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1.57 louis 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></font></h2>
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1.18 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
1.17 deraadt 17: <dl>
1.16 louis 18:
1.48 louis 19: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 20: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
21: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
22: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
23: </strong></font><br>
24:
25: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
26: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
27: and cryptography.
28: <p>
29:
30: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 31: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
32: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 33: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 34:
35: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
36: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
37: <p>
38:
39: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 40: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
41: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
42:
43: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
44: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
45: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
46: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
47: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
48:
49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
50: <a
51: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
52: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
53: </strong></font><br>
54:
55: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
56: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
57: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
58:
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 60: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 61: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 62:
63: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
64: in <a
65: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
66: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 67: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 68: <p>
69:
70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 71: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
72: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
73: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 74: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 75:
1.58 louis 76: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 80: <a
81: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
82: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
83: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 84: </strong></font><br>
85:
1.58 louis 86: Kurt Seifried
87: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
88: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
89: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
90: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 91:
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.50 louis 93: <A href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/991108sw.htm">
1.48 louis 94: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
95: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 96: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 97:
98: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
99: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
100: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
101: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
102: right -- or at least strives to".
103: <p>
104:
1.46 louis 105: <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 106: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 107: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 108:
109: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
110: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
111: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
112: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
113: <p>
114:
1.58 louis 115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
116: <a
117: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
118: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
119: </strong></font><br>
120:
121: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
122: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
123: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
124:
1.44 philen 125: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
126: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 127: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 128:
129: Kurt Seifried
130: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
131: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
132: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
133: <p>
134:
1.41 louis 135: <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>,
136: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 137: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 138:
139: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
140: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
141:
1.37 louis 142: <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>,
143: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 144: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 145:
146: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 147: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 148:
1.36 louis 149: <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>,
150: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 151: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 152:
153: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
154: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
155: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
156: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
157: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
158:
159: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/991006/ny_ntwrk_s_2.html>NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 160: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 161: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 162:
1.36 louis 163: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
164: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 165:
1.38 louis 166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 167: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
168: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 169: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 170:
171: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
172: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
173:
1.30 deraadt 174: <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 175: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 176: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 177:
178: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
179: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
180: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 181:
1.29 louis 182: <li><strong>
183: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 184: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 185: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 186:
187: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
188: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 189: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
190: terminal:
1.29 louis 191: <blockquote>
192: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
193: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
194: <br>
195: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
196: </code>
197: </blockquote>
198: <p>
199:
1.16 louis 200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 201: <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<br>
202: <li><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
1.57 louis 203: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 204:
205: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
206: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 207: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 208: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 209:
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 211: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.57 louis 212: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 213:
214: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
215: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
216: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
217: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
218: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 219: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 220: <p>
221:
1.43 louis 222: <li><strong>
223: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 224: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 225:
226: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
227: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
228: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 229: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
230: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 231: <p>
232:
1.1 deraadt 233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 234: <a
235: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
236: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
237: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 238:
1.57 louis 239: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
240: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
241: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
242: Melbourne.<p>
243:
244: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
245: <a
246: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
247: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
248: </strong></font><br>
249:
250: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 251:
252: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 253: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 254: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 255: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 256:
1.23 louis 257: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
258: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
259: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
260: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
261: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 262: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 263:
264: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 265: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
266: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 267: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 268:
269: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
270: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
271: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
272: installation.
273: <p>
274:
275: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 276: <a
277: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
278: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
279: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
280:
281: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
282: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
283:
284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 285: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 286: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 287: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 288:
289: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
290: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 291: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 292: <p>
293:
294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 295: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 296: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 297: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 298:
299: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
300: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 301: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
302: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
303: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
304: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
305: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 309: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 310: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.57 louis 311: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 312:
1.20 louis 313: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
314: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 318: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 319: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 320:
321: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
322: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
323: available."
324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 327: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 328: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 329:
330: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
331: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
332: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
333: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
334: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
335: <p>
336:
337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 338: <a
339: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
340: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
341: </strong></font><br>
342:
343: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
344: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
345: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
346: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
347: an interesting read.
348: <p>
349:
350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 351: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
352: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
353: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 354: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 355:
356: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
357: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
358:
359: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 360: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 361:
362: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
363:
364: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
365: <a href="">Safe and friendly read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>,
1.57 louis 366: DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 367:
368: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
369: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
370:
371: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 372: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 373: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 374:
375: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
376: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
377: <p>
378:
1.57 louis 379: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
380: <a
381: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
382: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
383: </strong></font><br>
384:
385: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
386: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
387: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
388: site.<p>
389:
1.7 deraadt 390: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 392: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 393: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 394: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 395:
396: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
397: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
398: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
399: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
400: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
401: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
402: <p>
403:
404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 405: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
406: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 407: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 408:
409: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
410: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
411: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
412: over to OpenBSD.
413: <p>
414:
415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 416: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
417: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 418: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 419:
420: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
421: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
422: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
423: columns."
424: <p>
425:
1.58 louis 426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
427: <a
428: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
429: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
430: </strong></font><br>
431:
432: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
433: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
434:
1.2 deraadt 435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 436: <a
437: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
438: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
439:
440: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
441: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
442: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 445: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 446: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 447: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 448:
449: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
450: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
451: Implementation, including a brief interview with
452: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
456: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.57 louis 457: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 458:
459: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
460: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
461: <p>
462:
463: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
464: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 465: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
466: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
467: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.57 louis 468: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.5 ian 469:
470: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
471: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
472: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
473: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
474: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
478: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
479: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 480: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 481:
482: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
483: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
484: <p>
485:
486: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 487: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 488: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
489: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 490: <p>
491:
1.38 louis 492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
493: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.57 louis 494: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 495:
496: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
497: OpenBSD is.
498: <p>
499:
1.17 deraadt 500: </dl>
501: <p>
1.1 deraadt 502:
1.27 deraadt 503: <hr>
1.45 philen 504: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 505:
1.17 deraadt 506: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
508: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 509: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 510:
511: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
512: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
513: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
514: <p>
515:
516: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
517: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 518: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 519: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 520: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 521:
1.20 louis 522: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
523: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 524: explains the licensing issues and points to our
525: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
526: <p>
527:
1.17 deraadt 528: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 529:
1.27 deraadt 530: <hr>
1.20 louis 531: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
532:
533: <dl>
534:
535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
536: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
537: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 538: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 539:
540: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
541: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
542: translating and reprinting articles from
543: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
544: <p>
545:
546: </dl>
547:
1.50 louis 548: <hr>
549: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
550: <dl>
551:
552: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
553: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
554: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 555: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 556:
557: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
558: <p>
559: </dl>
560:
1.20 louis 561:
1.1 deraadt 562: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 563: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
564: <dl>
565:
566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
567: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.59 ! form 568: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 569: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 570:
1.59 ! form 571: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 572: <p>
573:
574: <p>
575: </dl>
576:
577: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 578: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
579: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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