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4267: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4268: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4269: </strong></font><br>
4270:
4271: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4272: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4273: OpenBSD).
4274: <p>
4275:
1.247 jufi 4276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4277: <a
1.247 jufi 4278: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4279: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4280: </strong></font><br>
4281:
4282: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4283: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
4284: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
4285: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4286: and hindsight.
4287: <p>
4288:
1.247 jufi 4289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4290: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4291: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4292: </strong></font><br>
4293:
4294: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4295: <p>
4296:
1.247 jufi 4297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4298: <a
1.168 provos 4299: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4300: December 7, 2000
4301: </strong></font><br>
4302:
4303: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4304: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4305: us explain.
4306: <p>
4307:
1.247 jufi 4308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4309: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4310: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4311: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4312: December 6, 2000
4313: </strong></font><br>
4314:
4315: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4316: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4317: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4318: <p>
4319:
1.247 jufi 4320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4321: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4322: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4323: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4324: </strong></font><br>
4325:
4326: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4327: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4328: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4329: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4330: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4331: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4332: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4333: <p>
4334:
4335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4336: <a
1.226 horacio 4337: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4338: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4339: </strong></font><br>
4340:
4341: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4342: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4343: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4344: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4345: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4346: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4347: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4348: <p>
1.162 millert 4349:
1.247 jufi 4350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4351: <a
1.161 louis 4352: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4353: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4354: </strong></font><br>
4355:
4356: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4357: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4358: <p>
4359:
1.247 jufi 4360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4361: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4362: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4363: </strong></font><br>
4364:
4365: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4366: <p>
4367:
4368:
1.247 jufi 4369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4370: <a
1.226 horacio 4371: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4372: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4373: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4374: </strong></font><br>
4375:
4376: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4377: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4378: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4379: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4380: <p>
1.247 jufi 4381: </ul>
1.169 louis 4382:
1.158 louis 4383: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4384: <ul>
1.147 louis 4385:
1.247 jufi 4386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4387: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4388: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4389: </strong></font><br>
4390:
4391: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4392: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4393: <p>
4394:
1.247 jufi 4395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4396: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4397: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4398: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4399: </strong></font><br>
4400: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4401: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4402: <p>
4403:
1.247 jufi 4404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4405: <a
4406: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4407: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4408: </strong></font><br>
4409:
4410: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4411: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4412: <p>
4413:
1.247 jufi 4414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4415: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4416: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4417: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4418:
1.213 horacio 4419: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4420: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4421: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4422: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4423: <p>
1.215 horacio 4424:
1.247 jufi 4425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4426: <a
4427: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4428: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4429: </strong></font><br>
4430:
4431: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4432: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4433: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4434: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4435: much of the attitude too).
4436: <p>
1.161 louis 4437:
1.247 jufi 4438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4439: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4440: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4441: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4442:
1.157 louis 4443: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4444: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4445: <p>
1.247 jufi 4446: </ul>
1.157 louis 4447:
4448: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4449: <ul>
1.157 louis 4450:
1.247 jufi 4451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4452: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4453: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4454: </strong></font><br>
4455:
4456: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4457: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4458: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4459: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4460: <p>
4461:
1.247 jufi 4462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4463: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4464: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4465: </strong></font><br>
4466:
4467: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4468: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4469: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4470: it because they love coding...
4471: <p>
4472:
1.247 jufi 4473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4474: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4475: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4476: </strong></font><br>
4477:
4478: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4479: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4480: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4481: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4482: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4483: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4484: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4485: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4486: <p>
4487:
1.247 jufi 4488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4489: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4490: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4491: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4492: </strong></font><br>
4493:
4494: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4495: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4496: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4497: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4498: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4499: the pizza.
4500: <p>
4501:
1.247 jufi 4502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4503: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4504: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4505: </strong></font><br>
4506:
4507: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4508: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4509: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4510: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4511: problems.
4512: <p>
4513:
1.247 jufi 4514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 4515: <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 4516: </strong></font><br>
4517:
1.222 miod 4518: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4519: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4520: - whether they like it or not.
4521: <p>
4522:
1.247 jufi 4523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4524: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4525: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4526: </strong></font><br>
4527:
4528: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4529: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4530: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4531: <p>
1.148 aaron 4532:
1.247 jufi 4533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4534: <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 4535: </strong></font><br>
4536:
4537: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4538: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4539: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4540: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4541: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4542: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4543: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4544: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4545: <p>
4546:
1.247 jufi 4547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4548: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4549: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4550: </strong></font><br>
4551:
4552: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4553: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4554: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4555: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4556: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4557: <p>
1.247 jufi 4558: </ul>
1.147 louis 4559:
1.138 louis 4560: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4561: <ul>
1.138 louis 4562:
1.247 jufi 4563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4564: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4565: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4566: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4567: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4568: </strong></font><br>
4569:
1.227 horacio 4570: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4571: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4572: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4573: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4574: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4575: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4576: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4577: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4578: <p>
4579:
1.247 jufi 4580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4581: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4582: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4583: </strong></font><br>
4584:
4585: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4586: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4587: groups, and even Linux.
4588: <p>
4589:
1.247 jufi 4590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4591: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4592: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4593: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4594: </strong></font><br>
4595:
4596: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4597: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4598: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4599: library after installing the OS.
4600: <p>
4601:
1.247 jufi 4602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4603: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4604: Sys Admin, September 2000
4605: </strong></font><br>
4606:
4607: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4608: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4609: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4610: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4611: (<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>,
4612: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4613: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4614: <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 4615: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4616: out of the system.
4617: <p>
4618:
1.247 jufi 4619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4620: <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
4621: </strong></font><br>
4622:
4623: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4624: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4625: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4626: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4627: the IP filtering and address translation.
4628: <p>
1.301 jose 4629:
4630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4631: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4632: </strong></font><br>
4633:
4634: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
4635: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4636: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4637: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4638: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4639: <p>
1.247 jufi 4640: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4641:
1.131 louis 4642: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4643: <ul>
1.131 louis 4644:
1.247 jufi 4645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4646: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4647: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4648: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4649: </strong></font><br>
4650:
4651: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4652: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4653: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4654: <p>
4655:
1.247 jufi 4656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4657: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4658: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4659: </strong></font><br>
4660:
4661: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4662: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4663: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4664: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4665: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4666: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4667: note of"</i>.
4668: <p>
4669:
1.247 jufi 4670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4671: <a
1.247 jufi 4672: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4673: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4674: </strong></font><br>
4675:
4676: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4677: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4678: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4679: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4680: <p>
4681:
1.247 jufi 4682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4683: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4684: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4685: </strong></font><br>
4686:
4687: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4688: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4689: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4690: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4691: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4692: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4693: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4694: <p>
4695:
1.247 jufi 4696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4697: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4698: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4699: 2000
4700: </strong></font><br>
4701:
4702: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4703: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4704: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4705: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4706: against current industry practices.
4707: <p>
4708:
1.247 jufi 4709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4710: <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
4711: </strong></font><br>
4712:
4713: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4714: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4715: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4716: <p>
4717:
1.247 jufi 4718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4719: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4720: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4721: </strong></font><br>
4722:
4723: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4724: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4725: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4726: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4727: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4728: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4729: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4730: <p>
4731:
1.247 jufi 4732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4733: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4734: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4735: </strong></font><br>
4736:
4737: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4738: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4739: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4740: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4741: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4742: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4743: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4744: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4745: <p>
1.247 jufi 4746: </ul>
1.131 louis 4747:
1.118 louis 4748: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4749: <ul>
1.118 louis 4750:
1.247 jufi 4751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4752: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
4753: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
4754: </strong></font><br>
4755:
4756: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
4757: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
4758: about time. The article mentions that
4759: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
4760: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
4761: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 4762: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 4763: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
4764: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 4765: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 4766: <p>
4767:
1.247 jufi 4768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4769: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 4770: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4771: </strong></font><br>
4772:
4773: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
4774: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
4775: of OpenSSH.
4776: <p>
4777:
1.247 jufi 4778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4779: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4780: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 4781: </strong></font><br>
4782:
4783: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 4784: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 4785: bridging.
4786: <p>
4787:
1.247 jufi 4788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4789: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
4790: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 4791: </strong></font><br>
4792:
1.121 deraadt 4793: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
4794: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 4795: <p>
4796:
1.247 jufi 4797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 4798: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
4799: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
4800: </strong></font><br>
4801:
4802: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
4803: <p>
4804:
1.247 jufi 4805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 4806: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4807: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
4808: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 4809: </strong></font><br>
4810:
1.120 deraadt 4811: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
4812: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 4813: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
4814: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
4815: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
4816: <p>
4817:
1.247 jufi 4818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 4819: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
4820: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
4821: </strong></font><br>
4822:
1.222 miod 4823: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 4824: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
4825: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
4826: protocols and their quirks.
4827: <p>
4828:
1.247 jufi 4829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4830: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
4831: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 4832: </strong></font><br>
4833:
4834: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
4835: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
4836: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 4837: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 4838: <p>
4839:
1.247 jufi 4840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 4841: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
4842: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
4843: </strong></font><br>
4844:
4845: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
4846: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
4847: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
4848: <p>
4849:
1.247 jufi 4850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 4851: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 4852: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
4853: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 4854: </strong></font><br>
4855:
4856: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
4857: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
4858: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
4859: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
4860: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
4861: <p>
1.247 jufi 4862: </ul>
1.118 louis 4863:
1.104 louis 4864: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4865: <ul>
1.104 louis 4866:
1.247 jufi 4867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 4868: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
4869: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
4870: </strong></font><br>
4871:
4872: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
4873: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
4874: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
4875: be a bit dry.
4876: <p>
4877:
1.247 jufi 4878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4879: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
4880: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
4881: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
4882: </strong></font><br>
4883: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
4884: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
4885: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
4886: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
4887: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
4888: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
4889: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
4890: <p>
4891:
1.247 jufi 4892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4893: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
4894: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 4895: 2000
1.128 louis 4896: </strong></font><br>
4897:
4898: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
4899: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
4900: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
4901: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
4902: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 4903: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 4904: <p>
4905:
1.247 jufi 4906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4907: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
4908: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 4909: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 4910:
4911: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
4912: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
4913: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
4914: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 4915: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
4916: <p>
1.110 louis 4917:
1.247 jufi 4918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 4919: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
4920: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
4921: </strong></font><br>
4922:
4923: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
4924: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
4925: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
4926: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
4927: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
4928: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
4929: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
4930: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
4931: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
4932: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
4933: <p>
4934:
1.247 jufi 4935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 4936: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 4937: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 4938:
4939: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
4940: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 4941: <p>
1.108 louis 4942:
1.247 jufi 4943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 4944: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
4945: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 4946: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 4947:
4948: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
4949: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
4950: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 4951: <p>
1.106 louis 4952:
1.247 jufi 4953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 4954: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
4955: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 4956: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 4957:
4958: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
4959: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
4960: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
4961: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 4962: <p>
1.107 louis 4963:
1.247 jufi 4964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4965: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
4966: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 4967: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 4968:
4969: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
4970: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 4971: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 4972: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
4973: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 4974: <p>
1.105 louis 4975:
1.247 jufi 4976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 4977: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 4978: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 4979: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 4980:
1.113 naddy 4981: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
4982: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 4983: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 4984: <p>
1.104 louis 4985:
1.247 jufi 4986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 4987: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
4988: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
4989: </strong></font><br>
4990:
4991: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
4992: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
4993: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
4994: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
4995: <p>
1.301 jose 4996:
4997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4998: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
4999: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
5000: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
5001:
5002: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
5003: hardware-supported cryptography.
5004: <p>
1.247 jufi 5005: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 5006:
1.85 louis 5007: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5008: <ul>
1.85 louis 5009:
1.247 jufi 5010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5011: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 5012: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 5013: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5014:
5015: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
5016: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
5017: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
5018: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
5019: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
5020: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
5021: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 5022: <p>
1.99 louis 5023:
1.247 jufi 5024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5025: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 5026: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5027: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 5028:
5029: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
5030: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
5031: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
5032: conditions.
1.113 naddy 5033: <p>
1.100 louis 5034:
1.247 jufi 5035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5036: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 5037: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5038: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 5039:
5040: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
5041: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
5042: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
5043: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 5044: <p>
1.95 louis 5045:
1.247 jufi 5046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5047: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 5048: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5049: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 5050:
5051: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
5052: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 5053: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 5054: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
5055: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5056: <p>
1.92 louis 5057:
1.247 jufi 5058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5059: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 5060: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5061: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 5062:
5063: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
5064: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
5065: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
5066: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
5067: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
5068: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 5069: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 5070: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 5071: <p>
1.91 louis 5072:
1.247 jufi 5073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5074: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
5075: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 5076: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5077:
5078: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
5079: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
5080: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
5081: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
5082: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
5083: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
5084: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
5085: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
5086: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 5087: <p>
1.90 louis 5088:
1.247 jufi 5089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5090: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
5091: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
5092: </strong></font><br>
5093: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
5094: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
5095: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
5096: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
5097: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
5098: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
5099: <p>
5100:
1.247 jufi 5101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 5102: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
5103: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5104: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 5105:
1.113 naddy 5106: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
5107: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 5108: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
5109: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
5110: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
5111: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
5112: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 5113: <p>
1.87 louis 5114:
1.247 jufi 5115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 5116: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
5117: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 5118: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5119:
5120: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 5121: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 5122: <p>
1.85 louis 5123:
1.247 jufi 5124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5125: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
5126: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
5127: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
5128:
5129: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
5130: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
5131: <p>
5132:
5133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 5134: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
5135: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5136: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 5137:
5138: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 5139: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 5140: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
5141: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 5142: <p>
1.89 louis 5143:
1.247 jufi 5144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5145: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 5146: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5147: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5148:
5149: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
5150: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
5151: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
5152: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
5153: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 5154: </ul>
1.85 louis 5155:
1.78 deraadt 5156: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5157: <ul>
1.74 louis 5158:
1.247 jufi 5159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5160: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 5161: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 5162: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 5163: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5164:
5165: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
5166: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
5167: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5168: <p>
1.83 louis 5169:
1.247 jufi 5170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 5171: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
5172: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5173: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 5174:
5175: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
5176: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 5177: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 5178: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
5179: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 5180: <p>
1.93 louis 5181:
1.247 jufi 5182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5183: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
5184: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
5185: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5186: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 5187:
1.83 louis 5188: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
5189: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
5190: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
5191: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
5192: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 5193: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
5194: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
5195: <p>
1.82 aaron 5196:
1.247 jufi 5197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5198: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 5199: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5200: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 5201:
1.83 louis 5202: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
5203: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
5204: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 5205: <p>
1.80 louis 5206:
1.247 jufi 5207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5208: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 5209: Bad Press</a>,
5210: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 5211: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 5212:
5213: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5214: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5215: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5216: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5217: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5218: <p>
1.247 jufi 5219: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5220:
5221: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5222: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5223:
1.247 jufi 5224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5225: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5226: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5227: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5228: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5229:
5230: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5231: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5232: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5233: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5234: <p>
1.74 louis 5235:
1.247 jufi 5236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5237: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5238: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5239: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5240:
1.219 horacio 5241: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5242: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5243: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5244: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5245: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5246: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5247: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5248: <p>
1.88 louis 5249:
1.247 jufi 5250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5251: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5252: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5253: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5254:
5255: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5256: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5257: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5258: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5259: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5260: <p>
1.81 louis 5261:
1.247 jufi 5262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5263: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5264: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5265: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5266:
5267: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5268: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5269: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5270: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5271: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5272: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5273: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5274: <p>
1.90 louis 5275:
1.247 jufi 5276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5277: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5278: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5279: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5280:
5281: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5282: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5283: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5284: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5285: <p>
1.247 jufi 5286: </ul>
1.71 louis 5287:
1.69 deraadt 5288: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5289: <ul>
1.70 louis 5290:
1.247 jufi 5291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5292: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5293: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5294: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5295:
5296: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5297: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5298: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5299: <p>
1.70 louis 5300:
1.247 jufi 5301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5302: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5303: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5304: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5305:
5306: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5307: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5308: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5309: <p>
1.68 louis 5310:
1.247 jufi 5311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5312: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5313: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5314: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5315: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5316:
1.111 jufi 5317: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5318: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5319: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5320: "secure by default" installation.
5321: <p>
1.64 louis 5322:
1.247 jufi 5323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5324: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5325: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5326: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5327:
1.113 naddy 5328: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5329: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5330: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5331: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5332: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5333: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5334: <p>
1.66 louis 5335:
1.247 jufi 5336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5337: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5338: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5339: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5340:
5341: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5342: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5343: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5344: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5345: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5346: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5347: <p>
1.83 louis 5348:
1.247 jufi 5349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5350: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5351: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5352: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5353:
5354: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5355: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5356: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5357: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5358: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5359: <p>
1.64 louis 5360:
1.247 jufi 5361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5362: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5363: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5364: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5365:
5366: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5367: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5368: <p>
1.301 jose 5369:
5370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5371: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5372: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5373: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5374: </strong></font><br>
5375:
5376: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5377: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5378: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5379: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5380: Giving way to
5381: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5382: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5383: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5384: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5385: <p>
1.247 jufi 5386: </ul>
1.65 louis 5387:
1.69 deraadt 5388: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5389: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5390:
1.247 jufi 5391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5392: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5393: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5394: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5395:
5396: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5397: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5398: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5399: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5400: <p>
1.88 louis 5401:
1.247 jufi 5402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5403: <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 5404: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5405:
5406: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5407: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5408: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5409: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5410: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5411: <p>
1.60 louis 5412:
1.247 jufi 5413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5414: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5415: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5416: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5417: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5418:
5419: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5420: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5421: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5422: <p>
1.58 louis 5423:
1.247 jufi 5424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5425: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5426: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5427:
5428: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5429: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5430: <p>
1.53 louis 5431:
1.247 jufi 5432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5433: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5434: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5435: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5436:
5437: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5438: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5439: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5440: <p>
1.99 louis 5441:
1.247 jufi 5442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5443: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5444: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5445:
5446: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5447: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5448: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5449: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5450: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5451:
1.247 jufi 5452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5453: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5454: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5455: </strong></font><br>
5456:
5457: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5458: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5459: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5460: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5461: <p>
5462:
1.247 jufi 5463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5464: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5465: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5466: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5467:
5468: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5469: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5470: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5471:
1.247 jufi 5472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5473: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5474: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5475:
5476: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5477: in
1.247 jufi 5478: <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 5479: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5480: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5481: <p>
1.53 louis 5482:
1.247 jufi 5483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5484: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5485: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5486: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5487: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5488:
1.58 louis 5489: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5490: <p>
1.301 jose 5491:
5492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5493: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5494: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5495: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5496: Informacyjny, January 2000
5497: </strong></font><br>
5498:
5499: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5500: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5501: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5502: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5503: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5504: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5505: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5506: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5507: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5508: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5509: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5510: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5511: <p>
5512:
5513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5514: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5515: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5516: </strong></font><br>
5517:
5518: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5519: <p>
5520: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5521:
1.69 deraadt 5522: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5523: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5524:
1.247 jufi 5525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5526: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5527: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5528: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5529: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5530:
1.58 louis 5531: Kurt Seifried
5532: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5533: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5534: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5535: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5536:
1.247 jufi 5537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5538: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5539: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5540: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5541:
5542: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5543: <p>
1.96 louis 5544:
1.247 jufi 5545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5546: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5547: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5548: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5549: </strong></font><br>
5550:
5551: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5552: <p>
5553:
5554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5555: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5556: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5557: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5558:
5559: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5560: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5561: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5562: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5563: <p>
1.247 jufi 5564: </ul>
1.86 louis 5565:
1.69 deraadt 5566: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5567: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5568:
1.247 jufi 5569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5570: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5571: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5572: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5573:
5574: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5575: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5576: <p>
1.61 louis 5577:
1.247 jufi 5578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5579: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5580: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5581: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5582: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5583:
5584: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5585: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5586: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5587: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5588: right -- or at least strives to".
5589: <p>
1.48 louis 5590:
1.247 jufi 5591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5592: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5593: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5594: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5595: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5596: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5597: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5598: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5599: <p>
1.61 louis 5600:
1.247 jufi 5601: <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 5602: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5603: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5604:
5605: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5606: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5607: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5608: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5609: <p>
1.46 louis 5610:
1.247 jufi 5611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5612: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5613: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5614: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5615:
5616: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5617: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5618: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5619:
1.247 jufi 5620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5621: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5622: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5623: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5624:
5625: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5626: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5627: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5628: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5629: <p>
1.247 jufi 5630: </ul>
1.70 louis 5631:
1.69 deraadt 5632: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5633: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5634:
1.247 jufi 5635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5636: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5637: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5638: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5639: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5640:
5641: Kurt Seifried
5642: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5643: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5644: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5645: <p>
1.44 philen 5646:
1.247 jufi 5647: <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 5648: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5649: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5650:
5651: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5652: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5653:
1.247 jufi 5654: <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 5655: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5656: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5657:
5658: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5659: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5660:
1.247 jufi 5661: <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 5662: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5663: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5664:
5665: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5666: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5667: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5668: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5669: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5670:
1.247 jufi 5671: <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 5672: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5673: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5674:
1.36 louis 5675: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5676: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5677:
1.247 jufi 5678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5679: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5680: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5681: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5682:
5683: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5684: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5685: </ul>
1.38 louis 5686:
1.69 deraadt 5687: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5688: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5689:
1.247 jufi 5690: <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 5691: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5692: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5693:
5694: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5695: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5696: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5697:
1.113 naddy 5698: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5699: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5700: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5701: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5702:
5703: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5704: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5705: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5706: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5707: <blockquote>
5708: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5709: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5710: <br>
5711: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5712: </code>
5713: </blockquote>
5714: <p>
5715:
1.247 jufi 5716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5717: <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 5718: <p>
5719:
5720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5721: <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 5722: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5723:
5724: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5725: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5726: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5727: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5728:
1.247 jufi 5729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5730: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5731: Sept. 28, 1999
5732: </strong></font><br>
5733:
5734: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5735: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5736: translating and reprinting articles from
5737: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5738: <p>
5739:
5740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5741: <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 5742: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5743:
5744: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5745: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5746: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5747: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5748: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5749: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5750: <p>
1.19 louis 5751:
1.113 naddy 5752: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 5753: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 5754: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 5755:
5756: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
5757: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
5758: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 5759: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
5760: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 5761: <p>
1.16 louis 5762:
1.247 jufi 5763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5764: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 5765: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 5766: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 5767:
1.57 louis 5768: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
5769: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
5770: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 5771: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 5772:
1.247 jufi 5773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5774: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 5775: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5776: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5777:
1.113 naddy 5778: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 5779:
1.247 jufi 5780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5781: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
5782: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5783: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 5784:
1.23 louis 5785: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
5786: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
5787: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
5788: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
5789: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 5790: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 5791:
1.247 jufi 5792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 5793: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
5794: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 5795: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 5796:
1.199 pvalchev 5797: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 5798: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
5799: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
5800: installation.
1.113 naddy 5801: <p>
1.47 louis 5802:
1.247 jufi 5803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5804: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 5805: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 5806: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5807:
1.301 jose 5808: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
5809: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
5810: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5811: </ul>
1.57 louis 5812:
1.69 deraadt 5813: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5814: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5815:
1.247 jufi 5816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 5817: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 5818: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 5819: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 5820:
5821: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
5822: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 5823: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5824: <p>
1.12 louis 5825:
1.247 jufi 5826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 5827: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 5828: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 5829: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 5830:
5831: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
5832: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 5833: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
5834: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
5835: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
5836: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
5837: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 5838: <p>
1.247 jufi 5839: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 5840:
1.69 deraadt 5841: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5842: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 5843:
1.247 jufi 5844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 5845: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 5846: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 5847:
5848: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
5849: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
5850: available."
1.113 naddy 5851: <p>
1.301 jose 5852:
5853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5854: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5855: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
5856: </strong></font><br>
5857:
5858: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
5859: <p>
1.247 jufi 5860: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 5861:
1.69 deraadt 5862: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5863: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5864:
1.247 jufi 5865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 5866: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 5867: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 5868:
5869: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
5870: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
5871: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
5872: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
5873: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 5874: <p>
1.33 louis 5875:
1.247 jufi 5876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5877: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 5878: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 5879: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5880:
1.113 naddy 5881: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
5882: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 5883: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
5884: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
5885: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 5886: <p>
1.247 jufi 5887: </ul>
1.57 louis 5888:
1.69 deraadt 5889: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5890: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5891:
1.247 jufi 5892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5893: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 5894: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 5895: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 5896:
5897: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
5898: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 5899: <p>
1.69 deraadt 5900:
1.247 jufi 5901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 5902: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
5903: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
5904: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 5905: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 5906:
5907: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 5908: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 5909:
1.247 jufi 5910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5911: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5912:
1.113 naddy 5913: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 5914:
1.247 jufi 5915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5916: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 5917: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 5918: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 5919:
5920: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 5921: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 5922: </ul>
1.23 louis 5923:
1.69 deraadt 5924: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5925: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5926:
1.247 jufi 5927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 5928: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 5929: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 5930:
5931: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
5932: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 5933: <p>
1.2 deraadt 5934:
1.247 jufi 5935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5936: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 5937: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5938: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5939:
5940: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
5941: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 5942: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 5943: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 5944: </ul>
1.57 louis 5945:
1.69 deraadt 5946: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5947: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5948:
1.247 jufi 5949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5950: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 5951: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 5952: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 5953:
5954: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
5955: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
5956: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
5957: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5958: <p>
1.15 louis 5959:
1.247 jufi 5960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 5961: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
5962: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 5963: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 5964:
5965: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
5966: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
5967: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
5968: columns."
1.113 naddy 5969: <p>
1.247 jufi 5970: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 5971:
1.69 deraadt 5972: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5973: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5974:
1.247 jufi 5975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5976: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 5977: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5978: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5979:
5980: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 5981: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 5982:
1.113 naddy 5983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5984: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 5985: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5986:
5987: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
5988: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 5989: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 5990: </ul>
1.57 louis 5991:
1.69 deraadt 5992: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 5993: <ul>
1.301 jose 5994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5995: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
5996: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
5997: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
5998:
5999: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
6000: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
6001: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
6002: <p>
6003:
6004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6005: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
6006: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6007: Nov 13, 1998 and
6008: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
6009: Datateknik</a>,
6010: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
6011:
1.380 saad 6012: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 6013: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
6014: explains the licensing issues and points to our
6015: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
6016: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6017:
1.113 naddy 6018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6019: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 6020: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 6021: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6022:
1.222 miod 6023: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 6024: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
6025: Implementation, including a brief interview with
6026: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 6027: <p>
1.247 jufi 6028: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6029:
1.69 deraadt 6030: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6031: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6032:
1.247 jufi 6033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6034: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 6035: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6036:
1.69 deraadt 6037: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
6038: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 6039: <p>
1.247 jufi 6040: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6041:
1.69 deraadt 6042: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6043: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 6044:
1.247 jufi 6045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6046: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
6047: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 6048: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6049:
1.383 jcs 6050: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 6051: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 6052: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6053:
1.247 jufi 6054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 6055: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 6056: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
6057: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 6058: <p>
1.247 jufi 6059: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6060:
1.69 deraadt 6061: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6062: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6063:
1.247 jufi 6064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6065: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 6066: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
6067: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 6068: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 6069: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6070:
6071: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
6072: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
6073: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 6074: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 6075: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 6076: <p>
1.247 jufi 6077: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 6078:
6079: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6080: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6081:
1.247 jufi 6082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6083: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 6084: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6085:
1.69 deraadt 6086: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
6087: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 6088: <p>
1.112 naddy 6089:
1.247 jufi 6090: </ul>
1.113 naddy 6091: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6092:
1.292 camield 6093: <hr>
1.216 horacio 6094: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 6095: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.560 ! ian 6096: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.559 2007/03/07 13:38:40 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 6097:
6098: </body>
6099: </html>