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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.597 deraadt 19: <h2>
20: This page has become unmaintained since 2011, perhaps because software
21: development is more interesting than following the news.
22: </h2>
23:
1.598 espie 24: <h2>March, 2014</h2>
25: <ul>
26: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.600 bentley 27: <a href="http://www.lesechos.fr/entreprises-secteurs/tech-medias/actu/0203393893415-la-france-met-ses-developpeurs-a-l-honneur-659366.php">La France met ses développeurs à l'honneur</a>
28: Les échos, April 24, 2014
1.598 espie 29: </strong></font><br>
1.599 espie 30: In french.
1.598 espie 31: An offical report for the french ministy of digital economy, about 100
32: influential french developers.
33: OpenBSD figures proudly with two separate entries.
34: <p>
35: </ul>
36:
1.591 ian 37: <h2>April, 2011</h2>
38: <ul>
39:
40: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.592 ian 41: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110420080633'>
1.591 ian 42: A Puffy in the Corporate Aquarium</a>
43: undeadly.org, April 20, 2011
44: </strong></font><br>
45: Antoine Ajacoutot offers a detailed write-up on exactly how his
46: employer M:Tier supports OpenBSD for corporate use, surprisingly
47: both on desktops and on servers. They have converted whole companies
48: to OpenBSD; under the heading of "Joe User meets OpenBSD", he reports
49: on how even long-time MS-Windows users can get used to switching to
50: OpenOffice and Gnome desktop.
51: <p>
52:
53: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
54: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14274/original/FreeBSD_Portability_With_VMware_BSD_04_2011.pdf'>
55: OpenBSD improves upon /etc/rc.d/</a>
56: BSDmag, April, 2011, p. 12
1.593 ian 57: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.591 ian 58: As OpenBSD moves away from requiring manual editing of /etc/rc for most daemons,
59: Ian Darwin covers the new rc.d mechanism.
60: "The OpenBSD developers did not adopt a change like this until they
61: were sure they had a mechanism that was both simple to implement
62: and simple to use."
63: <p>
64:
65: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
66: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14274/original/FreeBSD_Portability_With_VMware_BSD_04_2011.pdf'>
67: Build appliances with QEMU and OpenBSD</a>
68: BSDmag, April, 2011, p. 24
1.593 ian 69: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.591 ian 70: Girish Venkatachalam shows how easy it is to create ready-to-run disk images
71: containing OpenBSD with whatever ports/packages you want to add,
72: that are shareable for use by anyone, either under QEMU or on bare metal.
73: <p>
74: </ul>
75:
1.590 ian 76: <h2>March, 2011</h2>
77: <ul>
78: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
79: <a href='http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/?p=605'>
80: My OpenBSD Story: Memories of a Network disaster</a>
81: Blather.MichaelWLucas.com, March 9, 2011
82: </strong></font><br>
83: It was a dark and stormy night back in 2000, a very long night, as Michael Lucas (who would later author
84: Absolute OpenBSD) struggled to get his company's hosting service back online.
85: You can probably guess that the happy ending involves "OpenBSD to the rescue".
86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
89: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
90: How To Setup OpenBSD On The Embedded Alix</a>,
91: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 30
1.593 ian 92: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 93: Guillaume Duale tells how to install our favorite OS on the popular embedded-size ALIX card.
94: <p>
95:
96: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
97: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
98: Run Your Phone System on OpenBSD</a>,
99: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 12
1.593 ian 100: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 101: Ian Darwin describes running some home/office telephone systems on Asterisk
102: on a secure operating system - what works, what doesn't (and why),
103: and how to get started.
104: <p>
105:
106: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
107: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
108: Useful OpenBSD Tools</a>,
109: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 42
1.593 ian 110: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 111: Girish Venkatachalam describes a panoply of tools that he finds useful on OpenBSD, to wit,
112: dump(8) and restore(8), qemu, sha1, ifconfig, relayd and spamd.
113: <p>
114:
115: </ul>
116:
117: <h2>February, 2011</h2>
118: <ul>
119: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
120: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/'>
121: Your OpenBSD Story</a>
122: undeadly.org, February, 2011
123: </strong></font><br>
124: Undeadly is running a series of stories on how people got started with OpenBSD.
125: Most tell what they like about the system.
126: Since OpenBSD runs well on minimal hardware, many of the stories involve
127: solving an under-funding crisis at startups.
128: See those by
129: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110227014419'> Daniel Gracia</a>,
130: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110303020219'> Nick Humphrey</a>, and
131: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110308003706'> Henrik Kramshoe</a>
132: <p>
133:
134: </ul>
135:
136: <h2>January, 2011</h2>
137: <ul>
138: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
139: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/13827/original/BSDs_and_Solaris_BSD_01_2011.pdf'>
140: Text Terminal magic with tmux</a>
141: BSD Mag, January, 2011, p. 20
142: </strong></font>(PDF download)<br>
143: Tmux(1) is OpenBSD's replacement for GNU screen(1) terminal multiplexor.
144: Girish Venkatachalam discusses tmux's advantages and how to use it.
145: <p>
146:
147:
148: </ul>
149:
150:
1.589 ian 151: <h2>December, 2010</h2>
152: <ul>
153: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
154: <a href='http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=4833'>
155: Use firewall software like PF to protect your desktop systems</a>
156: techrepublic.com, December 13, 2010
157: </strong></font><br>
158: A good overview of the importance of using a firewall for the semi-technical crowd.
159: "One of the most highly regarded suites of firewall software is the OpenBSD project's PF,
160: which has been ported to every major BSD Unix system..."
161: Gives a single example of a pf rules file; one of the comments gives
162: links to additional references.
163: <p>
164:
165: </ul>
166:
1.586 ian 167: <h2>November, 2010</h2>
168: <ul>
169:
170: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
171: <a href='http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODc0NA'>
172: OpenBSD 4.8 Brings Improved Hardware Support</a>
173: www.phoronix.com, November 1, 2010
174: </strong></font><br>
175: Good coverage of the release: new drivers, new features, and more.
176: <p>
177:
178: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
179: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20101101163826'>
180: OpenBSD 4.8 Released!</a>
181: www.undeadly.org, November 1, 2010
182: </strong></font><br>
183: Undeadly mentions the release; this article has a full list of the
184: enhancements and improvements.
185: <p>
186:
187: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
188: <a href='http://www.osnews.com/story/23978/OpenBSD_4_8_Released'>
189: OpenBSD 4.8 Released</a>
1.587 ian 190: www.osnews.com, November 1, 2010
1.586 ian 191: </strong></font><br>
192: OSNews again is one of the first out with coverage of the 4.8 release,
193: although it's just a summary this time out.
194: <p>
195:
196: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
197: <a href='http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=openbsd'>
198: DistroWatch.com: OpenBSD</a>
199: distrowatch.com, November 1, 2010
200: </strong></font><br>
201: DistroWatch has a list of many links related to OpenBSD,
202: and have updated their site to reflect the 4.8 release.
203: <p>
204:
205: </ul>
1.584 jasper 206:
207: <h2>September, 2009</h2>
208: <ul>
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
210: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1393496">
211: Security in your pocket: OpenBSD on ARM</a>, informIT, September 11, 2009
212: </strong></font><br>
213: Interview with Dale Rahn (drahn@) about OpenBSD on ARM handheld systems and
214: why users and vendors should consider it as a real alternative.
215: <p>
216: </ul>
217:
1.582 grunk 218: <h2>January, 2009</h2>
219: <ul>
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
221: [GERMAN]
222: <a href="http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre105.html">
223: OpenBSD -- Technik und Entwicklerkultur des alternativen Betriebssystems
224: </a>, Chaosradio Express, January 28, 2009</strong></font><br>
225: OpenBSD developer Felix Kronlage (fkr@openbsd.org) in interview
226: with Chaosradio Express host Tim Pritlove from the Chaos Computer Club.
227: <p>
228: </ul>
229:
1.581 ian 230: <h2>April, 2008</h2>
231: <ul>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
234: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/19700/OpenBSD_4.3_Released">
235: OpenBSD 4.3 Released</a>, OSNews, April 30, 2008
236: </strong></font><br>
237: OSNews is among the first to mention the newest release:
238: "Theo de Raadt has lifted the veil off OpenBSD 4.3. <i>We are pleased
239: to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.3. This is our 23nd
240: release on CD-ROM (and 24rd via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's
241: record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the
242: default install.</i> Boasting as always, but when it's justified,
243: arrogance is a virtue."
244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
247: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2008/04/29/puffy-and-the-crytonauts-whats-new-in-openbsd-43.html">
248: Puffy and the Cryptonauts: What's New in OpenBSD 4.3</a>, onLamp, April 29, 2008
249: </strong></font><br>
250: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD developers
251: about the changes in the 4.3 release, providing a more comprehensive overview
252: than others.
253: Topics range across
254: networking (including new and improved drivers, and our own SNMP implementation),
255: storage (faster flash, bigger disk support),
256: platforms (Sparc64 SMP, audio drivers),
257: kernel improvements, malloc support, read/write cleanups, and much more.
258: <p>
259:
260: </ul>
261:
1.573 ian 262: <h2>November, 2007</h2>
263: <ul>
264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.574 ian 265: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/87">
266: Using OpenBSD 4.2</a>, Software In Review, November 5, 2007
267: </strong></font><br>
268: Jem Matzem advocates using OpenBSD and shows readers how to get
269: started and some hints on using the system after it's installed,
270: including setting up ports/packages to use third-party software.
271: Under the "For More Information" category, he acknowledges that
272: "OpenBSD has the most thorough, easy to follow native documentation
273: of any Unix-like operating system..."
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
277: <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/11/a_few_cheers_fo.html">
278: A Few Cheers For OpenBSD</a>, Information Week, November 2, 2007
279: </strong></font><br>
280: "With all of the hollering about Linux..., there's another open-source
281: operating system that just celebrated getting a new 4.2 release out
282: the door. It's one that hasn't been quite as widely-celebrated as
283: Linux but is still deeply important in its own way: OpenBSD"
284: Talks about how BSD is real UNIX, and what that means, and our
285: security policy "secure by default".
286: Ends with a reminder that Linux is
287: "not the only open-source, Unix-like game in town."
288: <p>
289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.573 ian 291: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/7155">
292: Puffy's Marathon: What's New in OpenBSD 4.2</a>, onLamp, Nov 1, 2007
293: </strong></font><br>
294: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed almost two dozen OpenBSD developers
295: and combined their comments into this interview. Opens with:
296: "...this release comes with some amazing performance improvements: basic
297: benchmarks showed PF being twice as fast, a rewrite of the TLB
298: shootdown code for i386 and amd64 cut the time to do a full package
299: build by 20 percent (mostly because all the forks in configure
300: scripts have become much cheaper), and the improved frequency scaling
301: on MP systems can help save nearly 20 percent of battery power.
302: <p>
303: "And then the new features: FFS2, support for the Advanced Host
304: Controller Interface, IP balancing in CARP, layer 7 manipulation
305: with hoststated, Xenocara, and more!"
306: <p>
307: And goes on to discuss each of these and more with the good folk
308: who make it happen.
309: <p>
310:
311: </ul>
312:
1.572 ian 313: <h2>July, 2007</h2>
314: <ul>
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
316: <a href="http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/797/openbsd-encrypted-nas-howto">
1.578 ian 317: OpenBSD Encrypted NAS How-To</a>, geektechnique.org, July 15, 2007
1.572 ian 318: </strong></font><br>
319: Mark Hoekstra gives a detailed step-by-step description of how to
320: build an encrypted
321: network storage box using off-the-shelf hardware and OpenBSD software.
322: <br>
323: Also reported in
324: <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/07/16/002203.shtml">SlashDot
325: </a> and
326: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/news.php?id=14877">net-security</a>.
327: <p>
328:
329: </ul>
330:
1.569 ian 331: <h2>May, 2007</h2>
332: <ul>
333:
334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.570 simon 335: [GERMAN]
336: OpenBSD 4.1 bietet Lastverteilung auf Layer 7,
337: iX magazine, May 18, 2007
338: </strong></font><br>
339: The German IT magazine iX reviews the new hoststated(8) Host Status Daemon that
340: comes with OpenBSD 4.1. The article describes various configurations including
341: SSL acceleration and gives a good insight into what hoststated(8) can do for the
342: reader.
343: <p>
344:
345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.569 ian 346: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/05/03/openbsd-41-puffy-strikes-again.html">
347: OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again</a>, ONLamp, May 5, 2007
348: </strong></font><br>
349: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a number of developers about the major
350: changes in 4.1: Mark Kettenis on UltraSPARC III and UltraSPARC T1;
351: Otto Moerbeek on the landisk port and fsck_ffs;
352: Artur Grabowski on rthreads and AMD64 timekeeping;
353: Kurt Miller on pthreads and, with Robert Nagy, on OpenOffice;
354: Marc Espie on the changes "under the hood" in
355: the package tools and on the new pkg_config;
356: Matthieu Herrb on our new X11 build system xenocara,
1.575 tobias 357: Henning Brauer on syslogd, hoststated and RSTP;
1.569 ian 358: Henning and Claudio Jeker on a variety of topics in routing and PF;
359: Bob Beck on spam fighting;
360: and Jonathan Gray on WEP and on why authpf is better than WPA/WPA2.
361: Quite readable overview of some of the main issues in this release.
1.582 grunk 362: <br>
363: Linked to from
1.569 ian 364: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php/17851/OpenBSD-4.1-Puffy-Strikes-Again/">OSNews</a>.
365: Mentions of the release also appeared in
366: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1483">Tectonic</a>,
367: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/newsvac/07/05/02/1320248.shtml">Newsforge</a>
368: and
369: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/07/05/01/2231229.shtml">SlashDot</a>
370: (the latter two include pointers to official release announcements).
371: <p>
372:
373: </ul>
374:
1.565 ian 375: <h2>April, 2007</h2>
376: <ul>
377:
378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
379: <a href="http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/28/1522252">
380: Reducing spam with OpenBSD and spamd</a>, Linux.com, April 11, 2007
381: </strong></font><br>
382: This is the first installment of a multi-part article on using OpenBSD's
383: anti-spam tools. This part contains a general overview of spamd, greylisting
384: and tarpitting. Later installments will cover the how-to details.
385: <p>
386:
387:
388: </ul>
389:
1.560 ian 390: <h2>March, 2007</h2>
391: <ul>
392:
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.564 ian 394: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2007/03/bsdtalk105-intro-to-pf-with-jason-dixon.html">
395: Introduction to PF with Jason Dixon</a>, BSDTalk 105, March 26, 2007
396: </strong></font><br>
397: Jason provides a nice general overview of OpenBSD's Packet Filter PF,
398: emphasizing the "why" rather than the "how" of using PF.
399: Goes over pf's history, initial setup, stateful filtering,
400: normalization with "scrub", use of synproxy, authpf,
401: CARP and pfsync, GUI configurations vs config files, the pfsense project,
1.576 martynas 402: logging, transparent bridges, AltQ queuing, macros, lists and tables,
1.579 ian 403: and the tie-in to spamd.
1.564 ian 404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 407: <a href="http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=30120&hilite=">
1.560 ian 408: Welsh Government Agency demonstrates Open Source best practice</a>,
409: SourceWire, March 8, 2007
410: </strong></font><br>
1.562 ian 411: The Countryside Council for Wales, the UK Government's regional wildlife
412: conservation authority for Wales, has hired UK Open Source service provider Sirius
1.561 saad 413: Corporation to extend OpenBSD's interoperability with the proprietary
414: Cisco IOS software; part of the agreement calls for Sirius to contribute
415: its source changes back to the OpenBSD project.
1.560 ian 416: <p>
417:
418: </ul>
1.558 ian 419:
1.556 matthieu 420: <h2>February, 2007</h2>
421: <ul>
422:
423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.558 ian 424: <a href="http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/is_symantecs_vista_security_assessment_credible.html">
425: Is Symantec's Vista Security Assessment Credible?</a>, Microsoft Watch, February 28, 2007
426: </strong></font><br>
427: This paper is nominally about the relationship between Symantec and Microsoft,
428: talking about a white paper released by the former.
429: But it's quite revealing about Microsoft itself.
430: "Even Microsoft... now acknowledges that UAC (User Account Control) -
431: Vista's most [high-]profile security feature - is vulnerable to subversion,
432: particularly through social-engineering tactics."
433: And while the Symantec report says some good things about Vista security,
434: "its criticisms are brutal - for their clarity and foreboding:
435: <blockquote>
436: "Many of the technologies that Microsoft has employed to bolster
437: the security of Windows Vista are not new. In fact, most are
438: derived from the groundwork originally laid by open-source
439: operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD, the PaX and
440: Stackguard projects, as well as numerous academic publications....
441: The majority of these technologies first appeared in Windows
442: XP SP2 [Service Pack 2]. Windows XP SP2, at the time of its
443: release, was also billed as the most secure version of Windows."
444: </blockquote>
445: So remember, folks, if it's about security, you may well have heard it
446: here first, long before Microsoft "invented" it.
447: <p>
448:
449:
450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.557 reyk 451: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/85495">
1.600 bentley 452: OpenBSD und Linux: Kritik an Stillhalteabkommen für Treiberentwicklung</a>, heise online, February 2, 2007
1.557 reyk 453: </strong></font><br>
454:
455: Short article about OpenBSD's clear statement against device driver
456: development under non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
457: It attempts to summarize the reaction of the OpenBSD community against the
458: <a href="http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/free_drivers.html">"Free Linux Driver Development"</a>
459: under NDA offered by the linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman which previously raised some
460: discussion.
461: Code written under NDA will make it difficult to improve it in the future
462: because somebody signed an agreement to keep the required hardware
463: documentation secret. For the OpenBSD project
464: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/goals.html">NDAs are never acceptable</a>.
465: <p>
466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.556 matthieu 468: [FRENCH]
469: <a href="http://www.ed-diamond.com/produit.php?produit=462">GNU/Linux
470: Magazine France</a> special issue number 29
471: </strong></font>
472: is dedicated to BSD systems. It features several articles about
473: OpenBSD: a pf tutorial, an article on IPSec and two articles on
474: high-availability with pf and CARP and with dynamic routing protocols
475: using OpenOSPFd and OpenBGPd.
476: <p>
477:
478: </ul>
479:
1.558 ian 480: <h2>January, 2007</h2>
481: <ul>
482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
483: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.html">
484: Greylisting with PF</a>, O'Reilly onLAMP, January 18, 2007
485: </strong></font><br>
486: This onLAMP article by Dan Langille leads you through the process of
1.559 ian 487: setting up greylisting using OpenBSD's pf and spamd, which has now been ported
1.558 ian 488: to most other BSD systems. The article is
489: quite detailed, but readers should ignore the FreeBSD-specific stuff
490: like kldload (OpenBSD uses modload, but, OpenBSD always has pf built-in
491: so you don't need this). Parts of the article are based on Bob Beck's
492: <a href="http://www.nycbsdcon.org/speakers#Beck">spamd talk at NYCBSDCon</a>.
493: <p>
494:
495: </ul>
496:
1.550 mbalmer 497: <h2>December, 2006</h2>
498: <ul>
499:
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.554 reyk 501: [GERMAN]
502: <a href="http://www.freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=15206">
503: 23C3: Interview mit Henning und Reyk von OpenBSD</a>,
504: Radio Unerhört Marbug, December 29, 2006
505: </strong></font><br>
506: Interview with Henning Brauer and Reyk Flöter about OpenBSD and
507: the latest changes since 4.0 during the 23rd Chaos Communications
508: Congress in Berlin.
509: <p>
510:
511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.552 ian 512: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/29/01OPsecadvise_1.html">
1.553 ian 513: New Year's Resolution No. 1: Get OpenBSD</a>,
1.552 ian 514: InfoWorld, December 29, 2006
515: </strong></font><br>
516: InfoWorld's Security Advisor columnist Roger A. Grimes says:
517: "Kick off 2007 with a new, more secure operating system."
518: Citing OpenBSD's code-auditing security process and its
519: excellent security record, Grimes advises readers to give the system a try.
520: Despite repeating some old canards about the "unfriendly" install, he
521: notes favorably that
522: "OpenBSD is shipped secure-by-default, with all non-essential services disabled.
523: You won't find NFS, mountd, or Apache [httpd] enabled by default.
524: The /bin and /sbin folders will be emptier than other Linux or BSD distros.
525: Install OpenBSD and you can be assured that it doesn't default to an insecure state."
526: <p>
527:
528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.551 xsa 529: [GERMAN]
1.550 mbalmer 530: <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2007/01/074/">
531: OpenBSD 4.0 - Kanadische Eröffnung</a>
532: iX magazine, December 14, 2006
533: </strong></font><br>
1.570 simon 534: The German IT magazine iX reviews the 4.0 release of OpenBSD and also mentions
1.550 mbalmer 535: why we don't support blobs and why this is beneficial to our users.
536: The article gives OpenBSD a very good rating for being strictly free software,
537: its swift installation, the support for upgrades, and the large number of
538: platforms and architectures it runs on.
539: <p>
540:
541: </ul>
542:
1.546 ian 543: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
544: <ul>
545:
1.549 ian 546: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.582 grunk 547: <a href='http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061110204834'>
1.549 ian 548: Official support for OpenBSD in Parallels Workstation</a>
549: undeadly.org, November 10, 2006
550: </strong></font><br>
551: OpenBSD is now supported by Parallels, a commercial OS
552: virtualization product for Mac OS X, Linux or MS-Windows.
553: In addition to allowing users to run both OpenBSD and one of those other
554: systems concurrently, the announcement means that developers with Intel Mac
555: hardware can run multiple test systems; the Undeadly Editor adds:
556: "I've had up to six OpenBSD guest systems operating simultaneously,
557: versions 3.8 through 4.0 (and -current)."
558: This also reinforces the increasing commercial acceptance of our favorite OS.
559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
562: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/bsdtalk082-openbsd-developer-jason.html">
563: Interview with Jason Wright</a>, BSDTalk 82, November 8, 2006
564: </strong></font><br>
565: Jason talks about the OpenBSD development process (particularly for device drivers
566: and getting hardware documentation from vendors), Sun SPARC hardware (particularly
567: the Ultra III), ham radio (APRS) with OpenBSD, and more.
568: <p>
569:
570: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
571: <a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6132572.html'>
572: OpenBSD turns 4.0</a>
573: CNET News.com, November 3, 2006
574: </strong></font><br>
575: Stephen Shankland talks about the UltraSPARC III code in 4.0, and notes that
576: OpenBSD has chosen to stay with stable GCC versions rather than moving to
577: the latest and most bloated GCC versions like Linux did.
578: Quotes Theo as saying: OpenBSD doesn't aim for particular niches,
579: but it's popular in network applications... "The biggest
580: users of OpenBSD these days are people who need our fancy networking
581: features..."
582: <p>
583:
1.546 ian 584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
585: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
586: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
587: </strong></font><br>
588: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
589: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
590: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
591: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
592: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
593: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
594: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
595: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
596: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
597: several of the most important new features, evaluates
598: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
1.548 saad 599: He also offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
1.546 ian 600: the project even better.
601: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
602: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
603: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
604: the music behind it.
605: <p>
606:
1.547 ian 607: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
608: <a href='http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1243'>
609: Big changes with OpenBSD 4.0 out today</a>
610: Tectonic, November 1, 2006
611: </strong></font><br>
612: "With his characteristic no-frills approach OpenBSD team leader
613: Theo de Raadt this morning announced the release of OpenBSD 4.0."
614: This article lists the highlights of the 4.0 release and
615: tells readers where to order CD's or download the release.
616: Quotes Theo: ""We are pleased to announce the official release of
617: OpenBSD 4.0. This is our 20th release on CD-Rom (and 21st via FTP).
618: We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only a single
619: remote hole in the default install,"
620: <p>
621:
622: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
623: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8123.html'>
624: OpenBSD 4.0 released</a>
625: Ars Technica, November 1, 2006
626: </strong></font><br>
627: A short note about the 4.0 release; refers to the O'ReillyNet article below.
628: <p>
629:
1.546 ian 630: </ul>
631:
1.539 ian 632: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
633: <ul>
1.540 ian 634:
635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ian 636: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
637: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
638: </strong></font><br>
639: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
640: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
1.548 saad 641: Topics include the new blob-free wireless drivers, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
1.546 ian 642: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
643: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
644: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
645: <p>
646:
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 648: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
649: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
650: </strong></font><br>
651: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
652: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
653: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
654: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
655: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
656: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
657: for his many customers.
658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 661: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
662: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
663: </strong></font><br>
664: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
665: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
666: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
667: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
668: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
669: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
670: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
671: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
672: also do."
673: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
674: seats already."
675: <p>
676:
677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
678: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
679: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
680: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
681: </strong></font><br>
682: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
683: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
684: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
685: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
686: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
687: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
688: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
689: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
690: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
691: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
692: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
693: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
694: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
695: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 699: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
1.541 ian 700: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
701: </strong></font><br>
702: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
703: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
704: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
705: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
706: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
707: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
708: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 709: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 710: <p>
711:
712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 713: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
714: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
715: </strong></font><br>
716: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
717: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
718: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
1.582 grunk 719: <br>
1.540 ian 720: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
721: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
722: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
723: overflows and vulnerabilities."
1.582 grunk 724: <br>
1.540 ian 725: And, Grimes generalizes,
726: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
727: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
728: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
729: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
730: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
731: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
732: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
733: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
734: happened."
735: Worth reading!
736: <p>
737:
1.539 ian 738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
739: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
740: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
741: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
742: </strong></font><br>
743: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
744: redistributable firmware from Intel.
745: <p>
746:
747: </ul>
748:
1.536 grunk 749: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
750: <ul>
751:
752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 753: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
754: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
755: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
756: </strong></font><br>
757: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
758: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
759: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
760: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
761: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
762: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
763: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
764: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
765: for ages over these chipsets.
766: Quotes Theo as saying:
767: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
768: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
769: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
770: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
771: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
772: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
773: <p>
774:
775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
776: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
777: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
778: </strong></font><br>
779: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
780: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
781: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
782: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
783: <p>
784:
785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 786: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
787: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
788: </strong></font><br>
789: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
790: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
791: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
792: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
793: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
794: <p>
795:
1.537 ian 796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 797: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
1.537 ian 798: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
799: </strong></font><br>
800: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
801: (the official release date is November 1).
802: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
803: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
804: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
805: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
806: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 807: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 808: <p>
809:
1.536 grunk 810: </ul>
811:
1.534 ian 812: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
813: <ul>
814:
815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 816: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
817: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
818: </strong></font><br>
819: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
820: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
821: as a guest operating system under
822: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
823: or "virtualization" system.
824: <p>
825:
826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 827: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
828: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
829: </strong></font><br>
830: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
831: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
832: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
833: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
834: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
835: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
836: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
837: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
838: <p>
839:
840: </ul>
841:
1.531 ian 842: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
843: <ul>
844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
845: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
846: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
847: </strong></font><br>
848: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
849: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
850: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
851: The article quotes Theo as saying
852: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
853: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
854: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
855: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
856: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
857: and describes the funding issues as well.
858: <p>
859:
860: </ul>
861:
1.525 ian 862: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
863: <ul>
864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 865: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 866: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
867: </strong></font><br>
868: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
869: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
870: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
871: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
872: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
873: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
874: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
875: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
876: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
877: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
878: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
879: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
880: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
881: <p>
882:
883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 884: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 885: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
886: </strong></font><br>
887: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
888: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
889: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
890: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
891: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
892: <p>
893:
1.526 ian 894: </ul>
1.525 ian 895:
1.514 ian 896: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
897: <ul>
1.524 ian 898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
899: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
900: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
901: </strong></font><br>
902: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
903: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
904: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
905: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
906: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
907: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
908: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
909: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
910: to make them useful.
911: <p>
1.518 ian 912:
913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 914: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 915: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
916: and
917: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 918: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 919: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 920: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 921: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 922: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
923: their plans for the week.
924: <p>
925:
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 927: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
928: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
929: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
930: </strong></font><br>
931: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
932: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
933: <p>
934:
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 936: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
937: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
938: </strong></font><br>
939: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
940: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
941: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
942: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 943: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 944: (introduced with 3.9).
945: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
946: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
947: <p>
948:
949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 950: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
951: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
952: </strong></font><br>
953: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
954: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
955: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
956: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
957: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
958: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
959: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
960: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
961: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
962: <p>
963:
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
965: [GERMAN]
966: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
967: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
968: </strong></font><br>
969: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
1.580 tobias 970: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peereboom's
1.535 steven 971: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 972: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
973: is connected to OpenBSD.
974: <p>
975:
1.514 ian 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
977: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
978: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
979: </strong></font><br>
980: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
981: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
982: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 983: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 984: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 985: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 986: running this project) is so important to Theo,
987: and even why he does mountain biking!
988: <p>
989:
990: </ul>
991:
1.503 ian 992: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
993: <ul>
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 995: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
996: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
997: </strong></font><br>
998: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
999: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
1000: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
1001: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
1002: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
1003: <blockquote>
1004: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
1005: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
1006: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
1007: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
1008: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
1009: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
1010: </blockquote>
1011: This is just plain cool."
1012: <p>
1013:
1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 1015: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
1016: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
1017: </strong></font><br>
1018: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
1019: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
1020: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 1021: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 1022: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
1023: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
1024: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
1025: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
1026: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
1027: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 1028: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 1029: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
1030: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
1031: <p>
1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 1034: [GERMAN]
1035: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
1036: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
1037: </strong></font><br>
1038: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
1039: are and why they are bad.
1040: <p>
1041:
1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 1043: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
1044: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
1045: </strong></font><br>
1046: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
1047: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
1048: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
1049: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
1050: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
1051: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
1052: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
1053: pages."
1054: <p>
1055:
1056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 1057: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
1058: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
1059: </strong></font><br>
1060: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
1061: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
1062: and continues:
1063: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
1064: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
1065: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
1066: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
1067: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
1068: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
1069: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
1070: and more. Final thought:
1071: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
1072: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
1073: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
1074: true for business environments."
1075: <p>
1076:
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 1078: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 1079: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.600 bentley 1080: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1081: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.509 djm 1082: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
1083: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 1084: for funding.
1.509 djm 1085: <p>
1086:
1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 1088: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
1089: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
1090: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1091: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
1092: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
1093: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
1094: <p>
1095:
1096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 1097: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
1098: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
1099: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1100: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
1101: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
1102: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
1103: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
1104: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
1105: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
1106: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
1.582 grunk 1107: <br>
1.529 ian 1108: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 1109: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 1110: hostsearch.com</a> and
1111: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
1112: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 1113: <p>
1114:
1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 1116: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
1117: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
1118: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
1119: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 1120: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 1121: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 1122: is punctuated with examples.
1123: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 1124: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
1125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 1126: and
1.535 steven 1127: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 1128: <p>
1129:
1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 1131: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
1.600 bentley 1132: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
1.503 ian 1133: </strong></font><br>
1134: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
1135: further OpenSSH development.
1136: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
1137: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
1138: project's funding needs for all time.
1139: <p>
1.504 bernd 1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1141: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
1142: April 3, 2006
1143: </strong></font><br>
1144: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
1145: this could compromise future hackathons.
1146: <p>
1.503 ian 1147:
1148: </ul>
1149:
1.487 ian 1150: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
1151: <ul>
1.495 ian 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 1153: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 1154: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 1155: </strong></font><br>
1156: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
1157: on topics including "Puffy",
1158: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
1159: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
1160: what's new in 3.9,
1161: and of course project expenses.
1162: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
1163: <!--
1164: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
1165: -->
1166: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
1167: <p>
1168:
1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 1170: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
1171: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
1172: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 1173: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
1174: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 1175: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
1176: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
1177: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
1178: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
1179: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
1180: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
1181: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
1182: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
1183: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
1184: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
1185: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
1186: but Matzan does - is that
1187: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
1188: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
1189: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
1190: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
1.582 grunk 1191: <br>
1.498 ian 1192: <p>
1193:
1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1195: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
1196: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
1197: </strong></font><br>
1198: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
1199: "blob" drivers, and more.
1200: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
1201: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
1202: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
1203: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
1204: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
1205: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
1206: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
1207: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
1208: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
1209: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
1210: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
1211: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
1212: <p>
1213:
1214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 1215: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
1216: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
1217: </strong></font><br>
1218: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
1219: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
1220: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
1221: in general temperature and environmental issues.
1222: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
1223: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
1224: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
1225: other major operating systems." ...
1226: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
1227: machines running in
1228: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
1229: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
1230: <p>
1231:
1232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1233: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
1234: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
1235: </strong></font><br>
1236: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
1237: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
1238: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
1239: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
1240: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
1241: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
1242: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
1243: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
1244: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
1245: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
1246: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
1247: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
1248: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
1249: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
1250: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
1251: <p>
1252:
1.487 ian 1253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 1254: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
1255: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
1256: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 1257: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 1258: financial situation.
1259: <p>
1260:
1261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 1262: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
1263: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
1264: </strong></font><br>
1265: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
1266: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
1267: produce our favorite operating system.
1268: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
1269: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
1270: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
1271: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
1272: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.582 grunk 1273: <br>
1.496 ian 1274: Also online at
1275: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
1276: <p>
1277:
1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1279: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
1280: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
1281: </strong></font><br>
1282: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
1283: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
1284: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
1285: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
1286: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
1287: sustain indefinitely."
1288: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
1289: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
1290: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
1291: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
1292: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 1293: <p>
1294:
1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 1296: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
1297: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
1298: </strong></font><br>
1299: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
1300: with a reminder that
1301: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
1302: used nowadays almost everywhere."
1303: Ends with this quote from Marco:
1304: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
1305: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
1306: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
1307: <p>
1308:
1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 1310: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 1311: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
1312: </strong></font><br>
1313: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
1314: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
1315: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
1316: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
1317: a few of them each year.
1318: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
1319: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
1320: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
1321: to the OpenBSD project.
1322: It's time for them to do so.
1323: <p>
1324:
1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 1326: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
1327: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
1328: </strong></font><br>
1329: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
1330: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
1331: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
1332: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
1333: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
1334: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
1335: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
1336: <p>
1337:
1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 1339: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
1340: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 1341: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
1342: <!-- North America mirror:
1343: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 1344: -->
1.490 deraadt 1345: European mirror:
1346: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
1347: <br>
1348: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 1349: <p>
1350:
1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 1352: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
1353: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1354: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 1355: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
1356: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
1357: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
1358: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
1359: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
1360: designed to provide reliability and security.
1361: <p>
1362:
1363: </ul>
1364:
1.485 ian 1365: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
1366: <ul>
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 1368: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
1369: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1370: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 1371: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 1372: installations in about four minutes flat".
1373: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
1374: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 1375: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 1376: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
1377: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
1378: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
1379: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
1380: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
1381: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
1382: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
1383: the steps in the article.
1384: <p>
1385:
1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 1387: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
1388: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
1389: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
1390: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
1391: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
1392: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
1393: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
1394: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
1395: happening in real life.
1396: <p>
1397:
1398: </ul>
1399:
1.492 ian 1400: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
1401: <ul>
1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1403: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
1404: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1405: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
1406: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
1407: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
1408: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 1409: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 1410: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
1411: </ul>
1412:
1.483 ian 1413: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
1414: <ul>
1.555 reyk 1415:
1.483 ian 1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.555 reyk 1417: [GERMAN]
1418: <a href="http://www.ini.unizh.ch/~stephan/articles/openbsd/064-069_linux-bsd-fw.pdf">
1419: Wehrhaft abtauchen - HA-fähige Firewall mit OpenBSD/PF</a>, Linux-Magazin, December 2005
1420: </strong></font><br>
1421: High available firewall setups are considered as the high arts of network protection.
1422: Due to clustering the network stays online even if one firewall fails. This article
1423: from Stephan A. Rickauer (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH / University Zurich) shows
1424: how well OpenBSD/PF performs in comparison to the well-known duo Linux/Netfilter.
1425: <p>
1426:
1427: </p></li><li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 1428: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
1429: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1430: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
1431: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
1432: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
1433: <p>
1434:
1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1436: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 1437: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
1438: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
1439: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
1440: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
1441: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
1442: to sites with more information on most topics.
1443: <p>
1444:
1445: </ul>
1446:
1447:
1.479 grunk 1448: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
1449: <ul>
1450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1451: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 1452: Goes to Venice</a>,
1453: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1454: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 1455: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
1.582 grunk 1456: <br>
1.482 ian 1457: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
1458: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
1459: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 1460: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 1461: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
1462: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
1463: Contains a link to
1464: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
1465: pval's summary slides</a>.
1466: <p>
1467:
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 1469: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
1470: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
1471: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
1472: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
1473: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
1474: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
1475: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
1476: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 1477: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 1478: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
1479: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
1480: the packages and ports system"</i>.
1481: <p>
1482:
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1484: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
1485: Return of The BSDs</a>,
1486: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1487: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
1488: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
1489: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
1490: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
1491: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
1492: quotes from Bob Beck.
1493: <p>
1494:
1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 1496: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
1497: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
1498: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 1499: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
1500: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 1501: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
1502: and Linux.<br>
1503: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
1504: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
1505: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
1506: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
1507: of the release
1508: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
1509: <p>
1510: </ul>
1511:
1.476 ian 1512: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
1513: <ul>
1514:
1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1516: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
1517: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
1518: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
1519: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
1520: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
1521: and too unreliable.
1522: This quote will rattle some cages:
1523: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
1524: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
1525: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
1526: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
1527: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
1528: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
1529: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
1530: costs without any commercial lock-in."
1531: <p>
1532:
1.477 saad 1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1534: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
1535: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
1536: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1537: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1538: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
1539: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
1540: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
1541: discussion about future plans.
1542: <p>
1543:
1.478 grunk 1544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1545: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
1546: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
1547: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
1548: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
1549: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
1550: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
1551: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
1552: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
1553: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
1554: <p>
1555:
1.476 ian 1556: </ul>
1557:
1.470 saad 1558: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
1559: <ul>
1560:
1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 1562: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
1563: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
1564: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1565: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
1566: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
1567: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
1568: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
1569: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
1570: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
1571: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
1572: <p>
1573:
1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 1575: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
1576: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
1577: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
1578: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
1579: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
1580: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
1581: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
1582: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
1583: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
1584: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
1585: <p>
1586:
1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1588: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
1589: Big debate over small packets</a>,
1590: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
1591: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
1592: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
1593: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
1594: draft.
1595: <p>
1596:
1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1598: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1599: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1600: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1601: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1602: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1603: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1604: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1605: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1606: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1607: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1608: <p>
1609:
1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1611: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1612: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1613: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1614: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1615: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1616: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1617: performance data with pfstat.
1618: <p>
1619:
1620: </ul>
1621:
1.461 grunk 1622: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1623: <ul>
1624:
1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1626: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1627: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1628: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1629: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1630: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1631: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1632: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1633: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1634: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1635: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1636: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1637: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1638: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1639: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1640: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1641: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1642: <p>
1643:
1644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1645: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1646: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1647: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1648: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1649: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1650: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1651: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1652: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1653: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1654: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1655: <p>
1656:
1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1658: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1659: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1660: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1661: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1662: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1663: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1664: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1665: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1666: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1667: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1668: commercial vendors.
1669: <p>
1670:
1671: </ul>
1672:
1.454 ian 1673: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1674: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1675:
1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1677: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1678: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1679: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1680: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1681: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1682: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1683: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1684: <br>
1685: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1686: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1687: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1688: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1689: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1690: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1691: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1692: <p>
1693:
1.454 ian 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1695: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1696: Free Bird</a>,
1697: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1698: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1699: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1700: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1701: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1702: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1703: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1704: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1705: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1706: room will only be available in the print edition.
1707: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1708:
1.458 niallo 1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1710: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1711: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1712: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1713: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1714: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1715: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1716: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1717: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1718: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1719:
1.456 niallo 1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1721: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1722: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1723: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1724: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1725: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1726: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1727: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1728: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1729: interview.</a>
1730: <p>
1731:
1732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1733: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1734: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1735: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1736: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1737: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1738: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1739: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1740: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1741: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1742: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1743: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1744: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1745: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1746: "I have never used it."
1747: <p>
1748:
1749: </ul>
1750:
1.441 deraadt 1751: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1752: <ul>
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1754: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1755: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1756: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1757: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1758: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1759: future enhancements.
1760: <p>
1761:
1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1763: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1764: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1765: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1766: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1767: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1768: North America mirror:
1769: <ul>
1.452 marco 1770: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1771: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1772: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1773: </ul>
1774: European mirror:
1775: <ul>
1.452 marco 1776: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1777: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1778: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1779: </ul>
1780: <p>
1781:
1782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1783: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1784: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1785: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1786: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1787: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1788: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1789: <p>
1790:
1791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1792: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1793: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1794: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1795: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1796: first-hand account.
1797: <p>
1798:
1799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1800: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1801: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1802: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1803: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1804: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1805: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1806: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1807: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1808: <p>
1809:
1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1811: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1812: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1813: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1814: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1815: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1816: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1817: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1818: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1819: <p>
1820:
1821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1822: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1823: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1824: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1825: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1826: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1827: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1828: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1829: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1830: <p>
1831:
1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1833: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1834: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1835: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1836: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1837: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1838: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1839: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1840: <p>
1841:
1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1843: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1844: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1845: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1846: </strong></font><br>
1847: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1848: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1849: with OpenBSD.
1850: </ul>
1851:
1.436 henning 1852: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1853: <ul>
1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1855: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1856: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1857: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1858: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1859: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1860: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1861: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1862: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1863: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1864: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1865: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1866: <p>
1867: This article can also be found online as
1868: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1869: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1870: <p>
1871:
1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1873: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1874: </strong></font><br>
1875: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1.600 bentley 1876: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
1.439 espie 1877: <p>
1878:
1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1880: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1881: </strong></font><br>
1882: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1883: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1884: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1885: the issues we had with IETF.
1886: </ul>
1887:
1.431 ian 1888: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1889: <ul>
1890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1891: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1892: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1893: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1894: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1895: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1896: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1897: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1898: <p>
1899:
1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1901: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1902: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1903: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1904: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1905: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1906: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1907: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1908: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1909: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1910: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1911: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1912: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1913: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1914: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1915: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1916:
1917: </ul>
1918:
1.427 matthieu 1919: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1920: <ul>
1921:
1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1923: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1924: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1925: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1926: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1927: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1928: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1929: firmware.
1.434 ian 1930: Similar articles can be found online at:
1931: <ul>
1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1933: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1934: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1935: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1937: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1938: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1939: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1941: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1942: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1943: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1945: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1946: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1947: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1948: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1949: </ul>
1950:
1.426 ian 1951: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1952: <ul>
1953:
1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1955: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1956: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1957: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1958: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1959: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1960: mechanism: what it is and why and
1961: how to use it, with examples.
1962: Another excerpt from the book
1.588 deraadt 1963: "Secure Architectures with OpenBSD" by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1.426 ian 1964: <p>
1965:
1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1967: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1968: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1969: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1970: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1971: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1972: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1973: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1974: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1975: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1976: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1977: This article is a sample chapter from
1.588 deraadt 1978: "Secure Architectures with OpenBSD" by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1.426 ian 1979: <p>
1.443 ian 1980:
1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1982: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1983: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1984: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1985: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1986: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1987: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1988: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1989: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1990: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1991: ends with a sidebar on security.
1992: <p>
1.426 ian 1993: </ul>
1994:
1.424 ian 1995: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1996: <ul>
1997:
1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1999: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
2000: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
2001: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
2002: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
2003: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
2004: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
2005: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
2006: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
2007: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
2008: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
2009: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
2010: <p>
2011: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
2012: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
2013: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
2014: <p>
2015:
2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 2017: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
2018: Closed Source Hardware</a>
2019: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
2020: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
2021: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
2022: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
2023: operating systems.
2024: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
2025: OpenBSD on his firewall.
2026: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
2027: systems, he writes:
2028: <blockquote>
2029: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
2030: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
2031: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
2032: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
2033: to the operating system...
1.582 grunk 2034: <br>
1.424 ian 2035: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
2036: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
2037: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
2038: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
2039: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
2040: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
2041: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
2042: in a closed source operating system).
2043: <br/>
2044: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
2045: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
2046: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
2047: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
2048: </blockquote>
2049: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
2050: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
2051: their hardware and software operates.
2052: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
2053: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 2054: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 2055: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
2056: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
2057: <p>
2058: </ul>
2059:
1.417 pvalchev 2060: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
2061: <ul>
1.421 ian 2062:
1.417 pvalchev 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 2064: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
2065: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
2066: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
2067: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
2068: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
2069: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
2070: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
2071: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
2072: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
2073: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
2074: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 2075: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 2076: <p>
2077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 2078: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
2079: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
2080: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
2081: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
2082: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
2083: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
2084: it claims to do".
2085: <p>
2086:
2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 2088: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 2089: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
2090: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
2091: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
2092: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 2093: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 2094: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
2095: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
2096: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
2097: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
2098: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
2099: (yes, this is a hint).
2100: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
2101: picked up on the
2102: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
2103: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 2104: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 2105: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
2106: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
2107: <p>
2108:
2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 2110: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
2111: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
2112: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
2113: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
2114: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
2115: questions about the significance and rationale behind
2116: the current efforts.
2117: <p>
2118: </ul>
2119:
1.407 henning 2120: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
2121: <ul>
2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 2123: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
2124: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
2125: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
2126: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
2127: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
2128: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
2129: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
2130: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
2131: <p>
2132:
2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 2134: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
2135: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
2136: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2137: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
2138: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
2139: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
2140: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
2141: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
2142: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 2143: <p>
1.415 ian 2144:
2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2146: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 2147: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
2148: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
2149: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
2150: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
2151: overflow attacks... because
2152: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
2153: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
2154: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
2155: and propolice.
2156: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
2157: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
2158: and that's when the science falls apart."
2159: <p>
2160:
2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 2162: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
2163: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
2164: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
2165: Starts with the question:
2166: <blockquote>
2167: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
2168: <br/>
2169: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
2170: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
2171: <br/>
2172: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
2173: Should we believe them?"
2174: </blockquote>
2175: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
2176: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
2177: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
2178: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
2179: for your mail, web and other online activities.
2180: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
2181: <p>
2182:
2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 2184: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
2185: Simple Simon</a>,
2186: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
2187: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
2188: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
2189: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
2190: routing/firewall, and more.
2191: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
2192: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
2193: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
2194: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
2195: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
2196: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
2197: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
2198: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
2199: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
2200: </blockquote>
2201: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
2202: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
2203: <p>
2204:
2205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 2206: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
2207: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 2208: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 2209: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 2210: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
2211: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
2212: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 2213: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 2214: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
2215: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
2216: in spite of it
2217: (registration required, but worth it).
2218: <p>
2219:
2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2221: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
2222: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
2223: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
2224: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
2225: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
2226: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1.588 deraadt 2227: "The Power of Many",
1.408 nick 2228: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
2229: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
2230: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
2231: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
2232: <p>
2233:
2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 2235: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
2236: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
2237: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
2238: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
2239: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
2240: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
2241: <blockquote>
2242: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
2243: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
2244: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
2245: a lot of analysis.
2246: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
2247: </blockquote>
2248: <p>
2249: </ul>
2250:
1.400 marco 2251: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
2252: <ul>
2253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 2254: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
2255: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
2256: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
2257: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
2258: UNIX-like systems.
2259: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
2260: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
2261: <p>
2262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 2263: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
2264: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 2265: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2266: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
2267: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
2268: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
2269: At one point, the article states:
2270: <blockquote>
2271: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
2272: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
2273: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
2274: </blockquote>
2275: And then quotes Theo as saying:
2276: <blockquote>
2277: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
2278: fewer are reading or auditing code."
2279: </blockquote>
2280: <p>
2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2282: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
2283: marks its fifth birthday</a>
2284: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2285: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
2286: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
2287: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
2288: required).
2289: <p>
2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 2291: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
2292: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
2293: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
2294: </strong></font><br>
2295: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
2296: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
2297: <p>
2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 2299: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
2300: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 2301: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 2302: </strong></font><br>
2303: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
2304: <p>
2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 2306: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
2307: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 2308: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 2309: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 2310: 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 2311: <p>
2312: </ul>
2313:
1.396 henning 2314: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
2315: <ul>
2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 2317: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
2318: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
2319: Unix Review, July, 2004
2320: </strong></font><br>
2321: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
2322: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 2323: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 2324: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
2325: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
2326: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
2327: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
2328: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
2329: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
2330: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
2331: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
2332: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
2333: and even spelling/wording errors.
2334: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
2335: <p>
2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2337: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 2338: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
2339: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
2340: </strong></font><br>
2341: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
2342: <p>
2343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2344: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 2345: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
2346: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
2347: </strong></font><br>
2348: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
2349: <p>
2350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 2351: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
2352: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
2353: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
2354: </strong></font><br>
2355: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
2356: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
2357: <p>
2358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.595 schwarze 2359: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/press/archiv/pis/20040630.html">
2360: genua moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
2361: German security company genua moves its firewall product line
2362: "genugate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1.396 henning 2363: <p>
2364: </ul>
2365:
1.405 jolan 2366: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
2367: <ul>
1.545 tom 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2369: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 2370: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 2371: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
2372: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
2373: details on how funds are dispersed.
2374: <p>
2375: </ul>
2376:
1.393 david 2377: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
2378: <ul>
2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 2380: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
2381: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
2382: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
2383: </strong></font><br>
2384: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
2385: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
2386: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
2387: on inserting large number of SQL records.
2388: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
2389: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
2390: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
2391: <p>
2392:
2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2394: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
2395: Secure by Default</a>,
2396: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
2397: </strong></font><br>
2398: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
2399: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
2400: <p>
2401:
2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2403: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
2404: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
2405: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
2406: </strong></font><br>
2407: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
2408: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
2409: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
2410: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
2411: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
2412: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
2413: <p>
2414:
2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2416: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
2417: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
2418: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
2419: </strong></font><br>
2420: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
2421: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
2422: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
2423: <p>
2424:
2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2426: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
2427: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
2428: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
2429: </strong></font><br>
2430: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
2431: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
2432: <p>
2433: </ul>
2434:
1.388 mcbride 2435: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
2436: <ul>
1.394 jolan 2437:
2438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2439: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
2440: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
2441: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
2442: </strong></font><br>
2443: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
2444: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
2445: available for sparc64.
2446: <p>
2447:
1.390 beck 2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2449: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
2450: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
2451: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
2452: </strong></font><br>
2453: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
2454: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
2455: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
2456: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
2457: <p>
2458:
2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 2460: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
2461: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 2462: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 2463: </strong></font><br>
2464: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
2465: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
2466: it does: CARP provides sharing
2467: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
2468: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
2469: detail to get you started using it.
2470: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
2471: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
2472: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
2473: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
2474: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
2475: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
2476: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 2477: <p>
1.391 ian 2478:
2479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 2480: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 2481: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
2482: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 2483: </strong></font><br>
2484: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 2485: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 2486: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 2487: <p>
1.388 mcbride 2488:
2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2490: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
2491: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 2492: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 2493: </strong></font><br>
2494: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
2495: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
2496: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
2497: unencumbered by patents.
2498: <p>
2499: </ul>
2500:
1.378 henning 2501: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
2502: <ul>
1.384 jose 2503:
2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 2505: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
2506: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
2507: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
2508: </strong></font><br>
2509: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
2510: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
2511: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
2512: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
2513: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
2514: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
2515: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
2516: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
2517: in the page tables."
2518: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
2519: <p>
2520:
2521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2522: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
2523: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
2524: </strong></font><br>
2525: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
2526: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
2527: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
2528: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 2529: <p>
1.384 jose 2530:
1.378 henning 2531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2532: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
2533: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 2534: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
2535: </strong></font><br>
2536: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
2537: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
2538: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
2539: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
2540: (quote:
2541: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
2542: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 2543: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 2544: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
2545: the other developers for their work on the system.
2546: <p>
2547:
2548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2549: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
2550: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
2551: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 2552: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 2553: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
2554: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
2555: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
2556: too.
2557: <p>
2558:
2559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 2560: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
2561: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 2562: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 2563: OpenBSD source code using
2564: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
2565: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
2566: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
2567: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
2568: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
2569: <p>
2570: </ul>
2571:
1.374 jose 2572: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
2573: <ul>
2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 2575: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 2576: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
2577: </strong></font><br>
2578: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
2579: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
2580: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
2581: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
2582: it."
2583: <p>
2584:
2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 2586: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
2587: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
2588: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
2589: </strong></font><br/>
2590: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
2591: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
2592: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
2593: <p>
2594: </ul>
2595:
1.369 ian 2596: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2597: <ul>
2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2599: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2600: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2601: </strong></font><br/>
2602: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2603: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2604: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2605: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2606: <p>
2607:
2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2609: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2610: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2611: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2612: </strong></font><br/>
2613: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2614: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2615: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2616: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2617: form factor.
2618: <p>
2619:
2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2621: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2622: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2623: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2624: Features</a>,
2625: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2626: </strong></font><br/>
2627: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2628: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2629: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2630: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2631: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2632: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2633: <p>
2634: This article can also be found online at:
2635: <ul>
2636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2637: <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 2638: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2639: </strong></font>
2640: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2641: </ul>
2642: <p>
1.392 david 2643:
1.371 jose 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2645: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2646: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2647: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2648: </strong></font><br/>
2649: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2650: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2651: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2652: <p>
1.371 jose 2653:
2654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2655: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2656: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2657: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2658: </strong></font><br/>
2659: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2660: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2661: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2662: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2663: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2664: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2665: and its history with OpenBSD.
2666: </ul>
2667:
1.567 kurt 2668: <h2>September, 2003</h2>
2669: <ul>
2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2671: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bsdcon03/tech/full_papers/rosenthal/rosenthal_html/">
2672: A Digital Preservation Network Appliance Based on OpenBSD</a>, BSDcon, September, 2003.
2673: </strong></font><br>
2674: David S. H. Rosenthal's paper on the design, implementation and deployment of the
2675: <a href="http://www.lockss.org">LOCKSS</a> network appliance based on OpenBSD.
2676: </ul>
2677:
1.368 henning 2678: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2679: <ul>
2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2681: [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 2682: </strong></font><br>
2683: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2684: </ul>
2685:
1.364 jose 2686: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2687: <ul>
2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2689: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2690: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2691: UNIX Review,
2692: July, 2003.
2693: </strong></font><br>
2694: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2695: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2696: who want more information.
2697: <p>
2698:
2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2700: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2701: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2702: Government Computer News,
2703: July 22, 2003.
2704: </strong></font><br>
2705: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2706: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2707: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2708: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2709: <p>
2710:
2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2712: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2713: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2714: SANS Institute,
2715: July 22, 2003.
2716: </strong></font><br>
2717: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2718: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2719: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2720: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2721: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2722: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2723: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2724: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2725: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2726: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2727: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2728: <p>
2729:
2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2731: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2732: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2733: OnLamp.com,
2734: July 17, 2003.
2735: </strong></font><br>
2736: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2737: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2738: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2739: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2740: have been working on.
2741:
2742: </ul>
2743:
1.356 jose 2744: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2745: <ul>
2746:
2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2748: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2749: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2750: UNIX Review,
2751: June, 2003.
2752: </strong></font><br>
2753: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2754: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2755: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2756: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2757: <p>
2758:
2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2760: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2761: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2762: eWeek,
2763: June 23, 2003.
2764: </strong></font><br>
2765: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2766: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2767: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2768: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2769: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2770: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2771: <p>
2772:
2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2774: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2775: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2776: Software Development Online,
2777: June, 2003.
2778: </strong></font><br>
2779: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2780: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2781: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2782: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2783: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2784: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2785: current activities.
2786: <p>
2787:
2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2789: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2790: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2791: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2792: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2793: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2794: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2795: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2796: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2797: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2798: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2799: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2800: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2801: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2802: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2803: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2804: decisions.
2805: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2806: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2807: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2808: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2809: <p>
2810:
2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2812: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2813: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2814: Page 58, eWeek,
2815: June 2, 2003.
2816: </strong></font><br>
2817: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2818: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2819: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2820: been addressed in -current.
2821: <p>
2822:
1.356 jose 2823: </ul>
2824:
2825: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2826: <ul>
2827:
1.355 jose 2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2829: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2830: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2831: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2832: </strong></font><br>
2833: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2834: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2835: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2836: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2837: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2838: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2839: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2840: <p>
2841:
2842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2843: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2844: Beyond Linux</a>,
2845: InfoWorld,
2846: May 23, 2003.
2847: </strong></font><br>
2848: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2849: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2850: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2851: compared to the GPL.
2852: <p>
2853:
2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2855: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2856: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2857: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2858: May 17, 2003.
2859: </strong></font><br>
2860: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2861: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2862: the business section and half of another page inside
2863: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2864: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2865: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2866: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2867: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2868: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2869: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2870: <br>
2871: This article can also be found online at:
2872: <ul>
2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2874: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2875: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2876: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2877: May 17, 2003
2878: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2879: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2881: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2882: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2883: Montreal Gazette,
2884: May 21, 2003
2885: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2886: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2887: <p>
1.346 ian 2888:
2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2890: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2891: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2892: May 7, 2003.
2893: </strong></font><br>
2894: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2895: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2896: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2897: <p>
2898:
2899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2900: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2901: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2902: OsOpinion,
2903: May 6, 2003.
2904: </strong></font><br>
2905: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2906: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2907: <br>
2908: This article can also be found online at:
2909: <ul>
2910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2911: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2912: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2913: NewsFactor Network.
2914: </strong></font>
2915: </ul>
2916: <p>
2917:
2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2919: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2920: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2921: ITBusiness,
2922: May 2, 2003.
2923: </strong></font><br>
2924: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2925: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2926: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2927: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2928: <p>
2929:
2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2931: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2932: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2933: InfoWorld,
2934: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2935: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2936: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2937: <br>
2938: This article can also be found online at:
2939: <ul>
2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2941: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2942: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2943: IDG Singapore.
2944: </strong></font>
2945: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2946: <p>
2947:
1.339 jose 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2949: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2950: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2951: ZDNet,
2952: May 1, 2003.
2953: </strong></font><br>
2954: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2955: someone using parts from previous articles.
2956: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2957: This article can also be found online at:
2958: <ul>
2959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2960: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2961: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2962: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2963: </strong></font>
2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2965: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2966: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2967: CNET News.com.
2968: </strong></font>
2969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2970: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2971: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2972: ZDNet UK.
2973: </strong></font>
2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2975: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2976: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2977: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2978: </strong></font>
2979: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2980: <p>
1.339 jose 2981:
1.341 deraadt 2982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 2983: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2984: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2985: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2986: May 1, 2003.
2987: </strong></font><br>
2988: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2989: that have been added
2990: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2991: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2992: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2993: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2994: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2995: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2996: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2997: <p>
2998:
2999: </ul>
3000:
1.253 ian 3001: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
3002: <ul>
1.255 ian 3003:
1.260 ian 3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3005: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 3006: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
3007: TechRepublic,
3008: April 28, 2003.
3009: </strong></font><br>
3010: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
3011: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 3012: work.<br>
3013: Can also be found online at:
3014: <ul>
3015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3016: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
3017: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
3018: ZDNet UK.
3019: </strong></font>
3020: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 3021: <p>
3022:
3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 3024: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
3025: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
3026: IDG,
3027: April 24, 2003.
3028: </strong></font><br>
3029: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
3030: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
3031: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
3032: Can also be found online at:
3033: <ul>
3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3035: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
3036: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 3037: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 3038: </strong></font>
3039: </ul>
3040: <p>
3041:
3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3043: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 3044: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 3045: Slate,
3046: April 24, 2003.
3047: </strong></font><br>
3048: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
3049: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
3050: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
3051: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
3052: <p>
3053:
3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 3055: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3056: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
3057: April 24, 2003.
3058: </strong></font><br>
3059: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
3060: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
3061: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
3062: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
3063: <p>
3064:
3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 3066: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
3067: April 24, 2003.
3068: </strong></font><br>
3069: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
3070: the free software community".
3071: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
3072: other articles.
3073: <p>
3074:
3075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3076: <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 3077: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
3078: </strong></font><br>
3079: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
3080: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
3081: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
3082: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
3083: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
3084: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
3085: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 3086: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 3087: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
3088: <br/>
3089: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
3090: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
3091: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
3092: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 3093: <br>
3094: Can also be found online at:
3095: <ul>
3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3097: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
3098: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
3099: Common Dreams NewsCenter
3100: </strong></font>
3101: </ul>
1.324 ian 3102: <p>
3103:
3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3105: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
3106: Wired, April 24, 2003.
3107: </strong></font><br>
3108: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
3109: article above.
3110: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
3111: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
3112: wasting them."
1.332 ian 3113: <br>
3114: Can also be found online at:
3115: <ul>
3116: <li>
3117: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
3118: </strong></font>
3119: </ul>
1.324 ian 3120: <p>
3121:
3122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 3123: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
3124: </strong></font><br>
3125: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
3126: <p>
3127:
3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 3129: <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.
3130: </strong></font><br>
3131: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
3132: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
3133: <p>
3134:
3135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 3136: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
3137: April 23, 2003.
3138: </strong></font><br>
3139: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
3140: <p>
3141:
3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 3143: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 3144: April 22, 2003.
3145: </strong></font><br>
3146: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
3147: <p>
3148:
3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 3150: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
3151: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
3152: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 3153: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 3154: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
3155: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
3156: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
3157: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
3158: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
3159: Can also be found online at:
3160: <ul>
3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3162: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 3163: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
3164: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 3165: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3167: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 3168: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
3169: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 3170: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 3171: </ul>
3172: <p>
3173:
3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 3175: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
3176: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 3177: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3178: </strong></font><br>
3179: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 3180: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
3181: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
3182: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
3183: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
3184: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
3185: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 3186: <p>
3187:
3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 3189: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
3190: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 3191: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
3192: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 3193: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
3194: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
3195: at UPenn and DARPA.
3196: <p>
3197:
3198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 3199: [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,
3200: France
1.315 deraadt 3201: April 18, 2003.
3202: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 3203: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 3204: <p>
3205:
3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.600 bentley 3207: [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 3208: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3209: </strong></font><br>
3210: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
3211: <p>
3212:
3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 3214: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
3215: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
3216: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3217: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 3218: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
3219: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
3220: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
3221: <p>
3222:
3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 3224: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
3225: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3226: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 3227: </strong></font><br>
3228: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3229: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
3230: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 3231: American century.
1.267 deraadt 3232: <p>
3233:
3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 3235: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
3236: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3237: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 3238: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 3239: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
3240: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
3241: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
3242: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
3243: Can also be found online at:
3244: <ul>
3245: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
3246: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 3247: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 3248: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 3249: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 3250: <p>
3251:
3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 3253: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 3254: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 3255: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 3256: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 3257: </strong></font><br>
3258: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 3259: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
3260: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
3261: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
3262: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 3263:
3264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3265: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
3266: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
3267: New York Times.
3268: </strong></font>(free registration required)
3269:
1.273 deraadt 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3271: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 3272: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 3273: ABC News.
3274: </strong></font>
3275:
3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3277: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 3278: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 3279: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 3280: </strong></font>
3281:
3282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3283: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 3284: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 3285: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 3286: </strong></font>
3287:
3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 3289: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
3290: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3291: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 3292: </strong></font>
3293:
3294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3295: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 3296: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 3297: Times Daily, AL.
3298: </strong></font>
3299:
3300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3301: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
3302: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
3303: Boston.com, MA.
3304: </strong></font>
3305:
3306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3307: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 3308: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 3309: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
3310: </strong></font>
3311:
3312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 3313: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
3314: [Article was pulled]</a>
3315: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 3316: </strong></font>
3317:
3318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3319: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
3320: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
3321: Infoshop News.
3322: </strong></font>
3323:
3324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3325: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
3326: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3327: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
3328: </strong></font>
3329:
3330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 3331: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
3332: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
3333: Raleigh News, NC.
3334: </strong></font>
3335:
3336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3337: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 3338: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
3339: Napa News, CA.
3340: </strong></font>
3341:
3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3343: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 3344: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3345: NEPA News, PA.
3346: </strong></font>
3347:
3348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3349: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
3350: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
3351: Wired News.
3352: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 3353: <br>
3354: <li>
1.333 deraadt 3355: <font color="#009000"><strong>
3356: [JAPANESE]
3357: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
3358: Wired News Japan</a>
3359: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 3360:
1.271 deraadt 3361: </ul>
3362: <p>
1.272 deraadt 3363: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
3364: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 3365: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
3366: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
3367: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
3368: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
3369: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
3370: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 3371: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 3372: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
3373: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
3374: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 3375: <p>
3376: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 3377:
3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3379: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 3380: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
3381: Indianapolis Star, IN.
3382: </strong></font>
3383:
3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 3385: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
3386: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3387: Miami Herald, FL.
3388: </strong></font>
3389:
3390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 3391: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3392: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
3393: </strong></font>
3394:
3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3396: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 3397: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3398: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 3399: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 3400:
3401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3402: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
3403: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
3404: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
3405: ABC News.
3406: </strong></font>
3407:
1.276 deraadt 3408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3409: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 3410: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3411: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 3412: </strong></font>
3413:
1.286 dhartmei 3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3415: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 3416: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3417: Wilmington Star, NC.
3418: </strong></font>
3419:
1.300 jose 3420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3421: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
3422: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
3423: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
3424: </strong></font>
3425:
1.309 jose 3426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3427: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
3428: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
3429: Globe Technology.
3430: </strong></font>
3431:
1.263 deraadt 3432: </ul>
1.262 beck 3433: <p>
3434:
3435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 3436: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
3437: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3438: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 3439: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 3440: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 3441: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
3442: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
3443: <p>
3444:
3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 3446: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
3447: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
3448: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3449: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 3450: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
3451: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
3452: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
3453: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
3454: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
3455: and simply restates other press reports.
3456: <p>
3457:
3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 3459: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
3460: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3461: OS News, April 18, 2003.
3462: </strong></font><br>
3463: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
3464: <p>
3465:
3466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 3467: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
3468: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3469: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 3470: </strong></font><br>
3471: Another report on the DARPA funding.
3472: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
3473: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
3474: <p>
3475:
3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 3477: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
3478: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
3479: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
3480: April 17, 2003.
3481: </strong></font><br>
3482: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
3483: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
3484: Tech Anthems</a>
3485: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
3486: 4 so far.
3487: <p>
3488:
3489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 3490: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
3491: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3492: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3493: </strong></font><br>
3494: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
3495: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
3496: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
3497: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
3498: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
3499: Goes on to say:
3500: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
3501: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
3502: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
3503: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 3504: This article is also found online at:
3505: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3507: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
3508: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
3509: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3510: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3512: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
3513: ZDnet</a>,
3514: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3515: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3517: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
3518: ZDnet Australia</a>,
3519: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 3520: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 3521: </ul>
1.260 ian 3522: <p>
1.279 deraadt 3523:
1.260 ian 3524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3525: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 3526: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 3527: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3528: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 3529: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 3530: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
3531: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
3532: without notice or justification.
3533: <p>
3534:
3535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 3536: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 3537: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 3538: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3539: </strong></font><br>
3540: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
3541: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 3542: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 3543: effective today, without any warning..."
3544: <p>
1.257 ian 3545:
3546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 3547: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
3548: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3549: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 3550: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 3551: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
3552: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
3553: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
3554: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
3555: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 3556: <p>
3557:
3558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 3559: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
3560: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3561: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 3562: </strong></font><br>
3563: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
3564: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
3565: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
3566: quoting two of them:
3567: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
3568: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
3569: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
3570: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
3571: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
3572: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
3573: <p>
3574:
1.255 ian 3575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3576: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
3577: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 3578: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3579: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 3580: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 3581: <p>
3582:
3583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 3584: [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 3585: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3586: </strong></font><br>
3587: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3588: <p>
3589:
3590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 3591: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
3592: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3593: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 3594: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 3595: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 3596: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
3597: security experts for more than three decades."
3598: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
3599: <p>
1.261 ian 3600:
1.254 drahn 3601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 3602: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 3603: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3604: </strong></font><br>
3605: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3606: <p>
3607:
3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3609: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3610: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3611: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3612: </strong></font><br>
3613: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3614: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3615: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3616: <p>
3617:
3618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3619: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3620: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3621: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3622: </strong></font><br>
3623: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3624: from US DARPA.
3625: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3626: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3627: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3628: the BSD license.
3629: <p>
3630: </ul>
3631:
1.251 ian 3632: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3633: <ul>
3634:
3635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3636: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3637: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3638: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3639: </strong></font><br>
3640:
3641: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3642: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3643: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3644: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3645: <p>
3646:
3647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3648: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3649: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3650: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3651: </strong></font><br>
3652: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3653: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3654: Mentions
3655: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3656: and
3657: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3658: programs.
3659: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3660: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3661: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3662: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3663: <p>
1.325 ian 3664: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3665: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3666:
3667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3668: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3669: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3670: </strong></font><br>
3671: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3672: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3673: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3674: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3675: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3676: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3677: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3678: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3679: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3680: put into service."
3681: <p>
3682: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3683: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3684: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3685: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3686: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3687: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3688: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3689: computers with security features."
3690: <p>
1.329 ian 3691:
3692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3693: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3694: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3695: Slate,
3696: March 3, 2003.
3697: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3698: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3699: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3700: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3701: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3702: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3703: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3704: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3705: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3706: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3707: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3708: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3709: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3710: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3711: of more secure open-source solutions like
3712: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3713: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3714: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3715: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3716: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3717: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3718: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3719: the Beltway."
3720: <p>
1.251 ian 3721: </ul>
3722:
1.249 jufi 3723: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3724: <ul>
3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3726: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3727: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3728: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3729: </strong></font><br>
3730: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3731: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3732: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3733: <p>
1.334 ian 3734:
3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3736: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3737: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3738: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3739: </strong></font><br>
3740: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3741: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3742: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3743: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3744: "... the hypothetical question ...
3745: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3746: <br>
3747: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3748: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3749: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3750: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3751: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3752: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3753: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3754: support network security.
3755: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3756: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3757: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3758: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3759: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3760: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3761: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3762: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3763: <br>
3764: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3765: <p>
3766:
1.249 jufi 3767: </ul>
3768:
1.246 jufi 3769: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3770: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3771:
1.247 jufi 3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3773: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3774: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3775: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3776: </strong></font><br>
3777: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3778: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3779: <p>
3780:
1.247 jufi 3781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3782: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3783: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3784: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3785: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3786: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3787: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3788: <p>
3789:
3790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3791: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3792: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3793: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3794: </strong></font><br>
3795: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3796: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3797: <p>
1.247 jufi 3798: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3799:
1.244 jufi 3800: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3801: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3804: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3805: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3806: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3807: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3808: </strong></font><br>
3809: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3810: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3811: md5 digests.
3812: <p>
3813:
1.247 jufi 3814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3815: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3816: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3817: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3818: </strong></font><br>
3819: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3820: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3821: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3822: right the first time."
3823: <p>
1.247 jufi 3824: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3825:
3826:
3827: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3828: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3829:
1.247 jufi 3830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3831: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3832: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3833: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3834: </strong></font><br>
3835: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3836: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3837: part 6</a>.
3838: <p>
3839:
1.247 jufi 3840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3841: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3842: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3843: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3844: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3845: </strong></font><br>
3846: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3847: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3848: <p>
1.301 jose 3849:
3850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3851: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3852: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3853: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3854: </strong></font><br>
3855:
3856: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3857: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3858: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3859: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3860: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3861: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3862: <i>Here's the
3863: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3864: <p>
1.247 jufi 3865: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3866:
3867: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3868: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3869:
1.247 jufi 3870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3871: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3872: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3873: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3874: </strong></font><br>
3875: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3876: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3877: <p>
3878:
1.247 jufi 3879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3880: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3881: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3882: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3883: </strong></font><br>
3884: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3885: this time using pf.
3886: <p>
1.247 jufi 3887: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3888:
3889: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3890: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3893: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3894: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3895: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3896: </strong></font><br>
3897: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3898: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3899: their rotation.
3900: <p>
3901:
1.247 jufi 3902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3903: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3904: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3905: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3906: </strong></font><br>
3907: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3908: <p>
1.247 jufi 3909: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3910:
1.239 jufi 3911: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3912: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3913:
1.247 jufi 3914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3915: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3916: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3917: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3918: </strong></font><br>
3919: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3920: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3921: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3922: <p>
3923:
1.247 jufi 3924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3925: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3926: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3927: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3928: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3929: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3930: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3931: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3932: <p>
1.247 jufi 3933: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3934:
1.235 lebel 3935: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3936: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3937:
1.239 jufi 3938:
1.247 jufi 3939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3940: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3941: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3942: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3943: </strong></font><br>
3944: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3945: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3946: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3947: <p>
1.301 jose 3948:
1.247 jufi 3949: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3950:
1.228 horacio 3951: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3952: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3953:
1.247 jufi 3954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3955: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3956: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3957: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3958: </strong></font><br>
3959: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3960: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3961: <p>
3962:
1.247 jufi 3963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3964: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3965: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3966: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3967: </strong></font><br>
3968: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3969: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3970: <p>
3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3973: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3974: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3975: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3976: </strong></font><br>
3977: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3978: on the desktop of his parents.
3979: <p>
3980:
1.247 jufi 3981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3982: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3983: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3984: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3985: </strong></font><br>
3986: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3987: using IPFilter.
3988:
3989: <p>
3990:
1.247 jufi 3991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3992: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3993: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3994: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3995: </strong></font><br>
3996: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3997: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3998: perspectives of the four OS.
3999: <br>
4000: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 4001: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 4002: <p>
4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 4005: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
4006: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 4007: software and security</a>,
4008: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 4009: </strong></font><br>
4010:
4011: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
4012: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
4013: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
4014: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
4015: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
4016: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
4017: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
4018: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
4019: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
4020: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
4021: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
4022: security conscious team beyond doubt.
4023: <p>
1.247 jufi 4024: </ul>
1.228 horacio 4025:
1.225 horacio 4026: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 4027: <ul>
1.225 horacio 4028:
1.247 jufi 4029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4030: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
4031: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 4032: Interview</a>,
4033: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 4034: </strong></font><br>
4035:
4036: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
4037: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
4038: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 4039: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 4040: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
4041: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
4042: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
4043: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
4044: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 4045: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 4046: of choice.
4047: <p>
1.247 jufi 4048: </ul>
1.225 horacio 4049:
4050: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4051: <ul>
1.225 horacio 4052:
1.247 jufi 4053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4054: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 4055: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
4056: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 4057: </strong></font><br>
4058:
4059: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
4060: <p>
4061:
1.247 jufi 4062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4063: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 4064: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
4065: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 4066: </strong></font><br>
4067:
4068: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
4069: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
4070: <p>
1.247 jufi 4071: </ul>
1.225 horacio 4072:
1.218 horacio 4073: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4074: <ul>
1.218 horacio 4075:
1.247 jufi 4076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 4077: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 4078: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 4079: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 4080: </strong></font><br>
4081:
4082: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
4083: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
4084: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
4085: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
4086: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
4087: subjects. Worth a read.
4088: <p>
4089:
4090:
1.247 jufi 4091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 4092: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 4093: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
4094: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 4095: </strong></font><br>
4096:
4097: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
4098: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
4099: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
4100: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
4101: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
4102: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
4103: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
4104: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
4105: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 4106: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 4107: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
4108: on other operating systems.<br>
4109: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
4110: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
4111: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
4112: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
4113: <p>
4114:
1.247 jufi 4115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4116: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 4117: Operating System 2010</a>,
4118: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 4119: </strong></font><br>
4120:
4121: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
4122: covering the level of software integration into the core
4123: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
4124: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
4125: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
4126: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
4127: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
4128: <p>
4129:
1.247 jufi 4130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 4131: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 4132: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
4133: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 4134: </strong></font><br>
4135:
4136: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
4137: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
4138: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
4139: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
4140: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
4141: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
4142: <p>
1.247 jufi 4143: </ul>
1.221 horacio 4144:
1.210 jufi 4145: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4146: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4147:
1.247 jufi 4148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4149: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 4150: Already a Contender</a>,
4151: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 4152: </strong></font><br>
4153:
4154: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
4155: source software in response to an article which claimed that
4156: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
4157: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
4158: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
4159: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
4160: <p>
4161:
1.247 jufi 4162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 4163: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 4164: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
4165: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 4166: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4167:
1.224 horacio 4168: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
4169: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
4170: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
4171: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
4172: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
4173: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 4174: <p>
1.247 jufi 4175: </ul>
1.215 horacio 4176:
4177: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4178: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4179:
1.247 jufi 4180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4181: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
4182: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 4183: Division</a>,
4184: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 4185: </strong></font><br>
4186:
4187: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
4188: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 4189: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 4190: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
4191: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
4192: investment</em>.<br>
4193: The implementation details can be seen on their
4194: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
4195: <p>
4196:
1.247 jufi 4197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4198: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
4199: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
4200: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
4201: </strong></font><br>
4202:
4203: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
4204: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
4205: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 4206: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 4207: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
4208: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
4209: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
4210: <p>
4211:
4212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4213: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 4214: Thinking about Security</a>,
4215: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 4216: </strong></font><br>
4217:
4218: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
4219: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
4220: security and says that even secured operating systems running
4221: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
4222: to time.<br>
4223: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
4224: system and just the most secure system.
4225: <p>
4226:
1.247 jufi 4227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4228: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 4229: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
4230: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 4231: </strong></font><br>
4232:
4233: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
4234: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
4235: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
4236: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
4237: choice:<br>
4238: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
4239: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
4240: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
4241: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
4242: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
4243: network security devices and as such must be well
4244: armored."</em><br>
4245: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
4246: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
4247: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
4248: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
4249: <br>
4250: Bravo!
4251: <p>
1.247 jufi 4252: </ul>
1.210 jufi 4253:
1.207 ian 4254: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4255: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4256:
1.247 jufi 4257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 4258: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
4259: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
4260: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 4261:
1.207 ian 4262: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
4263: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 4264: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 4265: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
4266: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
4267: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 4268: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 4269: <p>
1.247 jufi 4270: </ul>
1.207 ian 4271:
1.194 jufi 4272: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4273: <ul>
1.194 jufi 4274:
1.247 jufi 4275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4276: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 4277: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
4278: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 4279: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4280:
1.240 miod 4281: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 4282: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
4283: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
4284: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
4285: <p>
4286:
1.247 jufi 4287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4288: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
4289: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
4290: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
4291:
4292: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
4293: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
4294: <p>
4295:
4296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4297: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
4298: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4299: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
4300:
4301: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
4302: <p>
4303:
4304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4305: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 4306: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
4307: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
4308: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4309:
1.240 miod 4310: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 4311: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 4312: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
4313: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 4314: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 4315: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 4316: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
4317: <br>
1.413 deraadt 4318: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 4319: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
4320: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
4321: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
4322: <p>
4323:
1.247 jufi 4324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 4325: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
4326: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 4327: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 4328: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4329:
1.194 jufi 4330: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
4331: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
4332: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
4333: <br>
4334: The new
4335: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 4336: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 4337: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
4338: <p>
1.247 jufi 4339: </ul>
1.194 jufi 4340:
1.190 horacio 4341: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4342: <ul>
1.190 horacio 4343:
1.247 jufi 4344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 4345:
4346: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
4347: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
4348:
1.301 jose 4349:
1.191 jufi 4350: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
4351: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
4352:
4353: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
4354: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
4355:
1.582 grunk 4356: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20010527142347">
1.212 horacio 4357: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 4358: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
4359:
1.211 horacio 4360: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
4361: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 4362: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 4365: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
4366:
1.247 jufi 4367: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 4368: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
4369:
1.212 horacio 4370: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
4371: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 4372: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
4373:
4374: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
4375: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
4376:
4377: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
4378: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
4379:
1.301 jose 4380: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
4381: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
4382:
1.191 jufi 4383: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
4384: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
4385:
4386: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 4387: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 4388:
1.192 jufi 4389: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
4390: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 4391: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 4392:
1.193 deraadt 4393: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
4394: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 4395: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 4396:
1.247 jufi 4397: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 4398: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
4399:
1.247 jufi 4400: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 4401: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
4402: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
4403:
1.213 horacio 4404: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 4405: 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 4406: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
4407:
1.190 horacio 4408: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 4409: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
4410: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
4411: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
4412: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
4413: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
4414: <p>
1.190 horacio 4415:
1.247 jufi 4416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4417: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
4418: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
4419: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 4420: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4421:
1.195 jufi 4422: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 4423: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
4424: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
4425: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 4426: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
4427: <p>
4428:
1.247 jufi 4429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4430: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 4431: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
4432: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
4433: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4434:
1.191 jufi 4435: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 4436: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
4437: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
4438: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
4439: <p>
4440:
4441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4442: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
4443: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4444: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
4445:
4446: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
4447: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 4448: <p>
1.247 jufi 4449: </ul>
1.190 horacio 4450:
1.191 jufi 4451:
1.186 jufi 4452: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4453: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 4454:
1.247 jufi 4455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 4456: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 4457: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
4458: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 4459: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 4460:
1.188 jufi 4461: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 4462: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 4463: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 4464: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
4465: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 4466: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 4467: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 4468: <p>
4469:
1.301 jose 4470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4471: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
4472: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4473: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
4474:
4475: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
4476: <p>
1.191 jufi 4477:
1.247 jufi 4478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 4479: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
4480: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 4481: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 4482: </strong></font><br>
4483:
4484: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
4485: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
4486: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
4487: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
4488: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
4489: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
4490: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
4491: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
4492: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
4493: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
4494: familiar?
4495: <p>
1.247 jufi 4496: </ul>
1.191 jufi 4497:
1.178 louis 4498: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4499: <ul>
1.178 louis 4500:
1.247 jufi 4501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 4502: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 4503: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
4504: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 4505: </strong></font><br>
4506:
4507: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
4508: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
4509: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
4510: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
4511: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
4512: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
4513: <p>
4514:
1.247 jufi 4515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4516: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
4517: Open source under the hood</a>,
4518: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 4519: </strong></font><br>
4520:
4521: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
4522: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
4523: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
4524: <p>
4525:
1.247 jufi 4526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4527: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
4528: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
4529: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 4530: </strong></font><br>
4531:
4532: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
4533: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
4534: <p>
1.247 jufi 4535: </ul>
1.179 louis 4536:
1.174 louis 4537:
1.175 louis 4538: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4539: <ul>
1.175 louis 4540:
1.247 jufi 4541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4542: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
4543: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
4544: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 4545: </strong></font><br>
4546:
4547: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
4548: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
4549: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
4550: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
4551: <p>
4552:
1.247 jufi 4553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4554: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
4555: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
4556: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 4557: </strong></font><br>
4558:
4559: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 4560: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 4561: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
4562: <p>
1.247 jufi 4563: </ul>
1.175 louis 4564:
1.176 louis 4565:
1.172 mickey 4566: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4567: <ul>
1.172 mickey 4568:
1.247 jufi 4569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4570: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
4571: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 4572: </strong></font><br>
4573:
4574: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
4575: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
4576: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 4577: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 4578: <p>
4579:
1.247 jufi 4580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 4581: <a
1.269 deraadt 4582: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
4583: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
4584: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 4585: </strong></font><br>
4586:
4587: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
4588: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
4589: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
4590: <p>
4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4593: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 4594: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
4595: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 4596: </strong></font><br>
4597:
4598: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
4599: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
4600: <p>
4601:
1.247 jufi 4602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4603: <a
1.269 deraadt 4604: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4605: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4606: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4607: </strong></font><br>
4608:
4609: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4610: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4611: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4612: our own Theo de Raadt.
4613: <p>
4614:
1.247 jufi 4615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4616: <a
1.269 deraadt 4617: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4618: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4619: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4620: </strong></font><br>
4621:
4622: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4623: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4624: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4625: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4626: shut down.]
4627: <p>
4628:
1.247 jufi 4629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4630: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4631: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4632: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4633: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4634: </strong></font><br>
4635:
4636: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4637: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4638: <p>
1.247 jufi 4639: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4640:
1.161 louis 4641: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4642: <ul>
1.161 louis 4643:
1.247 jufi 4644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4645: <a
1.269 deraadt 4646: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4647: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4648: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4649: </strong></font><br>
4650:
4651: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4652: by John Wolley
4653: <p>
4654:
1.247 jufi 4655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4656: <a
1.269 deraadt 4657: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4658: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4659: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4660: </strong></font><br>
4661:
4662: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4663: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4664: OpenBSD).
4665: <p>
4666:
1.247 jufi 4667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4668: <a
1.247 jufi 4669: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4670: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4671: </strong></font><br>
4672:
4673: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4674: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1.585 steven 4675: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports
1.171 louis 4676: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4677: and hindsight.
4678: <p>
4679:
1.247 jufi 4680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4681: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4682: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4683: </strong></font><br>
4684:
4685: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4686: <p>
4687:
1.247 jufi 4688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4689: <a
1.168 provos 4690: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4691: December 7, 2000
4692: </strong></font><br>
4693:
4694: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4695: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4696: us explain.
4697: <p>
4698:
1.247 jufi 4699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4700: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4701: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4702: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4703: December 6, 2000
4704: </strong></font><br>
4705:
4706: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4707: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4708: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4709: <p>
4710:
1.247 jufi 4711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4712: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4713: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4714: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4715: </strong></font><br>
4716:
4717: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4718: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4719: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4720: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4721: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4722: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4723: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4724: <p>
4725:
4726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4727: <a
1.226 horacio 4728: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4729: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4730: </strong></font><br>
4731:
4732: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4733: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4734: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4735: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4736: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4737: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4738: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4739: <p>
1.162 millert 4740:
1.247 jufi 4741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4742: <a
1.161 louis 4743: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4744: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4745: </strong></font><br>
4746:
4747: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4748: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4749: <p>
4750:
1.247 jufi 4751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4752: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4753: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4754: </strong></font><br>
4755:
4756: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4757: <p>
4758:
4759:
1.247 jufi 4760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4761: <a
1.226 horacio 4762: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4763: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4764: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4765: </strong></font><br>
4766:
4767: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4768: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4769: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4770: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4771: <p>
1.247 jufi 4772: </ul>
1.169 louis 4773:
1.158 louis 4774: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4775: <ul>
1.147 louis 4776:
1.247 jufi 4777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4778: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4779: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4780: </strong></font><br>
4781:
4782: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4783: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4784: <p>
4785:
1.247 jufi 4786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4787: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4788: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4789: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4790: </strong></font><br>
4791: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4792: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4793: <p>
4794:
1.247 jufi 4795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4796: <a
4797: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4798: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4799: </strong></font><br>
4800:
4801: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4802: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4803: <p>
4804:
1.247 jufi 4805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4806: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4807: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4808: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4809:
1.213 horacio 4810: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4811: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4812: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4813: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4814: <p>
1.215 horacio 4815:
1.247 jufi 4816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4817: <a
4818: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4819: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4820: </strong></font><br>
4821:
4822: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4823: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4824: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4825: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4826: much of the attitude too).
4827: <p>
1.161 louis 4828:
1.247 jufi 4829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4830: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4831: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4832: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4833:
1.157 louis 4834: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4835: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4836: <p>
1.247 jufi 4837: </ul>
1.157 louis 4838:
4839: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4840: <ul>
1.157 louis 4841:
1.247 jufi 4842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4843: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4844: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4845: </strong></font><br>
4846:
4847: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4848: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4849: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4850: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4851: <p>
4852:
1.247 jufi 4853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4854: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4855: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4856: </strong></font><br>
4857:
4858: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4859: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4860: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4861: it because they love coding...
4862: <p>
4863:
1.247 jufi 4864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4865: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4866: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4867: </strong></font><br>
4868:
4869: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4870: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4871: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4872: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4873: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4874: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4875: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4876: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4877: <p>
4878:
1.247 jufi 4879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4880: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4881: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4882: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4883: </strong></font><br>
4884:
4885: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4886: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4887: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4888: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4889: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4890: the pizza.
4891: <p>
4892:
1.247 jufi 4893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4894: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4895: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4896: </strong></font><br>
4897:
4898: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4899: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4900: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4901: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4902: problems.
4903: <p>
4904:
1.247 jufi 4905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.568 ian 4906: <a href="https://osuny.co.uk/txt/zines/napalm/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba
4907: to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
1.154 louis 4908: </strong></font><br>
4909:
1.222 miod 4910: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4911: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4912: - whether they like it or not.
4913: <p>
4914:
1.247 jufi 4915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4916: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4917: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4918: </strong></font><br>
4919:
4920: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4921: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4922: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4923: <p>
1.148 aaron 4924:
1.247 jufi 4925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4926: <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 4927: </strong></font><br>
4928:
4929: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4930: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4931: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4932: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4933: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4934: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4935: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4936: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4937: <p>
4938:
1.247 jufi 4939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4940: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4941: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4942: </strong></font><br>
4943:
4944: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4945: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4946: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4947: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4948: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4949: <p>
1.247 jufi 4950: </ul>
1.147 louis 4951:
1.138 louis 4952: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4953: <ul>
1.138 louis 4954:
1.247 jufi 4955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4956: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4957: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4958: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4959: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4960: </strong></font><br>
4961:
1.227 horacio 4962: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4963: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4964: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4965: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4966: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4967: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4968: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4969: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4970: <p>
4971:
1.247 jufi 4972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4973: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4974: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4975: </strong></font><br>
4976:
4977: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4978: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4979: groups, and even Linux.
4980: <p>
4981:
1.247 jufi 4982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4983: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4984: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4985: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4986: </strong></font><br>
4987:
4988: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4989: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4990: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4991: library after installing the OS.
4992: <p>
4993:
1.247 jufi 4994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4995: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4996: Sys Admin, September 2000
4997: </strong></font><br>
4998:
4999: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
5000: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
5001: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
5002: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 5003: (<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 5004: <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 5005: <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 5006: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 5007: out of the system.
5008: <p>
5009:
1.247 jufi 5010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 5011: <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
5012: </strong></font><br>
5013:
5014: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 5015: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 5016: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
5017: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
5018: the IP filtering and address translation.
5019: <p>
1.301 jose 5020:
5021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5022: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
5023: </strong></font><br>
5024:
1.585 steven 5025: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1.301 jose 5026: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
5027: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
5028: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
5029: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
5030: <p>
1.247 jufi 5031: </ul>
1.200 niklas 5032:
1.131 louis 5033: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5034: <ul>
1.131 louis 5035:
1.247 jufi 5036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5037: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
5038: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
5039: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 5040: </strong></font><br>
5041:
5042: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
5043: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
5044: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
5045: <p>
5046:
1.247 jufi 5047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 5048: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
5049: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
5050: </strong></font><br>
5051:
5052: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
5053: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
5054: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
5055: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
5056: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
5057: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
5058: note of"</i>.
5059: <p>
5060:
1.247 jufi 5061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 5062: <a
1.247 jufi 5063: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 5064: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
5065: </strong></font><br>
5066:
5067: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
5068: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
5069: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
5070: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
5071: <p>
5072:
1.247 jufi 5073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 5074: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 5075: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
5076: </strong></font><br>
5077:
5078: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
5079: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
5080: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
5081: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
5082: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
5083: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
5084: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
5085: <p>
5086:
1.247 jufi 5087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 5088: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
5089: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
5090: 2000
5091: </strong></font><br>
5092:
5093: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
5094: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
5095: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
5096: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
5097: against current industry practices.
5098: <p>
5099:
1.247 jufi 5100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 5101: <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
5102: </strong></font><br>
5103:
5104: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
5105: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
5106: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
5107: <p>
5108:
1.247 jufi 5109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 5110: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
5111: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
5112: </strong></font><br>
5113:
5114: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
5115: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
5116: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
5117: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
5118: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
5119: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
5120: careful code reviews, he concludes.
5121: <p>
5122:
1.247 jufi 5123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 5124: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
5125: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
5126: </strong></font><br>
5127:
5128: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
5129: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
5130: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
5131: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
5132: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 5133: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
5134: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
5135: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 5136: <p>
1.247 jufi 5137: </ul>
1.131 louis 5138:
1.118 louis 5139: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5140: <ul>
1.118 louis 5141:
1.247 jufi 5142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 5143: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
5144: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
5145: </strong></font><br>
5146:
5147: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
5148: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
5149: about time. The article mentions that
5150: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
5151: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
5152: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 5153: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 5154: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
5155: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 5156: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 5157: <p>
5158:
1.247 jufi 5159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5160: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 5161: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 5162: </strong></font><br>
5163:
5164: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
5165: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
5166: of OpenSSH.
5167: <p>
5168:
1.247 jufi 5169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5170: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 5171: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 5172: </strong></font><br>
5173:
5174: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 5175: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 5176: bridging.
5177: <p>
5178:
1.247 jufi 5179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5180: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
5181: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 5182: </strong></font><br>
5183:
1.121 deraadt 5184: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
5185: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 5186: <p>
5187:
1.247 jufi 5188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5189: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
5190: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
5191: </strong></font><br>
5192:
5193: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
5194: <p>
5195:
1.247 jufi 5196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.594 nick 5197: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1.120 deraadt 5198: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 5199: </strong></font><br>
5200:
1.120 deraadt 5201: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
5202: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 5203: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
5204: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
5205: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
5206: <p>
5207:
1.247 jufi 5208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 5209: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
5210: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
5211: </strong></font><br>
5212:
1.222 miod 5213: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 5214: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
5215: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
5216: protocols and their quirks.
5217: <p>
5218:
1.247 jufi 5219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5220: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
5221: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 5222: </strong></font><br>
5223:
5224: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
5225: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
5226: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 5227: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 5228: <p>
5229:
1.247 jufi 5230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 5231: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
5232: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
5233: </strong></font><br>
5234:
5235: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
5236: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
5237: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
5238: <p>
5239:
1.247 jufi 5240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.594 nick 5241: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1.120 deraadt 5242: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 5243: </strong></font><br>
5244:
5245: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
5246: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
5247: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
5248: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
5249: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
5250: <p>
1.247 jufi 5251: </ul>
1.118 louis 5252:
1.104 louis 5253: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5254: <ul>
1.104 louis 5255:
1.247 jufi 5256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 5257: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
5258: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
5259: </strong></font><br>
5260:
5261: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
5262: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
5263: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
5264: be a bit dry.
5265: <p>
5266:
1.247 jufi 5267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 5268: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
5269: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
5270: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
5271: </strong></font><br>
5272: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
5273: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
5274: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
5275: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
5276: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
5277: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
5278: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
5279: <p>
5280:
1.247 jufi 5281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5282: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
5283: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 5284: 2000
1.128 louis 5285: </strong></font><br>
5286:
5287: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
5288: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
5289: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
5290: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
5291: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 5292: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 5293: <p>
5294:
1.247 jufi 5295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5296: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
5297: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 5298: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 5299:
5300: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
5301: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
5302: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
5303: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.585 steven 5304: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1.113 naddy 5305: <p>
1.110 louis 5306:
1.247 jufi 5307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 5308: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
5309: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
5310: </strong></font><br>
5311:
5312: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
5313: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
5314: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
5315: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
5316: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
5317: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
5318: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
5319: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
5320: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
5321: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
5322: <p>
5323:
1.247 jufi 5324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 5325: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5326: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 5327:
5328: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
5329: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 5330: <p>
1.108 louis 5331:
1.247 jufi 5332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 5333: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
5334: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 5335: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 5336:
5337: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
5338: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
5339: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 5340: <p>
1.106 louis 5341:
1.247 jufi 5342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 5343: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
5344: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 5345: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 5346:
5347: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
5348: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
5349: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
5350: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 5351: <p>
1.107 louis 5352:
1.247 jufi 5353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5354: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
5355: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5356: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 5357:
5358: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
5359: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 5360: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 5361: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
5362: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 5363: <p>
1.105 louis 5364:
1.247 jufi 5365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 5366: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 5367: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 5368: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 5369:
1.113 naddy 5370: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
5371: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 5372: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 5373: <p>
1.104 louis 5374:
1.247 jufi 5375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5376: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
5377: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
5378: </strong></font><br>
5379:
5380: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
5381: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
5382: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
5383: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
5384: <p>
1.301 jose 5385:
5386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5387: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.577 tobias 5388: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
1.301 jose 5389: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
5390:
5391: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
5392: hardware-supported cryptography.
5393: <p>
1.247 jufi 5394: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 5395:
1.85 louis 5396: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5397: <ul>
1.85 louis 5398:
1.247 jufi 5399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5400: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 5401: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 5402: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5403:
5404: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
5405: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
5406: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
5407: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
5408: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
5409: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
5410: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 5411: <p>
1.99 louis 5412:
1.247 jufi 5413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5414: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 5415: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5416: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 5417:
5418: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
5419: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
5420: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
5421: conditions.
1.113 naddy 5422: <p>
1.100 louis 5423:
1.247 jufi 5424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5425: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 5426: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5427: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 5428:
5429: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
5430: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
5431: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
5432: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 5433: <p>
1.95 louis 5434:
1.247 jufi 5435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5436: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 5437: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5438: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 5439:
5440: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
5441: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 5442: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 5443: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
5444: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5445: <p>
1.92 louis 5446:
1.247 jufi 5447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5448: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 5449: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5450: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 5451:
5452: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
5453: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
5454: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
5455: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
5456: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
5457: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 5458: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 5459: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 5460: <p>
1.91 louis 5461:
1.247 jufi 5462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5463: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
5464: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 5465: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5466:
5467: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
5468: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
5469: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
5470: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
5471: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
5472: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
5473: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
5474: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
5475: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 5476: <p>
1.90 louis 5477:
1.247 jufi 5478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5479: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
5480: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
5481: </strong></font><br>
5482: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
5483: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
5484: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
5485: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
5486: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
5487: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
5488: <p>
5489:
1.247 jufi 5490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 5491: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
5492: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5493: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 5494:
1.113 naddy 5495: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
5496: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 5497: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
5498: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
5499: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
5500: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
5501: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 5502: <p>
1.87 louis 5503:
1.247 jufi 5504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 5505: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
5506: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 5507: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5508:
5509: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 5510: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 5511: <p>
1.85 louis 5512:
1.247 jufi 5513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5514: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
5515: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
5516: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
5517:
5518: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
5519: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
5520: <p>
5521:
5522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 5523: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
5524: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5525: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 5526:
5527: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.577 tobias 5528: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 5529: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
5530: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 5531: <p>
1.89 louis 5532:
1.247 jufi 5533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5534: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 5535: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5536: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5537:
5538: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
5539: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
5540: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
5541: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
5542: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 5543: </ul>
1.85 louis 5544:
1.78 deraadt 5545: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5546: <ul>
1.74 louis 5547:
1.247 jufi 5548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5549: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 5550: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 5551: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 5552: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5553:
5554: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
5555: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
5556: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5557: <p>
1.83 louis 5558:
1.247 jufi 5559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 5560: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
5561: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5562: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 5563:
5564: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
5565: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 5566: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 5567: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
5568: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 5569: <p>
1.93 louis 5570:
1.247 jufi 5571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5572: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
5573: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
5574: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5575: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 5576:
1.83 louis 5577: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
5578: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
5579: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
5580: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
5581: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 5582: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
5583: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
5584: <p>
1.82 aaron 5585:
1.247 jufi 5586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5587: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 5588: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5589: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 5590:
1.83 louis 5591: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
5592: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
5593: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 5594: <p>
1.80 louis 5595:
1.247 jufi 5596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5597: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 5598: Bad Press</a>,
5599: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 5600: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 5601:
5602: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5603: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5604: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5605: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5606: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5607: <p>
1.247 jufi 5608: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5609:
5610: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5611: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5612:
1.247 jufi 5613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5614: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5615: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5616: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5617: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5618:
5619: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5620: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5621: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5622: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5623: <p>
1.74 louis 5624:
1.247 jufi 5625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5626: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5627: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5628: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5629:
1.219 horacio 5630: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5631: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5632: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5633: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5634: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5635: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5636: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5637: <p>
1.88 louis 5638:
1.247 jufi 5639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5640: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5641: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5642: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5643:
5644: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5645: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5646: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5647: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5648: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5649: <p>
1.81 louis 5650:
1.247 jufi 5651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5652: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5653: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5654: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5655:
5656: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5657: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5658: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5659: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5660: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5661: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5662: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5663: <p>
1.90 louis 5664:
1.247 jufi 5665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5666: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5667: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5668: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5669:
5670: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5671: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5672: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5673: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5674: <p>
1.247 jufi 5675: </ul>
1.71 louis 5676:
1.69 deraadt 5677: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5678: <ul>
1.70 louis 5679:
1.247 jufi 5680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5681: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5682: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5683: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5684:
5685: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5686: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5687: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5688: <p>
1.70 louis 5689:
1.247 jufi 5690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5691: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5692: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5693: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5694:
5695: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5696: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5697: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5698: <p>
1.68 louis 5699:
1.247 jufi 5700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5701: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5702: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5703: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5704: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5705:
1.111 jufi 5706: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5707: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5708: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5709: "secure by default" installation.
5710: <p>
1.64 louis 5711:
1.247 jufi 5712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5713: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5714: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5715: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5716:
1.113 naddy 5717: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5718: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5719: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5720: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5721: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5722: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5723: <p>
1.66 louis 5724:
1.247 jufi 5725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5726: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5727: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5728: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5729:
5730: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5731: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5732: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5733: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5734: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5735: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5736: <p>
1.83 louis 5737:
1.247 jufi 5738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5739: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5740: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5741: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5742:
5743: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5744: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5745: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5746: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5747: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5748: <p>
1.64 louis 5749:
1.247 jufi 5750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5751: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5752: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5753: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5754:
5755: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5756: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5757: <p>
1.301 jose 5758:
5759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5760: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5761: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5762: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5763: </strong></font><br>
5764:
5765: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5766: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5767: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5768: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5769: Giving way to
5770: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5771: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5772: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5773: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5774: <p>
1.247 jufi 5775: </ul>
1.65 louis 5776:
1.69 deraadt 5777: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5778: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5779:
1.247 jufi 5780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5781: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5782: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5783: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5784:
5785: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5786: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5787: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5788: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5789: <p>
1.88 louis 5790:
1.247 jufi 5791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5792: <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 5793: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5794:
5795: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5796: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5797: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5798: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5799: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5800: <p>
1.60 louis 5801:
1.247 jufi 5802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5803: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5804: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5805: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5806: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5807:
5808: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5809: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5810: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5811: <p>
1.58 louis 5812:
1.247 jufi 5813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5814: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5815: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5816:
5817: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5818: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5819: <p>
1.53 louis 5820:
1.247 jufi 5821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5822: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5823: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5824: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5825:
5826: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5827: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5828: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5829: <p>
1.99 louis 5830:
1.247 jufi 5831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5832: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5833: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5834:
5835: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5836: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5837: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5838: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5839: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5840:
1.247 jufi 5841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5842: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5843: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5844: </strong></font><br>
5845:
5846: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5847: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5848: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5849: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5850: <p>
5851:
1.247 jufi 5852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5853: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5854: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5855: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5856:
5857: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5858: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5859: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5860:
1.247 jufi 5861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5862: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5863: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5864:
5865: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5866: in
1.247 jufi 5867: <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 5868: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5869: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5870: <p>
1.53 louis 5871:
1.247 jufi 5872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5873: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5874: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5875: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5876: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5877:
1.58 louis 5878: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5879: <p>
1.301 jose 5880:
5881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5882: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5883: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5884: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5885: Informacyjny, January 2000
5886: </strong></font><br>
5887:
5888: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5889: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5890: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5891: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5892: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5893: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5894: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5895: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5896: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5897: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5898: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5899: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5900: <p>
5901:
5902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5903: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5904: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5905: </strong></font><br>
5906:
5907: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5908: <p>
5909: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5910:
1.69 deraadt 5911: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5912: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5913:
1.247 jufi 5914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5915: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5916: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5917: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5918: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5919:
1.58 louis 5920: Kurt Seifried
5921: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5922: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5923: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5924: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5925:
1.247 jufi 5926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5927: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5928: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5929: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5930:
5931: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5932: <p>
1.96 louis 5933:
1.247 jufi 5934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5935: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5936: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5937: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5938: </strong></font><br>
5939:
5940: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5941: <p>
5942:
5943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5944: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5945: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5946: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5947:
5948: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1.602 ! deraadt 5949: and cryptography. He notes the lack of multiprocessor support
1.86 louis 5950: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5951: <p>
1.247 jufi 5952: </ul>
1.86 louis 5953:
1.69 deraadt 5954: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5955: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5956:
1.247 jufi 5957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5958: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5959: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5960: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5961:
5962: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5963: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5964: <p>
1.61 louis 5965:
1.247 jufi 5966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5967: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5968: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5969: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5970: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5971:
5972: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5973: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5974: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5975: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5976: right -- or at least strives to".
5977: <p>
1.48 louis 5978:
1.247 jufi 5979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5980: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5981: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5982: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5983: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5984: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5985: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5986: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5987: <p>
1.61 louis 5988:
1.247 jufi 5989: <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 5990: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5991: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5992:
5993: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5994: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5995: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5996: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5997: <p>
1.46 louis 5998:
1.247 jufi 5999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 6000: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
6001: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 6002: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 6003:
6004: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
6005: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 6006: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 6007:
1.247 jufi 6008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 6009: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
6010: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 6011: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 6012:
6013: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
6014: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
6015: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
6016: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 6017: <p>
1.247 jufi 6018: </ul>
1.70 louis 6019:
1.69 deraadt 6020: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6021: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6022:
1.247 jufi 6023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 6024: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
6025: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 6026: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 6027: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 6028:
6029: Kurt Seifried
6030: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
6031: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
6032: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 6033: <p>
1.44 philen 6034:
1.247 jufi 6035: <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 6036: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 6037: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 6038:
6039: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 6040: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 6041:
1.247 jufi 6042: <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 6043: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 6044: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 6045:
6046: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 6047: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 6048:
1.247 jufi 6049: <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 6050: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 6051: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 6052:
6053: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
6054: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
6055: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
6056: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 6057: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 6058:
1.247 jufi 6059: <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 6060: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 6061: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 6062:
1.36 louis 6063: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 6064: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 6065:
1.247 jufi 6066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6067: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 6068: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 6069: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6070:
6071: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 6072: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 6073: </ul>
1.38 louis 6074:
1.69 deraadt 6075: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6076: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6077:
1.247 jufi 6078: <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 6079: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 6080: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 6081:
6082: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
6083: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 6084: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 6085:
1.113 naddy 6086: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 6087: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 6088: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 6089: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 6090:
6091: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
6092: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 6093: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
6094: terminal:
1.113 naddy 6095: <blockquote>
6096: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
6097: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
6098: <br>
6099: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
6100: </code>
6101: </blockquote>
6102: <p>
6103:
1.247 jufi 6104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 6105: <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 6106: <p>
6107:
6108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6109: <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 6110: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 6111:
6112: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
6113: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 6114: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 6115: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 6116:
1.247 jufi 6117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 6118: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
6119: Sept. 28, 1999
6120: </strong></font><br>
6121:
6122: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
6123: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
6124: translating and reprinting articles from
6125: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
6126: <p>
6127:
6128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 6129: <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 6130: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 6131:
6132: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
6133: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
6134: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
6135: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
6136: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 6137: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 6138: <p>
1.19 louis 6139:
1.113 naddy 6140: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 6141: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 6142: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 6143:
6144: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
6145: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
6146: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 6147: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
6148: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 6149: <p>
1.16 louis 6150:
1.247 jufi 6151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6152: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 6153: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 6154: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 6155:
1.57 louis 6156: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
6157: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
6158: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 6159: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 6160:
1.247 jufi 6161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6162: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 6163: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 6164: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6165:
1.113 naddy 6166: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 6167:
1.247 jufi 6168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 6169: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
6170: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 6171: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 6172:
1.23 louis 6173: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
6174: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
6175: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
6176: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
6177: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 6178: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 6179:
1.247 jufi 6180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 6181: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
6182: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 6183: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 6184:
1.199 pvalchev 6185: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 6186: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
6187: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
6188: installation.
1.113 naddy 6189: <p>
1.47 louis 6190:
1.247 jufi 6191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6192: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 6193: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 6194: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6195:
1.301 jose 6196: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
6197: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
6198: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 6199: </ul>
1.57 louis 6200:
1.69 deraadt 6201: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6202: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6203:
1.247 jufi 6204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 6205: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 6206: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 6207: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 6208:
6209: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
6210: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 6211: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 6212: <p>
1.12 louis 6213:
1.247 jufi 6214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 6215: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 6216: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 6217: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 6218:
6219: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
6220: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 6221: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
6222: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
6223: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
6224: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
6225: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 6226: <p>
1.247 jufi 6227: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 6228:
1.69 deraadt 6229: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6230: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 6231:
1.247 jufi 6232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 6233: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 6234: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 6235:
6236: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
6237: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
6238: available."
1.113 naddy 6239: <p>
1.301 jose 6240:
6241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6242: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
6243: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
6244: </strong></font><br>
6245:
6246: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
6247: <p>
1.247 jufi 6248: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 6249:
1.69 deraadt 6250: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6251: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6252:
1.247 jufi 6253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 6254: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 6255: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 6256:
6257: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
6258: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
6259: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
6260: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
6261: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 6262: <p>
1.33 louis 6263:
1.247 jufi 6264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6265: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 6266: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 6267: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6268:
1.113 naddy 6269: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
6270: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 6271: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
6272: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
6273: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 6274: <p>
1.247 jufi 6275: </ul>
1.57 louis 6276:
1.69 deraadt 6277: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6278: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6279:
1.247 jufi 6280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6281: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 6282: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 6283: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6284:
6285: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
6286: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 6287: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6288:
1.247 jufi 6289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 6290: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
6291: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
6292: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 6293: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 6294:
6295: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 6296: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 6297:
1.247 jufi 6298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6299: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 6300:
1.113 naddy 6301: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 6302:
1.247 jufi 6303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6304: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 6305: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 6306: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 6307:
6308: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 6309: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 6310: </ul>
1.23 louis 6311:
1.69 deraadt 6312: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6313: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6314:
1.247 jufi 6315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 6316: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 6317: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6318:
6319: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
6320: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 6321: <p>
1.2 deraadt 6322:
1.247 jufi 6323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6324: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 6325: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 6326: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6327:
6328: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
6329: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 6330: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 6331: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 6332: </ul>
1.57 louis 6333:
1.69 deraadt 6334: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6335: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6336:
1.247 jufi 6337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6338: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 6339: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 6340: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 6341:
6342: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
6343: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
6344: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
6345: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 6346: <p>
1.15 louis 6347:
1.247 jufi 6348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6349: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
6350: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 6351: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6352:
6353: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
6354: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
6355: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
6356: columns."
1.113 naddy 6357: <p>
1.247 jufi 6358: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6359:
1.69 deraadt 6360: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6361: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6362:
1.247 jufi 6363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6364: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 6365: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 6366: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 6367:
6368: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 6369: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 6370:
1.113 naddy 6371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6372: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 6373: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6374:
6375: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
6376: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 6377: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 6378: </ul>
1.57 louis 6379:
1.69 deraadt 6380: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6381: <ul>
1.301 jose 6382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6383: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
6384: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6385: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
6386:
6387: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
6388: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
6389: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
6390: <p>
6391:
6392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6393: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
6394: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6395: Nov 13, 1998 and
6396: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
6397: Datateknik</a>,
6398: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
6399:
1.380 saad 6400: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 6401: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
6402: explains the licensing issues and points to our
6403: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
6404: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6405:
1.113 naddy 6406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6407: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 6408: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 6409: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6410:
1.222 miod 6411: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 6412: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
6413: Implementation, including a brief interview with
6414: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 6415: <p>
1.247 jufi 6416: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6417:
1.69 deraadt 6418: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6419: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6420:
1.247 jufi 6421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6422: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 6423: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6424:
1.69 deraadt 6425: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
6426: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 6427: <p>
1.247 jufi 6428: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6429:
1.69 deraadt 6430: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6431: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 6432:
1.247 jufi 6433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6434: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
6435: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 6436: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6437:
1.383 jcs 6438: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 6439: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 6440: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6441:
1.247 jufi 6442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 6443: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 6444: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
6445: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 6446: <p>
1.247 jufi 6447: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6448:
1.69 deraadt 6449: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6450: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6451:
1.247 jufi 6452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6453: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 6454: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
6455: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 6456: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 6457: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6458:
6459: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
6460: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
6461: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 6462: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 6463: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 6464: <p>
1.247 jufi 6465: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 6466:
6467: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6468: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6469:
1.247 jufi 6470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6471: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 6472: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6473:
1.69 deraadt 6474: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
6475: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 6476: <p>
1.112 naddy 6477:
1.247 jufi 6478: </ul>
1.113 naddy 6479: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6480:
6481: </body>
6482: </html>
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