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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.586 ian 19: <h2>November, 2010</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
23: <a href='http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODc0NA'>
24: OpenBSD 4.8 Brings Improved Hardware Support</a>
25: www.phoronix.com, November 1, 2010
26: </strong></font><br>
27: Good coverage of the release: new drivers, new features, and more.
28: <p>
29:
30: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
31: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20101101163826'>
32: OpenBSD 4.8 Released!</a>
33: www.undeadly.org, November 1, 2010
34: </strong></font><br>
35: Undeadly mentions the release; this article has a full list of the
36: enhancements and improvements.
37: <p>
38:
39: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
40: <a href='http://www.osnews.com/story/23978/OpenBSD_4_8_Released'>
41: OpenBSD 4.8 Released</a>
1.587 ! ian 42: www.osnews.com, November 1, 2010
1.586 ian 43: </strong></font><br>
44: OSNews again is one of the first out with coverage of the 4.8 release,
45: although it's just a summary this time out.
46: <p>
47:
48: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
49: <a href='http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=openbsd'>
50: DistroWatch.com: OpenBSD</a>
51: distrowatch.com, November 1, 2010
52: </strong></font><br>
53: DistroWatch has a list of many links related to OpenBSD,
54: and have updated their site to reflect the 4.8 release.
55: <p>
56:
57: </ul>
1.584 jasper 58:
59: <h2>September, 2009</h2>
60: <ul>
61: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
62: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1393496">
63: Security in your pocket: OpenBSD on ARM</a>, informIT, September 11, 2009
64: </strong></font><br>
65: Interview with Dale Rahn (drahn@) about OpenBSD on ARM handheld systems and
66: why users and vendors should consider it as a real alternative.
67: <p>
68: </ul>
69:
1.582 grunk 70: <h2>January, 2009</h2>
71: <ul>
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
73: [GERMAN]
74: <a href="http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre105.html">
75: OpenBSD -- Technik und Entwicklerkultur des alternativen Betriebssystems
76: </a>, Chaosradio Express, January 28, 2009</strong></font><br>
77: OpenBSD developer Felix Kronlage (fkr@openbsd.org) in interview
78: with Chaosradio Express host Tim Pritlove from the Chaos Computer Club.
79: <p>
80: </ul>
81:
1.581 ian 82: <h2>April, 2008</h2>
83: <ul>
84:
85: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
86: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/19700/OpenBSD_4.3_Released">
87: OpenBSD 4.3 Released</a>, OSNews, April 30, 2008
88: </strong></font><br>
89: OSNews is among the first to mention the newest release:
90: "Theo de Raadt has lifted the veil off OpenBSD 4.3. <i>We are pleased
91: to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.3. This is our 23nd
92: release on CD-ROM (and 24rd via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's
93: record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the
94: default install.</i> Boasting as always, but when it's justified,
95: arrogance is a virtue."
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
99: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2008/04/29/puffy-and-the-crytonauts-whats-new-in-openbsd-43.html">
100: Puffy and the Cryptonauts: What's New in OpenBSD 4.3</a>, onLamp, April 29, 2008
101: </strong></font><br>
102: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD developers
103: about the changes in the 4.3 release, providing a more comprehensive overview
104: than others.
105: Topics range across
106: networking (including new and improved drivers, and our own SNMP implementation),
107: storage (faster flash, bigger disk support),
108: platforms (Sparc64 SMP, audio drivers),
109: kernel improvements, malloc support, read/write cleanups, and much more.
110: <p>
111:
112: </ul>
113:
1.573 ian 114: <h2>November, 2007</h2>
115: <ul>
116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.574 ian 117: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/87">
118: Using OpenBSD 4.2</a>, Software In Review, November 5, 2007
119: </strong></font><br>
120: Jem Matzem advocates using OpenBSD and shows readers how to get
121: started and some hints on using the system after it's installed,
122: including setting up ports/packages to use third-party software.
123: Under the "For More Information" category, he acknowledges that
124: "OpenBSD has the most thorough, easy to follow native documentation
125: of any Unix-like operating system..."
126: <p>
127:
128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
129: <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/11/a_few_cheers_fo.html">
130: A Few Cheers For OpenBSD</a>, Information Week, November 2, 2007
131: </strong></font><br>
132: "With all of the hollering about Linux..., there's another open-source
133: operating system that just celebrated getting a new 4.2 release out
134: the door. It's one that hasn't been quite as widely-celebrated as
135: Linux but is still deeply important in its own way: OpenBSD"
136: Talks about how BSD is real UNIX, and what that means, and our
137: security policy "secure by default".
138: Ends with a reminder that Linux is
139: "not the only open-source, Unix-like game in town."
140: <p>
141:
142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.573 ian 143: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/7155">
144: Puffy's Marathon: What's New in OpenBSD 4.2</a>, onLamp, Nov 1, 2007
145: </strong></font><br>
146: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed almost two dozen OpenBSD developers
147: and combined their comments into this interview. Opens with:
148: "...this release comes with some amazing performance improvements: basic
149: benchmarks showed PF being twice as fast, a rewrite of the TLB
150: shootdown code for i386 and amd64 cut the time to do a full package
151: build by 20 percent (mostly because all the forks in configure
152: scripts have become much cheaper), and the improved frequency scaling
153: on MP systems can help save nearly 20 percent of battery power.
154: <p>
155: "And then the new features: FFS2, support for the Advanced Host
156: Controller Interface, IP balancing in CARP, layer 7 manipulation
157: with hoststated, Xenocara, and more!"
158: <p>
159: And goes on to discuss each of these and more with the good folk
160: who make it happen.
161: <p>
162:
163: </ul>
164:
1.572 ian 165: <h2>July, 2007</h2>
166: <ul>
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
168: <a href="http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/797/openbsd-encrypted-nas-howto">
1.578 ian 169: OpenBSD Encrypted NAS How-To</a>, geektechnique.org, July 15, 2007
1.572 ian 170: </strong></font><br>
171: Mark Hoekstra gives a detailed step-by-step description of how to
172: build an encrypted
173: network storage box using off-the-shelf hardware and OpenBSD software.
174: <br>
175: Also reported in
176: <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/07/16/002203.shtml">SlashDot
177: </a> and
178: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/news.php?id=14877">net-security</a>.
179: <p>
180:
181: </ul>
182:
1.569 ian 183: <h2>May, 2007</h2>
184: <ul>
185:
186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.570 simon 187: [GERMAN]
188: OpenBSD 4.1 bietet Lastverteilung auf Layer 7,
189: iX magazine, May 18, 2007
190: </strong></font><br>
191: The German IT magazine iX reviews the new hoststated(8) Host Status Daemon that
192: comes with OpenBSD 4.1. The article describes various configurations including
193: SSL acceleration and gives a good insight into what hoststated(8) can do for the
194: reader.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.569 ian 198: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/05/03/openbsd-41-puffy-strikes-again.html">
199: OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again</a>, ONLamp, May 5, 2007
200: </strong></font><br>
201: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a number of developers about the major
202: changes in 4.1: Mark Kettenis on UltraSPARC III and UltraSPARC T1;
203: Otto Moerbeek on the landisk port and fsck_ffs;
204: Artur Grabowski on rthreads and AMD64 timekeeping;
205: Kurt Miller on pthreads and, with Robert Nagy, on OpenOffice;
206: Marc Espie on the changes "under the hood" in
207: the package tools and on the new pkg_config;
208: Matthieu Herrb on our new X11 build system xenocara,
1.575 tobias 209: Henning Brauer on syslogd, hoststated and RSTP;
1.569 ian 210: Henning and Claudio Jeker on a variety of topics in routing and PF;
211: Bob Beck on spam fighting;
212: and Jonathan Gray on WEP and on why authpf is better than WPA/WPA2.
213: Quite readable overview of some of the main issues in this release.
1.582 grunk 214: <br>
215: Linked to from
1.569 ian 216: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php/17851/OpenBSD-4.1-Puffy-Strikes-Again/">OSNews</a>.
217: Mentions of the release also appeared in
218: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1483">Tectonic</a>,
219: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/newsvac/07/05/02/1320248.shtml">Newsforge</a>
220: and
221: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/07/05/01/2231229.shtml">SlashDot</a>
222: (the latter two include pointers to official release announcements).
223: <p>
224:
225: </ul>
226:
1.565 ian 227: <h2>April, 2007</h2>
228: <ul>
229:
230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
231: <a href="http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/28/1522252">
232: Reducing spam with OpenBSD and spamd</a>, Linux.com, April 11, 2007
233: </strong></font><br>
234: This is the first installment of a multi-part article on using OpenBSD's
235: anti-spam tools. This part contains a general overview of spamd, greylisting
236: and tarpitting. Later installments will cover the how-to details.
237: <p>
238:
239:
240: </ul>
241:
1.560 ian 242: <h2>March, 2007</h2>
243: <ul>
244:
245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.564 ian 246: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2007/03/bsdtalk105-intro-to-pf-with-jason-dixon.html">
247: Introduction to PF with Jason Dixon</a>, BSDTalk 105, March 26, 2007
248: </strong></font><br>
249: Jason provides a nice general overview of OpenBSD's Packet Filter PF,
250: emphasizing the "why" rather than the "how" of using PF.
251: Goes over pf's history, initial setup, stateful filtering,
252: normalization with "scrub", use of synproxy, authpf,
253: CARP and pfsync, GUI configurations vs config files, the pfsense project,
1.576 martynas 254: logging, transparent bridges, AltQ queuing, macros, lists and tables,
1.579 ian 255: and the tie-in to spamd.
1.564 ian 256: <p>
257:
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 259: <a href="http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=30120&hilite=">
1.560 ian 260: Welsh Government Agency demonstrates Open Source best practice</a>,
261: SourceWire, March 8, 2007
262: </strong></font><br>
1.562 ian 263: The Countryside Council for Wales, the UK Government's regional wildlife
264: conservation authority for Wales, has hired UK Open Source service provider Sirius
1.561 saad 265: Corporation to extend OpenBSD's interoperability with the proprietary
266: Cisco IOS software; part of the agreement calls for Sirius to contribute
267: its source changes back to the OpenBSD project.
1.560 ian 268: <p>
269:
270: </ul>
1.558 ian 271:
1.556 matthieu 272: <h2>February, 2007</h2>
273: <ul>
274:
275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.558 ian 276: <a href="http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/is_symantecs_vista_security_assessment_credible.html">
277: Is Symantec's Vista Security Assessment Credible?</a>, Microsoft Watch, February 28, 2007
278: </strong></font><br>
279: This paper is nominally about the relationship between Symantec and Microsoft,
280: talking about a white paper released by the former.
281: But it's quite revealing about Microsoft itself.
282: "Even Microsoft... now acknowledges that UAC (User Account Control) -
283: Vista's most [high-]profile security feature - is vulnerable to subversion,
284: particularly through social-engineering tactics."
285: And while the Symantec report says some good things about Vista security,
286: "its criticisms are brutal - for their clarity and foreboding:
287: <blockquote>
288: "Many of the technologies that Microsoft has employed to bolster
289: the security of Windows Vista are not new. In fact, most are
290: derived from the groundwork originally laid by open-source
291: operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD, the PaX and
292: Stackguard projects, as well as numerous academic publications....
293: The majority of these technologies first appeared in Windows
294: XP SP2 [Service Pack 2]. Windows XP SP2, at the time of its
295: release, was also billed as the most secure version of Windows."
296: </blockquote>
297: So remember, folks, if it's about security, you may well have heard it
298: here first, long before Microsoft "invented" it.
299: <p>
300:
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.557 reyk 303: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/85495">
304: OpenBSD und Linux: Kritik an Stillhalteabkommen für Treiberentwicklung</a>, heise online, February 2, 2007
305: </strong></font><br>
306:
307: Short article about OpenBSD's clear statement against device driver
308: development under non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
309: It attempts to summarize the reaction of the OpenBSD community against the
310: <a href="http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/free_drivers.html">"Free Linux Driver Development"</a>
311: under NDA offered by the linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman which previously raised some
312: discussion.
313: Code written under NDA will make it difficult to improve it in the future
314: because somebody signed an agreement to keep the required hardware
315: documentation secret. For the OpenBSD project
316: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/goals.html">NDAs are never acceptable</a>.
317: <p>
318:
319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.556 matthieu 320: [FRENCH]
321: <a href="http://www.ed-diamond.com/produit.php?produit=462">GNU/Linux
322: Magazine France</a> special issue number 29
323: </strong></font>
324: is dedicated to BSD systems. It features several articles about
325: OpenBSD: a pf tutorial, an article on IPSec and two articles on
326: high-availability with pf and CARP and with dynamic routing protocols
327: using OpenOSPFd and OpenBGPd.
328: <p>
329:
330: </ul>
331:
1.558 ian 332: <h2>January, 2007</h2>
333: <ul>
334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
335: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.html">
336: Greylisting with PF</a>, O'Reilly onLAMP, January 18, 2007
337: </strong></font><br>
338: This onLAMP article by Dan Langille leads you through the process of
1.559 ian 339: setting up greylisting using OpenBSD's pf and spamd, which has now been ported
1.558 ian 340: to most other BSD systems. The article is
341: quite detailed, but readers should ignore the FreeBSD-specific stuff
342: like kldload (OpenBSD uses modload, but, OpenBSD always has pf built-in
343: so you don't need this). Parts of the article are based on Bob Beck's
344: <a href="http://www.nycbsdcon.org/speakers#Beck">spamd talk at NYCBSDCon</a>.
345: <p>
346:
347: </ul>
348:
1.550 mbalmer 349: <h2>December, 2006</h2>
350: <ul>
351:
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.554 reyk 353: [GERMAN]
354: <a href="http://www.freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=15206">
355: 23C3: Interview mit Henning und Reyk von OpenBSD</a>,
356: Radio Unerhört Marbug, December 29, 2006
357: </strong></font><br>
358: Interview with Henning Brauer and Reyk Flöter about OpenBSD and
359: the latest changes since 4.0 during the 23rd Chaos Communications
360: Congress in Berlin.
361: <p>
362:
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.552 ian 364: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/29/01OPsecadvise_1.html">
1.553 ian 365: New Year's Resolution No. 1: Get OpenBSD</a>,
1.552 ian 366: InfoWorld, December 29, 2006
367: </strong></font><br>
368: InfoWorld's Security Advisor columnist Roger A. Grimes says:
369: "Kick off 2007 with a new, more secure operating system."
370: Citing OpenBSD's code-auditing security process and its
371: excellent security record, Grimes advises readers to give the system a try.
372: Despite repeating some old canards about the "unfriendly" install, he
373: notes favorably that
374: "OpenBSD is shipped secure-by-default, with all non-essential services disabled.
375: You won't find NFS, mountd, or Apache [httpd] enabled by default.
376: The /bin and /sbin folders will be emptier than other Linux or BSD distros.
377: Install OpenBSD and you can be assured that it doesn't default to an insecure state."
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.551 xsa 381: [GERMAN]
1.550 mbalmer 382: <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2007/01/074/">
383: OpenBSD 4.0 - Kanadische Eröffnung</a>
384: iX magazine, December 14, 2006
385: </strong></font><br>
1.570 simon 386: The German IT magazine iX reviews the 4.0 release of OpenBSD and also mentions
1.550 mbalmer 387: why we don't support blobs and why this is beneficial to our users.
388: The article gives OpenBSD a very good rating for being strictly free software,
389: its swift installation, the support for upgrades, and the large number of
390: platforms and architectures it runs on.
391: <p>
392:
393: </ul>
394:
1.546 ian 395: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
396: <ul>
397:
1.549 ian 398: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.582 grunk 399: <a href='http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061110204834'>
1.549 ian 400: Official support for OpenBSD in Parallels Workstation</a>
401: undeadly.org, November 10, 2006
402: </strong></font><br>
403: OpenBSD is now supported by Parallels, a commercial OS
404: virtualization product for Mac OS X, Linux or MS-Windows.
405: In addition to allowing users to run both OpenBSD and one of those other
406: systems concurrently, the announcement means that developers with Intel Mac
407: hardware can run multiple test systems; the Undeadly Editor adds:
408: "I've had up to six OpenBSD guest systems operating simultaneously,
409: versions 3.8 through 4.0 (and -current)."
410: This also reinforces the increasing commercial acceptance of our favorite OS.
411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
414: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/bsdtalk082-openbsd-developer-jason.html">
415: Interview with Jason Wright</a>, BSDTalk 82, November 8, 2006
416: </strong></font><br>
417: Jason talks about the OpenBSD development process (particularly for device drivers
418: and getting hardware documentation from vendors), Sun SPARC hardware (particularly
419: the Ultra III), ham radio (APRS) with OpenBSD, and more.
420: <p>
421:
422: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
423: <a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6132572.html'>
424: OpenBSD turns 4.0</a>
425: CNET News.com, November 3, 2006
426: </strong></font><br>
427: Stephen Shankland talks about the UltraSPARC III code in 4.0, and notes that
428: OpenBSD has chosen to stay with stable GCC versions rather than moving to
429: the latest and most bloated GCC versions like Linux did.
430: Quotes Theo as saying: OpenBSD doesn't aim for particular niches,
431: but it's popular in network applications... "The biggest
432: users of OpenBSD these days are people who need our fancy networking
433: features..."
434: <p>
435:
1.546 ian 436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
437: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
438: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
439: </strong></font><br>
440: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
441: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
442: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
443: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
444: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
445: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
446: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
447: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
448: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
449: several of the most important new features, evaluates
450: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
1.548 saad 451: He also offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
1.546 ian 452: the project even better.
453: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
454: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
455: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
456: the music behind it.
457: <p>
458:
1.547 ian 459: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
460: <a href='http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1243'>
461: Big changes with OpenBSD 4.0 out today</a>
462: Tectonic, November 1, 2006
463: </strong></font><br>
464: "With his characteristic no-frills approach OpenBSD team leader
465: Theo de Raadt this morning announced the release of OpenBSD 4.0."
466: This article lists the highlights of the 4.0 release and
467: tells readers where to order CD's or download the release.
468: Quotes Theo: ""We are pleased to announce the official release of
469: OpenBSD 4.0. This is our 20th release on CD-Rom (and 21st via FTP).
470: We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only a single
471: remote hole in the default install,"
472: <p>
473:
474: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
475: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8123.html'>
476: OpenBSD 4.0 released</a>
477: Ars Technica, November 1, 2006
478: </strong></font><br>
479: A short note about the 4.0 release; refers to the O'ReillyNet article below.
480: <p>
481:
1.546 ian 482: </ul>
483:
1.539 ian 484: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
485: <ul>
1.540 ian 486:
487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ian 488: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
489: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
490: </strong></font><br>
491: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
492: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
1.548 saad 493: Topics include the new blob-free wireless drivers, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
1.546 ian 494: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
495: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
496: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 500: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
501: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
502: </strong></font><br>
503: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
504: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
505: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
506: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
507: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
508: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
509: for his many customers.
510: <p>
511:
512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 513: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
514: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
515: </strong></font><br>
516: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
517: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
518: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
519: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
520: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
521: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
522: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
523: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
524: also do."
525: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
526: seats already."
527: <p>
528:
529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
530: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
531: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
532: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
533: </strong></font><br>
534: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
535: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
536: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
537: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
538: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
539: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
540: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
541: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
542: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
543: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
544: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
545: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
546: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
547: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 551: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
1.541 ian 552: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
553: </strong></font><br>
554: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
555: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
556: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
557: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
558: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
559: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
560: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 561: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 562: <p>
563:
564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 565: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
566: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
567: </strong></font><br>
568: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
569: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
570: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
1.582 grunk 571: <br>
1.540 ian 572: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
573: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
574: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
575: overflows and vulnerabilities."
1.582 grunk 576: <br>
1.540 ian 577: And, Grimes generalizes,
578: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
579: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
580: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
581: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
582: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
583: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
584: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
585: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
586: happened."
587: Worth reading!
588: <p>
589:
1.539 ian 590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
591: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
592: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
593: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
594: </strong></font><br>
595: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
596: redistributable firmware from Intel.
597: <p>
598:
599: </ul>
600:
1.536 grunk 601: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
602: <ul>
603:
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 605: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
606: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
607: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
608: </strong></font><br>
609: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
610: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
611: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
612: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
613: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
614: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
615: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
616: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
617: for ages over these chipsets.
618: Quotes Theo as saying:
619: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
620: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
621: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
622: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
623: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
624: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
625: <p>
626:
627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
628: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
629: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
630: </strong></font><br>
631: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
632: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
633: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
634: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
635: <p>
636:
637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 638: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
639: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
640: </strong></font><br>
641: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
642: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
643: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
644: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
645: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
646: <p>
647:
1.537 ian 648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 649: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
1.537 ian 650: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
651: </strong></font><br>
652: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
653: (the official release date is November 1).
654: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
655: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
656: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
657: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
658: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 659: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 660: <p>
661:
1.536 grunk 662: </ul>
663:
1.534 ian 664: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
665: <ul>
666:
667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 668: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
669: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
670: </strong></font><br>
671: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
672: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
673: as a guest operating system under
674: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
675: or "virtualization" system.
676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 679: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
680: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
681: </strong></font><br>
682: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
683: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
684: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
685: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
686: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
687: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
688: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
689: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
690: <p>
691:
692: </ul>
693:
1.531 ian 694: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
695: <ul>
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
697: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
698: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
699: </strong></font><br>
700: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
701: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
702: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
703: The article quotes Theo as saying
704: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
705: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
706: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
707: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
708: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
709: and describes the funding issues as well.
710: <p>
711:
712: </ul>
713:
1.525 ian 714: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
715: <ul>
716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 717: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 718: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
719: </strong></font><br>
720: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
721: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
722: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
723: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
724: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
725: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
726: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
727: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
728: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
729: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
730: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
731: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
732: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
733: <p>
734:
735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 736: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 737: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
738: </strong></font><br>
739: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
740: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
741: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
742: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
743: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
744: <p>
745:
1.526 ian 746: </ul>
1.525 ian 747:
1.514 ian 748: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
749: <ul>
1.524 ian 750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
751: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
752: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
753: </strong></font><br>
754: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
755: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
756: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
757: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
758: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
759: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
760: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
761: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
762: to make them useful.
763: <p>
1.518 ian 764:
765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 766: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 767: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
768: and
769: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 770: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 771: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 772: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 773: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 774: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
775: their plans for the week.
776: <p>
777:
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 779: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
780: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
781: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
782: </strong></font><br>
783: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
784: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
785: <p>
786:
787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 788: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
789: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
790: </strong></font><br>
791: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
792: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
793: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
794: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 795: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 796: (introduced with 3.9).
797: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
798: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
799: <p>
800:
801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 802: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
803: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
804: </strong></font><br>
805: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
806: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
807: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
808: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
809: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
810: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
811: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
812: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
813: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
814: <p>
815:
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
817: [GERMAN]
818: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
819: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
820: </strong></font><br>
821: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
1.580 tobias 822: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peereboom's
1.535 steven 823: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 824: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
825: is connected to OpenBSD.
826: <p>
827:
1.514 ian 828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
829: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
830: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
831: </strong></font><br>
832: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
833: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
834: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 835: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 836: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 837: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 838: running this project) is so important to Theo,
839: and even why he does mountain biking!
840: <p>
841:
842: </ul>
843:
1.503 ian 844: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
845: <ul>
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 847: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
848: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
849: </strong></font><br>
850: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
851: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
852: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
853: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
854: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
855: <blockquote>
856: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
857: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
858: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
859: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
860: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
861: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
862: </blockquote>
863: This is just plain cool."
864: <p>
865:
866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 867: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
868: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
869: </strong></font><br>
870: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
871: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
872: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 873: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 874: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
875: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
876: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
877: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
878: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
879: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 880: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 881: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
882: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
883: <p>
884:
885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 886: [GERMAN]
887: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
888: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
889: </strong></font><br>
890: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
891: are and why they are bad.
892: <p>
893:
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 895: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
896: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
897: </strong></font><br>
898: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
899: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
900: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
901: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
902: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
903: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
904: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
905: pages."
906: <p>
907:
908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 909: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
910: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
911: </strong></font><br>
912: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
913: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
914: and continues:
915: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
916: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
917: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
918: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
919: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
920: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
921: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
922: and more. Final thought:
923: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
924: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
925: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
926: true for business environments."
927: <p>
928:
929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 930: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 931: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 932: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 933: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
934: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
935: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 936: for funding.
1.509 djm 937: <p>
938:
939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 940: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
941: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
942: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
943: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
944: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
945: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
946: <p>
947:
948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 949: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
950: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
951: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
952: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
953: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
954: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
955: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
956: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
957: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
958: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
1.582 grunk 959: <br>
1.529 ian 960: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 961: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 962: hostsearch.com</a> and
963: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
964: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 965: <p>
966:
967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 968: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
969: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
970: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
971: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 972: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 973: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 974: is punctuated with examples.
975: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 976: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
977: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 978: and
1.535 steven 979: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 980: <p>
981:
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 983: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
984: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
985: </strong></font><br>
986: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
987: further OpenSSH development.
988: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
989: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
990: project's funding needs for all time.
991: <p>
1.504 bernd 992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
993: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
994: April 3, 2006
995: </strong></font><br>
996: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
997: this could compromise future hackathons.
998: <p>
1.503 ian 999:
1000: </ul>
1001:
1.487 ian 1002: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
1003: <ul>
1.495 ian 1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 1005: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 1006: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 1007: </strong></font><br>
1008: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
1009: on topics including "Puffy",
1010: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
1011: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
1012: what's new in 3.9,
1013: and of course project expenses.
1014: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
1015: <!--
1016: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
1017: -->
1018: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
1019: <p>
1020:
1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 1022: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
1023: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
1024: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 1025: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
1026: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 1027: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
1028: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
1029: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
1030: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
1031: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
1032: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
1033: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
1034: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
1035: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
1036: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
1037: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
1038: but Matzan does - is that
1039: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
1040: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
1041: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
1042: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
1.582 grunk 1043: <br>
1.498 ian 1044: <p>
1045:
1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1047: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
1048: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
1049: </strong></font><br>
1050: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
1051: "blob" drivers, and more.
1052: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
1053: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
1054: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
1055: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
1056: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
1057: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
1058: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
1059: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
1060: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
1061: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
1062: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
1063: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
1064: <p>
1065:
1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 1067: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
1068: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
1069: </strong></font><br>
1070: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
1071: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
1072: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
1073: in general temperature and environmental issues.
1074: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
1075: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
1076: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
1077: other major operating systems." ...
1078: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
1079: machines running in
1080: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
1081: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1085: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
1086: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
1087: </strong></font><br>
1088: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
1089: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
1090: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
1091: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
1092: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
1093: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
1094: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
1095: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
1096: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
1097: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
1098: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
1099: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
1100: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
1101: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
1102: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
1103: <p>
1104:
1.487 ian 1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 1106: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
1107: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
1108: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 1109: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 1110: financial situation.
1111: <p>
1112:
1113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 1114: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
1115: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
1116: </strong></font><br>
1117: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
1118: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
1119: produce our favorite operating system.
1120: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
1121: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
1122: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
1123: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
1124: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.582 grunk 1125: <br>
1.496 ian 1126: Also online at
1127: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
1128: <p>
1129:
1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1131: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
1132: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
1133: </strong></font><br>
1134: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
1135: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
1136: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
1137: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
1138: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
1139: sustain indefinitely."
1140: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
1141: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
1142: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
1143: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
1144: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 1145: <p>
1146:
1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 1148: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
1149: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
1150: </strong></font><br>
1151: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
1152: with a reminder that
1153: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
1154: used nowadays almost everywhere."
1155: Ends with this quote from Marco:
1156: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
1157: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
1158: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
1159: <p>
1160:
1161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 1162: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 1163: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
1164: </strong></font><br>
1165: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
1166: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
1167: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
1168: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
1169: a few of them each year.
1170: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
1171: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
1172: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
1173: to the OpenBSD project.
1174: It's time for them to do so.
1175: <p>
1176:
1177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 1178: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
1179: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
1180: </strong></font><br>
1181: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
1182: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
1183: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
1184: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
1185: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
1186: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
1187: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
1188: <p>
1189:
1190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 1191: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
1192: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 1193: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
1194: <!-- North America mirror:
1195: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 1196: -->
1.490 deraadt 1197: European mirror:
1198: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
1199: <br>
1200: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 1201: <p>
1202:
1203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 1204: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
1205: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1206: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 1207: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
1208: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
1209: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
1210: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
1211: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
1212: designed to provide reliability and security.
1213: <p>
1214:
1215: </ul>
1216:
1.485 ian 1217: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
1218: <ul>
1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 1220: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
1221: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1222: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 1223: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 1224: installations in about four minutes flat".
1225: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
1226: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 1227: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 1228: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
1229: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
1230: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
1231: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
1232: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
1233: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
1234: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
1235: the steps in the article.
1236: <p>
1237:
1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 1239: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
1240: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
1241: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
1242: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
1243: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
1244: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
1245: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
1246: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
1247: happening in real life.
1248: <p>
1249:
1250: </ul>
1251:
1.492 ian 1252: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
1253: <ul>
1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1255: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
1256: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1257: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
1258: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
1259: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
1260: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 1261: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 1262: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
1263: </ul>
1264:
1.483 ian 1265: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
1266: <ul>
1.555 reyk 1267:
1.483 ian 1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.555 reyk 1269: [GERMAN]
1270: <a href="http://www.ini.unizh.ch/~stephan/articles/openbsd/064-069_linux-bsd-fw.pdf">
1271: Wehrhaft abtauchen - HA-fähige Firewall mit OpenBSD/PF</a>, Linux-Magazin, December 2005
1272: </strong></font><br>
1273: High available firewall setups are considered as the high arts of network protection.
1274: Due to clustering the network stays online even if one firewall fails. This article
1275: from Stephan A. Rickauer (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH / University Zurich) shows
1276: how well OpenBSD/PF performs in comparison to the well-known duo Linux/Netfilter.
1277: <p>
1278:
1279: </p></li><li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 1280: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
1281: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1282: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
1283: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
1284: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
1285: <p>
1286:
1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1288: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 1289: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
1290: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
1291: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
1292: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
1293: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
1294: to sites with more information on most topics.
1295: <p>
1296:
1297: </ul>
1298:
1299:
1.479 grunk 1300: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
1301: <ul>
1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1303: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 1304: Goes to Venice</a>,
1305: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1306: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 1307: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
1.582 grunk 1308: <br>
1.482 ian 1309: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
1310: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
1311: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 1312: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 1313: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
1314: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
1315: Contains a link to
1316: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
1317: pval's summary slides</a>.
1318: <p>
1319:
1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 1321: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
1322: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
1323: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
1324: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
1325: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
1326: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
1327: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
1328: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 1329: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 1330: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
1331: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
1332: the packages and ports system"</i>.
1333: <p>
1334:
1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1336: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
1337: Return of The BSDs</a>,
1338: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1339: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
1340: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
1341: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
1342: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
1343: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
1344: quotes from Bob Beck.
1345: <p>
1346:
1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 1348: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
1349: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
1350: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 1351: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
1352: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 1353: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
1354: and Linux.<br>
1355: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
1356: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
1357: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
1358: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
1359: of the release
1360: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
1361: <p>
1362: </ul>
1363:
1.476 ian 1364: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
1365: <ul>
1366:
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1368: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
1369: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
1370: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
1371: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
1372: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
1373: and too unreliable.
1374: This quote will rattle some cages:
1375: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
1376: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
1377: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
1378: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
1379: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
1380: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
1381: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
1382: costs without any commercial lock-in."
1383: <p>
1384:
1.477 saad 1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1386: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
1387: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
1388: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1389: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1390: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
1391: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
1392: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
1393: discussion about future plans.
1394: <p>
1395:
1.478 grunk 1396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1397: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
1398: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
1399: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
1400: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
1401: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
1402: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
1403: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
1404: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
1405: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
1406: <p>
1407:
1.476 ian 1408: </ul>
1409:
1.470 saad 1410: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
1411: <ul>
1412:
1413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 1414: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
1415: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
1416: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1417: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
1418: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
1419: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
1420: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
1421: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
1422: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
1423: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
1424: <p>
1425:
1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 1427: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
1428: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
1429: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
1430: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
1431: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
1432: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
1433: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
1434: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
1435: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
1436: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
1437: <p>
1438:
1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1440: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
1441: Big debate over small packets</a>,
1442: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
1443: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
1444: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
1445: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
1446: draft.
1447: <p>
1448:
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1450: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1451: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1452: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1453: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1454: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1455: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1456: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1457: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1458: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1459: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1460: <p>
1461:
1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1463: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1464: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1465: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1466: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1467: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1468: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1469: performance data with pfstat.
1470: <p>
1471:
1472: </ul>
1473:
1.461 grunk 1474: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1475: <ul>
1476:
1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1478: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1479: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1480: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1481: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1482: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1483: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1484: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1485: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1486: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1487: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1488: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1489: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1490: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1491: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1492: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1493: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1494: <p>
1495:
1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1497: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1498: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1499: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1500: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1501: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1502: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1503: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1504: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1505: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1506: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1507: <p>
1508:
1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1510: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1511: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1512: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1513: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1514: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1515: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1516: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1517: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1518: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1519: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1520: commercial vendors.
1521: <p>
1522:
1523: </ul>
1524:
1.454 ian 1525: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1526: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1527:
1528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1529: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1530: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1531: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1532: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1533: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1534: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1535: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1536: <br>
1537: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1538: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1539: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1540: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1541: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1542: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1543: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1544: <p>
1545:
1.454 ian 1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1547: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1548: Free Bird</a>,
1549: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1550: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1551: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1552: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1553: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1554: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1555: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1556: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1557: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1558: room will only be available in the print edition.
1559: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1560:
1.458 niallo 1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1562: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1563: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1564: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1565: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1566: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1567: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1568: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1569: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1570: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1571:
1.456 niallo 1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1573: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1574: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1575: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1576: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1577: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1578: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1579: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1580: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1581: interview.</a>
1582: <p>
1583:
1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1585: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1586: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1587: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1588: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1589: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1590: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1591: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1592: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1593: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1594: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1595: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1596: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1597: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1598: "I have never used it."
1599: <p>
1600:
1601: </ul>
1602:
1.441 deraadt 1603: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1604: <ul>
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1606: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1607: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1608: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1609: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1610: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1611: future enhancements.
1612: <p>
1613:
1614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1615: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1616: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1617: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1618: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1619: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1620: North America mirror:
1621: <ul>
1.452 marco 1622: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1623: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1624: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1625: </ul>
1626: European mirror:
1627: <ul>
1.452 marco 1628: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1629: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1630: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1631: </ul>
1632: <p>
1633:
1634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1635: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1636: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1637: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1638: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1639: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1640: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1641: <p>
1642:
1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1644: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1645: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1646: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1647: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1648: first-hand account.
1649: <p>
1650:
1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1652: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1653: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1654: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1655: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1656: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1657: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1658: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1659: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1660: <p>
1661:
1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1663: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1664: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1665: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1666: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1667: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1668: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1669: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1670: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1671: <p>
1672:
1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1674: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1675: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1676: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1677: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1678: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1679: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1680: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1681: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1682: <p>
1683:
1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1685: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1686: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1687: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1688: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1689: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1690: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1691: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1692: <p>
1693:
1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1695: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1696: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1697: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1698: </strong></font><br>
1699: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1700: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1701: with OpenBSD.
1702: </ul>
1703:
1.436 henning 1704: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1705: <ul>
1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1707: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1708: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1709: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1710: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1711: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1712: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1713: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1714: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1715: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1716: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1717: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1718: <p>
1719: This article can also be found online as
1720: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1721: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1722: <p>
1723:
1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1725: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1726: </strong></font><br>
1727: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1728: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
1729: <p>
1730:
1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1732: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1733: </strong></font><br>
1734: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1735: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1736: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1737: the issues we had with IETF.
1738: </ul>
1739:
1.431 ian 1740: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1741: <ul>
1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1743: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1744: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1745: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1746: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1747: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1748: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1749: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1750: <p>
1751:
1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1753: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1754: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1755: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1756: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1757: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1758: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1759: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1760: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1761: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1762: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1763: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1764: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1765: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1766: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1767: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1768:
1769: </ul>
1770:
1.427 matthieu 1771: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1772: <ul>
1773:
1774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1775: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1776: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1777: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1778: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1779: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1780: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1781: firmware.
1.434 ian 1782: Similar articles can be found online at:
1783: <ul>
1784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1785: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1786: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1787: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1789: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1790: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1791: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1793: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1794: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1795: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1797: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1798: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1799: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1800: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1801: </ul>
1802:
1.426 ian 1803: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1804: <ul>
1805:
1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1807: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1808: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1809: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1810: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1811: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1812: mechanism: what it is and why and
1813: how to use it, with examples.
1814: Another excerpt from the book
1815: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1816: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1817: <p>
1818:
1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1820: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1821: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1822: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1823: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1824: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1825: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1826: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1827: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1828: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1829: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1830: This article is a sample chapter from
1831: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
1832: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1833: <p>
1.443 ian 1834:
1835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1836: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1837: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1838: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1839: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1840: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1841: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1842: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1843: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1844: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1845: ends with a sidebar on security.
1846: <p>
1.426 ian 1847: </ul>
1848:
1.424 ian 1849: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1850: <ul>
1851:
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1853: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1854: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1855: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1856: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1857: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1858: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1859: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1860: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1861: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1862: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1863: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1864: <p>
1865: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1866: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1867: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
1868: <p>
1869:
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 1871: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
1872: Closed Source Hardware</a>
1873: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
1874: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
1875: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
1876: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
1877: operating systems.
1878: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
1879: OpenBSD on his firewall.
1880: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
1881: systems, he writes:
1882: <blockquote>
1883: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
1884: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
1885: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
1886: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
1887: to the operating system...
1.582 grunk 1888: <br>
1.424 ian 1889: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
1890: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
1891: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
1892: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
1893: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
1894: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
1895: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
1896: in a closed source operating system).
1897: <br/>
1898: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
1899: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
1900: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
1901: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
1902: </blockquote>
1903: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
1904: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
1905: their hardware and software operates.
1906: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
1907: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 1908: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 1909: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
1910: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
1911: <p>
1912: </ul>
1913:
1.417 pvalchev 1914: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
1915: <ul>
1.421 ian 1916:
1.417 pvalchev 1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 1918: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
1919: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
1920: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
1921: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
1922: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
1923: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
1924: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
1925: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
1926: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
1927: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
1928: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 1929: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 1930: <p>
1931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 1932: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
1933: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
1934: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
1935: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
1936: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
1937: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
1938: it claims to do".
1939: <p>
1940:
1941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 1942: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 1943: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
1944: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
1945: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
1946: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 1947: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 1948: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
1949: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
1950: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
1951: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
1952: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
1953: (yes, this is a hint).
1954: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
1955: picked up on the
1956: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
1957: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 1958: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 1959: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
1960: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
1961: <p>
1962:
1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 1964: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
1965: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
1966: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
1967: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
1968: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
1969: questions about the significance and rationale behind
1970: the current efforts.
1971: <p>
1972: </ul>
1973:
1.407 henning 1974: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
1975: <ul>
1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 1977: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
1978: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
1979: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
1980: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
1981: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
1982: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
1983: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
1984: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
1985: <p>
1986:
1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 1988: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
1989: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
1990: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
1991: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
1992: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
1993: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
1994: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
1995: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
1996: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 1997: <p>
1.415 ian 1998:
1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2000: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 2001: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
2002: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
2003: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
2004: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
2005: overflow attacks... because
2006: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
2007: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
2008: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
2009: and propolice.
2010: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
2011: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
2012: and that's when the science falls apart."
2013: <p>
2014:
2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 2016: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
2017: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
2018: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
2019: Starts with the question:
2020: <blockquote>
2021: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
2022: <br/>
2023: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
2024: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
2025: <br/>
2026: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
2027: Should we believe them?"
2028: </blockquote>
2029: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
2030: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
2031: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
2032: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
2033: for your mail, web and other online activities.
2034: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
2035: <p>
2036:
2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 2038: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
2039: Simple Simon</a>,
2040: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
2041: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
2042: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
2043: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
2044: routing/firewall, and more.
2045: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
2046: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
2047: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
2048: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
2049: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
2050: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
2051: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
2052: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
2053: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
2054: </blockquote>
2055: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
2056: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
2057: <p>
2058:
2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 2060: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
2061: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 2062: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 2063: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 2064: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
2065: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
2066: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 2067: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 2068: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
2069: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
2070: in spite of it
2071: (registration required, but worth it).
2072: <p>
2073:
2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2075: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
2076: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
2077: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
2078: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
2079: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
2080: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
2081: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 2082: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 2083: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
2084: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
2085: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
2086: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
2087: <p>
2088:
2089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 2090: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
2091: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
2092: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
2093: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
2094: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
2095: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
2096: <blockquote>
2097: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
2098: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
2099: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
2100: a lot of analysis.
2101: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
2102: </blockquote>
2103: <p>
2104: </ul>
2105:
1.400 marco 2106: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
2107: <ul>
2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 2109: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
2110: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
2111: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
2112: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
2113: UNIX-like systems.
2114: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
2115: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
2116: <p>
2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 2118: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
2119: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 2120: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2121: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
2122: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
2123: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
2124: At one point, the article states:
2125: <blockquote>
2126: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
2127: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
2128: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
2129: </blockquote>
2130: And then quotes Theo as saying:
2131: <blockquote>
2132: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
2133: fewer are reading or auditing code."
2134: </blockquote>
2135: <p>
2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2137: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
2138: marks its fifth birthday</a>
2139: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2140: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
2141: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
2142: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
2143: required).
2144: <p>
2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 2146: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
2147: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
2148: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
2149: </strong></font><br>
2150: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
2151: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
2152: <p>
2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 2154: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
2155: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 2156: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 2157: </strong></font><br>
2158: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
2159: <p>
2160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 2161: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
2162: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 2163: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 2164: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 2165: 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 2166: <p>
2167: </ul>
2168:
1.396 henning 2169: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
2170: <ul>
2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 2172: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
2173: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
2174: Unix Review, July, 2004
2175: </strong></font><br>
2176: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
2177: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 2178: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 2179: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
2180: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
2181: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
2182: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
2183: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
2184: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
2185: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
2186: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
2187: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
2188: and even spelling/wording errors.
2189: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
2190: <p>
2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2192: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 2193: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
2194: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
2195: </strong></font><br>
2196: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
2197: <p>
2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2199: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 2200: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
2201: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
2202: </strong></font><br>
2203: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
2204: <p>
2205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 2206: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
2207: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
2208: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
2209: </strong></font><br>
2210: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
2211: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
2212: <p>
2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 2214: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
2215: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
2216: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
2217: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
2218: <p>
2219: </ul>
2220:
1.405 jolan 2221: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
2222: <ul>
1.545 tom 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2224: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 2225: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 2226: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
2227: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
2228: details on how funds are dispersed.
2229: <p>
2230: </ul>
2231:
1.393 david 2232: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
2233: <ul>
2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 2235: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
2236: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
2237: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
2238: </strong></font><br>
2239: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
2240: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
2241: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
2242: on inserting large number of SQL records.
2243: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
2244: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
2245: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
2246: <p>
2247:
2248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2249: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
2250: Secure by Default</a>,
2251: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
2252: </strong></font><br>
2253: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
2254: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
2255: <p>
2256:
2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2258: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
2259: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
2260: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
2261: </strong></font><br>
2262: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
2263: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
2264: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
2265: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
2266: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
2267: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
2268: <p>
2269:
2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2271: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
2272: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
2273: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
2274: </strong></font><br>
2275: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
2276: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
2277: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
2278: <p>
2279:
2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2281: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
2282: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
2283: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
2284: </strong></font><br>
2285: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
2286: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
2287: <p>
2288: </ul>
2289:
1.388 mcbride 2290: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
2291: <ul>
1.394 jolan 2292:
2293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2294: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
2295: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
2296: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
2297: </strong></font><br>
2298: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
2299: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
2300: available for sparc64.
2301: <p>
2302:
1.390 beck 2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2304: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
2305: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
2306: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
2307: </strong></font><br>
2308: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
2309: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
2310: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
2311: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
2312: <p>
2313:
2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 2315: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
2316: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 2317: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 2318: </strong></font><br>
2319: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
2320: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
2321: it does: CARP provides sharing
2322: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
2323: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
2324: detail to get you started using it.
2325: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
2326: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
2327: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
2328: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
2329: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
2330: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
2331: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 2332: <p>
1.391 ian 2333:
2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 2335: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 2336: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
2337: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 2338: </strong></font><br>
2339: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 2340: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 2341: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 2342: <p>
1.388 mcbride 2343:
2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2345: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
2346: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 2347: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 2348: </strong></font><br>
2349: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
2350: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
2351: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
2352: unencumbered by patents.
2353: <p>
2354: </ul>
2355:
1.378 henning 2356: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
2357: <ul>
1.384 jose 2358:
2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 2360: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
2361: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
2362: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
2363: </strong></font><br>
2364: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
2365: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
2366: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
2367: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
2368: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
2369: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
2370: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
2371: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
2372: in the page tables."
2373: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
2374: <p>
2375:
2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2377: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
2378: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
2379: </strong></font><br>
2380: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
2381: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
2382: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
2383: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 2384: <p>
1.384 jose 2385:
1.378 henning 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2387: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
2388: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 2389: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
2390: </strong></font><br>
2391: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
2392: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
2393: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
2394: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
2395: (quote:
2396: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
2397: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 2398: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 2399: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
2400: the other developers for their work on the system.
2401: <p>
2402:
2403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2404: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
2405: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
2406: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 2407: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 2408: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
2409: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
2410: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
2411: too.
2412: <p>
2413:
2414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 2415: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
2416: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 2417: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 2418: OpenBSD source code using
2419: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
2420: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
2421: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
2422: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
2423: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
2424: <p>
2425: </ul>
2426:
1.374 jose 2427: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
2428: <ul>
2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 2430: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 2431: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
2432: </strong></font><br>
2433: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
2434: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
2435: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
2436: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
2437: it."
2438: <p>
2439:
2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 2441: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
2442: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
2443: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
2444: </strong></font><br/>
2445: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
2446: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
2447: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
2448: <p>
2449: </ul>
2450:
1.369 ian 2451: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2452: <ul>
2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2454: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2455: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2456: </strong></font><br/>
2457: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2458: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2459: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2460: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2461: <p>
2462:
2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2464: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2465: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2466: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2467: </strong></font><br/>
2468: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2469: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2470: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2471: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2472: form factor.
2473: <p>
2474:
2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2476: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2477: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2478: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2479: Features</a>,
2480: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2481: </strong></font><br/>
2482: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2483: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2484: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2485: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2486: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2487: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2488: <p>
2489: This article can also be found online at:
2490: <ul>
2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2492: <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 2493: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2494: </strong></font>
2495: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2496: </ul>
2497: <p>
1.392 david 2498:
1.371 jose 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2500: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2501: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2502: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2503: </strong></font><br/>
2504: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2505: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2506: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2507: <p>
1.371 jose 2508:
2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2510: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2511: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2512: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2513: </strong></font><br/>
2514: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2515: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2516: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2517: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2518: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2519: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2520: and its history with OpenBSD.
2521: </ul>
2522:
1.567 kurt 2523: <h2>September, 2003</h2>
2524: <ul>
2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2526: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bsdcon03/tech/full_papers/rosenthal/rosenthal_html/">
2527: A Digital Preservation Network Appliance Based on OpenBSD</a>, BSDcon, September, 2003.
2528: </strong></font><br>
2529: David S. H. Rosenthal's paper on the design, implementation and deployment of the
2530: <a href="http://www.lockss.org">LOCKSS</a> network appliance based on OpenBSD.
2531: </ul>
2532:
1.368 henning 2533: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2534: <ul>
2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2536: [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 2537: </strong></font><br>
2538: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2539: </ul>
2540:
1.364 jose 2541: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2542: <ul>
2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2544: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2545: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2546: UNIX Review,
2547: July, 2003.
2548: </strong></font><br>
2549: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2550: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2551: who want more information.
2552: <p>
2553:
2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2555: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2556: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2557: Government Computer News,
2558: July 22, 2003.
2559: </strong></font><br>
2560: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2561: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2562: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2563: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2564: <p>
2565:
2566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2567: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2568: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2569: SANS Institute,
2570: July 22, 2003.
2571: </strong></font><br>
2572: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2573: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2574: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2575: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2576: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2577: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2578: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2579: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2580: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2581: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2582: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2583: <p>
2584:
2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2586: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2587: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2588: OnLamp.com,
2589: July 17, 2003.
2590: </strong></font><br>
2591: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2592: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2593: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2594: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2595: have been working on.
2596:
2597: </ul>
2598:
1.356 jose 2599: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2600: <ul>
2601:
2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2603: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2604: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2605: UNIX Review,
2606: June, 2003.
2607: </strong></font><br>
2608: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2609: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2610: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2611: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2612: <p>
2613:
2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2615: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2616: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2617: eWeek,
2618: June 23, 2003.
2619: </strong></font><br>
2620: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2621: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2622: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2623: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2624: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2625: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2626: <p>
2627:
2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2629: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2630: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2631: Software Development Online,
2632: June, 2003.
2633: </strong></font><br>
2634: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2635: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2636: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2637: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2638: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2639: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2640: current activities.
2641: <p>
2642:
2643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2644: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2645: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2646: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2647: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2648: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2649: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2650: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2651: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2652: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2653: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2654: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2655: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2656: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2657: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2658: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2659: decisions.
2660: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2661: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2662: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2663: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2664: <p>
2665:
2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2667: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2668: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2669: Page 58, eWeek,
2670: June 2, 2003.
2671: </strong></font><br>
2672: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2673: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2674: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2675: been addressed in -current.
2676: <p>
2677:
1.356 jose 2678: </ul>
2679:
2680: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2681: <ul>
2682:
1.355 jose 2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2684: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2685: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2686: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2687: </strong></font><br>
2688: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2689: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2690: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2691: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2692: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2693: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2694: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2695: <p>
2696:
2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2698: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2699: Beyond Linux</a>,
2700: InfoWorld,
2701: May 23, 2003.
2702: </strong></font><br>
2703: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2704: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2705: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2706: compared to the GPL.
2707: <p>
2708:
2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2710: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2711: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2712: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2713: May 17, 2003.
2714: </strong></font><br>
2715: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2716: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2717: the business section and half of another page inside
2718: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2719: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2720: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2721: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2722: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2723: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2724: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2725: <br>
2726: This article can also be found online at:
2727: <ul>
2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2729: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2730: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2731: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2732: May 17, 2003
2733: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2734: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2736: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2737: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2738: Montreal Gazette,
2739: May 21, 2003
2740: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2741: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2742: <p>
1.346 ian 2743:
2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2745: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2746: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2747: May 7, 2003.
2748: </strong></font><br>
2749: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2750: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2751: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2752: <p>
2753:
2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2755: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2756: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2757: OsOpinion,
2758: May 6, 2003.
2759: </strong></font><br>
2760: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2761: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2762: <br>
2763: This article can also be found online at:
2764: <ul>
2765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2766: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2767: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2768: NewsFactor Network.
2769: </strong></font>
2770: </ul>
2771: <p>
2772:
2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2774: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2775: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2776: ITBusiness,
2777: May 2, 2003.
2778: </strong></font><br>
2779: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2780: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2781: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2782: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2783: <p>
2784:
2785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2786: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2787: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2788: InfoWorld,
2789: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2790: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2791: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2792: <br>
2793: This article can also be found online at:
2794: <ul>
2795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2796: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2797: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2798: IDG Singapore.
2799: </strong></font>
2800: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2801: <p>
2802:
1.339 jose 2803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2804: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2805: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2806: ZDNet,
2807: May 1, 2003.
2808: </strong></font><br>
2809: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2810: someone using parts from previous articles.
2811: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2812: This article can also be found online at:
2813: <ul>
2814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2815: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2816: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2817: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2818: </strong></font>
2819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2820: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2821: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2822: CNET News.com.
2823: </strong></font>
2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2825: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2826: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2827: ZDNet UK.
2828: </strong></font>
2829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2830: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2831: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2832: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2833: </strong></font>
2834: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2835: <p>
1.339 jose 2836:
1.341 deraadt 2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 2838: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2839: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2840: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2841: May 1, 2003.
2842: </strong></font><br>
2843: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2844: that have been added
2845: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2846: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2847: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2848: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2849: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2850: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2851: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2852: <p>
2853:
2854: </ul>
2855:
1.253 ian 2856: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2857: <ul>
1.255 ian 2858:
1.260 ian 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2860: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2861: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2862: TechRepublic,
2863: April 28, 2003.
2864: </strong></font><br>
2865: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2866: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2867: work.<br>
2868: Can also be found online at:
2869: <ul>
2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2871: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
2872: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2873: ZDNet UK.
2874: </strong></font>
2875: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 2876: <p>
2877:
2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 2879: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
2880: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
2881: IDG,
2882: April 24, 2003.
2883: </strong></font><br>
2884: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
2885: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
2886: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
2887: Can also be found online at:
2888: <ul>
2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2890: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
2891: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 2892: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 2893: </strong></font>
2894: </ul>
2895: <p>
2896:
2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2898: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 2899: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 2900: Slate,
2901: April 24, 2003.
2902: </strong></font><br>
2903: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
2904: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
2905: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
2906: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
2907: <p>
2908:
2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 2910: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2911: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
2912: April 24, 2003.
2913: </strong></font><br>
2914: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
2915: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
2916: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
2917: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
2918: <p>
2919:
2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 2921: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
2922: April 24, 2003.
2923: </strong></font><br>
2924: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
2925: the free software community".
2926: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
2927: other articles.
2928: <p>
2929:
2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2931: <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 2932: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
2933: </strong></font><br>
2934: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
2935: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
2936: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
2937: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
2938: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
2939: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
2940: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 2941: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 2942: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
2943: <br/>
2944: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
2945: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
2946: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
2947: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 2948: <br>
2949: Can also be found online at:
2950: <ul>
2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2952: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
2953: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
2954: Common Dreams NewsCenter
2955: </strong></font>
2956: </ul>
1.324 ian 2957: <p>
2958:
2959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2960: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
2961: Wired, April 24, 2003.
2962: </strong></font><br>
2963: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
2964: article above.
2965: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
2966: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
2967: wasting them."
1.332 ian 2968: <br>
2969: Can also be found online at:
2970: <ul>
2971: <li>
2972: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
2973: </strong></font>
2974: </ul>
1.324 ian 2975: <p>
2976:
2977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 2978: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
2979: </strong></font><br>
2980: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
2981: <p>
2982:
2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 2984: <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.
2985: </strong></font><br>
2986: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
2987: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
2988: <p>
2989:
2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 2991: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
2992: April 23, 2003.
2993: </strong></font><br>
2994: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
2995: <p>
2996:
2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 2998: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 2999: April 22, 2003.
3000: </strong></font><br>
3001: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
3002: <p>
3003:
3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 3005: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
3006: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
3007: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 3008: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 3009: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
3010: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
3011: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
3012: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
3013: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
3014: Can also be found online at:
3015: <ul>
3016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3017: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 3018: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
3019: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 3020: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 3021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3022: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 3023: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
3024: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 3025: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 3026: </ul>
3027: <p>
3028:
3029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 3030: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
3031: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 3032: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3033: </strong></font><br>
3034: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 3035: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
3036: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
3037: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
3038: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
3039: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
3040: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 3041: <p>
3042:
3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 3044: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
3045: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 3046: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
3047: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 3048: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
3049: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
3050: at UPenn and DARPA.
3051: <p>
3052:
3053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 3054: [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,
3055: France
1.315 deraadt 3056: April 18, 2003.
3057: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 3058: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 3059: <p>
3060:
3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 3062: [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 3063: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3064: </strong></font><br>
3065: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
3066: <p>
3067:
3068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 3069: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
3070: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
3071: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3072: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 3073: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
3074: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
3075: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
3076: <p>
3077:
3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 3079: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
3080: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3081: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 3082: </strong></font><br>
3083: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3084: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
3085: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 3086: American century.
1.267 deraadt 3087: <p>
3088:
3089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 3090: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
3091: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3092: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 3093: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 3094: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
3095: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
3096: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
3097: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
3098: Can also be found online at:
3099: <ul>
3100: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
3101: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 3102: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 3103: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 3104: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 3105: <p>
3106:
3107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 3108: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 3109: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 3110: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 3111: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 3112: </strong></font><br>
3113: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 3114: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
3115: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
3116: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
3117: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 3118:
3119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3120: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
3121: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
3122: New York Times.
3123: </strong></font>(free registration required)
3124:
1.273 deraadt 3125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3126: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 3127: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 3128: ABC News.
3129: </strong></font>
3130:
3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3132: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 3133: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 3134: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 3135: </strong></font>
3136:
3137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3138: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 3139: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 3140: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 3141: </strong></font>
3142:
3143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 3144: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
3145: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3146: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 3147: </strong></font>
3148:
3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3150: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 3151: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 3152: Times Daily, AL.
3153: </strong></font>
3154:
3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3156: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
3157: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
3158: Boston.com, MA.
3159: </strong></font>
3160:
3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3162: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 3163: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 3164: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
3165: </strong></font>
3166:
3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 3168: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
3169: [Article was pulled]</a>
3170: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 3171: </strong></font>
3172:
3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3174: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
3175: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
3176: Infoshop News.
3177: </strong></font>
3178:
3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3180: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
3181: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3182: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
3183: </strong></font>
3184:
3185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 3186: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
3187: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
3188: Raleigh News, NC.
3189: </strong></font>
3190:
3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3192: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 3193: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
3194: Napa News, CA.
3195: </strong></font>
3196:
3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3198: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 3199: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3200: NEPA News, PA.
3201: </strong></font>
3202:
3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3204: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
3205: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
3206: Wired News.
3207: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 3208: <br>
3209: <li>
1.333 deraadt 3210: <font color="#009000"><strong>
3211: [JAPANESE]
3212: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
3213: Wired News Japan</a>
3214: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 3215:
1.271 deraadt 3216: </ul>
3217: <p>
1.272 deraadt 3218: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
3219: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 3220: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
3221: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
3222: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
3223: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
3224: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
3225: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 3226: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 3227: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
3228: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
3229: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 3230: <p>
3231: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 3232:
3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3234: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 3235: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
3236: Indianapolis Star, IN.
3237: </strong></font>
3238:
3239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 3240: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
3241: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3242: Miami Herald, FL.
3243: </strong></font>
3244:
3245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 3246: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3247: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
3248: </strong></font>
3249:
3250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3251: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 3252: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3253: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 3254: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 3255:
3256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3257: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
3258: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
3259: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
3260: ABC News.
3261: </strong></font>
3262:
1.276 deraadt 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3264: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 3265: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3266: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 3267: </strong></font>
3268:
1.286 dhartmei 3269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3270: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 3271: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3272: Wilmington Star, NC.
3273: </strong></font>
3274:
1.300 jose 3275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3276: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
3277: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
3278: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
3279: </strong></font>
3280:
1.309 jose 3281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3282: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
3283: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
3284: Globe Technology.
3285: </strong></font>
3286:
1.263 deraadt 3287: </ul>
1.262 beck 3288: <p>
3289:
3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 3291: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
3292: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3293: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 3294: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 3295: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 3296: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
3297: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
3298: <p>
3299:
3300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 3301: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
3302: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
3303: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3304: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 3305: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
3306: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
3307: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
3308: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
3309: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
3310: and simply restates other press reports.
3311: <p>
3312:
3313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 3314: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
3315: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3316: OS News, April 18, 2003.
3317: </strong></font><br>
3318: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
3319: <p>
3320:
3321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 3322: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
3323: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3324: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 3325: </strong></font><br>
3326: Another report on the DARPA funding.
3327: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
3328: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
3329: <p>
3330:
3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 3332: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
3333: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
3334: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
3335: April 17, 2003.
3336: </strong></font><br>
3337: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
3338: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
3339: Tech Anthems</a>
3340: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
3341: 4 so far.
3342: <p>
3343:
3344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 3345: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
3346: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3347: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3348: </strong></font><br>
3349: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
3350: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
3351: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
3352: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
3353: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
3354: Goes on to say:
3355: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
3356: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
3357: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
3358: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 3359: This article is also found online at:
3360: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 3361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3362: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
3363: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
3364: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3365: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3367: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
3368: ZDnet</a>,
3369: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3370: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3372: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
3373: ZDnet Australia</a>,
3374: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 3375: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 3376: </ul>
1.260 ian 3377: <p>
1.279 deraadt 3378:
1.260 ian 3379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3380: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 3381: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 3382: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3383: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 3384: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 3385: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
3386: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
3387: without notice or justification.
3388: <p>
3389:
3390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 3391: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 3392: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 3393: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3394: </strong></font><br>
3395: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
3396: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 3397: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 3398: effective today, without any warning..."
3399: <p>
1.257 ian 3400:
3401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 3402: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
3403: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3404: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 3405: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 3406: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
3407: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
3408: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
3409: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
3410: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 3411: <p>
3412:
3413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 3414: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
3415: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3416: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 3417: </strong></font><br>
3418: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
3419: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
3420: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
3421: quoting two of them:
3422: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
3423: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
3424: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
3425: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
3426: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
3427: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
3428: <p>
3429:
1.255 ian 3430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3431: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
3432: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 3433: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3434: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 3435: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 3436: <p>
3437:
3438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 3439: [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 3440: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3441: </strong></font><br>
3442: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3443: <p>
3444:
3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 3446: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
3447: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3448: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 3449: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 3450: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 3451: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
3452: security experts for more than three decades."
3453: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
3454: <p>
1.261 ian 3455:
1.254 drahn 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 3457: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 3458: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3459: </strong></font><br>
3460: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3461: <p>
3462:
3463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3464: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3465: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3466: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3467: </strong></font><br>
3468: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3469: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3470: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3471: <p>
3472:
3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3474: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3475: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3476: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3477: </strong></font><br>
3478: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3479: from US DARPA.
3480: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3481: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3482: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3483: the BSD license.
3484: <p>
3485: </ul>
3486:
1.251 ian 3487: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3488: <ul>
3489:
3490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3491: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3492: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3493: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3494: </strong></font><br>
3495:
3496: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3497: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3498: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3499: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3500: <p>
3501:
3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3503: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3504: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3505: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3506: </strong></font><br>
3507: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3508: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3509: Mentions
3510: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3511: and
3512: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3513: programs.
3514: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3515: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3516: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3517: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3518: <p>
1.325 ian 3519: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3520: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3521:
3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3523: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3524: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3525: </strong></font><br>
3526: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3527: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3528: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3529: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3530: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3531: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3532: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3533: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3534: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3535: put into service."
3536: <p>
3537: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3538: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3539: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3540: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3541: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3542: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3543: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3544: computers with security features."
3545: <p>
1.329 ian 3546:
3547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3548: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3549: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3550: Slate,
3551: March 3, 2003.
3552: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3553: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3554: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3555: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3556: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3557: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3558: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3559: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3560: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3561: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3562: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3563: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3564: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3565: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3566: of more secure open-source solutions like
3567: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3568: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3569: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3570: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3571: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3572: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3573: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3574: the Beltway."
3575: <p>
1.251 ian 3576: </ul>
3577:
1.249 jufi 3578: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3579: <ul>
3580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3581: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3582: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3583: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3584: </strong></font><br>
3585: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3586: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3587: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3588: <p>
1.334 ian 3589:
3590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3591: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3592: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3593: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3594: </strong></font><br>
3595: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3596: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3597: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3598: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3599: "... the hypothetical question ...
3600: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3601: <br>
3602: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3603: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3604: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3605: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3606: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3607: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3608: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3609: support network security.
3610: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3611: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3612: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3613: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3614: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3615: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3616: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3617: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3618: <br>
3619: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3620: <p>
3621:
1.249 jufi 3622: </ul>
3623:
1.246 jufi 3624: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3625: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3626:
1.247 jufi 3627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3628: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3629: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3630: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3631: </strong></font><br>
3632: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3633: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3634: <p>
3635:
1.247 jufi 3636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3637: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3638: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3639: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3640: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3641: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3642: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3643: <p>
3644:
3645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3646: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3647: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3648: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3649: </strong></font><br>
3650: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3651: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3652: <p>
1.247 jufi 3653: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3654:
1.244 jufi 3655: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3656: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3657:
1.247 jufi 3658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3659: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3660: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3661: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3662: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3663: </strong></font><br>
3664: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3665: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3666: md5 digests.
3667: <p>
3668:
1.247 jufi 3669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3670: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3671: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3672: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3673: </strong></font><br>
3674: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3675: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3676: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3677: right the first time."
3678: <p>
1.247 jufi 3679: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3680:
3681:
3682: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3683: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3684:
1.247 jufi 3685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3686: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3687: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3688: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3689: </strong></font><br>
3690: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3691: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3692: part 6</a>.
3693: <p>
3694:
1.247 jufi 3695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3696: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3697: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3698: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3699: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3700: </strong></font><br>
3701: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3702: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3703: <p>
1.301 jose 3704:
3705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3706: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3707: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3708: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3709: </strong></font><br>
3710:
3711: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3712: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3713: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3714: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3715: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3716: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3717: <i>Here's the
3718: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3719: <p>
1.247 jufi 3720: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3721:
3722: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3723: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3724:
1.247 jufi 3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3726: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3727: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3728: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3729: </strong></font><br>
3730: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3731: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3732: <p>
3733:
1.247 jufi 3734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3735: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3736: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3737: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3738: </strong></font><br>
3739: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3740: this time using pf.
3741: <p>
1.247 jufi 3742: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3743:
3744: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3745: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3746:
1.247 jufi 3747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3748: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3749: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3750: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3751: </strong></font><br>
3752: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3753: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3754: their rotation.
3755: <p>
3756:
1.247 jufi 3757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3758: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3759: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3760: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3761: </strong></font><br>
3762: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3763: <p>
1.247 jufi 3764: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3765:
1.239 jufi 3766: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3767: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3768:
1.247 jufi 3769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3770: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3771: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3772: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3773: </strong></font><br>
3774: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3775: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3776: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3777: <p>
3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3780: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3781: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3782: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3783: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3784: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3785: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3786: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3787: <p>
1.247 jufi 3788: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3789:
1.235 lebel 3790: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3791: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3792:
1.239 jufi 3793:
1.247 jufi 3794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3795: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3796: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3797: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3798: </strong></font><br>
3799: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3800: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3801: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3802: <p>
1.301 jose 3803:
1.247 jufi 3804: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3805:
1.228 horacio 3806: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3807: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3808:
1.247 jufi 3809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3810: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3811: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3812: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3813: </strong></font><br>
3814: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3815: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3816: <p>
3817:
1.247 jufi 3818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3819: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3820: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3821: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3822: </strong></font><br>
3823: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3824: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3825: <p>
3826:
1.247 jufi 3827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3828: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3829: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3830: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3831: </strong></font><br>
3832: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3833: on the desktop of his parents.
3834: <p>
3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3837: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3838: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3839: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3840: </strong></font><br>
3841: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3842: using IPFilter.
3843:
3844: <p>
3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3847: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3848: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3849: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3850: </strong></font><br>
3851: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3852: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3853: perspectives of the four OS.
3854: <br>
3855: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3856: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3857: <p>
3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3860: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3861: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3862: software and security</a>,
3863: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3864: </strong></font><br>
3865:
3866: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3867: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3868: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
3869: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
3870: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
3871: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
3872: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
3873: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
3874: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
3875: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
3876: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
3877: security conscious team beyond doubt.
3878: <p>
1.247 jufi 3879: </ul>
1.228 horacio 3880:
1.225 horacio 3881: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3882: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3883:
1.247 jufi 3884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3885: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
3886: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 3887: Interview</a>,
3888: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 3889: </strong></font><br>
3890:
3891: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
3892: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
3893: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 3894: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 3895: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
3896: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
3897: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
3898: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
3899: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 3900: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 3901: of choice.
3902: <p>
1.247 jufi 3903: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3904:
3905: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3906: <ul>
1.225 horacio 3907:
1.247 jufi 3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 3909: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 3910: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
3911: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 3912: </strong></font><br>
3913:
3914: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
3915: <p>
3916:
1.247 jufi 3917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3918: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 3919: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
3920: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 3921: </strong></font><br>
3922:
3923: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
3924: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
3925: <p>
1.247 jufi 3926: </ul>
1.225 horacio 3927:
1.218 horacio 3928: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3929: <ul>
1.218 horacio 3930:
1.247 jufi 3931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 3932: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 3933: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 3934: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 3935: </strong></font><br>
3936:
3937: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
3938: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
3939: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
3940: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
3941: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
3942: subjects. Worth a read.
3943: <p>
3944:
3945:
1.247 jufi 3946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 3947: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3948: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
3949: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 3950: </strong></font><br>
3951:
3952: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
3953: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
3954: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
3955: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
3956: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
3957: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
3958: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
3959: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
3960: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 3961: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 3962: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
3963: on other operating systems.<br>
3964: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
3965: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
3966: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
3967: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
3968: <p>
3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3971: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 3972: Operating System 2010</a>,
3973: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 3974: </strong></font><br>
3975:
3976: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
3977: covering the level of software integration into the core
3978: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
3979: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
3980: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
3981: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
3982: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
3983: <p>
3984:
1.247 jufi 3985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 3986: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 3987: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
3988: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 3989: </strong></font><br>
3990:
3991: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
3992: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
3993: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
3994: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
3995: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
3996: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
3997: <p>
1.247 jufi 3998: </ul>
1.221 horacio 3999:
1.210 jufi 4000: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4001: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4002:
1.247 jufi 4003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4004: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 4005: Already a Contender</a>,
4006: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 4007: </strong></font><br>
4008:
4009: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
4010: source software in response to an article which claimed that
4011: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
4012: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
4013: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
4014: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
4015: <p>
4016:
1.247 jufi 4017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 4018: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 4019: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
4020: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 4021: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4022:
1.224 horacio 4023: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
4024: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
4025: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
4026: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
4027: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
4028: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 4029: <p>
1.247 jufi 4030: </ul>
1.215 horacio 4031:
4032: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4033: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4034:
1.247 jufi 4035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4036: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
4037: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 4038: Division</a>,
4039: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 4040: </strong></font><br>
4041:
4042: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
4043: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 4044: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 4045: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
4046: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
4047: investment</em>.<br>
4048: The implementation details can be seen on their
4049: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
4050: <p>
4051:
1.247 jufi 4052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4053: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
4054: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
4055: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
4056: </strong></font><br>
4057:
4058: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
4059: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
4060: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 4061: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 4062: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
4063: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
4064: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
4065: <p>
4066:
4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4068: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 4069: Thinking about Security</a>,
4070: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 4071: </strong></font><br>
4072:
4073: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
4074: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
4075: security and says that even secured operating systems running
4076: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
4077: to time.<br>
4078: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
4079: system and just the most secure system.
4080: <p>
4081:
1.247 jufi 4082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4083: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 4084: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
4085: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 4086: </strong></font><br>
4087:
4088: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
4089: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
4090: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
4091: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
4092: choice:<br>
4093: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
4094: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
4095: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
4096: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
4097: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
4098: network security devices and as such must be well
4099: armored."</em><br>
4100: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
4101: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
4102: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
4103: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
4104: <br>
4105: Bravo!
4106: <p>
1.247 jufi 4107: </ul>
1.210 jufi 4108:
1.207 ian 4109: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4110: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4111:
1.247 jufi 4112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 4113: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
4114: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
4115: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 4116:
1.207 ian 4117: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
4118: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 4119: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 4120: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
4121: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
4122: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 4123: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 4124: <p>
1.247 jufi 4125: </ul>
1.207 ian 4126:
1.194 jufi 4127: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4128: <ul>
1.194 jufi 4129:
1.247 jufi 4130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4131: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 4132: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
4133: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 4134: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4135:
1.240 miod 4136: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 4137: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
4138: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
4139: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
4140: <p>
4141:
1.247 jufi 4142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4143: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
4144: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
4145: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
4146:
4147: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
4148: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
4149: <p>
4150:
4151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4152: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
4153: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4154: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
4155:
4156: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
4157: <p>
4158:
4159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4160: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 4161: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
4162: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
4163: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4164:
1.240 miod 4165: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 4166: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 4167: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
4168: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 4169: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 4170: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 4171: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
4172: <br>
1.413 deraadt 4173: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 4174: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
4175: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
4176: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
4177: <p>
4178:
1.247 jufi 4179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 4180: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
4181: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 4182: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 4183: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4184:
1.194 jufi 4185: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
4186: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
4187: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
4188: <br>
4189: The new
4190: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 4191: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 4192: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
4193: <p>
1.247 jufi 4194: </ul>
1.194 jufi 4195:
1.190 horacio 4196: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4197: <ul>
1.190 horacio 4198:
1.247 jufi 4199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 4200:
4201: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
4202: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
4203:
1.301 jose 4204:
1.191 jufi 4205: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
4206: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
4207:
4208: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
4209: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
4210:
1.582 grunk 4211: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20010527142347">
1.212 horacio 4212: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 4213: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
4214:
1.211 horacio 4215: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
4216: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 4217: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
4218:
1.247 jufi 4219: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 4220: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
4221:
1.247 jufi 4222: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 4223: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
4224:
1.212 horacio 4225: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
4226: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 4227: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
4228:
4229: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
4230: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
4231:
4232: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
4233: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
4234:
1.301 jose 4235: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
4236: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
4237:
1.191 jufi 4238: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
4239: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
4240:
4241: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 4242: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 4243:
1.192 jufi 4244: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
4245: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 4246: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 4247:
1.193 deraadt 4248: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
4249: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 4250: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 4251:
1.247 jufi 4252: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 4253: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
4254:
1.247 jufi 4255: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 4256: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
4257: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
4258:
1.213 horacio 4259: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 4260: 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 4261: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
4262:
1.190 horacio 4263: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 4264: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
4265: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
4266: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
4267: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
4268: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
4269: <p>
1.190 horacio 4270:
1.247 jufi 4271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4272: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
4273: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
4274: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 4275: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4276:
1.195 jufi 4277: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 4278: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
4279: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
4280: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 4281: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
4282: <p>
4283:
1.247 jufi 4284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4285: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 4286: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
4287: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
4288: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4289:
1.191 jufi 4290: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 4291: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
4292: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
4293: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
4294: <p>
4295:
4296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4297: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
4298: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4299: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
4300:
4301: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
4302: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 4303: <p>
1.247 jufi 4304: </ul>
1.190 horacio 4305:
1.191 jufi 4306:
1.186 jufi 4307: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4308: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 4311: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 4312: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
4313: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 4314: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 4315:
1.188 jufi 4316: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 4317: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 4318: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 4319: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
4320: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 4321: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 4322: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 4323: <p>
4324:
1.301 jose 4325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4326: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
4327: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4328: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
4329:
4330: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
4331: <p>
1.191 jufi 4332:
1.247 jufi 4333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 4334: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
4335: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 4336: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 4337: </strong></font><br>
4338:
4339: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
4340: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
4341: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
4342: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
4343: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
4344: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
4345: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
4346: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
4347: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
4348: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
4349: familiar?
4350: <p>
1.247 jufi 4351: </ul>
1.191 jufi 4352:
1.178 louis 4353: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4354: <ul>
1.178 louis 4355:
1.247 jufi 4356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 4357: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 4358: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
4359: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 4360: </strong></font><br>
4361:
4362: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
4363: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
4364: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
4365: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
4366: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
4367: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
4368: <p>
4369:
1.247 jufi 4370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4371: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
4372: Open source under the hood</a>,
4373: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 4374: </strong></font><br>
4375:
4376: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
4377: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
4378: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
4379: <p>
4380:
1.247 jufi 4381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4382: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
4383: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
4384: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 4385: </strong></font><br>
4386:
4387: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
4388: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
4389: <p>
1.247 jufi 4390: </ul>
1.179 louis 4391:
1.174 louis 4392:
1.175 louis 4393: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4394: <ul>
1.175 louis 4395:
1.247 jufi 4396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4397: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
4398: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
4399: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 4400: </strong></font><br>
4401:
4402: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
4403: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
4404: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
4405: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
4406: <p>
4407:
1.247 jufi 4408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4409: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
4410: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
4411: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 4412: </strong></font><br>
4413:
4414: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 4415: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 4416: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
4417: <p>
1.247 jufi 4418: </ul>
1.175 louis 4419:
1.176 louis 4420:
1.172 mickey 4421: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4422: <ul>
1.172 mickey 4423:
1.247 jufi 4424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4425: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
4426: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 4427: </strong></font><br>
4428:
4429: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
4430: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
4431: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 4432: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 4433: <p>
4434:
1.247 jufi 4435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 4436: <a
1.269 deraadt 4437: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
4438: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
4439: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 4440: </strong></font><br>
4441:
4442: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
4443: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
4444: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
4445: <p>
4446:
1.247 jufi 4447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4448: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 4449: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
4450: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 4451: </strong></font><br>
4452:
4453: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
4454: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
4455: <p>
4456:
1.247 jufi 4457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4458: <a
1.269 deraadt 4459: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4460: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4461: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4462: </strong></font><br>
4463:
4464: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4465: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4466: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4467: our own Theo de Raadt.
4468: <p>
4469:
1.247 jufi 4470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4471: <a
1.269 deraadt 4472: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4473: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4474: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4475: </strong></font><br>
4476:
4477: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4478: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4479: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4480: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4481: shut down.]
4482: <p>
4483:
1.247 jufi 4484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4485: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4486: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4487: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4488: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4489: </strong></font><br>
4490:
4491: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4492: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4493: <p>
1.247 jufi 4494: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4495:
1.161 louis 4496: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4497: <ul>
1.161 louis 4498:
1.247 jufi 4499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4500: <a
1.269 deraadt 4501: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4502: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4503: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4504: </strong></font><br>
4505:
4506: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4507: by John Wolley
4508: <p>
4509:
1.247 jufi 4510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4511: <a
1.269 deraadt 4512: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4513: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4514: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4515: </strong></font><br>
4516:
4517: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4518: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4519: OpenBSD).
4520: <p>
4521:
1.247 jufi 4522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4523: <a
1.247 jufi 4524: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4525: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4526: </strong></font><br>
4527:
4528: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4529: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1.585 steven 4530: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports
1.171 louis 4531: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4532: and hindsight.
4533: <p>
4534:
1.247 jufi 4535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4536: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4537: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4538: </strong></font><br>
4539:
4540: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4541: <p>
4542:
1.247 jufi 4543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4544: <a
1.168 provos 4545: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4546: December 7, 2000
4547: </strong></font><br>
4548:
4549: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4550: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4551: us explain.
4552: <p>
4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4555: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4556: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4557: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4558: December 6, 2000
4559: </strong></font><br>
4560:
4561: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4562: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4563: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4564: <p>
4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4567: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4568: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4569: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4570: </strong></font><br>
4571:
4572: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4573: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4574: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4575: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4576: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4577: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4578: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4579: <p>
4580:
4581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4582: <a
1.226 horacio 4583: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4584: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4585: </strong></font><br>
4586:
4587: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4588: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4589: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4590: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4591: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4592: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4593: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4594: <p>
1.162 millert 4595:
1.247 jufi 4596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4597: <a
1.161 louis 4598: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4599: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4600: </strong></font><br>
4601:
4602: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4603: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4604: <p>
4605:
1.247 jufi 4606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4607: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4608: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4609: </strong></font><br>
4610:
4611: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4612: <p>
4613:
4614:
1.247 jufi 4615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4616: <a
1.226 horacio 4617: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4618: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4619: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4620: </strong></font><br>
4621:
4622: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4623: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4624: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4625: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4626: <p>
1.247 jufi 4627: </ul>
1.169 louis 4628:
1.158 louis 4629: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4630: <ul>
1.147 louis 4631:
1.247 jufi 4632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4633: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4634: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4635: </strong></font><br>
4636:
4637: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4638: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4639: <p>
4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4642: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4643: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4644: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4645: </strong></font><br>
4646: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4647: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4648: <p>
4649:
1.247 jufi 4650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4651: <a
4652: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4653: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4654: </strong></font><br>
4655:
4656: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4657: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4658: <p>
4659:
1.247 jufi 4660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4661: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4662: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4663: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4664:
1.213 horacio 4665: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4666: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4667: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4668: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4669: <p>
1.215 horacio 4670:
1.247 jufi 4671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4672: <a
4673: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4674: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4675: </strong></font><br>
4676:
4677: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4678: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4679: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4680: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4681: much of the attitude too).
4682: <p>
1.161 louis 4683:
1.247 jufi 4684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4685: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4686: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4687: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4688:
1.157 louis 4689: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4690: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4691: <p>
1.247 jufi 4692: </ul>
1.157 louis 4693:
4694: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4695: <ul>
1.157 louis 4696:
1.247 jufi 4697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4698: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4699: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4700: </strong></font><br>
4701:
4702: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4703: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4704: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4705: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4706: <p>
4707:
1.247 jufi 4708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4709: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4710: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4711: </strong></font><br>
4712:
4713: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4714: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4715: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4716: it because they love coding...
4717: <p>
4718:
1.247 jufi 4719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4720: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4721: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4722: </strong></font><br>
4723:
4724: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4725: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4726: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4727: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4728: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4729: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4730: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4731: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4732: <p>
4733:
1.247 jufi 4734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4735: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4736: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4737: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4738: </strong></font><br>
4739:
4740: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4741: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4742: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4743: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4744: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4745: the pizza.
4746: <p>
4747:
1.247 jufi 4748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4749: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4750: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4751: </strong></font><br>
4752:
4753: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4754: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4755: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4756: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4757: problems.
4758: <p>
4759:
1.247 jufi 4760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.568 ian 4761: <a href="https://osuny.co.uk/txt/zines/napalm/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba
4762: to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
1.154 louis 4763: </strong></font><br>
4764:
1.222 miod 4765: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4766: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4767: - whether they like it or not.
4768: <p>
4769:
1.247 jufi 4770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4771: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4772: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4773: </strong></font><br>
4774:
4775: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4776: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4777: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4778: <p>
1.148 aaron 4779:
1.247 jufi 4780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4781: <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 4782: </strong></font><br>
4783:
4784: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4785: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4786: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4787: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4788: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4789: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4790: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4791: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4792: <p>
4793:
1.247 jufi 4794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4795: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4796: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4797: </strong></font><br>
4798:
4799: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4800: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4801: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4802: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4803: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4804: <p>
1.247 jufi 4805: </ul>
1.147 louis 4806:
1.138 louis 4807: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4808: <ul>
1.138 louis 4809:
1.247 jufi 4810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4811: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4812: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4813: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4814: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4815: </strong></font><br>
4816:
1.227 horacio 4817: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4818: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4819: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4820: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4821: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4822: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4823: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4824: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4825: <p>
4826:
1.247 jufi 4827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4828: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4829: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4830: </strong></font><br>
4831:
4832: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4833: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4834: groups, and even Linux.
4835: <p>
4836:
1.247 jufi 4837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4838: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4839: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4840: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4841: </strong></font><br>
4842:
4843: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4844: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4845: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4846: library after installing the OS.
4847: <p>
4848:
1.247 jufi 4849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4850: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4851: Sys Admin, September 2000
4852: </strong></font><br>
4853:
4854: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4855: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4856: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4857: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4858: (<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>,
4859: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
4860: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
4861: <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 4862: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4863: out of the system.
4864: <p>
4865:
1.247 jufi 4866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4867: <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
4868: </strong></font><br>
4869:
4870: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 4871: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 4872: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
4873: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
4874: the IP filtering and address translation.
4875: <p>
1.301 jose 4876:
4877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4878: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
4879: </strong></font><br>
4880:
1.585 steven 4881: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1.301 jose 4882: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
4883: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
4884: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
4885: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
4886: <p>
1.247 jufi 4887: </ul>
1.200 niklas 4888:
1.131 louis 4889: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4890: <ul>
1.131 louis 4891:
1.247 jufi 4892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4893: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
4894: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
4895: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 4896: </strong></font><br>
4897:
4898: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
4899: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
4900: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
4901: <p>
4902:
1.247 jufi 4903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 4904: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
4905: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
4906: </strong></font><br>
4907:
4908: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
4909: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
4910: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
4911: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
4912: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
4913: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
4914: note of"</i>.
4915: <p>
4916:
1.247 jufi 4917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 4918: <a
1.247 jufi 4919: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 4920: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
4921: </strong></font><br>
4922:
4923: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
4924: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
4925: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
4926: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
4927: <p>
4928:
1.247 jufi 4929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 4930: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 4931: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
4932: </strong></font><br>
4933:
4934: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
4935: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
4936: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
4937: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
4938: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
4939: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
4940: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
4941: <p>
4942:
1.247 jufi 4943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 4944: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
4945: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
4946: 2000
4947: </strong></font><br>
4948:
4949: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
4950: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
4951: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
4952: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
4953: against current industry practices.
4954: <p>
4955:
1.247 jufi 4956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 4957: <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
4958: </strong></font><br>
4959:
4960: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
4961: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
4962: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
4963: <p>
4964:
1.247 jufi 4965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 4966: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
4967: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
4968: </strong></font><br>
4969:
4970: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
4971: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
4972: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
4973: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
4974: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
4975: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
4976: careful code reviews, he concludes.
4977: <p>
4978:
1.247 jufi 4979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 4980: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
4981: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
4982: </strong></font><br>
4983:
4984: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
4985: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
4986: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
4987: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
4988: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 4989: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
4990: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
4991: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 4992: <p>
1.247 jufi 4993: </ul>
1.131 louis 4994:
1.118 louis 4995: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4996: <ul>
1.118 louis 4997:
1.247 jufi 4998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 4999: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
5000: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
5001: </strong></font><br>
5002:
5003: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
5004: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
5005: about time. The article mentions that
5006: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
5007: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
5008: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 5009: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 5010: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
5011: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 5012: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 5013: <p>
5014:
1.247 jufi 5015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5016: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 5017: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 5018: </strong></font><br>
5019:
5020: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
5021: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
5022: of OpenSSH.
5023: <p>
5024:
1.247 jufi 5025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5026: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 5027: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 5028: </strong></font><br>
5029:
5030: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 5031: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 5032: bridging.
5033: <p>
5034:
1.247 jufi 5035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5036: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
5037: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 5038: </strong></font><br>
5039:
1.121 deraadt 5040: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
5041: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 5042: <p>
5043:
1.247 jufi 5044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5045: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
5046: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
5047: </strong></font><br>
5048:
5049: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
5050: <p>
5051:
1.247 jufi 5052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 5053: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 5054: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
5055: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 5056: </strong></font><br>
5057:
1.120 deraadt 5058: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
5059: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 5060: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
5061: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
5062: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
5063: <p>
5064:
1.247 jufi 5065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 5066: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
5067: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
5068: </strong></font><br>
5069:
1.222 miod 5070: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 5071: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
5072: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
5073: protocols and their quirks.
5074: <p>
5075:
1.247 jufi 5076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5077: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
5078: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 5079: </strong></font><br>
5080:
5081: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
5082: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
5083: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 5084: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 5085: <p>
5086:
1.247 jufi 5087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 5088: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
5089: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
5090: </strong></font><br>
5091:
5092: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
5093: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
5094: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
5095: <p>
5096:
1.247 jufi 5097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 5098: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 5099: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
5100: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 5101: </strong></font><br>
5102:
5103: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
5104: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
5105: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
5106: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
5107: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
5108: <p>
1.247 jufi 5109: </ul>
1.118 louis 5110:
1.104 louis 5111: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5112: <ul>
1.104 louis 5113:
1.247 jufi 5114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 5115: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
5116: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
5117: </strong></font><br>
5118:
5119: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
5120: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
5121: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
5122: be a bit dry.
5123: <p>
5124:
1.247 jufi 5125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 5126: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
5127: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
5128: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
5129: </strong></font><br>
5130: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
5131: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
5132: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
5133: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
5134: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
5135: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
5136: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
5137: <p>
5138:
1.247 jufi 5139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5140: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
5141: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 5142: 2000
1.128 louis 5143: </strong></font><br>
5144:
5145: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
5146: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
5147: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
5148: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
5149: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 5150: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 5151: <p>
5152:
1.247 jufi 5153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5154: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
5155: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 5156: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 5157:
5158: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
5159: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
5160: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
5161: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.585 steven 5162: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1.113 naddy 5163: <p>
1.110 louis 5164:
1.247 jufi 5165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 5166: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
5167: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
5168: </strong></font><br>
5169:
5170: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
5171: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
5172: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
5173: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
5174: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
5175: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
5176: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
5177: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
5178: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
5179: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
5180: <p>
5181:
1.247 jufi 5182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 5183: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5184: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 5185:
5186: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
5187: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 5188: <p>
1.108 louis 5189:
1.247 jufi 5190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 5191: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
5192: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 5193: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 5194:
5195: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
5196: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
5197: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 5198: <p>
1.106 louis 5199:
1.247 jufi 5200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 5201: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
5202: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 5203: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 5204:
5205: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
5206: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
5207: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
5208: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 5209: <p>
1.107 louis 5210:
1.247 jufi 5211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5212: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
5213: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5214: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 5215:
5216: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
5217: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 5218: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 5219: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
5220: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 5221: <p>
1.105 louis 5222:
1.247 jufi 5223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 5224: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 5225: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 5226: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 5227:
1.113 naddy 5228: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
5229: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 5230: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 5231: <p>
1.104 louis 5232:
1.247 jufi 5233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5234: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
5235: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
5236: </strong></font><br>
5237:
5238: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
5239: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
5240: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
5241: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
5242: <p>
1.301 jose 5243:
5244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5245: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.577 tobias 5246: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
1.301 jose 5247: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
5248:
5249: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
5250: hardware-supported cryptography.
5251: <p>
1.247 jufi 5252: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 5253:
1.85 louis 5254: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5255: <ul>
1.85 louis 5256:
1.247 jufi 5257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5258: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 5259: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 5260: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5261:
5262: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
5263: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
5264: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
5265: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
5266: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
5267: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
5268: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 5269: <p>
1.99 louis 5270:
1.247 jufi 5271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5272: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 5273: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5274: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 5275:
5276: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
5277: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
5278: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
5279: conditions.
1.113 naddy 5280: <p>
1.100 louis 5281:
1.247 jufi 5282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5283: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 5284: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5285: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 5286:
5287: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
5288: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
5289: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
5290: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 5291: <p>
1.95 louis 5292:
1.247 jufi 5293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5294: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 5295: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5296: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 5297:
5298: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
5299: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 5300: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 5301: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
5302: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5303: <p>
1.92 louis 5304:
1.247 jufi 5305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5306: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 5307: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5308: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 5309:
5310: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
5311: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
5312: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
5313: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
5314: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
5315: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 5316: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 5317: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 5318: <p>
1.91 louis 5319:
1.247 jufi 5320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5321: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
5322: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 5323: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5324:
5325: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
5326: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
5327: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
5328: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
5329: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
5330: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
5331: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
5332: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
5333: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 5334: <p>
1.90 louis 5335:
1.247 jufi 5336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5337: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
5338: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
5339: </strong></font><br>
5340: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
5341: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
5342: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
5343: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
5344: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
5345: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
5346: <p>
5347:
1.247 jufi 5348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 5349: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
5350: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5351: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 5352:
1.113 naddy 5353: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
5354: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 5355: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
5356: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
5357: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
5358: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
5359: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 5360: <p>
1.87 louis 5361:
1.247 jufi 5362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 5363: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
5364: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 5365: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5366:
5367: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 5368: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 5369: <p>
1.85 louis 5370:
1.247 jufi 5371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5372: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
5373: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
5374: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
5375:
5376: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
5377: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
5378: <p>
5379:
5380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 5381: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
5382: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5383: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 5384:
5385: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.577 tobias 5386: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 5387: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
5388: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 5389: <p>
1.89 louis 5390:
1.247 jufi 5391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5392: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 5393: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5394: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5395:
5396: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
5397: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
5398: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
5399: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
5400: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 5401: </ul>
1.85 louis 5402:
1.78 deraadt 5403: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5404: <ul>
1.74 louis 5405:
1.247 jufi 5406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5407: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 5408: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 5409: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 5410: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5411:
5412: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
5413: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
5414: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5415: <p>
1.83 louis 5416:
1.247 jufi 5417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 5418: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
5419: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5420: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 5421:
5422: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
5423: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 5424: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 5425: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
5426: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 5427: <p>
1.93 louis 5428:
1.247 jufi 5429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5430: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
5431: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
5432: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5433: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 5434:
1.83 louis 5435: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
5436: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
5437: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
5438: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
5439: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 5440: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
5441: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
5442: <p>
1.82 aaron 5443:
1.247 jufi 5444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5445: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 5446: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5447: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 5448:
1.83 louis 5449: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
5450: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
5451: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 5452: <p>
1.80 louis 5453:
1.247 jufi 5454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5455: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 5456: Bad Press</a>,
5457: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 5458: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 5459:
5460: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5461: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5462: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5463: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5464: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5465: <p>
1.247 jufi 5466: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5467:
5468: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5469: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5470:
1.247 jufi 5471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5472: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5473: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5474: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5475: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5476:
5477: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5478: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5479: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5480: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5481: <p>
1.74 louis 5482:
1.247 jufi 5483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5484: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5485: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5486: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5487:
1.219 horacio 5488: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5489: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5490: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5491: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5492: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5493: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5494: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5495: <p>
1.88 louis 5496:
1.247 jufi 5497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5498: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5499: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5500: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5501:
5502: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5503: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5504: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5505: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5506: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5507: <p>
1.81 louis 5508:
1.247 jufi 5509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5510: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5511: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5512: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5513:
5514: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5515: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5516: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5517: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5518: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5519: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5520: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5521: <p>
1.90 louis 5522:
1.247 jufi 5523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5524: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5525: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5526: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5527:
5528: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5529: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5530: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5531: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5532: <p>
1.247 jufi 5533: </ul>
1.71 louis 5534:
1.69 deraadt 5535: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5536: <ul>
1.70 louis 5537:
1.247 jufi 5538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5539: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5540: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5541: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5542:
5543: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5544: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5545: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5546: <p>
1.70 louis 5547:
1.247 jufi 5548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5549: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5550: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5551: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5552:
5553: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5554: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5555: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5556: <p>
1.68 louis 5557:
1.247 jufi 5558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5559: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5560: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5561: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5562: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5563:
1.111 jufi 5564: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5565: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5566: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5567: "secure by default" installation.
5568: <p>
1.64 louis 5569:
1.247 jufi 5570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5571: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5572: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5573: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5574:
1.113 naddy 5575: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5576: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5577: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5578: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5579: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5580: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5581: <p>
1.66 louis 5582:
1.247 jufi 5583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5584: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5585: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5586: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5587:
5588: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5589: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5590: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5591: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5592: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5593: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5594: <p>
1.83 louis 5595:
1.247 jufi 5596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5597: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5598: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5599: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5600:
5601: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5602: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5603: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5604: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5605: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5606: <p>
1.64 louis 5607:
1.247 jufi 5608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5609: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5610: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5611: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5612:
5613: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5614: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5615: <p>
1.301 jose 5616:
5617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5618: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5619: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5620: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5621: </strong></font><br>
5622:
5623: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5624: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5625: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5626: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5627: Giving way to
5628: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5629: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5630: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5631: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5632: <p>
1.247 jufi 5633: </ul>
1.65 louis 5634:
1.69 deraadt 5635: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5636: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5637:
1.247 jufi 5638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5639: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5640: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5641: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5642:
5643: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5644: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5645: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5646: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5647: <p>
1.88 louis 5648:
1.247 jufi 5649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5650: <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 5651: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5652:
5653: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5654: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5655: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5656: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5657: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5658: <p>
1.60 louis 5659:
1.247 jufi 5660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5661: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5662: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5663: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5664: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5665:
5666: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5667: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5668: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5669: <p>
1.58 louis 5670:
1.247 jufi 5671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5672: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5673: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5674:
5675: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5676: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5677: <p>
1.53 louis 5678:
1.247 jufi 5679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5680: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5681: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5682: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5683:
5684: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5685: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5686: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5687: <p>
1.99 louis 5688:
1.247 jufi 5689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5690: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5691: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5692:
5693: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5694: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5695: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5696: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5697: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5698:
1.247 jufi 5699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5700: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5701: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5702: </strong></font><br>
5703:
5704: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5705: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5706: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5707: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5708: <p>
5709:
1.247 jufi 5710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5711: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5712: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5713: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5714:
5715: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5716: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5717: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5718:
1.247 jufi 5719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5720: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5721: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5722:
5723: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5724: in
1.247 jufi 5725: <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 5726: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5727: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5728: <p>
1.53 louis 5729:
1.247 jufi 5730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5731: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5732: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5733: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5734: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5735:
1.58 louis 5736: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5737: <p>
1.301 jose 5738:
5739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5740: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5741: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5742: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5743: Informacyjny, January 2000
5744: </strong></font><br>
5745:
5746: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5747: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5748: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5749: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5750: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5751: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5752: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5753: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5754: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5755: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5756: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5757: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5758: <p>
5759:
5760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5761: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5762: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5763: </strong></font><br>
5764:
5765: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5766: <p>
5767: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5768:
1.69 deraadt 5769: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5770: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5771:
1.247 jufi 5772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5773: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5774: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5775: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5776: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5777:
1.58 louis 5778: Kurt Seifried
5779: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5780: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5781: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5782: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5783:
1.247 jufi 5784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5785: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5786: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5787: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5788:
5789: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5790: <p>
1.96 louis 5791:
1.247 jufi 5792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5793: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5794: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5795: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5796: </strong></font><br>
5797:
5798: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5799: <p>
5800:
5801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5802: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5803: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5804: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5805:
5806: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5807: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5808: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5809: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5810: <p>
1.247 jufi 5811: </ul>
1.86 louis 5812:
1.69 deraadt 5813: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5814: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5815:
1.247 jufi 5816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5817: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5818: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5819: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5820:
5821: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5822: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5823: <p>
1.61 louis 5824:
1.247 jufi 5825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5826: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5827: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5828: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5829: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5830:
5831: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5832: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5833: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5834: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5835: right -- or at least strives to".
5836: <p>
1.48 louis 5837:
1.247 jufi 5838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5839: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5840: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5841: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5842: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5843: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5844: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5845: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5846: <p>
1.61 louis 5847:
1.247 jufi 5848: <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 5849: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5850: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5851:
5852: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5853: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5854: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5855: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5856: <p>
1.46 louis 5857:
1.247 jufi 5858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5859: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5860: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5861: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5862:
5863: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5864: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5865: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5866:
1.247 jufi 5867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5868: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5869: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5870: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5871:
5872: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
5873: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
5874: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
5875: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 5876: <p>
1.247 jufi 5877: </ul>
1.70 louis 5878:
1.69 deraadt 5879: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5880: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5881:
1.247 jufi 5882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5883: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
5884: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 5885: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 5886: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 5887:
5888: Kurt Seifried
5889: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5890: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
5891: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 5892: <p>
1.44 philen 5893:
1.247 jufi 5894: <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 5895: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 5896: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 5897:
5898: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 5899: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 5900:
1.247 jufi 5901: <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 5902: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 5903: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 5904:
5905: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 5906: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 5907:
1.247 jufi 5908: <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 5909: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 5910: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 5911:
5912: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
5913: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
5914: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
5915: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 5916: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 5917:
1.247 jufi 5918: <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 5919: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 5920: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 5921:
1.36 louis 5922: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 5923: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 5924:
1.247 jufi 5925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5926: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 5927: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 5928: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 5929:
5930: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 5931: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 5932: </ul>
1.38 louis 5933:
1.69 deraadt 5934: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5935: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5936:
1.247 jufi 5937: <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 5938: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 5939: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 5940:
5941: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
5942: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 5943: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 5944:
1.113 naddy 5945: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 5946: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 5947: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 5948: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 5949:
5950: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
5951: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 5952: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
5953: terminal:
1.113 naddy 5954: <blockquote>
5955: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
5956: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
5957: <br>
5958: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
5959: </code>
5960: </blockquote>
5961: <p>
5962:
1.247 jufi 5963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 5964: <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 5965: <p>
5966:
5967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5968: <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 5969: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 5970:
5971: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
5972: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 5973: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 5974: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 5975:
1.247 jufi 5976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5977: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
5978: Sept. 28, 1999
5979: </strong></font><br>
5980:
5981: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
5982: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
5983: translating and reprinting articles from
5984: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
5985: <p>
5986:
5987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 5988: <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 5989: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 5990:
5991: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
5992: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
5993: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
5994: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
5995: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 5996: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 5997: <p>
1.19 louis 5998:
1.113 naddy 5999: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 6000: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 6001: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 6002:
6003: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
6004: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
6005: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 6006: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
6007: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 6008: <p>
1.16 louis 6009:
1.247 jufi 6010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6011: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 6012: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 6013: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 6014:
1.57 louis 6015: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
6016: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
6017: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 6018: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 6019:
1.247 jufi 6020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6021: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 6022: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 6023: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6024:
1.113 naddy 6025: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 6026:
1.247 jufi 6027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 6028: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
6029: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 6030: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 6031:
1.23 louis 6032: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
6033: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
6034: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
6035: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
6036: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 6037: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 6038:
1.247 jufi 6039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 6040: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
6041: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 6042: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 6043:
1.199 pvalchev 6044: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 6045: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
6046: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
6047: installation.
1.113 naddy 6048: <p>
1.47 louis 6049:
1.247 jufi 6050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6051: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 6052: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 6053: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6054:
1.301 jose 6055: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
6056: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
6057: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 6058: </ul>
1.57 louis 6059:
1.69 deraadt 6060: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6061: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6062:
1.247 jufi 6063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 6064: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 6065: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 6066: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 6067:
6068: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
6069: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 6070: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 6071: <p>
1.12 louis 6072:
1.247 jufi 6073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 6074: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 6075: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 6076: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 6077:
6078: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
6079: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 6080: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
6081: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
6082: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
6083: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
6084: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 6085: <p>
1.247 jufi 6086: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 6087:
1.69 deraadt 6088: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6089: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 6090:
1.247 jufi 6091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 6092: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 6093: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 6094:
6095: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
6096: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
6097: available."
1.113 naddy 6098: <p>
1.301 jose 6099:
6100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6101: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
6102: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
6103: </strong></font><br>
6104:
6105: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
6106: <p>
1.247 jufi 6107: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 6108:
1.69 deraadt 6109: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6110: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6111:
1.247 jufi 6112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 6113: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 6114: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 6115:
6116: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
6117: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
6118: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
6119: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
6120: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 6121: <p>
1.33 louis 6122:
1.247 jufi 6123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6124: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 6125: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 6126: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6127:
1.113 naddy 6128: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
6129: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 6130: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
6131: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
6132: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 6133: <p>
1.247 jufi 6134: </ul>
1.57 louis 6135:
1.69 deraadt 6136: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6137: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6138:
1.247 jufi 6139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6140: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 6141: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 6142: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6143:
6144: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
6145: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 6146: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6147:
1.247 jufi 6148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 6149: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
6150: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
6151: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 6152: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 6153:
6154: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 6155: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 6156:
1.247 jufi 6157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6158: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 6159:
1.113 naddy 6160: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 6161:
1.247 jufi 6162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6163: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 6164: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 6165: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 6166:
6167: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 6168: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 6169: </ul>
1.23 louis 6170:
1.69 deraadt 6171: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6172: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6173:
1.247 jufi 6174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 6175: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 6176: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6177:
6178: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
6179: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 6180: <p>
1.2 deraadt 6181:
1.247 jufi 6182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6183: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 6184: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 6185: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6186:
6187: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
6188: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 6189: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 6190: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 6191: </ul>
1.57 louis 6192:
1.69 deraadt 6193: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6194: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6195:
1.247 jufi 6196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6197: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 6198: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 6199: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 6200:
6201: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
6202: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
6203: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
6204: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 6205: <p>
1.15 louis 6206:
1.247 jufi 6207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6208: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
6209: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 6210: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6211:
6212: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
6213: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
6214: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
6215: columns."
1.113 naddy 6216: <p>
1.247 jufi 6217: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6218:
1.69 deraadt 6219: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6220: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6221:
1.247 jufi 6222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6223: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 6224: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 6225: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 6226:
6227: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 6228: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 6229:
1.113 naddy 6230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6231: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 6232: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6233:
6234: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
6235: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 6236: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 6237: </ul>
1.57 louis 6238:
1.69 deraadt 6239: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6240: <ul>
1.301 jose 6241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6242: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
6243: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6244: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
6245:
6246: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
6247: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
6248: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
6249: <p>
6250:
6251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6252: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
6253: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6254: Nov 13, 1998 and
6255: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
6256: Datateknik</a>,
6257: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
6258:
1.380 saad 6259: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 6260: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
6261: explains the licensing issues and points to our
6262: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
6263: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6264:
1.113 naddy 6265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6266: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 6267: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 6268: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6269:
1.222 miod 6270: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 6271: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
6272: Implementation, including a brief interview with
6273: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 6274: <p>
1.247 jufi 6275: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6276:
1.69 deraadt 6277: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6278: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6279:
1.247 jufi 6280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6281: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 6282: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6283:
1.69 deraadt 6284: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
6285: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 6286: <p>
1.247 jufi 6287: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6288:
1.69 deraadt 6289: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6290: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 6291:
1.247 jufi 6292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6293: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
6294: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 6295: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6296:
1.383 jcs 6297: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 6298: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 6299: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6300:
1.247 jufi 6301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 6302: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 6303: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
6304: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 6305: <p>
1.247 jufi 6306: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6307:
1.69 deraadt 6308: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6309: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6310:
1.247 jufi 6311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6312: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 6313: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
6314: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 6315: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 6316: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6317:
6318: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
6319: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
6320: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 6321: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 6322: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 6323: <p>
1.247 jufi 6324: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 6325:
6326: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6327: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6328:
1.247 jufi 6329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6330: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 6331: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6332:
1.69 deraadt 6333: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
6334: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 6335: <p>
1.112 naddy 6336:
1.247 jufi 6337: </ul>
1.113 naddy 6338: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6339:
1.292 camield 6340: <hr>
1.216 horacio 6341: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 6342: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.587 ! ian 6343: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.586 2010/11/02 18:47:13 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 6344:
6345: </body>
6346: </html>