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1.597 ! deraadt 18: <h2>
! 19: This page has become unmaintained since 2011, perhaps because software
! 20: development is more interesting than following the news.
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1.591 ian 23: <h2>April, 2011</h2>
24: <ul>
25:
26: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.592 ian 27: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110420080633'>
1.591 ian 28: A Puffy in the Corporate Aquarium</a>
29: undeadly.org, April 20, 2011
30: </strong></font><br>
31: Antoine Ajacoutot offers a detailed write-up on exactly how his
32: employer M:Tier supports OpenBSD for corporate use, surprisingly
33: both on desktops and on servers. They have converted whole companies
34: to OpenBSD; under the heading of "Joe User meets OpenBSD", he reports
35: on how even long-time MS-Windows users can get used to switching to
36: OpenOffice and Gnome desktop.
37: <p>
38:
39: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
40: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14274/original/FreeBSD_Portability_With_VMware_BSD_04_2011.pdf'>
41: OpenBSD improves upon /etc/rc.d/</a>
42: BSDmag, April, 2011, p. 12
1.593 ian 43: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.591 ian 44: As OpenBSD moves away from requiring manual editing of /etc/rc for most daemons,
45: Ian Darwin covers the new rc.d mechanism.
46: "The OpenBSD developers did not adopt a change like this until they
47: were sure they had a mechanism that was both simple to implement
48: and simple to use."
49: <p>
50:
51: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
52: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14274/original/FreeBSD_Portability_With_VMware_BSD_04_2011.pdf'>
53: Build appliances with QEMU and OpenBSD</a>
54: BSDmag, April, 2011, p. 24
1.593 ian 55: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.591 ian 56: Girish Venkatachalam shows how easy it is to create ready-to-run disk images
57: containing OpenBSD with whatever ports/packages you want to add,
58: that are shareable for use by anyone, either under QEMU or on bare metal.
59: <p>
60: </ul>
61:
1.590 ian 62: <h2>March, 2011</h2>
63: <ul>
64: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
65: <a href='http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/?p=605'>
66: My OpenBSD Story: Memories of a Network disaster</a>
67: Blather.MichaelWLucas.com, March 9, 2011
68: </strong></font><br>
69: It was a dark and stormy night back in 2000, a very long night, as Michael Lucas (who would later author
70: Absolute OpenBSD) struggled to get his company's hosting service back online.
71: You can probably guess that the happy ending involves "OpenBSD to the rescue".
72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
75: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
76: How To Setup OpenBSD On The Embedded Alix</a>,
77: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 30
1.593 ian 78: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 79: Guillaume Duale tells how to install our favorite OS on the popular embedded-size ALIX card.
80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
83: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
84: Run Your Phone System on OpenBSD</a>,
85: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 12
1.593 ian 86: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 87: Ian Darwin describes running some home/office telephone systems on Asterisk
88: on a secure operating system - what works, what doesn't (and why),
89: and how to get started.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
93: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
94: Useful OpenBSD Tools</a>,
95: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 42
1.593 ian 96: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 97: Girish Venkatachalam describes a panoply of tools that he finds useful on OpenBSD, to wit,
98: dump(8) and restore(8), qemu, sha1, ifconfig, relayd and spamd.
99: <p>
100:
101: </ul>
102:
103: <h2>February, 2011</h2>
104: <ul>
105: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
106: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/'>
107: Your OpenBSD Story</a>
108: undeadly.org, February, 2011
109: </strong></font><br>
110: Undeadly is running a series of stories on how people got started with OpenBSD.
111: Most tell what they like about the system.
112: Since OpenBSD runs well on minimal hardware, many of the stories involve
113: solving an under-funding crisis at startups.
114: See those by
115: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110227014419'> Daniel Gracia</a>,
116: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110303020219'> Nick Humphrey</a>, and
117: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110308003706'> Henrik Kramshoe</a>
118: <p>
119:
120: </ul>
121:
122: <h2>January, 2011</h2>
123: <ul>
124: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
125: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/13827/original/BSDs_and_Solaris_BSD_01_2011.pdf'>
126: Text Terminal magic with tmux</a>
127: BSD Mag, January, 2011, p. 20
128: </strong></font>(PDF download)<br>
129: Tmux(1) is OpenBSD's replacement for GNU screen(1) terminal multiplexor.
130: Girish Venkatachalam discusses tmux's advantages and how to use it.
131: <p>
132:
133:
134: </ul>
135:
136:
1.589 ian 137: <h2>December, 2010</h2>
138: <ul>
139: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
140: <a href='http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=4833'>
141: Use firewall software like PF to protect your desktop systems</a>
142: techrepublic.com, December 13, 2010
143: </strong></font><br>
144: A good overview of the importance of using a firewall for the semi-technical crowd.
145: "One of the most highly regarded suites of firewall software is the OpenBSD project's PF,
146: which has been ported to every major BSD Unix system..."
147: Gives a single example of a pf rules file; one of the comments gives
148: links to additional references.
149: <p>
150:
151: </ul>
152:
1.586 ian 153: <h2>November, 2010</h2>
154: <ul>
155:
156: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
157: <a href='http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODc0NA'>
158: OpenBSD 4.8 Brings Improved Hardware Support</a>
159: www.phoronix.com, November 1, 2010
160: </strong></font><br>
161: Good coverage of the release: new drivers, new features, and more.
162: <p>
163:
164: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
165: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20101101163826'>
166: OpenBSD 4.8 Released!</a>
167: www.undeadly.org, November 1, 2010
168: </strong></font><br>
169: Undeadly mentions the release; this article has a full list of the
170: enhancements and improvements.
171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
174: <a href='http://www.osnews.com/story/23978/OpenBSD_4_8_Released'>
175: OpenBSD 4.8 Released</a>
1.587 ian 176: www.osnews.com, November 1, 2010
1.586 ian 177: </strong></font><br>
178: OSNews again is one of the first out with coverage of the 4.8 release,
179: although it's just a summary this time out.
180: <p>
181:
182: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
183: <a href='http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=openbsd'>
184: DistroWatch.com: OpenBSD</a>
185: distrowatch.com, November 1, 2010
186: </strong></font><br>
187: DistroWatch has a list of many links related to OpenBSD,
188: and have updated their site to reflect the 4.8 release.
189: <p>
190:
191: </ul>
1.584 jasper 192:
193: <h2>September, 2009</h2>
194: <ul>
195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
196: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1393496">
197: Security in your pocket: OpenBSD on ARM</a>, informIT, September 11, 2009
198: </strong></font><br>
199: Interview with Dale Rahn (drahn@) about OpenBSD on ARM handheld systems and
200: why users and vendors should consider it as a real alternative.
201: <p>
202: </ul>
203:
1.582 grunk 204: <h2>January, 2009</h2>
205: <ul>
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
207: [GERMAN]
208: <a href="http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre105.html">
209: OpenBSD -- Technik und Entwicklerkultur des alternativen Betriebssystems
210: </a>, Chaosradio Express, January 28, 2009</strong></font><br>
211: OpenBSD developer Felix Kronlage (fkr@openbsd.org) in interview
212: with Chaosradio Express host Tim Pritlove from the Chaos Computer Club.
213: <p>
214: </ul>
215:
1.581 ian 216: <h2>April, 2008</h2>
217: <ul>
218:
219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
220: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/19700/OpenBSD_4.3_Released">
221: OpenBSD 4.3 Released</a>, OSNews, April 30, 2008
222: </strong></font><br>
223: OSNews is among the first to mention the newest release:
224: "Theo de Raadt has lifted the veil off OpenBSD 4.3. <i>We are pleased
225: to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.3. This is our 23nd
226: release on CD-ROM (and 24rd via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's
227: record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the
228: default install.</i> Boasting as always, but when it's justified,
229: arrogance is a virtue."
230: <p>
231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
233: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2008/04/29/puffy-and-the-crytonauts-whats-new-in-openbsd-43.html">
234: Puffy and the Cryptonauts: What's New in OpenBSD 4.3</a>, onLamp, April 29, 2008
235: </strong></font><br>
236: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD developers
237: about the changes in the 4.3 release, providing a more comprehensive overview
238: than others.
239: Topics range across
240: networking (including new and improved drivers, and our own SNMP implementation),
241: storage (faster flash, bigger disk support),
242: platforms (Sparc64 SMP, audio drivers),
243: kernel improvements, malloc support, read/write cleanups, and much more.
244: <p>
245:
246: </ul>
247:
1.573 ian 248: <h2>November, 2007</h2>
249: <ul>
250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.574 ian 251: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/87">
252: Using OpenBSD 4.2</a>, Software In Review, November 5, 2007
253: </strong></font><br>
254: Jem Matzem advocates using OpenBSD and shows readers how to get
255: started and some hints on using the system after it's installed,
256: including setting up ports/packages to use third-party software.
257: Under the "For More Information" category, he acknowledges that
258: "OpenBSD has the most thorough, easy to follow native documentation
259: of any Unix-like operating system..."
260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
263: <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/11/a_few_cheers_fo.html">
264: A Few Cheers For OpenBSD</a>, Information Week, November 2, 2007
265: </strong></font><br>
266: "With all of the hollering about Linux..., there's another open-source
267: operating system that just celebrated getting a new 4.2 release out
268: the door. It's one that hasn't been quite as widely-celebrated as
269: Linux but is still deeply important in its own way: OpenBSD"
270: Talks about how BSD is real UNIX, and what that means, and our
271: security policy "secure by default".
272: Ends with a reminder that Linux is
273: "not the only open-source, Unix-like game in town."
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.573 ian 277: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/7155">
278: Puffy's Marathon: What's New in OpenBSD 4.2</a>, onLamp, Nov 1, 2007
279: </strong></font><br>
280: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed almost two dozen OpenBSD developers
281: and combined their comments into this interview. Opens with:
282: "...this release comes with some amazing performance improvements: basic
283: benchmarks showed PF being twice as fast, a rewrite of the TLB
284: shootdown code for i386 and amd64 cut the time to do a full package
285: build by 20 percent (mostly because all the forks in configure
286: scripts have become much cheaper), and the improved frequency scaling
287: on MP systems can help save nearly 20 percent of battery power.
288: <p>
289: "And then the new features: FFS2, support for the Advanced Host
290: Controller Interface, IP balancing in CARP, layer 7 manipulation
291: with hoststated, Xenocara, and more!"
292: <p>
293: And goes on to discuss each of these and more with the good folk
294: who make it happen.
295: <p>
296:
297: </ul>
298:
1.572 ian 299: <h2>July, 2007</h2>
300: <ul>
301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
302: <a href="http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/797/openbsd-encrypted-nas-howto">
1.578 ian 303: OpenBSD Encrypted NAS How-To</a>, geektechnique.org, July 15, 2007
1.572 ian 304: </strong></font><br>
305: Mark Hoekstra gives a detailed step-by-step description of how to
306: build an encrypted
307: network storage box using off-the-shelf hardware and OpenBSD software.
308: <br>
309: Also reported in
310: <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/07/16/002203.shtml">SlashDot
311: </a> and
312: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/news.php?id=14877">net-security</a>.
313: <p>
314:
315: </ul>
316:
1.569 ian 317: <h2>May, 2007</h2>
318: <ul>
319:
320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.570 simon 321: [GERMAN]
322: OpenBSD 4.1 bietet Lastverteilung auf Layer 7,
323: iX magazine, May 18, 2007
324: </strong></font><br>
325: The German IT magazine iX reviews the new hoststated(8) Host Status Daemon that
326: comes with OpenBSD 4.1. The article describes various configurations including
327: SSL acceleration and gives a good insight into what hoststated(8) can do for the
328: reader.
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.569 ian 332: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/05/03/openbsd-41-puffy-strikes-again.html">
333: OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again</a>, ONLamp, May 5, 2007
334: </strong></font><br>
335: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a number of developers about the major
336: changes in 4.1: Mark Kettenis on UltraSPARC III and UltraSPARC T1;
337: Otto Moerbeek on the landisk port and fsck_ffs;
338: Artur Grabowski on rthreads and AMD64 timekeeping;
339: Kurt Miller on pthreads and, with Robert Nagy, on OpenOffice;
340: Marc Espie on the changes "under the hood" in
341: the package tools and on the new pkg_config;
342: Matthieu Herrb on our new X11 build system xenocara,
1.575 tobias 343: Henning Brauer on syslogd, hoststated and RSTP;
1.569 ian 344: Henning and Claudio Jeker on a variety of topics in routing and PF;
345: Bob Beck on spam fighting;
346: and Jonathan Gray on WEP and on why authpf is better than WPA/WPA2.
347: Quite readable overview of some of the main issues in this release.
1.582 grunk 348: <br>
349: Linked to from
1.569 ian 350: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php/17851/OpenBSD-4.1-Puffy-Strikes-Again/">OSNews</a>.
351: Mentions of the release also appeared in
352: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1483">Tectonic</a>,
353: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/newsvac/07/05/02/1320248.shtml">Newsforge</a>
354: and
355: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/07/05/01/2231229.shtml">SlashDot</a>
356: (the latter two include pointers to official release announcements).
357: <p>
358:
359: </ul>
360:
1.565 ian 361: <h2>April, 2007</h2>
362: <ul>
363:
364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
365: <a href="http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/28/1522252">
366: Reducing spam with OpenBSD and spamd</a>, Linux.com, April 11, 2007
367: </strong></font><br>
368: This is the first installment of a multi-part article on using OpenBSD's
369: anti-spam tools. This part contains a general overview of spamd, greylisting
370: and tarpitting. Later installments will cover the how-to details.
371: <p>
372:
373:
374: </ul>
375:
1.560 ian 376: <h2>March, 2007</h2>
377: <ul>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.564 ian 380: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2007/03/bsdtalk105-intro-to-pf-with-jason-dixon.html">
381: Introduction to PF with Jason Dixon</a>, BSDTalk 105, March 26, 2007
382: </strong></font><br>
383: Jason provides a nice general overview of OpenBSD's Packet Filter PF,
384: emphasizing the "why" rather than the "how" of using PF.
385: Goes over pf's history, initial setup, stateful filtering,
386: normalization with "scrub", use of synproxy, authpf,
387: CARP and pfsync, GUI configurations vs config files, the pfsense project,
1.576 martynas 388: logging, transparent bridges, AltQ queuing, macros, lists and tables,
1.579 ian 389: and the tie-in to spamd.
1.564 ian 390: <p>
391:
392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 393: <a href="http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=30120&hilite=">
1.560 ian 394: Welsh Government Agency demonstrates Open Source best practice</a>,
395: SourceWire, March 8, 2007
396: </strong></font><br>
1.562 ian 397: The Countryside Council for Wales, the UK Government's regional wildlife
398: conservation authority for Wales, has hired UK Open Source service provider Sirius
1.561 saad 399: Corporation to extend OpenBSD's interoperability with the proprietary
400: Cisco IOS software; part of the agreement calls for Sirius to contribute
401: its source changes back to the OpenBSD project.
1.560 ian 402: <p>
403:
404: </ul>
1.558 ian 405:
1.556 matthieu 406: <h2>February, 2007</h2>
407: <ul>
408:
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.558 ian 410: <a href="http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/is_symantecs_vista_security_assessment_credible.html">
411: Is Symantec's Vista Security Assessment Credible?</a>, Microsoft Watch, February 28, 2007
412: </strong></font><br>
413: This paper is nominally about the relationship between Symantec and Microsoft,
414: talking about a white paper released by the former.
415: But it's quite revealing about Microsoft itself.
416: "Even Microsoft... now acknowledges that UAC (User Account Control) -
417: Vista's most [high-]profile security feature - is vulnerable to subversion,
418: particularly through social-engineering tactics."
419: And while the Symantec report says some good things about Vista security,
420: "its criticisms are brutal - for their clarity and foreboding:
421: <blockquote>
422: "Many of the technologies that Microsoft has employed to bolster
423: the security of Windows Vista are not new. In fact, most are
424: derived from the groundwork originally laid by open-source
425: operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD, the PaX and
426: Stackguard projects, as well as numerous academic publications....
427: The majority of these technologies first appeared in Windows
428: XP SP2 [Service Pack 2]. Windows XP SP2, at the time of its
429: release, was also billed as the most secure version of Windows."
430: </blockquote>
431: So remember, folks, if it's about security, you may well have heard it
432: here first, long before Microsoft "invented" it.
433: <p>
434:
435:
436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.557 reyk 437: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/85495">
438: OpenBSD und Linux: Kritik an Stillhalteabkommen für Treiberentwicklung</a>, heise online, February 2, 2007
439: </strong></font><br>
440:
441: Short article about OpenBSD's clear statement against device driver
442: development under non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
443: It attempts to summarize the reaction of the OpenBSD community against the
444: <a href="http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/free_drivers.html">"Free Linux Driver Development"</a>
445: under NDA offered by the linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman which previously raised some
446: discussion.
447: Code written under NDA will make it difficult to improve it in the future
448: because somebody signed an agreement to keep the required hardware
449: documentation secret. For the OpenBSD project
450: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/goals.html">NDAs are never acceptable</a>.
451: <p>
452:
453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.556 matthieu 454: [FRENCH]
455: <a href="http://www.ed-diamond.com/produit.php?produit=462">GNU/Linux
456: Magazine France</a> special issue number 29
457: </strong></font>
458: is dedicated to BSD systems. It features several articles about
459: OpenBSD: a pf tutorial, an article on IPSec and two articles on
460: high-availability with pf and CARP and with dynamic routing protocols
461: using OpenOSPFd and OpenBGPd.
462: <p>
463:
464: </ul>
465:
1.558 ian 466: <h2>January, 2007</h2>
467: <ul>
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
469: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.html">
470: Greylisting with PF</a>, O'Reilly onLAMP, January 18, 2007
471: </strong></font><br>
472: This onLAMP article by Dan Langille leads you through the process of
1.559 ian 473: setting up greylisting using OpenBSD's pf and spamd, which has now been ported
1.558 ian 474: to most other BSD systems. The article is
475: quite detailed, but readers should ignore the FreeBSD-specific stuff
476: like kldload (OpenBSD uses modload, but, OpenBSD always has pf built-in
477: so you don't need this). Parts of the article are based on Bob Beck's
478: <a href="http://www.nycbsdcon.org/speakers#Beck">spamd talk at NYCBSDCon</a>.
479: <p>
480:
481: </ul>
482:
1.550 mbalmer 483: <h2>December, 2006</h2>
484: <ul>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.554 reyk 487: [GERMAN]
488: <a href="http://www.freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=15206">
489: 23C3: Interview mit Henning und Reyk von OpenBSD</a>,
490: Radio Unerhört Marbug, December 29, 2006
491: </strong></font><br>
492: Interview with Henning Brauer and Reyk Flöter about OpenBSD and
493: the latest changes since 4.0 during the 23rd Chaos Communications
494: Congress in Berlin.
495: <p>
496:
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.552 ian 498: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/29/01OPsecadvise_1.html">
1.553 ian 499: New Year's Resolution No. 1: Get OpenBSD</a>,
1.552 ian 500: InfoWorld, December 29, 2006
501: </strong></font><br>
502: InfoWorld's Security Advisor columnist Roger A. Grimes says:
503: "Kick off 2007 with a new, more secure operating system."
504: Citing OpenBSD's code-auditing security process and its
505: excellent security record, Grimes advises readers to give the system a try.
506: Despite repeating some old canards about the "unfriendly" install, he
507: notes favorably that
508: "OpenBSD is shipped secure-by-default, with all non-essential services disabled.
509: You won't find NFS, mountd, or Apache [httpd] enabled by default.
510: The /bin and /sbin folders will be emptier than other Linux or BSD distros.
511: Install OpenBSD and you can be assured that it doesn't default to an insecure state."
512: <p>
513:
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.551 xsa 515: [GERMAN]
1.550 mbalmer 516: <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2007/01/074/">
517: OpenBSD 4.0 - Kanadische Eröffnung</a>
518: iX magazine, December 14, 2006
519: </strong></font><br>
1.570 simon 520: The German IT magazine iX reviews the 4.0 release of OpenBSD and also mentions
1.550 mbalmer 521: why we don't support blobs and why this is beneficial to our users.
522: The article gives OpenBSD a very good rating for being strictly free software,
523: its swift installation, the support for upgrades, and the large number of
524: platforms and architectures it runs on.
525: <p>
526:
527: </ul>
528:
1.546 ian 529: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
530: <ul>
531:
1.549 ian 532: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.582 grunk 533: <a href='http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061110204834'>
1.549 ian 534: Official support for OpenBSD in Parallels Workstation</a>
535: undeadly.org, November 10, 2006
536: </strong></font><br>
537: OpenBSD is now supported by Parallels, a commercial OS
538: virtualization product for Mac OS X, Linux or MS-Windows.
539: In addition to allowing users to run both OpenBSD and one of those other
540: systems concurrently, the announcement means that developers with Intel Mac
541: hardware can run multiple test systems; the Undeadly Editor adds:
542: "I've had up to six OpenBSD guest systems operating simultaneously,
543: versions 3.8 through 4.0 (and -current)."
544: This also reinforces the increasing commercial acceptance of our favorite OS.
545: <p>
546:
547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
548: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/bsdtalk082-openbsd-developer-jason.html">
549: Interview with Jason Wright</a>, BSDTalk 82, November 8, 2006
550: </strong></font><br>
551: Jason talks about the OpenBSD development process (particularly for device drivers
552: and getting hardware documentation from vendors), Sun SPARC hardware (particularly
553: the Ultra III), ham radio (APRS) with OpenBSD, and more.
554: <p>
555:
556: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
557: <a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6132572.html'>
558: OpenBSD turns 4.0</a>
559: CNET News.com, November 3, 2006
560: </strong></font><br>
561: Stephen Shankland talks about the UltraSPARC III code in 4.0, and notes that
562: OpenBSD has chosen to stay with stable GCC versions rather than moving to
563: the latest and most bloated GCC versions like Linux did.
564: Quotes Theo as saying: OpenBSD doesn't aim for particular niches,
565: but it's popular in network applications... "The biggest
566: users of OpenBSD these days are people who need our fancy networking
567: features..."
568: <p>
569:
1.546 ian 570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
571: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
572: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
573: </strong></font><br>
574: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
575: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
576: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
577: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
578: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
579: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
580: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
581: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
582: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
583: several of the most important new features, evaluates
584: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
1.548 saad 585: He also offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
1.546 ian 586: the project even better.
587: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
588: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
589: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
590: the music behind it.
591: <p>
592:
1.547 ian 593: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
594: <a href='http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1243'>
595: Big changes with OpenBSD 4.0 out today</a>
596: Tectonic, November 1, 2006
597: </strong></font><br>
598: "With his characteristic no-frills approach OpenBSD team leader
599: Theo de Raadt this morning announced the release of OpenBSD 4.0."
600: This article lists the highlights of the 4.0 release and
601: tells readers where to order CD's or download the release.
602: Quotes Theo: ""We are pleased to announce the official release of
603: OpenBSD 4.0. This is our 20th release on CD-Rom (and 21st via FTP).
604: We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only a single
605: remote hole in the default install,"
606: <p>
607:
608: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
609: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8123.html'>
610: OpenBSD 4.0 released</a>
611: Ars Technica, November 1, 2006
612: </strong></font><br>
613: A short note about the 4.0 release; refers to the O'ReillyNet article below.
614: <p>
615:
1.546 ian 616: </ul>
617:
1.539 ian 618: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
619: <ul>
1.540 ian 620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ian 622: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
623: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
624: </strong></font><br>
625: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
626: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
1.548 saad 627: Topics include the new blob-free wireless drivers, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
1.546 ian 628: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
629: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
630: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
631: <p>
632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 634: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
635: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
636: </strong></font><br>
637: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
638: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
639: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
640: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
641: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
642: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
643: for his many customers.
644: <p>
645:
646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 647: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
648: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
649: </strong></font><br>
650: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
651: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
652: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
653: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
654: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
655: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
656: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
657: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
658: also do."
659: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
660: seats already."
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
664: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
665: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
666: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
667: </strong></font><br>
668: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
669: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
670: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
671: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
672: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
673: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
674: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
675: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
676: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
677: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
678: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
679: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
680: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
681: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
682: <p>
683:
684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 685: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
1.541 ian 686: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
687: </strong></font><br>
688: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
689: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
690: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
691: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
692: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
693: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
694: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 695: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 699: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
700: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
701: </strong></font><br>
702: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
703: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
704: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
1.582 grunk 705: <br>
1.540 ian 706: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
707: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
708: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
709: overflows and vulnerabilities."
1.582 grunk 710: <br>
1.540 ian 711: And, Grimes generalizes,
712: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
713: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
714: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
715: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
716: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
717: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
718: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
719: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
720: happened."
721: Worth reading!
722: <p>
723:
1.539 ian 724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
725: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
726: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
727: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
728: </strong></font><br>
729: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
730: redistributable firmware from Intel.
731: <p>
732:
733: </ul>
734:
1.536 grunk 735: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
736: <ul>
737:
738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 739: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
740: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
741: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
742: </strong></font><br>
743: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
744: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
745: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
746: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
747: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
748: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
749: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
750: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
751: for ages over these chipsets.
752: Quotes Theo as saying:
753: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
754: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
755: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
756: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
757: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
758: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
759: <p>
760:
761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
762: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
763: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
764: </strong></font><br>
765: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
766: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
767: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
768: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
769: <p>
770:
771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 772: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
773: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
774: </strong></font><br>
775: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
776: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
777: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
778: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
779: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
780: <p>
781:
1.537 ian 782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 783: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
1.537 ian 784: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
785: </strong></font><br>
786: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
787: (the official release date is November 1).
788: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
789: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
790: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
791: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
792: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 793: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 794: <p>
795:
1.536 grunk 796: </ul>
797:
1.534 ian 798: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
799: <ul>
800:
801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 802: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
803: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
804: </strong></font><br>
805: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
806: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
807: as a guest operating system under
808: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
809: or "virtualization" system.
810: <p>
811:
812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 813: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
814: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
815: </strong></font><br>
816: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
817: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
818: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
819: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
820: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
821: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
822: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
823: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
824: <p>
825:
826: </ul>
827:
1.531 ian 828: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
829: <ul>
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
831: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
832: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
833: </strong></font><br>
834: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
835: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
836: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
837: The article quotes Theo as saying
838: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
839: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
840: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
841: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
842: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
843: and describes the funding issues as well.
844: <p>
845:
846: </ul>
847:
1.525 ian 848: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
849: <ul>
850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 851: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 852: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
853: </strong></font><br>
854: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
855: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
856: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
857: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
858: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
859: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
860: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
861: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
862: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
863: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
864: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
865: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
866: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
867: <p>
868:
869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 870: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 871: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
872: </strong></font><br>
873: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
874: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
875: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
876: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
877: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
878: <p>
879:
1.526 ian 880: </ul>
1.525 ian 881:
1.514 ian 882: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
883: <ul>
1.524 ian 884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
885: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
886: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
887: </strong></font><br>
888: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
889: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
890: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
891: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
892: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
893: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
894: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
895: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
896: to make them useful.
897: <p>
1.518 ian 898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 900: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 901: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
902: and
903: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 904: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 905: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 906: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 907: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 908: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
909: their plans for the week.
910: <p>
911:
912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 913: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
914: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
915: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
916: </strong></font><br>
917: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
918: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
919: <p>
920:
921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 922: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
923: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
924: </strong></font><br>
925: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
926: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
927: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
928: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 929: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 930: (introduced with 3.9).
931: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
932: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
933: <p>
934:
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 936: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
937: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
938: </strong></font><br>
939: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
940: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
941: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
942: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
943: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
944: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
945: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
946: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
947: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
948: <p>
949:
950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
951: [GERMAN]
952: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
953: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
954: </strong></font><br>
955: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
1.580 tobias 956: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peereboom's
1.535 steven 957: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 958: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
959: is connected to OpenBSD.
960: <p>
961:
1.514 ian 962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
963: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
964: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
965: </strong></font><br>
966: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
967: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
968: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 969: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 970: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 971: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 972: running this project) is so important to Theo,
973: and even why he does mountain biking!
974: <p>
975:
976: </ul>
977:
1.503 ian 978: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
979: <ul>
980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 981: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
982: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
983: </strong></font><br>
984: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
985: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
986: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
987: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
988: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
989: <blockquote>
990: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
991: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
992: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
993: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
994: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
995: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
996: </blockquote>
997: This is just plain cool."
998: <p>
999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 1001: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
1002: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
1003: </strong></font><br>
1004: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
1005: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
1006: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 1007: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 1008: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
1009: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
1010: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
1011: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
1012: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
1013: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 1014: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 1015: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
1016: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
1017: <p>
1018:
1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 1020: [GERMAN]
1021: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
1022: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
1023: </strong></font><br>
1024: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
1025: are and why they are bad.
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 1029: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
1030: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
1033: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
1034: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
1035: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
1036: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
1037: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
1038: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
1039: pages."
1040: <p>
1041:
1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 1043: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
1044: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
1045: </strong></font><br>
1046: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
1047: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
1048: and continues:
1049: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
1050: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
1051: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
1052: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
1053: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
1054: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
1055: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
1056: and more. Final thought:
1057: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
1058: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
1059: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
1060: true for business environments."
1061: <p>
1062:
1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 1064: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 1065: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.511 djm 1066: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1.509 djm 1067: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1068: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
1069: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 1070: for funding.
1.509 djm 1071: <p>
1072:
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 1074: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
1075: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
1076: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1077: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
1078: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
1079: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
1080: <p>
1081:
1082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 1083: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
1084: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
1085: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1086: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
1087: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
1088: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
1089: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
1090: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
1091: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
1092: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
1.582 grunk 1093: <br>
1.529 ian 1094: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 1095: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 1096: hostsearch.com</a> and
1097: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
1098: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 1099: <p>
1100:
1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 1102: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
1103: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
1104: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
1105: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 1106: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 1107: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 1108: is punctuated with examples.
1109: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 1110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
1111: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 1112: and
1.535 steven 1113: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 1114: <p>
1115:
1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 1117: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
1118: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
1119: </strong></font><br>
1120: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
1121: further OpenSSH development.
1122: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
1123: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
1124: project's funding needs for all time.
1125: <p>
1.504 bernd 1126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1127: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
1128: April 3, 2006
1129: </strong></font><br>
1130: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
1131: this could compromise future hackathons.
1132: <p>
1.503 ian 1133:
1134: </ul>
1135:
1.487 ian 1136: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
1137: <ul>
1.495 ian 1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 1139: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 1140: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
1143: on topics including "Puffy",
1144: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
1145: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
1146: what's new in 3.9,
1147: and of course project expenses.
1148: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
1149: <!--
1150: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
1151: -->
1152: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
1153: <p>
1154:
1155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 1156: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
1157: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
1158: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 1159: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
1160: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 1161: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
1162: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
1163: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
1164: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
1165: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
1166: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
1167: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
1168: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
1169: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
1170: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
1171: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
1172: but Matzan does - is that
1173: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
1174: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
1175: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
1176: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
1.582 grunk 1177: <br>
1.498 ian 1178: <p>
1179:
1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1181: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
1182: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
1183: </strong></font><br>
1184: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
1185: "blob" drivers, and more.
1186: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
1187: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
1188: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
1189: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
1190: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
1191: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
1192: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
1193: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
1194: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
1195: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
1196: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
1197: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
1198: <p>
1199:
1200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 1201: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
1202: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
1203: </strong></font><br>
1204: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
1205: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
1206: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
1207: in general temperature and environmental issues.
1208: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
1209: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
1210: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
1211: other major operating systems." ...
1212: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
1213: machines running in
1214: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
1215: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
1216: <p>
1217:
1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1219: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
1220: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
1221: </strong></font><br>
1222: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
1223: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
1224: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
1225: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
1226: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
1227: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
1228: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
1229: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
1230: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
1231: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
1232: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
1233: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
1234: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
1235: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
1236: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
1237: <p>
1238:
1.487 ian 1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 1240: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
1241: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
1242: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 1243: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 1244: financial situation.
1245: <p>
1246:
1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 1248: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
1249: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
1250: </strong></font><br>
1251: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
1252: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
1253: produce our favorite operating system.
1254: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
1255: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
1256: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
1257: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
1258: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.582 grunk 1259: <br>
1.496 ian 1260: Also online at
1261: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
1262: <p>
1263:
1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1265: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
1266: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
1267: </strong></font><br>
1268: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
1269: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
1270: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
1271: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
1272: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
1273: sustain indefinitely."
1274: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
1275: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
1276: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
1277: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
1278: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 1279: <p>
1280:
1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 1282: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
1283: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
1284: </strong></font><br>
1285: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
1286: with a reminder that
1287: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
1288: used nowadays almost everywhere."
1289: Ends with this quote from Marco:
1290: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
1291: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
1292: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
1293: <p>
1294:
1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 1296: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 1297: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
1298: </strong></font><br>
1299: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
1300: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
1301: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
1302: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
1303: a few of them each year.
1304: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
1305: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
1306: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
1307: to the OpenBSD project.
1308: It's time for them to do so.
1309: <p>
1310:
1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 1312: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
1313: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
1314: </strong></font><br>
1315: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
1316: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
1317: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
1318: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
1319: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
1320: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
1321: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
1322: <p>
1323:
1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 1325: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
1326: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 1327: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
1328: <!-- North America mirror:
1329: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 1330: -->
1.490 deraadt 1331: European mirror:
1332: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
1333: <br>
1334: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 1335: <p>
1336:
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 1338: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
1339: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1340: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 1341: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
1342: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
1343: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
1344: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
1345: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
1346: designed to provide reliability and security.
1347: <p>
1348:
1349: </ul>
1350:
1.485 ian 1351: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
1352: <ul>
1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 1354: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
1355: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1356: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 1357: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 1358: installations in about four minutes flat".
1359: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
1360: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 1361: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 1362: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
1363: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
1364: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
1365: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
1366: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
1367: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
1368: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
1369: the steps in the article.
1370: <p>
1371:
1372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 1373: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
1374: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
1375: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
1376: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
1377: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
1378: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
1379: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
1380: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
1381: happening in real life.
1382: <p>
1383:
1384: </ul>
1385:
1.492 ian 1386: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
1387: <ul>
1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1389: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
1390: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1391: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
1392: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
1393: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
1394: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 1395: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 1396: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
1397: </ul>
1398:
1.483 ian 1399: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
1400: <ul>
1.555 reyk 1401:
1.483 ian 1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.555 reyk 1403: [GERMAN]
1404: <a href="http://www.ini.unizh.ch/~stephan/articles/openbsd/064-069_linux-bsd-fw.pdf">
1405: Wehrhaft abtauchen - HA-fähige Firewall mit OpenBSD/PF</a>, Linux-Magazin, December 2005
1406: </strong></font><br>
1407: High available firewall setups are considered as the high arts of network protection.
1408: Due to clustering the network stays online even if one firewall fails. This article
1409: from Stephan A. Rickauer (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH / University Zurich) shows
1410: how well OpenBSD/PF performs in comparison to the well-known duo Linux/Netfilter.
1411: <p>
1412:
1413: </p></li><li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 1414: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
1415: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1416: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
1417: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
1418: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
1419: <p>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1422: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 1423: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
1424: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
1425: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
1426: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
1427: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
1428: to sites with more information on most topics.
1429: <p>
1430:
1431: </ul>
1432:
1433:
1.479 grunk 1434: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
1435: <ul>
1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1437: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 1438: Goes to Venice</a>,
1439: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1440: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 1441: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
1.582 grunk 1442: <br>
1.482 ian 1443: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
1444: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
1445: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 1446: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 1447: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
1448: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
1449: Contains a link to
1450: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
1451: pval's summary slides</a>.
1452: <p>
1453:
1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 1455: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
1456: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
1457: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
1458: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
1459: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
1460: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
1461: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
1462: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 1463: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 1464: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
1465: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
1466: the packages and ports system"</i>.
1467: <p>
1468:
1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1470: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
1471: Return of The BSDs</a>,
1472: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1473: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
1474: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
1475: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
1476: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
1477: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
1478: quotes from Bob Beck.
1479: <p>
1480:
1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 1482: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
1483: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
1484: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 1485: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
1486: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 1487: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
1488: and Linux.<br>
1489: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
1490: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
1491: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
1492: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
1493: of the release
1494: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
1495: <p>
1496: </ul>
1497:
1.476 ian 1498: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
1499: <ul>
1500:
1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1502: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
1503: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
1504: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
1505: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
1506: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
1507: and too unreliable.
1508: This quote will rattle some cages:
1509: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
1510: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
1511: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
1512: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
1513: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
1514: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
1515: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
1516: costs without any commercial lock-in."
1517: <p>
1518:
1.477 saad 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1520: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
1521: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
1522: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1523: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1524: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
1525: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
1526: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
1527: discussion about future plans.
1528: <p>
1529:
1.478 grunk 1530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1531: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
1532: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
1533: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
1534: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
1535: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
1536: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
1537: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
1538: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
1539: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
1540: <p>
1541:
1.476 ian 1542: </ul>
1543:
1.470 saad 1544: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
1545: <ul>
1546:
1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 1548: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
1549: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
1550: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1551: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
1552: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
1553: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
1554: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
1555: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
1556: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
1557: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
1558: <p>
1559:
1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 1561: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
1562: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
1563: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
1564: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
1565: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
1566: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
1567: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
1568: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
1569: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
1570: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
1571: <p>
1572:
1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1574: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
1575: Big debate over small packets</a>,
1576: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
1577: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
1578: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
1579: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
1580: draft.
1581: <p>
1582:
1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1584: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1585: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1586: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1587: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1588: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1589: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1590: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1591: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1592: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1593: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1594: <p>
1595:
1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1597: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1598: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1599: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1600: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1601: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1602: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1603: performance data with pfstat.
1604: <p>
1605:
1606: </ul>
1607:
1.461 grunk 1608: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1609: <ul>
1610:
1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1612: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1613: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1614: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1615: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1616: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1617: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1618: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1619: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1620: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1621: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1622: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1623: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1624: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1625: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1626: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1627: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1628: <p>
1629:
1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1631: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1632: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1633: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1634: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1635: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1636: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1637: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1638: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1639: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1640: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1641: <p>
1642:
1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1644: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1645: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1646: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1647: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1648: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1649: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1650: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1651: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1652: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1653: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1654: commercial vendors.
1655: <p>
1656:
1657: </ul>
1658:
1.454 ian 1659: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1660: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1661:
1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1663: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1664: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1665: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1666: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1667: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1668: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1669: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1670: <br>
1671: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1672: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1673: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1674: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1675: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1676: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1677: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1678: <p>
1679:
1.454 ian 1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1681: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1682: Free Bird</a>,
1683: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1684: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1685: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1686: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1687: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1688: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1689: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1690: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1691: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1692: room will only be available in the print edition.
1693: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1694:
1.458 niallo 1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1696: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1697: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1698: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1699: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1700: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1701: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1702: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1703: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1704: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1705:
1.456 niallo 1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1707: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1708: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1709: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1710: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1711: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1712: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1713: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1714: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1715: interview.</a>
1716: <p>
1717:
1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1719: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1720: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1721: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1722: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1723: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1724: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1725: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1726: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1727: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1728: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1729: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1730: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1731: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1732: "I have never used it."
1733: <p>
1734:
1735: </ul>
1736:
1.441 deraadt 1737: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1738: <ul>
1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1740: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1741: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1742: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1743: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1744: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1745: future enhancements.
1746: <p>
1747:
1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1749: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1750: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1751: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1752: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1753: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1754: North America mirror:
1755: <ul>
1.452 marco 1756: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1757: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1758: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1759: </ul>
1760: European mirror:
1761: <ul>
1.452 marco 1762: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1763: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1764: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1765: </ul>
1766: <p>
1767:
1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1769: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1770: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1771: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1772: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1773: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1774: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1775: <p>
1776:
1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1778: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1779: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1780: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1781: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1782: first-hand account.
1783: <p>
1784:
1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1786: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1787: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1788: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1789: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1790: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1791: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1792: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1793: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1794: <p>
1795:
1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1797: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1798: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1799: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1800: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1801: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1802: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1803: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1804: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1805: <p>
1806:
1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1808: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1809: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1810: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1811: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1812: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1813: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1814: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1815: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1816: <p>
1817:
1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1819: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1820: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1821: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1822: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1823: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1824: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1825: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1826: <p>
1827:
1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1829: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1830: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1831: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1832: </strong></font><br>
1833: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1834: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1835: with OpenBSD.
1836: </ul>
1837:
1.436 henning 1838: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1839: <ul>
1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1841: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1842: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1843: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1844: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1845: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1846: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1847: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1848: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1849: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1850: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1851: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1852: <p>
1853: This article can also be found online as
1854: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1855: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1856: <p>
1857:
1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1859: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1860: </strong></font><br>
1861: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1862: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
1863: <p>
1864:
1865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1866: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1867: </strong></font><br>
1868: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1869: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1870: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1871: the issues we had with IETF.
1872: </ul>
1873:
1.431 ian 1874: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1875: <ul>
1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1877: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1878: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1879: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1880: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1881: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1882: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1883: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1884: <p>
1885:
1886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1887: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1888: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1889: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1890: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1891: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1892: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1893: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1894: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1895: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1896: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1897: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1898: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1899: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1900: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1901: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1902:
1903: </ul>
1904:
1.427 matthieu 1905: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1906: <ul>
1907:
1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1909: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1910: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1911: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1912: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1913: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1914: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1915: firmware.
1.434 ian 1916: Similar articles can be found online at:
1917: <ul>
1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1919: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1920: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1921: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1923: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1924: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1925: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1927: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1928: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1929: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1931: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1932: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1933: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1934: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1935: </ul>
1936:
1.426 ian 1937: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1938: <ul>
1939:
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1941: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1942: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1943: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1944: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1945: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1946: mechanism: what it is and why and
1947: how to use it, with examples.
1948: Another excerpt from the book
1.588 deraadt 1949: "Secure Architectures with OpenBSD" by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1.426 ian 1950: <p>
1951:
1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1953: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1954: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1955: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1956: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1957: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1958: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1959: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1960: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1961: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1962: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1963: This article is a sample chapter from
1.588 deraadt 1964: "Secure Architectures with OpenBSD" by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1.426 ian 1965: <p>
1.443 ian 1966:
1967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1968: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1969: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1970: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1971: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1972: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1973: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1974: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1975: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1976: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1977: ends with a sidebar on security.
1978: <p>
1.426 ian 1979: </ul>
1980:
1.424 ian 1981: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1982: <ul>
1983:
1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1985: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1986: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1987: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1988: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
1989: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
1990: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
1991: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
1992: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
1993: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
1994: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
1995: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
1996: <p>
1997: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
1998: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
1999: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
2000: <p>
2001:
2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 2003: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
2004: Closed Source Hardware</a>
2005: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
2006: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
2007: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
2008: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
2009: operating systems.
2010: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
2011: OpenBSD on his firewall.
2012: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
2013: systems, he writes:
2014: <blockquote>
2015: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
2016: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
2017: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
2018: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
2019: to the operating system...
1.582 grunk 2020: <br>
1.424 ian 2021: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
2022: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
2023: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
2024: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
2025: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
2026: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
2027: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
2028: in a closed source operating system).
2029: <br/>
2030: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
2031: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
2032: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
2033: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
2034: </blockquote>
2035: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
2036: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
2037: their hardware and software operates.
2038: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
2039: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 2040: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 2041: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
2042: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
2043: <p>
2044: </ul>
2045:
1.417 pvalchev 2046: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
2047: <ul>
1.421 ian 2048:
1.417 pvalchev 2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 2050: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
2051: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
2052: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
2053: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
2054: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
2055: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
2056: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
2057: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
2058: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
2059: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
2060: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 2061: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 2062: <p>
2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 2064: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
2065: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
2066: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
2067: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
2068: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
2069: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
2070: it claims to do".
2071: <p>
2072:
2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 2074: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 2075: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
2076: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
2077: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
2078: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 2079: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 2080: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
2081: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
2082: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
2083: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
2084: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
2085: (yes, this is a hint).
2086: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
2087: picked up on the
2088: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
2089: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 2090: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 2091: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
2092: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
2093: <p>
2094:
2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 2096: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
2097: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
2098: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
2099: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
2100: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
2101: questions about the significance and rationale behind
2102: the current efforts.
2103: <p>
2104: </ul>
2105:
1.407 henning 2106: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
2107: <ul>
2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 2109: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
2110: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
2111: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
2112: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
2113: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
2114: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
2115: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
2116: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
2117: <p>
2118:
2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 2120: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
2121: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
2122: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2123: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
2124: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
2125: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
2126: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
2127: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
2128: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 2129: <p>
1.415 ian 2130:
2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2132: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 2133: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
2134: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
2135: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
2136: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
2137: overflow attacks... because
2138: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
2139: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
2140: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
2141: and propolice.
2142: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
2143: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
2144: and that's when the science falls apart."
2145: <p>
2146:
2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 2148: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
2149: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
2150: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
2151: Starts with the question:
2152: <blockquote>
2153: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
2154: <br/>
2155: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
2156: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
2157: <br/>
2158: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
2159: Should we believe them?"
2160: </blockquote>
2161: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
2162: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
2163: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
2164: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
2165: for your mail, web and other online activities.
2166: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
2167: <p>
2168:
2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 2170: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
2171: Simple Simon</a>,
2172: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
2173: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
2174: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
2175: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
2176: routing/firewall, and more.
2177: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
2178: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
2179: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
2180: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
2181: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
2182: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
2183: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
2184: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
2185: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
2186: </blockquote>
2187: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
2188: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
2189: <p>
2190:
2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 2192: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
2193: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 2194: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 2195: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 2196: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
2197: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
2198: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 2199: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 2200: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
2201: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
2202: in spite of it
2203: (registration required, but worth it).
2204: <p>
2205:
2206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2207: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
2208: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
2209: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
2210: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
2211: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
2212: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1.588 deraadt 2213: "The Power of Many",
1.408 nick 2214: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
2215: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
2216: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
2217: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
2218: <p>
2219:
2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 2221: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
2222: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
2223: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
2224: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
2225: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
2226: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
2227: <blockquote>
2228: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
2229: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
2230: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
2231: a lot of analysis.
2232: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
2233: </blockquote>
2234: <p>
2235: </ul>
2236:
1.400 marco 2237: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
2238: <ul>
2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 2240: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
2241: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
2242: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
2243: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
2244: UNIX-like systems.
2245: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
2246: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
2247: <p>
2248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 2249: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
2250: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 2251: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2252: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
2253: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
2254: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
2255: At one point, the article states:
2256: <blockquote>
2257: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
2258: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
2259: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
2260: </blockquote>
2261: And then quotes Theo as saying:
2262: <blockquote>
2263: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
2264: fewer are reading or auditing code."
2265: </blockquote>
2266: <p>
2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2268: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
2269: marks its fifth birthday</a>
2270: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2271: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
2272: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
2273: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
2274: required).
2275: <p>
2276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 2277: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
2278: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
2279: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
2280: </strong></font><br>
2281: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
2282: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
2283: <p>
2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 2285: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
2286: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 2287: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 2288: </strong></font><br>
2289: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
2290: <p>
2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 2292: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
2293: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 2294: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 2295: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 2296: 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 2297: <p>
2298: </ul>
2299:
1.396 henning 2300: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
2301: <ul>
2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 2303: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
2304: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
2305: Unix Review, July, 2004
2306: </strong></font><br>
2307: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
2308: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 2309: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 2310: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
2311: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
2312: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
2313: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
2314: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
2315: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
2316: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
2317: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
2318: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
2319: and even spelling/wording errors.
2320: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
2321: <p>
2322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2323: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 2324: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
2325: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
2326: </strong></font><br>
2327: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
2328: <p>
2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2330: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 2331: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
2332: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
2333: </strong></font><br>
2334: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
2335: <p>
2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 2337: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
2338: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
2339: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
2340: </strong></font><br>
2341: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
2342: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
2343: <p>
2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.595 schwarze 2345: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/press/archiv/pis/20040630.html">
2346: genua moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
2347: German security company genua moves its firewall product line
2348: "genugate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1.396 henning 2349: <p>
2350: </ul>
2351:
1.405 jolan 2352: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
2353: <ul>
1.545 tom 2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2355: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 2356: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 2357: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
2358: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
2359: details on how funds are dispersed.
2360: <p>
2361: </ul>
2362:
1.393 david 2363: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
2364: <ul>
2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 2366: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
2367: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
2368: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
2369: </strong></font><br>
2370: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
2371: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
2372: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
2373: on inserting large number of SQL records.
2374: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
2375: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
2376: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
2377: <p>
2378:
2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2380: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
2381: Secure by Default</a>,
2382: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
2383: </strong></font><br>
2384: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
2385: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
2386: <p>
2387:
2388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2389: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
2390: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
2391: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
2392: </strong></font><br>
2393: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
2394: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
2395: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
2396: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
2397: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
2398: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
2399: <p>
2400:
2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2402: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
2403: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
2404: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
2405: </strong></font><br>
2406: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
2407: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
2408: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
2409: <p>
2410:
2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2412: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
2413: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
2414: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
2415: </strong></font><br>
2416: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
2417: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
2418: <p>
2419: </ul>
2420:
1.388 mcbride 2421: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
2422: <ul>
1.394 jolan 2423:
2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2425: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
2426: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
2427: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
2428: </strong></font><br>
2429: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
2430: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
2431: available for sparc64.
2432: <p>
2433:
1.390 beck 2434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2435: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
2436: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
2437: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
2438: </strong></font><br>
2439: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
2440: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
2441: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
2442: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
2443: <p>
2444:
2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 2446: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
2447: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 2448: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 2449: </strong></font><br>
2450: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
2451: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
2452: it does: CARP provides sharing
2453: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
2454: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
2455: detail to get you started using it.
2456: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
2457: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
2458: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
2459: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
2460: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
2461: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
2462: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 2463: <p>
1.391 ian 2464:
2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 2466: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 2467: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
2468: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 2469: </strong></font><br>
2470: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 2471: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 2472: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 2473: <p>
1.388 mcbride 2474:
2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2476: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
2477: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 2478: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 2479: </strong></font><br>
2480: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
2481: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
2482: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
2483: unencumbered by patents.
2484: <p>
2485: </ul>
2486:
1.378 henning 2487: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
2488: <ul>
1.384 jose 2489:
2490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 2491: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
2492: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
2493: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
2494: </strong></font><br>
2495: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
2496: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
2497: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
2498: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
2499: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
2500: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
2501: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
2502: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
2503: in the page tables."
2504: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
2505: <p>
2506:
2507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2508: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
2509: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
2510: </strong></font><br>
2511: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
2512: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
2513: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
2514: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 2515: <p>
1.384 jose 2516:
1.378 henning 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2518: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
2519: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 2520: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
2521: </strong></font><br>
2522: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
2523: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
2524: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
2525: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
2526: (quote:
2527: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
2528: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 2529: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 2530: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
2531: the other developers for their work on the system.
2532: <p>
2533:
2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2535: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
2536: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
2537: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 2538: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 2539: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
2540: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
2541: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
2542: too.
2543: <p>
2544:
2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 2546: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
2547: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 2548: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 2549: OpenBSD source code using
2550: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
2551: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
2552: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
2553: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
2554: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
2555: <p>
2556: </ul>
2557:
1.374 jose 2558: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
2559: <ul>
2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 2561: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 2562: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
2563: </strong></font><br>
2564: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
2565: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
2566: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
2567: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
2568: it."
2569: <p>
2570:
2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 2572: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
2573: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
2574: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
2575: </strong></font><br/>
2576: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
2577: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
2578: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
2579: <p>
2580: </ul>
2581:
1.369 ian 2582: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2583: <ul>
2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2585: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2586: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2587: </strong></font><br/>
2588: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2589: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2590: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2591: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2592: <p>
2593:
2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2595: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2596: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2597: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2598: </strong></font><br/>
2599: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2600: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2601: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2602: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2603: form factor.
2604: <p>
2605:
2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2607: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2608: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2609: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2610: Features</a>,
2611: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2612: </strong></font><br/>
2613: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2614: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2615: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2616: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2617: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2618: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2619: <p>
2620: This article can also be found online at:
2621: <ul>
2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2623: <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 2624: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2625: </strong></font>
2626: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2627: </ul>
2628: <p>
1.392 david 2629:
1.371 jose 2630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2631: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2632: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2633: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2634: </strong></font><br/>
2635: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2636: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2637: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2638: <p>
1.371 jose 2639:
2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2641: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2642: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2643: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2644: </strong></font><br/>
2645: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2646: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2647: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2648: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2649: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2650: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2651: and its history with OpenBSD.
2652: </ul>
2653:
1.567 kurt 2654: <h2>September, 2003</h2>
2655: <ul>
2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2657: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bsdcon03/tech/full_papers/rosenthal/rosenthal_html/">
2658: A Digital Preservation Network Appliance Based on OpenBSD</a>, BSDcon, September, 2003.
2659: </strong></font><br>
2660: David S. H. Rosenthal's paper on the design, implementation and deployment of the
2661: <a href="http://www.lockss.org">LOCKSS</a> network appliance based on OpenBSD.
2662: </ul>
2663:
1.368 henning 2664: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2665: <ul>
2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2667: [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 2668: </strong></font><br>
2669: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2670: </ul>
2671:
1.364 jose 2672: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2673: <ul>
2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2675: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2676: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2677: UNIX Review,
2678: July, 2003.
2679: </strong></font><br>
2680: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2681: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2682: who want more information.
2683: <p>
2684:
2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2686: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2687: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2688: Government Computer News,
2689: July 22, 2003.
2690: </strong></font><br>
2691: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2692: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2693: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2694: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2695: <p>
2696:
2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2698: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2699: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2700: SANS Institute,
2701: July 22, 2003.
2702: </strong></font><br>
2703: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2704: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2705: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2706: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2707: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2708: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2709: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2710: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2711: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2712: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2713: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2714: <p>
2715:
2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2717: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2718: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2719: OnLamp.com,
2720: July 17, 2003.
2721: </strong></font><br>
2722: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2723: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2724: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2725: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2726: have been working on.
2727:
2728: </ul>
2729:
1.356 jose 2730: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2731: <ul>
2732:
2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2734: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2735: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2736: UNIX Review,
2737: June, 2003.
2738: </strong></font><br>
2739: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2740: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2741: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2742: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2743: <p>
2744:
2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2746: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2747: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2748: eWeek,
2749: June 23, 2003.
2750: </strong></font><br>
2751: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2752: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2753: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2754: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2755: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2756: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2757: <p>
2758:
2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2760: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2761: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2762: Software Development Online,
2763: June, 2003.
2764: </strong></font><br>
2765: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2766: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2767: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2768: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2769: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2770: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2771: current activities.
2772: <p>
2773:
2774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2775: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2776: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2777: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2778: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2779: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2780: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2781: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2782: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2783: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2784: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2785: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2786: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2787: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2788: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2789: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2790: decisions.
2791: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2792: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2793: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2794: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2795: <p>
2796:
2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2798: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2799: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2800: Page 58, eWeek,
2801: June 2, 2003.
2802: </strong></font><br>
2803: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2804: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2805: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2806: been addressed in -current.
2807: <p>
2808:
1.356 jose 2809: </ul>
2810:
2811: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2812: <ul>
2813:
1.355 jose 2814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2815: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2816: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2817: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2818: </strong></font><br>
2819: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2820: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2821: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2822: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2823: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2824: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2825: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2826: <p>
2827:
2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2829: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2830: Beyond Linux</a>,
2831: InfoWorld,
2832: May 23, 2003.
2833: </strong></font><br>
2834: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2835: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2836: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2837: compared to the GPL.
2838: <p>
2839:
2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2841: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2842: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2843: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2844: May 17, 2003.
2845: </strong></font><br>
2846: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2847: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2848: the business section and half of another page inside
2849: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2850: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2851: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2852: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2853: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2854: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2855: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2856: <br>
2857: This article can also be found online at:
2858: <ul>
2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2860: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2861: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2862: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2863: May 17, 2003
2864: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2865: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2867: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2868: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2869: Montreal Gazette,
2870: May 21, 2003
2871: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2872: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2873: <p>
1.346 ian 2874:
2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2876: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2877: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2878: May 7, 2003.
2879: </strong></font><br>
2880: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2881: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2882: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2883: <p>
2884:
2885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2886: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2887: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2888: OsOpinion,
2889: May 6, 2003.
2890: </strong></font><br>
2891: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2892: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2893: <br>
2894: This article can also be found online at:
2895: <ul>
2896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2897: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2898: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2899: NewsFactor Network.
2900: </strong></font>
2901: </ul>
2902: <p>
2903:
2904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2905: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2906: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2907: ITBusiness,
2908: May 2, 2003.
2909: </strong></font><br>
2910: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2911: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2912: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2913: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2914: <p>
2915:
2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2917: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2918: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2919: InfoWorld,
2920: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2921: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2922: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2923: <br>
2924: This article can also be found online at:
2925: <ul>
2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2927: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2928: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2929: IDG Singapore.
2930: </strong></font>
2931: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2932: <p>
2933:
1.339 jose 2934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2935: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2936: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2937: ZDNet,
2938: May 1, 2003.
2939: </strong></font><br>
2940: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2941: someone using parts from previous articles.
2942: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2943: This article can also be found online at:
2944: <ul>
2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2946: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2947: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2948: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2949: </strong></font>
2950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2951: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2952: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2953: CNET News.com.
2954: </strong></font>
2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2956: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2957: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2958: ZDNet UK.
2959: </strong></font>
2960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2961: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2962: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2963: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2964: </strong></font>
2965: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2966: <p>
1.339 jose 2967:
1.341 deraadt 2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 2969: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2970: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2971: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2972: May 1, 2003.
2973: </strong></font><br>
2974: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2975: that have been added
2976: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2977: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2978: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2979: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2980: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2981: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2982: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2983: <p>
2984:
2985: </ul>
2986:
1.253 ian 2987: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
2988: <ul>
1.255 ian 2989:
1.260 ian 2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2991: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 2992: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
2993: TechRepublic,
2994: April 28, 2003.
2995: </strong></font><br>
2996: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
2997: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 2998: work.<br>
2999: Can also be found online at:
3000: <ul>
3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3002: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
3003: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
3004: ZDNet UK.
3005: </strong></font>
3006: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 3007: <p>
3008:
3009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 3010: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
3011: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
3012: IDG,
3013: April 24, 2003.
3014: </strong></font><br>
3015: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
3016: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
3017: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
3018: Can also be found online at:
3019: <ul>
3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3021: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
3022: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 3023: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 3024: </strong></font>
3025: </ul>
3026: <p>
3027:
3028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3029: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 3030: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 3031: Slate,
3032: April 24, 2003.
3033: </strong></font><br>
3034: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
3035: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
3036: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
3037: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
3038: <p>
3039:
3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 3041: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3042: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
3043: April 24, 2003.
3044: </strong></font><br>
3045: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
3046: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
3047: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
3048: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
3049: <p>
3050:
3051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 3052: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
3053: April 24, 2003.
3054: </strong></font><br>
3055: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
3056: the free software community".
3057: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
3058: other articles.
3059: <p>
3060:
3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3062: <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 3063: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
3064: </strong></font><br>
3065: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
3066: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
3067: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
3068: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
3069: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
3070: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
3071: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 3072: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 3073: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
3074: <br/>
3075: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
3076: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
3077: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
3078: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 3079: <br>
3080: Can also be found online at:
3081: <ul>
3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3083: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
3084: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
3085: Common Dreams NewsCenter
3086: </strong></font>
3087: </ul>
1.324 ian 3088: <p>
3089:
3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3091: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
3092: Wired, April 24, 2003.
3093: </strong></font><br>
3094: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
3095: article above.
3096: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
3097: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
3098: wasting them."
1.332 ian 3099: <br>
3100: Can also be found online at:
3101: <ul>
3102: <li>
3103: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
3104: </strong></font>
3105: </ul>
1.324 ian 3106: <p>
3107:
3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 3109: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
3110: </strong></font><br>
3111: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
3112: <p>
3113:
3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 3115: <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.
3116: </strong></font><br>
3117: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
3118: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
3119: <p>
3120:
3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 3122: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
3123: April 23, 2003.
3124: </strong></font><br>
3125: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
3126: <p>
3127:
3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 3129: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 3130: April 22, 2003.
3131: </strong></font><br>
3132: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
3133: <p>
3134:
3135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 3136: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
3137: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
3138: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 3139: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 3140: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
3141: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
3142: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
3143: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
3144: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
3145: Can also be found online at:
3146: <ul>
3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3148: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 3149: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
3150: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 3151: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3153: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 3154: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
3155: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 3156: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 3157: </ul>
3158: <p>
3159:
3160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 3161: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
3162: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 3163: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3164: </strong></font><br>
3165: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 3166: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
3167: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
3168: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
3169: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
3170: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
3171: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 3172: <p>
3173:
3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 3175: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
3176: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 3177: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
3178: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 3179: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
3180: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
3181: at UPenn and DARPA.
3182: <p>
3183:
3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 3185: [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,
3186: France
1.315 deraadt 3187: April 18, 2003.
3188: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 3189: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 3190: <p>
3191:
3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 3193: [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 3194: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3195: </strong></font><br>
3196: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
3197: <p>
3198:
3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 3200: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
3201: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
3202: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 3204: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
3205: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
3206: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
3207: <p>
3208:
3209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 3210: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
3211: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3212: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 3213: </strong></font><br>
3214: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3215: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
3216: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 3217: American century.
1.267 deraadt 3218: <p>
3219:
3220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 3221: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
3222: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3223: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 3224: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 3225: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
3226: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
3227: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
3228: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
3229: Can also be found online at:
3230: <ul>
3231: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
3232: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 3233: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 3234: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 3235: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 3236: <p>
3237:
3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 3239: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 3240: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 3241: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 3242: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 3243: </strong></font><br>
3244: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 3245: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
3246: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
3247: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
3248: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 3249:
3250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3251: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
3252: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
3253: New York Times.
3254: </strong></font>(free registration required)
3255:
1.273 deraadt 3256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3257: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 3258: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 3259: ABC News.
3260: </strong></font>
3261:
3262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3263: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 3264: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 3265: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 3266: </strong></font>
3267:
3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3269: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 3270: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 3271: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 3272: </strong></font>
3273:
3274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 3275: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
3276: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3277: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 3278: </strong></font>
3279:
3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3281: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 3282: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 3283: Times Daily, AL.
3284: </strong></font>
3285:
3286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3287: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
3288: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
3289: Boston.com, MA.
3290: </strong></font>
3291:
3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3293: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 3294: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 3295: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
3296: </strong></font>
3297:
3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 3299: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
3300: [Article was pulled]</a>
3301: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 3302: </strong></font>
3303:
3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3305: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
3306: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
3307: Infoshop News.
3308: </strong></font>
3309:
3310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3311: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
3312: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3313: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
3314: </strong></font>
3315:
3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 3317: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
3318: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
3319: Raleigh News, NC.
3320: </strong></font>
3321:
3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3323: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 3324: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
3325: Napa News, CA.
3326: </strong></font>
3327:
3328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3329: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 3330: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3331: NEPA News, PA.
3332: </strong></font>
3333:
3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3335: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
3336: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
3337: Wired News.
3338: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 3339: <br>
3340: <li>
1.333 deraadt 3341: <font color="#009000"><strong>
3342: [JAPANESE]
3343: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
3344: Wired News Japan</a>
3345: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 3346:
1.271 deraadt 3347: </ul>
3348: <p>
1.272 deraadt 3349: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
3350: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 3351: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
3352: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
3353: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
3354: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
3355: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
3356: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 3357: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 3358: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
3359: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
3360: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 3361: <p>
3362: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 3363:
3364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3365: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 3366: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
3367: Indianapolis Star, IN.
3368: </strong></font>
3369:
3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 3371: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
3372: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3373: Miami Herald, FL.
3374: </strong></font>
3375:
3376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 3377: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3378: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
3379: </strong></font>
3380:
3381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3382: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 3383: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3384: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 3385: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 3386:
3387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3388: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
3389: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
3390: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
3391: ABC News.
3392: </strong></font>
3393:
1.276 deraadt 3394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3395: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 3396: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3397: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 3398: </strong></font>
3399:
1.286 dhartmei 3400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3401: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 3402: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3403: Wilmington Star, NC.
3404: </strong></font>
3405:
1.300 jose 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3407: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
3408: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
3409: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
3410: </strong></font>
3411:
1.309 jose 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3413: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
3414: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
3415: Globe Technology.
3416: </strong></font>
3417:
1.263 deraadt 3418: </ul>
1.262 beck 3419: <p>
3420:
3421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 3422: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
3423: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3424: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 3425: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 3426: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 3427: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
3428: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
3429: <p>
3430:
3431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 3432: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
3433: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
3434: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3435: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 3436: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
3437: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
3438: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
3439: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
3440: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
3441: and simply restates other press reports.
3442: <p>
3443:
3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 3445: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
3446: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3447: OS News, April 18, 2003.
3448: </strong></font><br>
3449: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
3450: <p>
3451:
3452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 3453: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
3454: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3455: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 3456: </strong></font><br>
3457: Another report on the DARPA funding.
3458: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
3459: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
3460: <p>
3461:
3462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 3463: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
3464: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
3465: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
3466: April 17, 2003.
3467: </strong></font><br>
3468: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
3469: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
3470: Tech Anthems</a>
3471: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
3472: 4 so far.
3473: <p>
3474:
3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 3476: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
3477: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3478: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3479: </strong></font><br>
3480: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
3481: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
3482: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
3483: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
3484: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
3485: Goes on to say:
3486: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
3487: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
3488: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
3489: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 3490: This article is also found online at:
3491: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3493: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
3494: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
3495: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3496: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3498: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
3499: ZDnet</a>,
3500: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3501: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3503: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
3504: ZDnet Australia</a>,
3505: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 3506: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 3507: </ul>
1.260 ian 3508: <p>
1.279 deraadt 3509:
1.260 ian 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3511: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 3512: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 3513: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3514: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 3515: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 3516: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
3517: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
3518: without notice or justification.
3519: <p>
3520:
3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 3522: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 3523: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 3524: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3525: </strong></font><br>
3526: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
3527: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 3528: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 3529: effective today, without any warning..."
3530: <p>
1.257 ian 3531:
3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 3533: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
3534: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3535: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 3536: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 3537: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
3538: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
3539: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
3540: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
3541: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 3542: <p>
3543:
3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 3545: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
3546: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3547: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 3548: </strong></font><br>
3549: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
3550: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
3551: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
3552: quoting two of them:
3553: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
3554: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
3555: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
3556: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
3557: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
3558: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
3559: <p>
3560:
1.255 ian 3561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3562: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
3563: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 3564: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3565: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 3566: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 3567: <p>
3568:
3569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 3570: [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 3571: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3572: </strong></font><br>
3573: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3574: <p>
3575:
3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 3577: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
3578: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3579: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 3580: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 3581: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 3582: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
3583: security experts for more than three decades."
3584: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
3585: <p>
1.261 ian 3586:
1.254 drahn 3587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 3588: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 3589: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3590: </strong></font><br>
3591: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3592: <p>
3593:
3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3595: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3596: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3597: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3598: </strong></font><br>
3599: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3600: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3601: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3602: <p>
3603:
3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3605: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3606: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3607: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3608: </strong></font><br>
3609: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3610: from US DARPA.
3611: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3612: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3613: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3614: the BSD license.
3615: <p>
3616: </ul>
3617:
1.251 ian 3618: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3619: <ul>
3620:
3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3622: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3623: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3624: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3625: </strong></font><br>
3626:
3627: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3628: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3629: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3630: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3631: <p>
3632:
3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3634: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3635: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3636: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3637: </strong></font><br>
3638: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3639: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3640: Mentions
3641: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3642: and
3643: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3644: programs.
3645: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3646: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3647: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3648: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3649: <p>
1.325 ian 3650: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3651: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3652:
3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3654: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3655: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3656: </strong></font><br>
3657: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3658: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3659: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3660: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3661: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3662: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3663: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3664: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3665: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3666: put into service."
3667: <p>
3668: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3669: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3670: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3671: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3672: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3673: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3674: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3675: computers with security features."
3676: <p>
1.329 ian 3677:
3678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3679: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3680: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3681: Slate,
3682: March 3, 2003.
3683: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3684: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3685: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3686: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3687: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3688: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3689: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3690: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3691: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3692: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3693: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3694: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3695: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3696: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3697: of more secure open-source solutions like
3698: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3699: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3700: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3701: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3702: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3703: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3704: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3705: the Beltway."
3706: <p>
1.251 ian 3707: </ul>
3708:
1.249 jufi 3709: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3710: <ul>
3711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3712: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3713: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3714: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3715: </strong></font><br>
3716: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3717: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3718: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3719: <p>
1.334 ian 3720:
3721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3722: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3723: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3724: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3725: </strong></font><br>
3726: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3727: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3728: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3729: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3730: "... the hypothetical question ...
3731: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3732: <br>
3733: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3734: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3735: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3736: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3737: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3738: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3739: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3740: support network security.
3741: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3742: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3743: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3744: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3745: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3746: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3747: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3748: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3749: <br>
3750: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3751: <p>
3752:
1.249 jufi 3753: </ul>
3754:
1.246 jufi 3755: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3756: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3757:
1.247 jufi 3758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3759: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3760: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3761: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3762: </strong></font><br>
3763: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3764: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3765: <p>
3766:
1.247 jufi 3767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3768: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3769: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3770: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3771: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3772: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3773: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3774: <p>
3775:
3776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3777: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3778: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3779: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3780: </strong></font><br>
3781: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3782: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3783: <p>
1.247 jufi 3784: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3785:
1.244 jufi 3786: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3787: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3790: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3791: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3792: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3793: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3794: </strong></font><br>
3795: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3796: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3797: md5 digests.
3798: <p>
3799:
1.247 jufi 3800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3801: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3802: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3803: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3804: </strong></font><br>
3805: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3806: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3807: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3808: right the first time."
3809: <p>
1.247 jufi 3810: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3811:
3812:
3813: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3814: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3815:
1.247 jufi 3816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3817: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3818: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3819: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3820: </strong></font><br>
3821: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3822: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3823: part 6</a>.
3824: <p>
3825:
1.247 jufi 3826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3827: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3828: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3829: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3830: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3831: </strong></font><br>
3832: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3833: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3834: <p>
1.301 jose 3835:
3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3837: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3838: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3839: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3840: </strong></font><br>
3841:
3842: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3843: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3844: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3845: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3846: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3847: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3848: <i>Here's the
3849: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3850: <p>
1.247 jufi 3851: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3852:
3853: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3854: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3855:
1.247 jufi 3856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3857: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3858: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3859: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3860: </strong></font><br>
3861: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3862: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3863: <p>
3864:
1.247 jufi 3865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3866: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3867: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3868: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3869: </strong></font><br>
3870: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3871: this time using pf.
3872: <p>
1.247 jufi 3873: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3874:
3875: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3876: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3877:
1.247 jufi 3878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3879: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3880: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3881: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3882: </strong></font><br>
3883: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3884: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3885: their rotation.
3886: <p>
3887:
1.247 jufi 3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3889: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3890: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3891: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3892: </strong></font><br>
3893: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3894: <p>
1.247 jufi 3895: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3896:
1.239 jufi 3897: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3898: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3899:
1.247 jufi 3900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3901: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3902: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3903: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3904: </strong></font><br>
3905: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3906: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3907: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3908: <p>
3909:
1.247 jufi 3910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3911: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3912: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3913: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3914: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3915: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3916: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3917: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3918: <p>
1.247 jufi 3919: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3920:
1.235 lebel 3921: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3922: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3923:
1.239 jufi 3924:
1.247 jufi 3925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3926: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3927: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3928: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3929: </strong></font><br>
3930: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3931: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3932: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3933: <p>
1.301 jose 3934:
1.247 jufi 3935: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3936:
1.228 horacio 3937: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3938: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3939:
1.247 jufi 3940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3941: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3942: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3943: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3944: </strong></font><br>
3945: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3946: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3947: <p>
3948:
1.247 jufi 3949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3950: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3951: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3952: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3953: </strong></font><br>
3954: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3955: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3956: <p>
3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3959: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3960: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3961: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3962: </strong></font><br>
3963: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3964: on the desktop of his parents.
3965: <p>
3966:
1.247 jufi 3967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3968: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3969: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3970: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3971: </strong></font><br>
3972: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3973: using IPFilter.
3974:
3975: <p>
3976:
1.247 jufi 3977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3978: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3979: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3980: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3981: </strong></font><br>
3982: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3983: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3984: perspectives of the four OS.
3985: <br>
3986: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3987: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 3988: <p>
3989:
1.247 jufi 3990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 3991: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
3992: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 3993: software and security</a>,
3994: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 3995: </strong></font><br>
3996:
3997: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
3998: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
3999: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
4000: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
4001: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
4002: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
4003: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
4004: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
4005: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
4006: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
4007: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
4008: security conscious team beyond doubt.
4009: <p>
1.247 jufi 4010: </ul>
1.228 horacio 4011:
1.225 horacio 4012: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 4013: <ul>
1.225 horacio 4014:
1.247 jufi 4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4016: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
4017: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 4018: Interview</a>,
4019: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 4020: </strong></font><br>
4021:
4022: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
4023: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
4024: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 4025: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 4026: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
4027: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
4028: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
4029: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
4030: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 4031: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 4032: of choice.
4033: <p>
1.247 jufi 4034: </ul>
1.225 horacio 4035:
4036: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4037: <ul>
1.225 horacio 4038:
1.247 jufi 4039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4040: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 4041: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
4042: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 4043: </strong></font><br>
4044:
4045: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
4046: <p>
4047:
1.247 jufi 4048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4049: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 4050: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
4051: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 4052: </strong></font><br>
4053:
4054: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
4055: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
4056: <p>
1.247 jufi 4057: </ul>
1.225 horacio 4058:
1.218 horacio 4059: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4060: <ul>
1.218 horacio 4061:
1.247 jufi 4062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 4063: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 4064: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 4065: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 4066: </strong></font><br>
4067:
4068: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
4069: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
4070: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
4071: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
4072: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
4073: subjects. Worth a read.
4074: <p>
4075:
4076:
1.247 jufi 4077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 4078: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 4079: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
4080: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 4081: </strong></font><br>
4082:
4083: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
4084: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
4085: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
4086: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
4087: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
4088: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
4089: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
4090: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
4091: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 4092: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 4093: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
4094: on other operating systems.<br>
4095: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
4096: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
4097: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
4098: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
4099: <p>
4100:
1.247 jufi 4101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4102: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 4103: Operating System 2010</a>,
4104: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 4105: </strong></font><br>
4106:
4107: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
4108: covering the level of software integration into the core
4109: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
4110: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
4111: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
4112: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
4113: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
4114: <p>
4115:
1.247 jufi 4116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 4117: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 4118: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
4119: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 4120: </strong></font><br>
4121:
4122: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
4123: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
4124: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
4125: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
4126: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
4127: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
4128: <p>
1.247 jufi 4129: </ul>
1.221 horacio 4130:
1.210 jufi 4131: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4132: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4133:
1.247 jufi 4134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4135: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 4136: Already a Contender</a>,
4137: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 4138: </strong></font><br>
4139:
4140: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
4141: source software in response to an article which claimed that
4142: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
4143: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
4144: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
4145: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
4146: <p>
4147:
1.247 jufi 4148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 4149: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 4150: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
4151: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 4152: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4153:
1.224 horacio 4154: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
4155: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
4156: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
4157: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
4158: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
4159: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 4160: <p>
1.247 jufi 4161: </ul>
1.215 horacio 4162:
4163: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4164: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4165:
1.247 jufi 4166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4167: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
4168: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 4169: Division</a>,
4170: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 4171: </strong></font><br>
4172:
4173: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
4174: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 4175: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 4176: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
4177: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
4178: investment</em>.<br>
4179: The implementation details can be seen on their
4180: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
4181: <p>
4182:
1.247 jufi 4183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4184: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
4185: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
4186: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
4187: </strong></font><br>
4188:
4189: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
4190: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
4191: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 4192: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 4193: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
4194: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
4195: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
4196: <p>
4197:
4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4199: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 4200: Thinking about Security</a>,
4201: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 4202: </strong></font><br>
4203:
4204: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
4205: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
4206: security and says that even secured operating systems running
4207: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
4208: to time.<br>
4209: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
4210: system and just the most secure system.
4211: <p>
4212:
1.247 jufi 4213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4214: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 4215: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
4216: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 4217: </strong></font><br>
4218:
4219: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
4220: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
4221: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
4222: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
4223: choice:<br>
4224: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
4225: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
4226: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
4227: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
4228: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
4229: network security devices and as such must be well
4230: armored."</em><br>
4231: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
4232: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
4233: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
4234: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
4235: <br>
4236: Bravo!
4237: <p>
1.247 jufi 4238: </ul>
1.210 jufi 4239:
1.207 ian 4240: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4241: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4242:
1.247 jufi 4243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 4244: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
4245: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
4246: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 4247:
1.207 ian 4248: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
4249: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 4250: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 4251: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
4252: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
4253: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 4254: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 4255: <p>
1.247 jufi 4256: </ul>
1.207 ian 4257:
1.194 jufi 4258: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4259: <ul>
1.194 jufi 4260:
1.247 jufi 4261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4262: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 4263: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
4264: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 4265: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4266:
1.240 miod 4267: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 4268: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
4269: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
4270: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
4271: <p>
4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4274: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
4275: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
4276: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
4277:
4278: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
4279: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
4280: <p>
4281:
4282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4283: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
4284: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4285: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
4286:
4287: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
4288: <p>
4289:
4290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4291: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 4292: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
4293: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
4294: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4295:
1.240 miod 4296: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 4297: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 4298: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
4299: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 4300: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 4301: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 4302: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
4303: <br>
1.413 deraadt 4304: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 4305: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
4306: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
4307: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
4308: <p>
4309:
1.247 jufi 4310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 4311: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
4312: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 4313: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 4314: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4315:
1.194 jufi 4316: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
4317: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
4318: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
4319: <br>
4320: The new
4321: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 4322: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 4323: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
4324: <p>
1.247 jufi 4325: </ul>
1.194 jufi 4326:
1.190 horacio 4327: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4328: <ul>
1.190 horacio 4329:
1.247 jufi 4330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 4331:
4332: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
4333: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
4334:
1.301 jose 4335:
1.191 jufi 4336: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
4337: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
4338:
4339: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
4340: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
4341:
1.582 grunk 4342: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20010527142347">
1.212 horacio 4343: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 4344: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
4345:
1.211 horacio 4346: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
4347: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 4348: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
4349:
1.247 jufi 4350: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 4351: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
4352:
1.247 jufi 4353: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 4354: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
4355:
1.212 horacio 4356: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
4357: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 4358: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
4359:
4360: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
4361: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
4362:
4363: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
4364: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
4365:
1.301 jose 4366: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
4367: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
4368:
1.191 jufi 4369: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
4370: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
4371:
4372: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 4373: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 4374:
1.192 jufi 4375: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
4376: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 4377: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 4378:
1.193 deraadt 4379: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
4380: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 4381: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 4382:
1.247 jufi 4383: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 4384: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
4385:
1.247 jufi 4386: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 4387: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
4388: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
4389:
1.213 horacio 4390: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 4391: 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 4392: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
4393:
1.190 horacio 4394: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 4395: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
4396: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
4397: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
4398: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
4399: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
4400: <p>
1.190 horacio 4401:
1.247 jufi 4402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4403: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
4404: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
4405: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 4406: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4407:
1.195 jufi 4408: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 4409: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
4410: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
4411: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 4412: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
4413: <p>
4414:
1.247 jufi 4415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4416: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 4417: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
4418: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
4419: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4420:
1.191 jufi 4421: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 4422: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
4423: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
4424: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
4425: <p>
4426:
4427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4428: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
4429: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4430: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
4431:
4432: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
4433: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 4434: <p>
1.247 jufi 4435: </ul>
1.190 horacio 4436:
1.191 jufi 4437:
1.186 jufi 4438: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4439: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 4440:
1.247 jufi 4441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 4442: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 4443: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
4444: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 4445: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 4446:
1.188 jufi 4447: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 4448: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 4449: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 4450: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
4451: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 4452: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 4453: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 4454: <p>
4455:
1.301 jose 4456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4457: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
4458: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4459: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
4460:
4461: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
4462: <p>
1.191 jufi 4463:
1.247 jufi 4464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 4465: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
4466: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 4467: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 4468: </strong></font><br>
4469:
4470: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
4471: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
4472: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
4473: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
4474: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
4475: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
4476: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
4477: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
4478: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
4479: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
4480: familiar?
4481: <p>
1.247 jufi 4482: </ul>
1.191 jufi 4483:
1.178 louis 4484: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4485: <ul>
1.178 louis 4486:
1.247 jufi 4487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 4488: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 4489: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
4490: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 4491: </strong></font><br>
4492:
4493: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
4494: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
4495: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
4496: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
4497: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
4498: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
4499: <p>
4500:
1.247 jufi 4501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4502: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
4503: Open source under the hood</a>,
4504: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 4505: </strong></font><br>
4506:
4507: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
4508: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
4509: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
4510: <p>
4511:
1.247 jufi 4512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4513: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
4514: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
4515: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 4516: </strong></font><br>
4517:
4518: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
4519: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
4520: <p>
1.247 jufi 4521: </ul>
1.179 louis 4522:
1.174 louis 4523:
1.175 louis 4524: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4525: <ul>
1.175 louis 4526:
1.247 jufi 4527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4528: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
4529: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
4530: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 4531: </strong></font><br>
4532:
4533: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
4534: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
4535: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
4536: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
4537: <p>
4538:
1.247 jufi 4539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4540: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
4541: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
4542: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 4543: </strong></font><br>
4544:
4545: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 4546: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 4547: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
4548: <p>
1.247 jufi 4549: </ul>
1.175 louis 4550:
1.176 louis 4551:
1.172 mickey 4552: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4553: <ul>
1.172 mickey 4554:
1.247 jufi 4555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4556: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
4557: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 4558: </strong></font><br>
4559:
4560: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
4561: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
4562: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 4563: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 4564: <p>
4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 4567: <a
1.269 deraadt 4568: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
4569: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
4570: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 4571: </strong></font><br>
4572:
4573: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
4574: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
4575: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
4576: <p>
4577:
1.247 jufi 4578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4579: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 4580: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
4581: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 4582: </strong></font><br>
4583:
4584: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
4585: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
4586: <p>
4587:
1.247 jufi 4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4589: <a
1.269 deraadt 4590: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4591: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4592: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4593: </strong></font><br>
4594:
4595: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4596: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4597: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4598: our own Theo de Raadt.
4599: <p>
4600:
1.247 jufi 4601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4602: <a
1.269 deraadt 4603: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4604: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4605: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4606: </strong></font><br>
4607:
4608: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4609: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4610: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4611: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4612: shut down.]
4613: <p>
4614:
1.247 jufi 4615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4616: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4617: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4618: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4619: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4620: </strong></font><br>
4621:
4622: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4623: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4624: <p>
1.247 jufi 4625: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4626:
1.161 louis 4627: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4628: <ul>
1.161 louis 4629:
1.247 jufi 4630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4631: <a
1.269 deraadt 4632: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4633: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4634: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4635: </strong></font><br>
4636:
4637: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4638: by John Wolley
4639: <p>
4640:
1.247 jufi 4641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4642: <a
1.269 deraadt 4643: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4644: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4645: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4646: </strong></font><br>
4647:
4648: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4649: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4650: OpenBSD).
4651: <p>
4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4654: <a
1.247 jufi 4655: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4656: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4657: </strong></font><br>
4658:
4659: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4660: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1.585 steven 4661: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports
1.171 louis 4662: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4663: and hindsight.
4664: <p>
4665:
1.247 jufi 4666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4667: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4668: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4669: </strong></font><br>
4670:
4671: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4672: <p>
4673:
1.247 jufi 4674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4675: <a
1.168 provos 4676: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4677: December 7, 2000
4678: </strong></font><br>
4679:
4680: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4681: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4682: us explain.
4683: <p>
4684:
1.247 jufi 4685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4686: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4687: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4688: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4689: December 6, 2000
4690: </strong></font><br>
4691:
4692: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4693: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4694: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4695: <p>
4696:
1.247 jufi 4697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4698: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4699: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4700: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4701: </strong></font><br>
4702:
4703: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4704: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4705: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4706: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4707: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4708: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4709: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4710: <p>
4711:
4712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4713: <a
1.226 horacio 4714: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4715: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4716: </strong></font><br>
4717:
4718: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4719: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4720: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4721: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4722: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4723: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4724: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4725: <p>
1.162 millert 4726:
1.247 jufi 4727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4728: <a
1.161 louis 4729: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4730: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4731: </strong></font><br>
4732:
4733: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4734: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4735: <p>
4736:
1.247 jufi 4737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4738: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4739: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4740: </strong></font><br>
4741:
4742: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4743: <p>
4744:
4745:
1.247 jufi 4746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4747: <a
1.226 horacio 4748: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4749: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4750: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4751: </strong></font><br>
4752:
4753: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4754: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4755: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4756: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4757: <p>
1.247 jufi 4758: </ul>
1.169 louis 4759:
1.158 louis 4760: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4761: <ul>
1.147 louis 4762:
1.247 jufi 4763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4764: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4765: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4766: </strong></font><br>
4767:
4768: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4769: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4770: <p>
4771:
1.247 jufi 4772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4773: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4774: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4775: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4776: </strong></font><br>
4777: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4778: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4779: <p>
4780:
1.247 jufi 4781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4782: <a
4783: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4784: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4785: </strong></font><br>
4786:
4787: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4788: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4789: <p>
4790:
1.247 jufi 4791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4792: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4793: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4794: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4795:
1.213 horacio 4796: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4797: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4798: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4799: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4800: <p>
1.215 horacio 4801:
1.247 jufi 4802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4803: <a
4804: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4805: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4806: </strong></font><br>
4807:
4808: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4809: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4810: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4811: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4812: much of the attitude too).
4813: <p>
1.161 louis 4814:
1.247 jufi 4815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4816: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4817: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4818: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4819:
1.157 louis 4820: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4821: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4822: <p>
1.247 jufi 4823: </ul>
1.157 louis 4824:
4825: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4826: <ul>
1.157 louis 4827:
1.247 jufi 4828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4829: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4830: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4831: </strong></font><br>
4832:
4833: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4834: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4835: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4836: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4837: <p>
4838:
1.247 jufi 4839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4840: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4841: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4842: </strong></font><br>
4843:
4844: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4845: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4846: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4847: it because they love coding...
4848: <p>
4849:
1.247 jufi 4850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4851: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4852: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4853: </strong></font><br>
4854:
4855: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4856: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4857: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4858: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4859: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4860: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4861: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4862: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4863: <p>
4864:
1.247 jufi 4865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4866: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4867: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4868: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4869: </strong></font><br>
4870:
4871: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4872: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4873: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4874: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4875: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4876: the pizza.
4877: <p>
4878:
1.247 jufi 4879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4880: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4881: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4882: </strong></font><br>
4883:
4884: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4885: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4886: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4887: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4888: problems.
4889: <p>
4890:
1.247 jufi 4891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.568 ian 4892: <a href="https://osuny.co.uk/txt/zines/napalm/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba
4893: to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
1.154 louis 4894: </strong></font><br>
4895:
1.222 miod 4896: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4897: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4898: - whether they like it or not.
4899: <p>
4900:
1.247 jufi 4901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4902: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4903: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4904: </strong></font><br>
4905:
4906: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4907: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4908: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4909: <p>
1.148 aaron 4910:
1.247 jufi 4911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4912: <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 4913: </strong></font><br>
4914:
4915: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4916: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4917: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4918: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4919: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4920: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4921: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4922: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4923: <p>
4924:
1.247 jufi 4925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4926: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4927: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4928: </strong></font><br>
4929:
4930: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4931: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4932: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4933: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4934: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4935: <p>
1.247 jufi 4936: </ul>
1.147 louis 4937:
1.138 louis 4938: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4939: <ul>
1.138 louis 4940:
1.247 jufi 4941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4942: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4943: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4944: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4945: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4946: </strong></font><br>
4947:
1.227 horacio 4948: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4949: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4950: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4951: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4952: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4953: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4954: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4955: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4956: <p>
4957:
1.247 jufi 4958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4959: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4960: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4961: </strong></font><br>
4962:
4963: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4964: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4965: groups, and even Linux.
4966: <p>
4967:
1.247 jufi 4968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4969: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4970: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4971: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4972: </strong></font><br>
4973:
4974: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4975: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4976: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4977: library after installing the OS.
4978: <p>
4979:
1.247 jufi 4980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4981: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4982: Sys Admin, September 2000
4983: </strong></font><br>
4984:
4985: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4986: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4987: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
4988: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 4989: (<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>,
1.594 nick 4990: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1.247 jufi 4991: <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 4992: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 4993: out of the system.
4994: <p>
4995:
1.247 jufi 4996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 4997: <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
4998: </strong></font><br>
4999:
5000: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 5001: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 5002: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
5003: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
5004: the IP filtering and address translation.
5005: <p>
1.301 jose 5006:
5007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5008: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
5009: </strong></font><br>
5010:
1.585 steven 5011: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1.301 jose 5012: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
5013: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
5014: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
5015: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
5016: <p>
1.247 jufi 5017: </ul>
1.200 niklas 5018:
1.131 louis 5019: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5020: <ul>
1.131 louis 5021:
1.247 jufi 5022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5023: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
5024: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
5025: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 5026: </strong></font><br>
5027:
5028: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
5029: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
5030: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
5031: <p>
5032:
1.247 jufi 5033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 5034: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
5035: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
5036: </strong></font><br>
5037:
5038: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
5039: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
5040: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
5041: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
5042: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
5043: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
5044: note of"</i>.
5045: <p>
5046:
1.247 jufi 5047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 5048: <a
1.247 jufi 5049: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 5050: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
5051: </strong></font><br>
5052:
5053: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
5054: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
5055: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
5056: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
5057: <p>
5058:
1.247 jufi 5059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 5060: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 5061: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
5062: </strong></font><br>
5063:
5064: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
5065: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
5066: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
5067: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
5068: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
5069: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
5070: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
5071: <p>
5072:
1.247 jufi 5073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 5074: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
5075: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
5076: 2000
5077: </strong></font><br>
5078:
5079: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
5080: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
5081: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
5082: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
5083: against current industry practices.
5084: <p>
5085:
1.247 jufi 5086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 5087: <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
5088: </strong></font><br>
5089:
5090: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
5091: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
5092: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
5093: <p>
5094:
1.247 jufi 5095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 5096: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
5097: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
5098: </strong></font><br>
5099:
5100: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
5101: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
5102: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
5103: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
5104: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
5105: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
5106: careful code reviews, he concludes.
5107: <p>
5108:
1.247 jufi 5109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 5110: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
5111: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
5112: </strong></font><br>
5113:
5114: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
5115: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
5116: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
5117: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
5118: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 5119: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
5120: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
5121: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 5122: <p>
1.247 jufi 5123: </ul>
1.131 louis 5124:
1.118 louis 5125: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5126: <ul>
1.118 louis 5127:
1.247 jufi 5128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 5129: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
5130: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
5131: </strong></font><br>
5132:
5133: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
5134: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
5135: about time. The article mentions that
5136: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
5137: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
5138: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 5139: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 5140: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
5141: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 5142: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 5143: <p>
5144:
1.247 jufi 5145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5146: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 5147: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 5148: </strong></font><br>
5149:
5150: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
5151: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
5152: of OpenSSH.
5153: <p>
5154:
1.247 jufi 5155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5156: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 5157: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 5158: </strong></font><br>
5159:
5160: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 5161: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 5162: bridging.
5163: <p>
5164:
1.247 jufi 5165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5166: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
5167: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 5168: </strong></font><br>
5169:
1.121 deraadt 5170: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
5171: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 5172: <p>
5173:
1.247 jufi 5174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5175: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
5176: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
5177: </strong></font><br>
5178:
5179: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
5180: <p>
5181:
1.247 jufi 5182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.594 nick 5183: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1.120 deraadt 5184: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 5185: </strong></font><br>
5186:
1.120 deraadt 5187: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
5188: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 5189: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
5190: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
5191: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
5192: <p>
5193:
1.247 jufi 5194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 5195: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
5196: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
5197: </strong></font><br>
5198:
1.222 miod 5199: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 5200: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
5201: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
5202: protocols and their quirks.
5203: <p>
5204:
1.247 jufi 5205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5206: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
5207: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 5208: </strong></font><br>
5209:
5210: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
5211: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
5212: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 5213: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 5214: <p>
5215:
1.247 jufi 5216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 5217: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
5218: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
5219: </strong></font><br>
5220:
5221: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
5222: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
5223: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
5224: <p>
5225:
1.247 jufi 5226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.594 nick 5227: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1.120 deraadt 5228: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 5229: </strong></font><br>
5230:
5231: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
5232: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
5233: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
5234: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
5235: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
5236: <p>
1.247 jufi 5237: </ul>
1.118 louis 5238:
1.104 louis 5239: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5240: <ul>
1.104 louis 5241:
1.247 jufi 5242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 5243: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
5244: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
5245: </strong></font><br>
5246:
5247: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
5248: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
5249: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
5250: be a bit dry.
5251: <p>
5252:
1.247 jufi 5253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 5254: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
5255: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
5256: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
5257: </strong></font><br>
5258: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
5259: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
5260: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
5261: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
5262: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
5263: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
5264: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
5265: <p>
5266:
1.247 jufi 5267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5268: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
5269: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 5270: 2000
1.128 louis 5271: </strong></font><br>
5272:
5273: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
5274: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
5275: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
5276: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
5277: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 5278: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 5279: <p>
5280:
1.247 jufi 5281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5282: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
5283: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 5284: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 5285:
5286: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
5287: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
5288: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
5289: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.585 steven 5290: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1.113 naddy 5291: <p>
1.110 louis 5292:
1.247 jufi 5293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 5294: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
5295: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
5296: </strong></font><br>
5297:
5298: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
5299: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
5300: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
5301: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
5302: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
5303: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
5304: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
5305: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
5306: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
5307: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
5308: <p>
5309:
1.247 jufi 5310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 5311: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5312: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 5313:
5314: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
5315: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 5316: <p>
1.108 louis 5317:
1.247 jufi 5318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 5319: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
5320: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 5321: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 5322:
5323: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
5324: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
5325: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 5326: <p>
1.106 louis 5327:
1.247 jufi 5328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 5329: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
5330: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 5331: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 5332:
5333: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
5334: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
5335: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
5336: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 5337: <p>
1.107 louis 5338:
1.247 jufi 5339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5340: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
5341: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5342: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 5343:
5344: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
5345: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 5346: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 5347: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
5348: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 5349: <p>
1.105 louis 5350:
1.247 jufi 5351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 5352: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 5353: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 5354: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 5355:
1.113 naddy 5356: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
5357: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 5358: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 5359: <p>
1.104 louis 5360:
1.247 jufi 5361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5362: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
5363: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
5364: </strong></font><br>
5365:
5366: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
5367: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
5368: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
5369: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
5370: <p>
1.301 jose 5371:
5372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5373: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.577 tobias 5374: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
1.301 jose 5375: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
5376:
5377: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
5378: hardware-supported cryptography.
5379: <p>
1.247 jufi 5380: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 5381:
1.85 louis 5382: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5383: <ul>
1.85 louis 5384:
1.247 jufi 5385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5386: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 5387: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 5388: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5389:
5390: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
5391: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
5392: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
5393: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
5394: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
5395: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
5396: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 5397: <p>
1.99 louis 5398:
1.247 jufi 5399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5400: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 5401: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5402: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 5403:
5404: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
5405: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
5406: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
5407: conditions.
1.113 naddy 5408: <p>
1.100 louis 5409:
1.247 jufi 5410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5411: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 5412: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5413: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 5414:
5415: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
5416: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
5417: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
5418: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 5419: <p>
1.95 louis 5420:
1.247 jufi 5421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5422: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 5423: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5424: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 5425:
5426: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
5427: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 5428: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 5429: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
5430: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5431: <p>
1.92 louis 5432:
1.247 jufi 5433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5434: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 5435: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5436: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 5437:
5438: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
5439: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
5440: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
5441: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
5442: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
5443: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 5444: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 5445: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 5446: <p>
1.91 louis 5447:
1.247 jufi 5448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5449: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
5450: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 5451: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5452:
5453: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
5454: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
5455: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
5456: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
5457: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
5458: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
5459: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
5460: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
5461: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 5462: <p>
1.90 louis 5463:
1.247 jufi 5464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5465: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
5466: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
5467: </strong></font><br>
5468: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
5469: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
5470: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
5471: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
5472: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
5473: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
5474: <p>
5475:
1.247 jufi 5476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 5477: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
5478: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5479: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 5480:
1.113 naddy 5481: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
5482: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 5483: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
5484: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
5485: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
5486: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
5487: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 5488: <p>
1.87 louis 5489:
1.247 jufi 5490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 5491: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
5492: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 5493: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5494:
5495: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 5496: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 5497: <p>
1.85 louis 5498:
1.247 jufi 5499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5500: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
5501: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
5502: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
5503:
5504: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
5505: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
5506: <p>
5507:
5508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 5509: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
5510: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5511: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 5512:
5513: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.577 tobias 5514: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 5515: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
5516: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 5517: <p>
1.89 louis 5518:
1.247 jufi 5519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5520: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 5521: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5522: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5523:
5524: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
5525: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
5526: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
5527: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
5528: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 5529: </ul>
1.85 louis 5530:
1.78 deraadt 5531: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5532: <ul>
1.74 louis 5533:
1.247 jufi 5534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5535: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 5536: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 5537: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 5538: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5539:
5540: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
5541: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
5542: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5543: <p>
1.83 louis 5544:
1.247 jufi 5545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 5546: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
5547: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5548: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 5549:
5550: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
5551: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 5552: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 5553: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
5554: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 5555: <p>
1.93 louis 5556:
1.247 jufi 5557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5558: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
5559: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
5560: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5561: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 5562:
1.83 louis 5563: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
5564: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
5565: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
5566: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
5567: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 5568: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
5569: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
5570: <p>
1.82 aaron 5571:
1.247 jufi 5572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5573: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 5574: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5575: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 5576:
1.83 louis 5577: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
5578: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
5579: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 5580: <p>
1.80 louis 5581:
1.247 jufi 5582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5583: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 5584: Bad Press</a>,
5585: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 5586: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 5587:
5588: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5589: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5590: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5591: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5592: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5593: <p>
1.247 jufi 5594: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5595:
5596: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5597: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5598:
1.247 jufi 5599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5600: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5601: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5602: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5603: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5604:
5605: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5606: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5607: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5608: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5609: <p>
1.74 louis 5610:
1.247 jufi 5611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5612: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5613: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5614: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5615:
1.219 horacio 5616: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5617: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5618: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5619: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5620: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5621: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5622: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5623: <p>
1.88 louis 5624:
1.247 jufi 5625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5626: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5627: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5628: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5629:
5630: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5631: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5632: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5633: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5634: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5635: <p>
1.81 louis 5636:
1.247 jufi 5637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5638: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5639: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5640: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5641:
5642: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5643: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5644: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5645: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5646: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5647: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5648: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5649: <p>
1.90 louis 5650:
1.247 jufi 5651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5652: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5653: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5654: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5655:
5656: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5657: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5658: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5659: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5660: <p>
1.247 jufi 5661: </ul>
1.71 louis 5662:
1.69 deraadt 5663: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5664: <ul>
1.70 louis 5665:
1.247 jufi 5666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5667: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5668: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5669: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5670:
5671: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5672: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5673: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5674: <p>
1.70 louis 5675:
1.247 jufi 5676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5677: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5678: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5679: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5680:
5681: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5682: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5683: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5684: <p>
1.68 louis 5685:
1.247 jufi 5686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5687: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5688: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5689: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5690: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5691:
1.111 jufi 5692: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5693: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5694: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5695: "secure by default" installation.
5696: <p>
1.64 louis 5697:
1.247 jufi 5698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5699: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5700: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5701: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5702:
1.113 naddy 5703: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5704: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5705: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5706: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5707: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5708: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5709: <p>
1.66 louis 5710:
1.247 jufi 5711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5712: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5713: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5714: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5715:
5716: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5717: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5718: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5719: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5720: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5721: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5722: <p>
1.83 louis 5723:
1.247 jufi 5724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5725: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5726: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5727: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5728:
5729: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5730: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5731: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5732: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5733: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5734: <p>
1.64 louis 5735:
1.247 jufi 5736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5737: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5738: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5739: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5740:
5741: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5742: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5743: <p>
1.301 jose 5744:
5745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5746: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5747: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5748: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5749: </strong></font><br>
5750:
5751: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5752: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5753: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5754: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5755: Giving way to
5756: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5757: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5758: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5759: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5760: <p>
1.247 jufi 5761: </ul>
1.65 louis 5762:
1.69 deraadt 5763: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5764: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5765:
1.247 jufi 5766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5767: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5768: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5769: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5770:
5771: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5772: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5773: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5774: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5775: <p>
1.88 louis 5776:
1.247 jufi 5777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5778: <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 5779: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5780:
5781: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5782: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5783: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5784: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5785: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5786: <p>
1.60 louis 5787:
1.247 jufi 5788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5789: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5790: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5791: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5792: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5793:
5794: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5795: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5796: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5797: <p>
1.58 louis 5798:
1.247 jufi 5799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5800: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5801: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5802:
5803: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5804: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5805: <p>
1.53 louis 5806:
1.247 jufi 5807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5808: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5809: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5810: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5811:
5812: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5813: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5814: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5815: <p>
1.99 louis 5816:
1.247 jufi 5817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5818: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5819: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5820:
5821: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5822: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5823: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5824: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5825: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5826:
1.247 jufi 5827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5828: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5829: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5830: </strong></font><br>
5831:
5832: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5833: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5834: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5835: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5836: <p>
5837:
1.247 jufi 5838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5839: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5840: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5841: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5842:
5843: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5844: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5845: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5846:
1.247 jufi 5847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5848: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5849: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5850:
5851: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5852: in
1.247 jufi 5853: <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 5854: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5855: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5856: <p>
1.53 louis 5857:
1.247 jufi 5858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5859: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5860: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5861: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5862: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5863:
1.58 louis 5864: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5865: <p>
1.301 jose 5866:
5867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5868: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5869: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5870: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5871: Informacyjny, January 2000
5872: </strong></font><br>
5873:
5874: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5875: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5876: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5877: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5878: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5879: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5880: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5881: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5882: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5883: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5884: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5885: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5886: <p>
5887:
5888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5889: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5890: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5891: </strong></font><br>
5892:
5893: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5894: <p>
5895: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5896:
1.69 deraadt 5897: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5898: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5899:
1.247 jufi 5900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5901: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5902: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5903: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5904: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5905:
1.58 louis 5906: Kurt Seifried
5907: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5908: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5909: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5910: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5911:
1.247 jufi 5912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5913: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5914: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5915: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5916:
5917: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5918: <p>
1.96 louis 5919:
1.247 jufi 5920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5921: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5922: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5923: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5924: </strong></font><br>
5925:
5926: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5927: <p>
5928:
5929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5930: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5931: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5932: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5933:
5934: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
5935: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 5936: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 5937: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5938: <p>
1.247 jufi 5939: </ul>
1.86 louis 5940:
1.69 deraadt 5941: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5942: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5943:
1.247 jufi 5944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5945: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5946: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5947: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5948:
5949: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5950: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5951: <p>
1.61 louis 5952:
1.247 jufi 5953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5954: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5955: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5956: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5957: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5958:
5959: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5960: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5961: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5962: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5963: right -- or at least strives to".
5964: <p>
1.48 louis 5965:
1.247 jufi 5966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5967: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5968: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5969: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5970: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5971: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5972: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5973: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5974: <p>
1.61 louis 5975:
1.247 jufi 5976: <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 5977: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5978: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5979:
5980: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5981: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5982: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5983: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5984: <p>
1.46 louis 5985:
1.247 jufi 5986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5987: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5988: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5989: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5990:
5991: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
5992: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 5993: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 5994:
1.247 jufi 5995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 5996: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
5997: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 5998: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5999:
6000: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
6001: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
6002: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
6003: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 6004: <p>
1.247 jufi 6005: </ul>
1.70 louis 6006:
1.69 deraadt 6007: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6008: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6009:
1.247 jufi 6010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 6011: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
6012: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 6013: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 6014: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 6015:
6016: Kurt Seifried
6017: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
6018: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
6019: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 6020: <p>
1.44 philen 6021:
1.247 jufi 6022: <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 6023: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 6024: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 6025:
6026: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 6027: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 6028:
1.247 jufi 6029: <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 6030: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 6031: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 6032:
6033: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 6034: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 6035:
1.247 jufi 6036: <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 6037: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 6038: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 6039:
6040: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
6041: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
6042: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
6043: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 6044: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 6045:
1.247 jufi 6046: <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 6047: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 6048: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 6049:
1.36 louis 6050: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 6051: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 6052:
1.247 jufi 6053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6054: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 6055: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 6056: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6057:
6058: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 6059: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 6060: </ul>
1.38 louis 6061:
1.69 deraadt 6062: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6063: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6064:
1.247 jufi 6065: <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 6066: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 6067: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 6068:
6069: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
6070: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 6071: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 6072:
1.113 naddy 6073: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 6074: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 6075: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 6076: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 6077:
6078: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
6079: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 6080: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
6081: terminal:
1.113 naddy 6082: <blockquote>
6083: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
6084: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
6085: <br>
6086: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
6087: </code>
6088: </blockquote>
6089: <p>
6090:
1.247 jufi 6091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 6092: <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 6093: <p>
6094:
6095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6096: <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 6097: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 6098:
6099: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
6100: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 6101: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 6102: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 6103:
1.247 jufi 6104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 6105: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
6106: Sept. 28, 1999
6107: </strong></font><br>
6108:
6109: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
6110: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
6111: translating and reprinting articles from
6112: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
6113: <p>
6114:
6115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 6116: <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 6117: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 6118:
6119: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
6120: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
6121: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
6122: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
6123: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 6124: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 6125: <p>
1.19 louis 6126:
1.113 naddy 6127: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 6128: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 6129: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 6130:
6131: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
6132: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
6133: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 6134: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
6135: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 6136: <p>
1.16 louis 6137:
1.247 jufi 6138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6139: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 6140: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 6141: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 6142:
1.57 louis 6143: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
6144: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
6145: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 6146: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 6147:
1.247 jufi 6148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6149: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 6150: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 6151: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6152:
1.113 naddy 6153: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 6154:
1.247 jufi 6155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 6156: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
6157: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 6158: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 6159:
1.23 louis 6160: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
6161: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
6162: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
6163: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
6164: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 6165: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 6166:
1.247 jufi 6167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 6168: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
6169: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 6170: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 6171:
1.199 pvalchev 6172: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 6173: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
6174: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
6175: installation.
1.113 naddy 6176: <p>
1.47 louis 6177:
1.247 jufi 6178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6179: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 6180: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 6181: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6182:
1.301 jose 6183: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
6184: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
6185: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 6186: </ul>
1.57 louis 6187:
1.69 deraadt 6188: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6189: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6190:
1.247 jufi 6191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 6192: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 6193: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 6194: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 6195:
6196: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
6197: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 6198: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 6199: <p>
1.12 louis 6200:
1.247 jufi 6201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 6202: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 6203: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 6204: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 6205:
6206: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
6207: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 6208: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
6209: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
6210: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
6211: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
6212: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 6213: <p>
1.247 jufi 6214: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 6215:
1.69 deraadt 6216: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6217: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 6218:
1.247 jufi 6219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 6220: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 6221: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 6222:
6223: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
6224: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
6225: available."
1.113 naddy 6226: <p>
1.301 jose 6227:
6228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6229: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
6230: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
6231: </strong></font><br>
6232:
6233: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
6234: <p>
1.247 jufi 6235: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 6236:
1.69 deraadt 6237: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6238: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6239:
1.247 jufi 6240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 6241: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 6242: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 6243:
6244: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
6245: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
6246: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
6247: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
6248: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 6249: <p>
1.33 louis 6250:
1.247 jufi 6251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6252: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 6253: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 6254: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6255:
1.113 naddy 6256: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
6257: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 6258: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
6259: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
6260: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 6261: <p>
1.247 jufi 6262: </ul>
1.57 louis 6263:
1.69 deraadt 6264: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6265: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6266:
1.247 jufi 6267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6268: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 6269: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 6270: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6271:
6272: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
6273: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 6274: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6275:
1.247 jufi 6276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 6277: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
6278: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
6279: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 6280: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 6281:
6282: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 6283: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 6284:
1.247 jufi 6285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6286: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 6287:
1.113 naddy 6288: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 6289:
1.247 jufi 6290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6291: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 6292: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 6293: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 6294:
6295: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 6296: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 6297: </ul>
1.23 louis 6298:
1.69 deraadt 6299: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6300: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6301:
1.247 jufi 6302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 6303: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 6304: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6305:
6306: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
6307: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 6308: <p>
1.2 deraadt 6309:
1.247 jufi 6310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6311: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 6312: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 6313: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6314:
6315: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
6316: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 6317: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 6318: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 6319: </ul>
1.57 louis 6320:
1.69 deraadt 6321: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6322: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6323:
1.247 jufi 6324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6325: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 6326: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 6327: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 6328:
6329: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
6330: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
6331: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
6332: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 6333: <p>
1.15 louis 6334:
1.247 jufi 6335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6336: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
6337: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 6338: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6339:
6340: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
6341: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
6342: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
6343: columns."
1.113 naddy 6344: <p>
1.247 jufi 6345: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6346:
1.69 deraadt 6347: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6348: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6349:
1.247 jufi 6350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6351: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 6352: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 6353: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 6354:
6355: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 6356: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 6357:
1.113 naddy 6358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6359: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 6360: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6361:
6362: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
6363: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 6364: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 6365: </ul>
1.57 louis 6366:
1.69 deraadt 6367: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6368: <ul>
1.301 jose 6369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6370: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
6371: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6372: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
6373:
6374: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
6375: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
6376: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
6377: <p>
6378:
6379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6380: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
6381: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6382: Nov 13, 1998 and
6383: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
6384: Datateknik</a>,
6385: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
6386:
1.380 saad 6387: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 6388: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
6389: explains the licensing issues and points to our
6390: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
6391: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6392:
1.113 naddy 6393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6394: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 6395: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 6396: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6397:
1.222 miod 6398: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 6399: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
6400: Implementation, including a brief interview with
6401: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 6402: <p>
1.247 jufi 6403: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6404:
1.69 deraadt 6405: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6406: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6407:
1.247 jufi 6408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6409: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 6410: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6411:
1.69 deraadt 6412: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
6413: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 6414: <p>
1.247 jufi 6415: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6416:
1.69 deraadt 6417: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6418: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 6419:
1.247 jufi 6420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6421: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
6422: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 6423: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6424:
1.383 jcs 6425: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 6426: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 6427: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6428:
1.247 jufi 6429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 6430: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 6431: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
6432: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 6433: <p>
1.247 jufi 6434: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6435:
1.69 deraadt 6436: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6437: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6438:
1.247 jufi 6439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6440: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 6441: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
6442: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 6443: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 6444: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6445:
6446: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
6447: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
6448: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 6449: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 6450: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 6451: <p>
1.247 jufi 6452: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 6453:
6454: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6455: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6456:
1.247 jufi 6457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6458: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 6459: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6460:
1.69 deraadt 6461: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
6462: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 6463: <p>
1.112 naddy 6464:
1.247 jufi 6465: </ul>
1.113 naddy 6466: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6467:
6468: </body>
6469: </html>
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