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1.247 jufi 14: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 16:
1.597 deraadt 17: <h2>
18: This page has become unmaintained since 2011, perhaps because software
19: development is more interesting than following the news.
20: </h2>
21:
1.598 espie 22: <h2>March, 2014</h2>
23: <ul>
24: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.600 bentley 25: <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>
26: Les échos, April 24, 2014
1.598 espie 27: </strong></font><br>
1.599 espie 28: In french.
1.598 espie 29: An offical report for the french ministy of digital economy, about 100
30: influential french developers.
31: OpenBSD figures proudly with two separate entries.
32: <p>
33: </ul>
34:
1.591 ian 35: <h2>April, 2011</h2>
36: <ul>
37:
38: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.592 ian 39: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110420080633'>
1.591 ian 40: A Puffy in the Corporate Aquarium</a>
41: undeadly.org, April 20, 2011
42: </strong></font><br>
43: Antoine Ajacoutot offers a detailed write-up on exactly how his
44: employer M:Tier supports OpenBSD for corporate use, surprisingly
45: both on desktops and on servers. They have converted whole companies
46: to OpenBSD; under the heading of "Joe User meets OpenBSD", he reports
47: on how even long-time MS-Windows users can get used to switching to
48: OpenOffice and Gnome desktop.
49: <p>
50:
51: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
52: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14274/original/FreeBSD_Portability_With_VMware_BSD_04_2011.pdf'>
53: OpenBSD improves upon /etc/rc.d/</a>
54: BSDmag, April, 2011, p. 12
1.593 ian 55: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.591 ian 56: As OpenBSD moves away from requiring manual editing of /etc/rc for most daemons,
57: Ian Darwin covers the new rc.d mechanism.
58: "The OpenBSD developers did not adopt a change like this until they
59: were sure they had a mechanism that was both simple to implement
60: and simple to use."
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
64: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14274/original/FreeBSD_Portability_With_VMware_BSD_04_2011.pdf'>
65: Build appliances with QEMU and OpenBSD</a>
66: BSDmag, April, 2011, p. 24
1.593 ian 67: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.591 ian 68: Girish Venkatachalam shows how easy it is to create ready-to-run disk images
69: containing OpenBSD with whatever ports/packages you want to add,
70: that are shareable for use by anyone, either under QEMU or on bare metal.
71: <p>
72: </ul>
73:
1.590 ian 74: <h2>March, 2011</h2>
75: <ul>
76: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
77: <a href='http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/?p=605'>
78: My OpenBSD Story: Memories of a Network disaster</a>
79: Blather.MichaelWLucas.com, March 9, 2011
80: </strong></font><br>
81: It was a dark and stormy night back in 2000, a very long night, as Michael Lucas (who would later author
82: Absolute OpenBSD) struggled to get his company's hosting service back online.
83: You can probably guess that the happy ending involves "OpenBSD to the rescue".
84: <p>
85:
86: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
87: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
88: How To Setup OpenBSD On The Embedded Alix</a>,
89: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 30
1.593 ian 90: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 91: Guillaume Duale tells how to install our favorite OS on the popular embedded-size ALIX card.
92: <p>
93:
94: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
95: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
96: Run Your Phone System on OpenBSD</a>,
97: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 12
1.593 ian 98: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 99: Ian Darwin describes running some home/office telephone systems on Asterisk
100: on a secure operating system - what works, what doesn't (and why),
101: and how to get started.
102: <p>
103:
104: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
105: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/14202/original/The_Wonders_Of_Blender_BSD_03_2011.pdf'>
106: Useful OpenBSD Tools</a>,
107: BSD Mag, March, 2011, p. 42
1.593 ian 108: </strong></font>(PDF download of entire issue)<br>
1.590 ian 109: Girish Venkatachalam describes a panoply of tools that he finds useful on OpenBSD, to wit,
110: dump(8) and restore(8), qemu, sha1, ifconfig, relayd and spamd.
111: <p>
112:
113: </ul>
114:
115: <h2>February, 2011</h2>
116: <ul>
117: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
118: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/'>
119: Your OpenBSD Story</a>
120: undeadly.org, February, 2011
121: </strong></font><br>
122: Undeadly is running a series of stories on how people got started with OpenBSD.
123: Most tell what they like about the system.
124: Since OpenBSD runs well on minimal hardware, many of the stories involve
125: solving an under-funding crisis at startups.
126: See those by
127: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110227014419'> Daniel Gracia</a>,
128: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110303020219'> Nick Humphrey</a>, and
129: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110308003706'> Henrik Kramshoe</a>
130: <p>
131:
132: </ul>
133:
134: <h2>January, 2011</h2>
135: <ul>
136: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
137: <a href='http://bsdmag.org/system/articles/attachment1s/13827/original/BSDs_and_Solaris_BSD_01_2011.pdf'>
138: Text Terminal magic with tmux</a>
139: BSD Mag, January, 2011, p. 20
140: </strong></font>(PDF download)<br>
141: Tmux(1) is OpenBSD's replacement for GNU screen(1) terminal multiplexor.
142: Girish Venkatachalam discusses tmux's advantages and how to use it.
143: <p>
144:
145:
146: </ul>
147:
148:
1.589 ian 149: <h2>December, 2010</h2>
150: <ul>
151: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
152: <a href='http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=4833'>
153: Use firewall software like PF to protect your desktop systems</a>
154: techrepublic.com, December 13, 2010
155: </strong></font><br>
156: A good overview of the importance of using a firewall for the semi-technical crowd.
157: "One of the most highly regarded suites of firewall software is the OpenBSD project's PF,
158: which has been ported to every major BSD Unix system..."
159: Gives a single example of a pf rules file; one of the comments gives
160: links to additional references.
161: <p>
162:
163: </ul>
164:
1.586 ian 165: <h2>November, 2010</h2>
166: <ul>
167:
168: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
169: <a href='http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODc0NA'>
170: OpenBSD 4.8 Brings Improved Hardware Support</a>
171: www.phoronix.com, November 1, 2010
172: </strong></font><br>
173: Good coverage of the release: new drivers, new features, and more.
174: <p>
175:
176: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
177: <a href='http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20101101163826'>
178: OpenBSD 4.8 Released!</a>
179: www.undeadly.org, November 1, 2010
180: </strong></font><br>
181: Undeadly mentions the release; this article has a full list of the
182: enhancements and improvements.
183: <p>
184:
185: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
186: <a href='http://www.osnews.com/story/23978/OpenBSD_4_8_Released'>
187: OpenBSD 4.8 Released</a>
1.587 ian 188: www.osnews.com, November 1, 2010
1.586 ian 189: </strong></font><br>
190: OSNews again is one of the first out with coverage of the 4.8 release,
191: although it's just a summary this time out.
192: <p>
193:
194: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
195: <a href='http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=openbsd'>
196: DistroWatch.com: OpenBSD</a>
197: distrowatch.com, November 1, 2010
198: </strong></font><br>
199: DistroWatch has a list of many links related to OpenBSD,
200: and have updated their site to reflect the 4.8 release.
201: <p>
202:
203: </ul>
1.584 jasper 204:
205: <h2>September, 2009</h2>
206: <ul>
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
208: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1393496">
209: Security in your pocket: OpenBSD on ARM</a>, informIT, September 11, 2009
210: </strong></font><br>
211: Interview with Dale Rahn (drahn@) about OpenBSD on ARM handheld systems and
212: why users and vendors should consider it as a real alternative.
213: <p>
214: </ul>
215:
1.582 grunk 216: <h2>January, 2009</h2>
217: <ul>
218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
219: [GERMAN]
220: <a href="http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre105.html">
221: OpenBSD -- Technik und Entwicklerkultur des alternativen Betriebssystems
222: </a>, Chaosradio Express, January 28, 2009</strong></font><br>
223: OpenBSD developer Felix Kronlage (fkr@openbsd.org) in interview
224: with Chaosradio Express host Tim Pritlove from the Chaos Computer Club.
225: <p>
226: </ul>
227:
1.581 ian 228: <h2>April, 2008</h2>
229: <ul>
230:
231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
232: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/19700/OpenBSD_4.3_Released">
233: OpenBSD 4.3 Released</a>, OSNews, April 30, 2008
234: </strong></font><br>
235: OSNews is among the first to mention the newest release:
236: "Theo de Raadt has lifted the veil off OpenBSD 4.3. <i>We are pleased
237: to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.3. This is our 23nd
238: release on CD-ROM (and 24rd via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's
239: record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the
240: default install.</i> Boasting as always, but when it's justified,
241: arrogance is a virtue."
242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
245: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2008/04/29/puffy-and-the-crytonauts-whats-new-in-openbsd-43.html">
246: Puffy and the Cryptonauts: What's New in OpenBSD 4.3</a>, onLamp, April 29, 2008
247: </strong></font><br>
248: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD developers
249: about the changes in the 4.3 release, providing a more comprehensive overview
250: than others.
251: Topics range across
252: networking (including new and improved drivers, and our own SNMP implementation),
253: storage (faster flash, bigger disk support),
254: platforms (Sparc64 SMP, audio drivers),
255: kernel improvements, malloc support, read/write cleanups, and much more.
256: <p>
257:
258: </ul>
259:
1.573 ian 260: <h2>November, 2007</h2>
261: <ul>
262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.574 ian 263: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/87">
264: Using OpenBSD 4.2</a>, Software In Review, November 5, 2007
265: </strong></font><br>
266: Jem Matzem advocates using OpenBSD and shows readers how to get
267: started and some hints on using the system after it's installed,
268: including setting up ports/packages to use third-party software.
269: Under the "For More Information" category, he acknowledges that
270: "OpenBSD has the most thorough, easy to follow native documentation
271: of any Unix-like operating system..."
272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
275: <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/11/a_few_cheers_fo.html">
276: A Few Cheers For OpenBSD</a>, Information Week, November 2, 2007
277: </strong></font><br>
278: "With all of the hollering about Linux..., there's another open-source
279: operating system that just celebrated getting a new 4.2 release out
280: the door. It's one that hasn't been quite as widely-celebrated as
281: Linux but is still deeply important in its own way: OpenBSD"
282: Talks about how BSD is real UNIX, and what that means, and our
283: security policy "secure by default".
284: Ends with a reminder that Linux is
285: "not the only open-source, Unix-like game in town."
286: <p>
287:
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.573 ian 289: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/7155">
290: Puffy's Marathon: What's New in OpenBSD 4.2</a>, onLamp, Nov 1, 2007
291: </strong></font><br>
292: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed almost two dozen OpenBSD developers
293: and combined their comments into this interview. Opens with:
294: "...this release comes with some amazing performance improvements: basic
295: benchmarks showed PF being twice as fast, a rewrite of the TLB
296: shootdown code for i386 and amd64 cut the time to do a full package
297: build by 20 percent (mostly because all the forks in configure
298: scripts have become much cheaper), and the improved frequency scaling
299: on MP systems can help save nearly 20 percent of battery power.
300: <p>
301: "And then the new features: FFS2, support for the Advanced Host
302: Controller Interface, IP balancing in CARP, layer 7 manipulation
303: with hoststated, Xenocara, and more!"
304: <p>
305: And goes on to discuss each of these and more with the good folk
306: who make it happen.
307: <p>
308:
309: </ul>
310:
1.572 ian 311: <h2>July, 2007</h2>
312: <ul>
313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
314: <a href="http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/797/openbsd-encrypted-nas-howto">
1.578 ian 315: OpenBSD Encrypted NAS How-To</a>, geektechnique.org, July 15, 2007
1.572 ian 316: </strong></font><br>
317: Mark Hoekstra gives a detailed step-by-step description of how to
318: build an encrypted
319: network storage box using off-the-shelf hardware and OpenBSD software.
320: <br>
321: Also reported in
322: <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/07/16/002203.shtml">SlashDot
323: </a> and
324: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/news.php?id=14877">net-security</a>.
325: <p>
326:
327: </ul>
328:
1.569 ian 329: <h2>May, 2007</h2>
330: <ul>
331:
332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.570 simon 333: [GERMAN]
334: OpenBSD 4.1 bietet Lastverteilung auf Layer 7,
335: iX magazine, May 18, 2007
336: </strong></font><br>
337: The German IT magazine iX reviews the new hoststated(8) Host Status Daemon that
338: comes with OpenBSD 4.1. The article describes various configurations including
339: SSL acceleration and gives a good insight into what hoststated(8) can do for the
340: reader.
341: <p>
342:
343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.569 ian 344: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/05/03/openbsd-41-puffy-strikes-again.html">
345: OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again</a>, ONLamp, May 5, 2007
346: </strong></font><br>
347: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a number of developers about the major
348: changes in 4.1: Mark Kettenis on UltraSPARC III and UltraSPARC T1;
349: Otto Moerbeek on the landisk port and fsck_ffs;
350: Artur Grabowski on rthreads and AMD64 timekeeping;
351: Kurt Miller on pthreads and, with Robert Nagy, on OpenOffice;
352: Marc Espie on the changes "under the hood" in
353: the package tools and on the new pkg_config;
354: Matthieu Herrb on our new X11 build system xenocara,
1.575 tobias 355: Henning Brauer on syslogd, hoststated and RSTP;
1.569 ian 356: Henning and Claudio Jeker on a variety of topics in routing and PF;
357: Bob Beck on spam fighting;
358: and Jonathan Gray on WEP and on why authpf is better than WPA/WPA2.
359: Quite readable overview of some of the main issues in this release.
1.582 grunk 360: <br>
361: Linked to from
1.569 ian 362: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php/17851/OpenBSD-4.1-Puffy-Strikes-Again/">OSNews</a>.
363: Mentions of the release also appeared in
364: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1483">Tectonic</a>,
365: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/newsvac/07/05/02/1320248.shtml">Newsforge</a>
366: and
367: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/07/05/01/2231229.shtml">SlashDot</a>
368: (the latter two include pointers to official release announcements).
369: <p>
370:
371: </ul>
372:
1.565 ian 373: <h2>April, 2007</h2>
374: <ul>
375:
376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
377: <a href="http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/28/1522252">
378: Reducing spam with OpenBSD and spamd</a>, Linux.com, April 11, 2007
379: </strong></font><br>
380: This is the first installment of a multi-part article on using OpenBSD's
381: anti-spam tools. This part contains a general overview of spamd, greylisting
382: and tarpitting. Later installments will cover the how-to details.
383: <p>
384:
385:
386: </ul>
387:
1.560 ian 388: <h2>March, 2007</h2>
389: <ul>
390:
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.564 ian 392: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2007/03/bsdtalk105-intro-to-pf-with-jason-dixon.html">
393: Introduction to PF with Jason Dixon</a>, BSDTalk 105, March 26, 2007
394: </strong></font><br>
395: Jason provides a nice general overview of OpenBSD's Packet Filter PF,
396: emphasizing the "why" rather than the "how" of using PF.
397: Goes over pf's history, initial setup, stateful filtering,
398: normalization with "scrub", use of synproxy, authpf,
399: CARP and pfsync, GUI configurations vs config files, the pfsense project,
1.576 martynas 400: logging, transparent bridges, AltQ queuing, macros, lists and tables,
1.579 ian 401: and the tie-in to spamd.
1.564 ian 402: <p>
403:
404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 405: <a href="http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=30120&hilite=">
1.560 ian 406: Welsh Government Agency demonstrates Open Source best practice</a>,
407: SourceWire, March 8, 2007
408: </strong></font><br>
1.562 ian 409: The Countryside Council for Wales, the UK Government's regional wildlife
410: conservation authority for Wales, has hired UK Open Source service provider Sirius
1.561 saad 411: Corporation to extend OpenBSD's interoperability with the proprietary
412: Cisco IOS software; part of the agreement calls for Sirius to contribute
413: its source changes back to the OpenBSD project.
1.560 ian 414: <p>
415:
416: </ul>
1.558 ian 417:
1.556 matthieu 418: <h2>February, 2007</h2>
419: <ul>
420:
421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.558 ian 422: <a href="http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/is_symantecs_vista_security_assessment_credible.html">
423: Is Symantec's Vista Security Assessment Credible?</a>, Microsoft Watch, February 28, 2007
424: </strong></font><br>
425: This paper is nominally about the relationship between Symantec and Microsoft,
426: talking about a white paper released by the former.
427: But it's quite revealing about Microsoft itself.
428: "Even Microsoft... now acknowledges that UAC (User Account Control) -
429: Vista's most [high-]profile security feature - is vulnerable to subversion,
430: particularly through social-engineering tactics."
431: And while the Symantec report says some good things about Vista security,
432: "its criticisms are brutal - for their clarity and foreboding:
433: <blockquote>
434: "Many of the technologies that Microsoft has employed to bolster
435: the security of Windows Vista are not new. In fact, most are
436: derived from the groundwork originally laid by open-source
437: operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD, the PaX and
438: Stackguard projects, as well as numerous academic publications....
439: The majority of these technologies first appeared in Windows
440: XP SP2 [Service Pack 2]. Windows XP SP2, at the time of its
441: release, was also billed as the most secure version of Windows."
442: </blockquote>
443: So remember, folks, if it's about security, you may well have heard it
444: here first, long before Microsoft "invented" it.
445: <p>
446:
447:
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.557 reyk 449: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/85495">
1.600 bentley 450: OpenBSD und Linux: Kritik an Stillhalteabkommen für Treiberentwicklung</a>, heise online, February 2, 2007
1.557 reyk 451: </strong></font><br>
452:
453: Short article about OpenBSD's clear statement against device driver
454: development under non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
455: It attempts to summarize the reaction of the OpenBSD community against the
456: <a href="http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/free_drivers.html">"Free Linux Driver Development"</a>
457: under NDA offered by the linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman which previously raised some
458: discussion.
459: Code written under NDA will make it difficult to improve it in the future
460: because somebody signed an agreement to keep the required hardware
461: documentation secret. For the OpenBSD project
462: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/goals.html">NDAs are never acceptable</a>.
463: <p>
464:
465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.556 matthieu 466: [FRENCH]
467: <a href="http://www.ed-diamond.com/produit.php?produit=462">GNU/Linux
468: Magazine France</a> special issue number 29
469: </strong></font>
470: is dedicated to BSD systems. It features several articles about
471: OpenBSD: a pf tutorial, an article on IPSec and two articles on
472: high-availability with pf and CARP and with dynamic routing protocols
473: using OpenOSPFd and OpenBGPd.
474: <p>
475:
476: </ul>
477:
1.558 ian 478: <h2>January, 2007</h2>
479: <ul>
480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
481: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.html">
482: Greylisting with PF</a>, O'Reilly onLAMP, January 18, 2007
483: </strong></font><br>
484: This onLAMP article by Dan Langille leads you through the process of
1.559 ian 485: setting up greylisting using OpenBSD's pf and spamd, which has now been ported
1.558 ian 486: to most other BSD systems. The article is
487: quite detailed, but readers should ignore the FreeBSD-specific stuff
488: like kldload (OpenBSD uses modload, but, OpenBSD always has pf built-in
489: so you don't need this). Parts of the article are based on Bob Beck's
490: <a href="http://www.nycbsdcon.org/speakers#Beck">spamd talk at NYCBSDCon</a>.
491: <p>
492:
493: </ul>
494:
1.550 mbalmer 495: <h2>December, 2006</h2>
496: <ul>
497:
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.554 reyk 499: [GERMAN]
500: <a href="http://www.freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=15206">
501: 23C3: Interview mit Henning und Reyk von OpenBSD</a>,
502: Radio Unerhört Marbug, December 29, 2006
503: </strong></font><br>
504: Interview with Henning Brauer and Reyk Flöter about OpenBSD and
505: the latest changes since 4.0 during the 23rd Chaos Communications
506: Congress in Berlin.
507: <p>
508:
509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.552 ian 510: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/29/01OPsecadvise_1.html">
1.553 ian 511: New Year's Resolution No. 1: Get OpenBSD</a>,
1.552 ian 512: InfoWorld, December 29, 2006
513: </strong></font><br>
514: InfoWorld's Security Advisor columnist Roger A. Grimes says:
515: "Kick off 2007 with a new, more secure operating system."
516: Citing OpenBSD's code-auditing security process and its
517: excellent security record, Grimes advises readers to give the system a try.
518: Despite repeating some old canards about the "unfriendly" install, he
519: notes favorably that
520: "OpenBSD is shipped secure-by-default, with all non-essential services disabled.
521: You won't find NFS, mountd, or Apache [httpd] enabled by default.
522: The /bin and /sbin folders will be emptier than other Linux or BSD distros.
523: Install OpenBSD and you can be assured that it doesn't default to an insecure state."
524: <p>
525:
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.551 xsa 527: [GERMAN]
1.550 mbalmer 528: <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2007/01/074/">
529: OpenBSD 4.0 - Kanadische Eröffnung</a>
530: iX magazine, December 14, 2006
531: </strong></font><br>
1.570 simon 532: The German IT magazine iX reviews the 4.0 release of OpenBSD and also mentions
1.550 mbalmer 533: why we don't support blobs and why this is beneficial to our users.
534: The article gives OpenBSD a very good rating for being strictly free software,
535: its swift installation, the support for upgrades, and the large number of
536: platforms and architectures it runs on.
537: <p>
538:
539: </ul>
540:
1.546 ian 541: <h2>November, 2006</h2>
542: <ul>
543:
1.549 ian 544: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
1.582 grunk 545: <a href='http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061110204834'>
1.549 ian 546: Official support for OpenBSD in Parallels Workstation</a>
547: undeadly.org, November 10, 2006
548: </strong></font><br>
549: OpenBSD is now supported by Parallels, a commercial OS
550: virtualization product for Mac OS X, Linux or MS-Windows.
551: In addition to allowing users to run both OpenBSD and one of those other
552: systems concurrently, the announcement means that developers with Intel Mac
553: hardware can run multiple test systems; the Undeadly Editor adds:
554: "I've had up to six OpenBSD guest systems operating simultaneously,
555: versions 3.8 through 4.0 (and -current)."
556: This also reinforces the increasing commercial acceptance of our favorite OS.
557: <p>
558:
559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
560: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/bsdtalk082-openbsd-developer-jason.html">
561: Interview with Jason Wright</a>, BSDTalk 82, November 8, 2006
562: </strong></font><br>
563: Jason talks about the OpenBSD development process (particularly for device drivers
564: and getting hardware documentation from vendors), Sun SPARC hardware (particularly
565: the Ultra III), ham radio (APRS) with OpenBSD, and more.
566: <p>
567:
568: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
569: <a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6132572.html'>
570: OpenBSD turns 4.0</a>
571: CNET News.com, November 3, 2006
572: </strong></font><br>
573: Stephen Shankland talks about the UltraSPARC III code in 4.0, and notes that
574: OpenBSD has chosen to stay with stable GCC versions rather than moving to
575: the latest and most bloated GCC versions like Linux did.
576: Quotes Theo as saying: OpenBSD doesn't aim for particular niches,
577: but it's popular in network applications... "The biggest
578: users of OpenBSD these days are people who need our fancy networking
579: features..."
580: <p>
581:
1.546 ian 582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
583: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/55/">
584: OpenBSD 4.0 Review</a>, Software In Review, November 1, 2006
585: </strong></font><br>
586: "In an era when the next edition of Microsoft Windows is pushed
587: back more than a year, and popular GNU/Linux distributions are
588: almost expected to have their release dates delayed by weeks or
589: months, it's nice to know that at least one operating system releases
590: on schedule without all kinds of showstopping bugs and problems.
591: OpenBSD 4.0 was released on November 1 with its usual mix of new
592: hardware support and enhanced operating system features."
593: So opens Jem Matzam's review of the new 4.0 release.
594: Jem gives a brief overview of the project, discusses
595: several of the most important new features, evaluates
596: his installation and use of the system on a desktop and a notebook.
1.548 saad 597: He also offers a few recommendations for future developments to make
1.546 ian 598: the project even better.
599: There's even a link to the Wikipedia article on
600: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa">
601: Humppa</a>, for those who may have heard this term but not
602: the music behind it.
603: <p>
604:
1.547 ian 605: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
606: <a href='http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1243'>
607: Big changes with OpenBSD 4.0 out today</a>
608: Tectonic, November 1, 2006
609: </strong></font><br>
610: "With his characteristic no-frills approach OpenBSD team leader
611: Theo de Raadt this morning announced the release of OpenBSD 4.0."
612: This article lists the highlights of the 4.0 release and
613: tells readers where to order CD's or download the release.
614: Quotes Theo: ""We are pleased to announce the official release of
615: OpenBSD 4.0. This is our 20th release on CD-Rom (and 21st via FTP).
616: We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only a single
617: remote hole in the default install,"
618: <p>
619:
620: <li><font color='#009000'><strong>
621: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8123.html'>
622: OpenBSD 4.0 released</a>
623: Ars Technica, November 1, 2006
624: </strong></font><br>
625: A short note about the 4.0 release; refers to the O'ReillyNet article below.
626: <p>
627:
1.546 ian 628: </ul>
629:
1.539 ian 630: <h2>October, 2006</h2>
631: <ul>
1.540 ian 632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.546 ian 634: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6769">
635: OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures</a>, O'Reilly Network, October 26, 2006
636: </strong></font><br>
637: Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a dozen and a half developers and compiled
638: the results into this report, all while listening to the obligatory Humppa.
1.548 saad 639: Topics include the new blob-free wireless drivers, pf and pf/dhcp interaction,
1.546 ian 640: CARP demotion, ipsecctl replacing ipsecadm, hardware support for disk/bioctl,
641: USB serial, new installation customization features, ports/packages, RCS, X,
642: CPU support for Sparc/64, AMD/Intel "speed step" techniques, and more.
643: <p>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.543 mbalmer 646: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/10/bsdtalk076-openbsd-developer-marc.html">
647: Interview with Marc Balmer about OpenCON 2006</a>, bsdtalk076, October 12, 2006
648: </strong></font><br>
649: BSDTalk interviews Marc Balmer about the upcoming
650: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON 2006</a> conference
651: in Venice, Italy, how he got involved in the OpenBSD project, and what he
652: uses the OpenBSD operating system for in his company. Marc Balmer tells us about
653: the history of the conference that is dedicated solely to OpenBSD, why it
654: is taking place in Venice, and why he likes OpenBSD as the platform of choice
655: for his many customers.
656: <p>
657:
658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.544 ian 659: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/olpc-under-fire-for-proprietary-components/">
660: OLPC under fire for proprietary components</a>, Engadget, October 11, 2006
661: </strong></font><br>
662: Hardware site Engadget is one of several that has picked up this controversy
663: from the Jem Report quoted below and on the mailing lists.
664: Quotes Theo's reaction to Jim Gettys' latest comments:
665: "Jim is obviously very clever at convincing people that children
666: need proprietary laptops (OLPC has a greater percentage of undocumented
667: hardware than a Thinkpad from 3 years ago). It is easy for Jim to
668: convince people these things because he doesn't care at all about
669: the future maintainance of drivers. I do. And I think most of you
670: also do."
671: The article ends with: "Wow, them be fightin' words -- we're pulling up ringside
672: seats already."
673: <p>
674:
675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
676: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/286/">
677: Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row</a>,
678: The Jem Report, October 9, 2006
679: </strong></font><br>
680: Jem Matzan explores this ongoing controversy by blending separate interviews with
681: Jim Gettys, Richard Stallman and our own Theo de Raadt.
682: Theo consistently and clearly defends the project's interest in
683: getting documentation on, and permission to distribute, firmware
684: so that users can use hardware they have paid for.
685: Commenting on the multiple NDA-requiring parts in the current version of
686: the OLPC laptop, Theo notes that "If I am careful in selection,
687: I can buy a laptop on the market today that has fewer proprietary parts."
688: And on the OLPC project's use of NDA-requiring parts at all:
689: "I feel they have misled the community by acting as if they are open;
690: they rode on our coat-tails. Now it turns out they are going to ship GPL'd
691: code mixed with NDA-requiring proprietary drivers in the end.
692: Even their LinuxBIOS will need to link into drivers that
693: no one can repair because the documentation is locked up..."
694: <p>
695:
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 697: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061006000709">
1.541 ian 698: OLPC hurts wireless documentation efforts</a>, undeadly.org, October 6, 2006
699: </strong></font><br>
700: Theo de Raadt takes on the high-profile
701: <a href="http://laptop.org/">OLPC</a> (One Laptop Per Child) Project
702: for not demanding open documentation from its wireless
703: chip manufacturer, wasting a "golden moment" opportunity to use sales
704: volume in the millions to pressure chip vendors, and thus helping destroy
705: the open source movement that makes the OLPC laptops affordable -
706: truly, betraying that hand that feeds it.
1.542 deraadt 707: Also strong words from other developers such as Bob Beck.
1.541 ian 708: <p>
709:
710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.540 ian 711: <a href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;639736970;fp;2;fpid;3">
712: The sad state of computer security</a>, PC World Australia, October 5, 2006
713: </strong></font><br>
714: Roger Grimes opines on how bad security really is for most of the world
715: (and it is really bad). "If you aren't using OpenBSD [or a few others],
716: then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
1.582 grunk 717: <br>
1.540 ian 718: "Most software contains numerous vulnerabilities, holes, and
719: exploitable routines. Even our anti-malware software and devices,
720: the things that are supposed to protect us, are full of buffer
721: overflows and vulnerabilities."
1.582 grunk 722: <br>
1.540 ian 723: And, Grimes generalizes,
724: "Sadly, the world has decided that real computer security doesn't
725: matter any more than real terrorist security. It's all lip service.
726: We are, and apparently choose to be, reactive sheep. Proactive
727: thinkers get ignored and ridiculed...
728: As more and more of the world goes online, and as more of our
729: important infrastructure goes "e-something," it would appear that
730: we are on a collision course headed toward a tipping point event.
731: And when it does, the sheep will stand aghast wondering how it
732: happened."
733: Worth reading!
734: <p>
735:
1.539 ian 736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
737: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061002-7874.html">
738: OpenBSD creator wants users to pressure Intel on open source policies</a>,
739: Ars Technica, October 2, 2006.
740: </strong></font><br>
741: Summarizes Theo's efforts to obtain documentation and freely
742: redistributable firmware from Intel.
743: <p>
744:
745: </ul>
746:
1.536 grunk 747: <h2>September, 2006</h2>
748: <ul>
749:
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 751: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/7184">
752: OpenBSD: Intel Accused Of Being "An Open Source Fraud"</a>,
753: KernelTrap, September 30, 2006.
754: </strong></font><br>
755: Mentions Damien's thread on misc summarizing Intel's policy toward
756: open-source software as being to make Intel "look like we're
757: open-source friendly by opening a project on sourceforge," and,
758: "give the open-source community the bare minimum so that they can
759: serve as our beta-testers." Damien reverse engineered the wpi(4)
760: driver source for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver,
761: despite Intel's refusal to freely provide documentation.
762: Regular readers will know that OpenBSD has been at war with Intel
763: for ages over these chipsets.
764: Quotes Theo as saying:
765: "before we ask a vendor, we have already lost (ie. the
766: device does not work). When a vendor says no, we have lost nothing
767: further -- there is no way we can lose further than having the
768: device not work. We can only win, and then the device works. So
769: there is no point in giving up until we win back the rights to write
770: software for the hardware that we have purchased."
771: <p>
772:
773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
774: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk069-interview-with-christoph.html">
775: Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD</a>, bsdtalk069, September 26, 2006
776: </strong></font><br>
777: BSDTalk interviews Christoph Egger about Xen and about how Christoph make OpenBSD
778: able to run as a guest operating system on Xen.
779: Includes some background about Xen as well as what it would take to
780: make OpenBSD run as the "dom0" or master host.
781: <p>
782:
783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.536 grunk 784: <a href="http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/09/bsdtalk068-interview-with-openbsd.html">
785: Intervew with OpenBSD developer Bob Beck</a>, bsdtalk068, September 22, 2006
786: </strong></font><br>
787: Bob Beck talks about spamd and his history with OpenBSD and UNIX
788: on Will Backman's bsdtalk. Bob gives us a look into his work on
789: OpenBSD and gives us amusing stories of how spamd works and how it
790: actually fares in 'the wild.' The podcast lasts a whole 25 minutes,
791: 59 seconds so it's long enough to occupy a meal or a small commute.
792: <p>
793:
1.537 ian 794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.582 grunk 795: <a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060920185115">
1.537 ian 796: OpenBSD 4.0 pre-orders are up!</a>, undeadly.org, September 20, 2006
797: </strong></font><br>
798: One of the first mentions of 4.0 going on sale for pre-ordering
799: (the official release date is November 1).
800: Also gives a list of the many good things that have been added
801: in 4.0, including many new device drivers,
802: support for UltraSPARC III on sparc64, improvements to ipsecctl,
803: a new RCS implementation, and much more.
804: Includes a reminder to "show your support for the project by
1.538 deraadt 805: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">placing your pre-orders today!"</a>
1.537 ian 806: <p>
807:
1.536 grunk 808: </ul>
809:
1.534 ian 810: <h2>August, 2006</h2>
811: <ul>
812:
813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.537 ian 814: <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-multi-user">
815: OpenBSD/Xen boots multi-user</a>, Recoil Blog, August 21, 2006
816: </strong></font><br>
817: Anil discusses his stewardship of a Google Summer of Code project in which
818: Christoph Egger ported and revised some NetBSD code to make OpenBSD boot up natively
819: as a guest operating system under
820: <a href="http://www.xensource.com/">Xen</a>, the open-source hypervisor
821: or "virtualization" system.
822: <p>
823:
824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.534 ian 825: <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-openbsd.html">
826: Take a closer look at OpenBSD</a>, IBM developerWorks, August 08, 2006
827: </strong></font><br>
828: Tim McIntire holds OpenBSD up as a beacon to UNIX users, calling it
829: "quite possibly the most secure operating system on the planet."
830: He talks about how the development process leads to greater security
831: and how tools like OpenSSH make it out into the wider UNIX/Linux world.
832: "OpenBSD might not have a huge user base compared to other UNIX-like operating systems,
833: but it is installed at the most crucial points of many networks."
834: Has a somewhat brief but effective discussion of installing the software, and
835: ends with references to several papers and sites of interest.
836: <p>
837:
838: </ul>
839:
1.531 ian 840: <h2>July, 2006</h2>
841: <ul>
842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
843: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/case-studies--profiles/founder-breathes-the-open-air/2006/07/17/1152988468274.html">
844: Founder breathes the Open air</a>, The Age, July 18, 2006
845: </strong></font><br>
846: Subtitled "Hiking in exotic climes is a brain adventure for the founder of OpenBSD", this is
847: as much about hiking and learning new symbols as about software, but our leader
848: manages to do both, and bring both into the interview.
849: The article quotes Theo as saying
850: "Another major lesson I have learnt is that most people only care
851: about things working for themselves, and thus it is very easy in a
852: group to build poorly thought-out solutions. It is very simple to
853: write small hacks and end up with unmaintainable systems in the long term."
854: Describes the hackathons as an important part of the project's process
855: and describes the funding issues as well.
856: <p>
857:
858: </ul>
859:
1.525 ian 860: <h2>June, 2006</h2>
861: <ul>
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.535 steven 863: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=472693&rl=1">
1.530 ian 864: Alternatives to LAMP</a>, informit.com, June 2, 2006
865: </strong></font><br>
866: While "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP" get most of the attention,
867: there are alternatives to each that are, in some way, better.
868: David Chisnal starts this article with a look at OS alternatives,
869: and OpenBSD gets the most detailed coverage, including this:
870: "When it comes to security, OpenBSD has a well-earned reputation
871: as the operating system for the truly paranoid. The entire kernel
872: and base system, including the OpenBSD fork of Apache, undergoes a
873: constant auditing process. The OpenBSD attitude is that any bug is
874: potentially exploitable, and when a bug is found by the auditing
875: team the next step is to attempt to remove every single occurrence
876: of that category of bug. This approach leads to an incredibly secure
877: system." Also talks about our pioneering use of W^X and the
878: "incredibly powerful and easy to configure" packet filter, pf.
879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.527 ian 882: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article8785.phtml">
1.525 ian 883: Microsoft adopts open-source security feature</a>, OSDir.com, June 1, 2006
884: </strong></font><br>
885: Microsoft borrows one of OpenBSD's security features for Vista, stack/library randomization,
886: under the name Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
887: "Until now, the feature has been most prominently used in the OpenBSD Unix variant and
888: the PaX and Exec Shield security patches for Linux"
889: (despite the article's title, there is nothing open-source about Microsoft's implementation).
890: <p>
891:
1.526 ian 892: </ul>
1.525 ian 893:
1.514 ian 894: <h2>May, 2006</h2>
895: <ul>
1.524 ian 896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
897: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650">
898: OpenBSD: wpi, A Blob Free Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver</a>, KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
899: </strong></font><br>
900: Damien Bergamini wrote OpenBSD's all-open-source driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless,
901: a sharp contrast to other projects' bogus "open source" drivers that are just wrappers around
902: a "binary blob" (source code not available, sorry) provided by the vendor.
903: "His announcement came a little over two months after Intel released
904: the controversial ipw3945 driver for Linux which included
905: a binary-only daemon described as necessary for enforcing regulatory
906: limits for the radio transmitter on the wireless device."
907: Bergamini's work proves yet again that vendors don't have to obscure their products
908: to make them useful.
909: <p>
1.518 ian 910:
911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 912: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/openbsd/c2k6/who1">
1.523 ian 913: c2k6, Who's Who At the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon, Part I</a>
914: and
915: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6662">Part II</a>,
1.522 ian 916: KernelTrap, May 28, 2006
1.520 ian 917: </strong></font><br>
1.521 deraadt 918: Jeremy Andrews visited our developers at the Hackathon and gives
1.523 ian 919: a brief but colorful summary of most of the team members:
1.520 ian 920: why they chose OpenBSD, how they got involved, what they do, and
921: their plans for the week.
922: <p>
923:
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.523 ian 925: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/05/22/OpenBSD-on-Flash.html">
926: Installing OpenBSD on Flash</a>,
927: Ping Wales, May 22, 2006
928: </strong></font><br>
929: David Chisnall shows how to set up an OpenBSD boot image for
930: Soekris or PC Engines machines that boot from flash memory.
931: <p>
932:
933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.520 ian 934: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3603961">
935: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whither BSD?</a>, ServerWatch, May 5, 2006
936: </strong></font><br>
937: Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt state that the BSDs are often overlooked
938: because of their limited commercial acceptance.
939: The authors call this an unfortunate oversight, because recent releases of
940: the freely available BSD flavors show significant technical improvements.
1.523 ian 941: As an example, they specifically refer to OpenBSD's sensor framework
1.520 ian 942: (introduced with 3.9).
943: Newman and Proffitt also accuse big vendors of picking the nice parts from
944: the BSDs' code and giving nothing back to the community in return.
945: <p>
946:
947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.518 ian 948: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/35/1/">
949: OpenBSD 3.9 Review</a>, Software In Review, May 3, 2006
950: </strong></font><br>
951: Jem Matzan takes the 3.9 release out for a spin, and likes it.
952: Noting that each release consists of a lot of small changes
953: and some major improvements - and mentioning hardware support, sensors,
954: and "blob removal" - he clearly thinks the project is doing a lot of things right.
955: "Everything you get in the release is production-ready, secure by
956: default... and comes with possibly the finest integrated documentation
957: in the Unix-clone world. While you might find a poorly programmed
958: driver or other base system component in other BSDs and GNU/Linux
959: distributions, in OpenBSD if something is supported, it works."
960: <p>
961:
962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
963: [GERMAN]
964: <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2006/06/news_zut/news_zut.html">
965: Mozilla greift OpenBSD unter die Arme</a>, Linux Magazin, Issue 06/06, May 2006, p. 18
966: </strong></font><br>
967: The German <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/">Linux Magazin</a> has a short
1.580 tobias 968: article about OpenBSD's financial situation and Marco Peereboom's
1.535 steven 969: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">call for donations</a>
1.518 ian 970: on undeadly.org. The article further mentions how OpenSSH development
971: is connected to OpenBSD.
972: <p>
973:
1.514 ian 974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
975: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550">
976: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, KernelTrap, May 2, 2006
977: </strong></font><br>
978: Jeremy Andrews conducts a free-ranging interview, focused mainly on 3.9 and drivers,
979: that gives Theo a chance to explain how the big North American chip vendors'
980: business practices make it harder for open source projects,
1.515 ian 981: talk about "binary blobs" vs firmware in drivers, and more.
1.514 ian 982: There's also coverage of where the project is going up to and after 3.9 and where
1.516 steven 983: it might (or might not) go in the future, why doing things right (and
1.514 ian 984: running this project) is so important to Theo,
985: and even why he does mountain biking!
986: <p>
987:
988: </ul>
989:
1.503 ian 990: <h2>April, 2006</h2>
991: <ul>
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.532 ray 993: <a href="http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/04/28/os_x_passwords_2/">
994: Mac OS X Password Implementation Compared to OpenBSD's</a>, April 28, 2006
995: </strong></font><br>
996: Dave Dribin analyzes Mac OS X's password implementation
997: and compares it with OpenBSD's:
998: "The king of the hill has to go to OpenBSD,
999: which uses a hash based on the Blowfish block cipher called bcrypt.
1000: The benefit of [bcrypt] is best stated on their website:
1001: <blockquote>
1002: The most important property of bcrypt (and thus crypt_blowfish)
1003: is that it is adaptable to future processor performance improvements,
1004: allowing you to arbitrarily increase the processing cost of checking a
1005: password while still maintaining compatibility with your older password hashes.
1006: Already now bcrypt hashes you would use are several orders of magnitude
1007: stronger than traditional Unix DES-based or FreeBSD-style MD5-based hashes.
1008: </blockquote>
1009: This is just plain cool."
1010: <p>
1011:
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.512 ian 1013: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6557">
1014: OpenBSD 3.9: Blob-Busters Interviewed</a>, OnLAMP, April 27, 2006
1015: </strong></font><br>
1016: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
1017: in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
1018: adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
1.513 saad 1019: jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
1.512 ian 1020: discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
1021: to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
1022: The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
1023: this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
1024: marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
1025: "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
1.513 saad 1026: that have reading comprehension issues...".
1.512 ian 1027: A long list of other developers explain their contributions
1028: and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
1029: <p>
1030:
1031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.517 mbalmer 1032: [GERMAN]
1033: <a href="http://www.guug.de/uptimes/index.html">
1034: Stop BLOB!</a>, UpTimes, April 25, 2006
1035: </strong></font><br>
1036: Wilhelm Bühler gives an overview in a short article about Blobs, what they
1037: are and why they are bad.
1038: <p>
1039:
1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.508 ian 1041: <a href="http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/34/1/">
1042: Using OpenBSD</a>, Software In Review, April 24, 2006
1043: </strong></font><br>
1044: Jem Matzan gives a brief overview of using the system.
1045: Covers ports and packages, use of SMP kernel, and more.
1046: Capsule summary of how our security policy affects the administrator:
1047: "Because it is secure by default, you may have to do more initial
1048: configuration with OpenBSD than with most other Unix and Unix-like
1049: operating systems, but you'll spend a lot less time securing it --
1050: maybe no time at all, if you follow the instructions in the manual
1051: pages."
1052: <p>
1053:
1054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.519 ian 1055: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/16/1749215.shtml?tid=8">
1056: Using OpenBSD on the desktop</a>, NewsForge, April 21, 2006
1057: </strong></font><br>
1058: Considers the use of OpenBSD as a desktop operating system,
1059: starting with "Secure by default" - who wants to have their desktop hacked? -
1060: and continues:
1061: "OpenBSD's clean code and design also provide rock-solid stability.
1062: I used to have lots of problems and crashes with new versions of
1063: Linux (kernel 2.6.x) and FreeBSD (versions 5.x and 6.x). The main
1064: focus of OpenBSD developers is to provide programs that work ...
1065: [they] prefer to improve their code rather than just
1066: add more new features and end up with a bloated and unstable product."
1067: Covers X, ports/packages, window managers, what is and is not supported,
1068: and more. Final thought:
1069: "OpenBSD's clean design and remarkable stability, along with its
1070: proactive security, not only make OpenBSD a potential candidate for
1071: home desktop users but also every system administrator's dream come
1072: true for business environments."
1073: <p>
1074:
1075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.511 djm 1076: [FRENCH]
1.509 djm 1077: <a href="http://developpeur.journaldunet.com/itws/060419-itw-openssh-openbsd-miller.shtml">
1.600 bentley 1078: JDN Développeurs interviews Damien Miller</a>,
1079: JDN Développeurs, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.509 djm 1080: Interview with Damien Miller, discussing OpenSSH security, the OpenBSD
1081: development approach, the problem of blobby drivers and the recent request
1.510 djm 1082: for funding.
1.509 djm 1083: <p>
1084:
1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.507 cloder 1086: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497">
1087: Interview with developers Jonathan Gray and Damien Bergamini</a>,
1088: Kerneltrap, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1089: An interview with the authors of OpenBSD's new NVIDIA Ethernet driver. OpenBSD's
1090: policy forbidding binary driver blobs is discussed, and the developers give a good
1091: overview of how they went about implementing the new driver.
1092: <p>
1093:
1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.528 ian 1095: <a href="http://www.thehostingnews.com/article2217.html">GoDaddy.com
1096: Donates $10K to Open Source Development Project</a>,
1097: The Hosting News, April 19, 2006</strong></font><br>
1098: GoDaddy.com, which claims to be "the Number One registrar of domain
1099: names worldwide", recently donated $10,000 to the OpenSSH project
1100: because, "according to the company, OpenSSH has become a staple
1101: of all free Unix and Linux operating systems in the world."
1102: They use it, and their customers use it, and they recognize the
1103: value of supporting an open source projects that is, as company
1104: CEO Bob Parsons says, "integral to online security".
1.582 grunk 1105: <br>
1.529 ian 1106: Similar articles at
1.528 ian 1107: <a href="http://www.hostsearch.com/news/the_go_daddy_group_news_4366.asp">
1.529 ian 1108: hostsearch.com</a> and
1109: <a href="http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060419090443506">
1110: LinuxElectrons.com</a>
1.528 ian 1111: <p>
1112:
1113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.506 aanriot 1114: [FRENCH] Principles and usage of OpenSSH,
1115: <a href="http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/">Linux Magazine France</a>,
1116: issue 82, April 2006, p. 28-33
1117: </strong></font><br>
1.533 ray 1118: A 6 page article from Alexandre Courbot focuses on OpenSSH and its
1.507 cloder 1119: basics. It begins with an history of the different implementations, and
1.506 aanriot 1120: is punctuated with examples.
1121: Tunneling features are described, as well as
1.535 steven 1122: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp</a>,
1123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent</a>,
1.506 aanriot 1124: and
1.535 steven 1125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp</a>.
1.506 aanriot 1126: <p>
1127:
1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.503 ian 1129: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71658">
1.600 bentley 1130: Mozilla Foundation spendet für OpenBSD</a>, heise online, April 4, 2006
1.503 ian 1131: </strong></font><br>
1132: Short article mentioning the donation the Mozilla Foundation made in support of
1133: further OpenSSH development.
1134: The article emphasizes the opportunity to wire money through the project's
1135: new European account - this one donation will not meet the
1136: project's funding needs for all time.
1137: <p>
1.504 bernd 1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1139: [GERMAN] "OpenBSD mit finanziellen Problemen", c't 8/06, p. 45.,
1140: April 3, 2006
1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: A very short article about OpenBSD's financial problems. They mention that
1143: this could compromise future hackathons.
1144: <p>
1.503 ian 1145:
1146: </ul>
1147:
1.487 ian 1148: <h2>March, 2006</h2>
1149: <ul>
1.495 ian 1150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.500 ian 1151: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/theo_interview.html">
1.501 ian 1152: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, DaemonNews, March, 2006
1.500 ian 1153: </strong></font><br>
1154: Chris Silva conducts a lightweight but wide-ranging and fun interview with Theo
1155: on topics including "Puffy",
1156: the logos used by certain other BSD projects -
1157: Theo quips that "I really like how they make absolutely no statement at all" -
1158: what's new in 3.9,
1159: and of course project expenses.
1160: Theo notes that "The electric bill is about $100 USD per week".
1161: <!--
1162: ... must be what comes from heating your house with VAXen.
1163: -->
1164: The interviewer nicely ends with a link to our donations page.
1165: <p>
1166:
1167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 1168: <a href="http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/239/1/">
1169: Linux supporters fiddle while OpenSSH burns</a>, The Jem Report, March 28, 2006
1170: </strong></font><br>
1.499 ian 1171: This write-up focusses on OpenBSD/OpenSSH funding, and has some
1172: original legwork to go with it.
1.498 ian 1173: Writer Jem Matzan took the trouble to
1174: contact many of the companies who charge a lot for products
1175: featuring OpenSSH and yet give nothing to OpenSSH in return.
1176: Companies like SCO, IBM, Apple, and Sun.
1177: Sun apparently did the worst job of responding:
1178: "Since the release of Solaris 10, who has been a larger open source
1179: software cheerleader than Sun Microsystems?", Matzan asks. "I asked Sun
1180: representatives what they would do if OpenSSH were to disappear. The only response
1181: I got was that there are parts of Solaris that compete with OpenSSH,
1182: and that because of this, the company would rather not comment
1183: further on the issue." What the Sun teleprompter-readers don't seem to realize -
1184: but Matzan does - is that
1185: <a href="http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/ssh/ssh/ssh.c">
1186: SunSSH <em>is</em> OpenSSH</a>.
1187: Or, at least, a mangled version of it...
1188: IBM, on the other hand, is still trying to formulate their response.
1.582 grunk 1189: <br>
1.498 ian 1190: <p>
1191:
1192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1193: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8">
1194: Interview: Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, March 28, 2006
1195: </strong></font><br>
1196: A wide-ranging interview with Theo about new stuff in 3.9, security, funding,
1197: "blob" drivers, and more.
1198: Theo notes that "We've had 10 years of nearly fanatical devotion
1199: to anything which can make OpenBSD more secure. A very important
1200: part of that is that we have not been afraid to completely overhaul
1201: anything even if it breaks backward compatibility. Secondly, when
1202: we have found a flaw in any part of the system we have assumed that
1203: the same mistake was made elsewhere, and gone on a hunt to fix them
1204: all. Thirdly, we have developed and incorporated a collection of
1205: methods that make software flaws very difficult to attack..."
1206: Ends by trying to shame the companies that use OpenSSH without contributing
1207: anything back - Sun is given especial mention here - and ends with
1208: the tantalizing line ".. if an OpenSSH hole is found that applies to SunSSH,
1209: Sun will not be informed. Or maybe that has happened already." Hmmmm.
1210: <p>
1211:
1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 1213: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259254,00.htm">
1214: OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
1215: </strong></font><br>
1216: It's easy to focus on our project's security, but we innovate in other areas too.
1217: This article highlights the "sensors" framework added in 3.9 to provide and integrated
1218: approach to handling Dell PowerEdge servers' Embedded Server Management (ESM), IPMI, and
1219: in general temperature and environmental issues.
1220: "There is a significant new sensor framework [in OpenBSD 3.9], which
1221: supports voltage sensors, fan sensors, temperature sensors, and so
1222: on," said de Raadt. "Such a feature is still missing in Linux and
1223: other major operating systems." ...
1224: De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the
1225: machines running in
1226: <a href="images/newrack.jpg">the project's server room</a>. "I now get a call
1227: on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room,"
1228: <p>
1229:
1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1231: <a href="http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39259281,00.htm">
1232: Paying for free software may be the bargain of a lifetime</a>, ZDNet UK, March 24, 2006
1233: </strong></font><br>
1234: Starts with a Theo quote from the previous article on ZDNet:
1235: "A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community".
1236: The article argues that mega-computer-companies that use open source tend to use BSD:
1237: "The open BSDs may be less famous than Linux, but they are arguably
1238: superior in stability and security. This has made it popular in
1239: ISPs and elsewhere - Apple, for example, adopted BSD within OS X.
1240: BSD, unlike software released under the GPL, carrys no legal
1241: obligations for the adopter to provide anything for the community in return."
1242: Goes on to argue that these companies <em>ought</em> to be fair enough
1243: to send a small bit of their money back into funding open source.
1244: "In the time it takes to read this article, we calculate that Apple
1245: will have easily made enough to pay-off OpenBSD's annual losses,
1246: with a little left over to buy black turtlenecks for all. It's not
1247: just Apple's baby - other companies owe far more to OpenBSD - but
1248: in open source a little symbolism goes a long way."
1249: <p>
1250:
1.487 ian 1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.494 bernd 1252: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/71174">
1253: OpenBSD muss an den Sparstrumpf</a>, heise online, March 23, 2006
1254: </strong></font><br>
1.495 ian 1255: OpenBSD is touching its savings - Small news article about the project's
1.494 bernd 1256: financial situation.
1257: <p>
1258:
1259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.495 ian 1260: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39259042,00.htm">
1261: OpenBSD Founder Makes Funding Plea</a>, ZDNet UK, March 23, 2006
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263: One of the first mainstream sites to pick up on Marco's article (below),
1264: this one reports the funding figures on how much it really costs to
1265: produce our favorite operating system.
1266: "Although OpenBSD has a number of commercial users, including many
1267: ISPs, de Raadt claimed that all of its donations come from individuals
1268: rather than companies many of who claim the have no budget to pay
1269: for the operating system. "The culture of entitlement is starting
1270: to damage the open source community," he said."
1.582 grunk 1271: <br>
1.496 ian 1272: Also online at
1273: <a href="http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/135760.html">ZDNet India</a>.
1274: <p>
1275:
1276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1277: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/03/22/OpenBSD-money.html">
1278: OpenBSD in Financial Trouble</a>, Ping Wales, March 21, 2006
1279: </strong></font><br>
1280: David Chisnall reports that "OpenBSD is one of my favourite platforms;
1281: its focus on security and ease-of-use makes it a very simple and
1282: safe system to use. Unfortunately, the OpenBSD organisation is now
1283: experiencing financial difficulty. For the last two years, the
1284: project has made a $20,000/year loss, something which it cannot
1285: sustain indefinitely."
1286: Goes on to report on the growing use of OpenBSD in commercial software
1287: (and hardware!), and that none of the "big guys" has given anything back.
1288: Unlike most of the articles on this topic, this one is kind enough to
1289: include a direct link to our orders page and recommend its readers
1290: to buy a copy of the CD to help fund the project.
1.495 ian 1291: <p>
1292:
1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.498 ian 1294: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/03/21/1555243.shtml">
1295: OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger</a>, Slashdot, March 21, 2006
1296: </strong></font><br>
1297: Slashdot mentions and quotes from Marco's article (below),
1298: with a reminder that
1299: "The OpenBSD team is the one that also develops the OpenSSH suite,
1300: used nowadays almost everywhere."
1301: Ends with this quote from Marco:
1302: "Without naming entities or projects by name, there are others out
1303: there that are sitting on some cash. It would be wonderful if these
1304: entities could share some of the wealth to keep us going."
1305: <p>
1306:
1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.505 grunk 1308: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060321034114">
1.495 ian 1309: OpenBSD Finances</a>, OpenBSD Journal, March 21, 2006
1310: </strong></font><br>
1311: Marco Peereboom's article notes that
1312: "OpenBSD for the past 2 years has turned a loss of approximately $20K USD" per year.
1313: Hackathons - where a lot of developers get together in critical mass and churn out
1314: new ideas and new code in great quantity - cost from US$10K-30K each, and we try to run
1315: a few of them each year.
1316: Meanwhile, compananies that use OpenBSD and companies - many of them highly profitable -
1317: that incorporate OpenSSH into operating systems and even routers and other appliances
1318: have not been forthcoming: no major computer company has given funding
1319: to the OpenBSD project.
1320: It's time for them to do so.
1321: <p>
1322:
1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.497 ian 1324: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/08/1646257.shtml?tid=8">
1325: Software RAID on OpenBSD using RAIDframe</a>, NewsForge, March 14, 2006
1326: </strong></font><br>
1327: "Software RAID provides an easy way to add redundancy or speed up a system
1328: without spending lots of money on a RAID adapter."
1329: Manolis Tzanidakis talks us through setting up RAID using OpenBSD.
1330: He describes the detailed steps, and recommends careful testing
1331: before putting the system into production, including taking one disk
1332: out of service and ensuring that it gets reloaded correctly.
1333: Ends with a technique for monitoring clean operation on an ongoing basis.
1334: <p>
1335:
1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.489 deraadt 1337: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">Report on Business Television</a>
1338: March 10, 5:45pm MST</strong></font><br>
1.490 deraadt 1339: Theo de Raadt was interviewed by Howard Green on <b>The Business Show</b>:<br>
1340: <!-- North America mirror:
1341: <a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB avi file</a>
1.491 deraadt 1342: -->
1.490 deraadt 1343: European mirror:
1344: <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/20060310/robtv2006.avi">Interview 35MB AVI file</a>
1345: <br>
1346: A longer segment is also available at <a href="http://www.robtv.ca">www.robtv.ca</a>.
1.489 deraadt 1347: <p>
1348:
1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.487 ian 1350: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200603/openbgpd.html">OpenBGPd in OpenBSD</a>
1351: Daemon News, March, 2006</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1352: Check out the notes and slides from Henning Brauer's presentation at
1.487 ian 1353: <a href="http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/">NANOG 36</a>;
1354: the text and questions cover everything from how and why OpenBGPd got created,
1355: through configuration and tools, to integration with pf and CARP,
1356: to technical issues regarding use of IPSEC to provide security for BGP packets.
1357: Along the way there's considerable discussion on how the program was
1358: designed to provide reliability and security.
1359: <p>
1360:
1361: </ul>
1362:
1.485 ian 1363: <h2>February, 2006</h2>
1364: <ul>
1365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.486 ian 1366: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1859">Zero to IPSec in 4 minutes</a>
1367: Security Focus, February 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1368: This article, as its lead-in says,
1.497 ian 1369: "looks at how to get a fully functional IPSec VPN up and running between two fresh OpenBSD
1.486 ian 1370: installations in about four minutes flat".
1371: If you've shied away from setting up an IPSEC VPN because of config file complexity,
1372: now is the time to reconsider.
1.497 ian 1373: Dragos Ruiu shows you how the ipsecctl command (introduced to the world in OpenBSD 3.8)
1.486 ian 1374: makes it really easy to set up a VPN between consenting OpenBSD machines.
1375: He states that he and a colleague were able to get two machines talking over IPSEC
1376: in a few minutes, and only changing a few configuration files.
1377: He also comments on the relative ease of installing our favorite OS, and hopes
1378: that our ipsecctl will be adopted by the other BSDs (hopefully in a compatible way)
1379: to make firewall setups easier all around the network.
1380: But you don't need to wait for that if you're running OpenBSD 3.8; just follow
1381: the steps in the article.
1382: <p>
1383:
1384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.485 ian 1385: <a href="http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200602/vendorvoice02.shtml">The Worm in the Machine</a>
1386: Network Magazine India, February 2006</strong></font><br>
1387: Dilip Ranade elaborates on several reasons why software is drearily buggy and endlessly insecure,
1388: particularly in comparison with other technologies.
1389: Imagines how very bad shape the automotive industry would be in if you had to sign the
1390: same disclaimer of (non-)usability that almost every commercial EULA requires of computer users.
1391: Ends with "I once dreamt that all the computer users in the world
1392: arose in revolt and switched to hardened OpenBSD", though he admits that there's "fat chance" of it
1393: happening in real life.
1394: <p>
1395:
1396: </ul>
1397:
1.492 ian 1398: <h2>January, 2006</h2>
1399: <ul>
1400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1401: <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2006/01/28.html">Kevin Mitnick on
1402: Coast to Coast AM Radio Show with Art Bell</a>, Jan 28, 2006</strong></font><br>
1403: Art Bell interviewed Kevin Mitnick on his call-in show;
1404: Paul Zacharzewski from Edmonton called to ask Mitnick for his opinion of OpenBSD.
1405: If you don't want to download the whole show from coasttocoastam.com,
1406: you can listen to an
1.497 ian 1407: <a href="http://unworkable.org/misc/mitnick.mp3">MP3 excerpt of this call</a>
1.492 ian 1408: in which Mitnick says: "Well, I actually use OpenBSD, so I do like it".
1409: </ul>
1410:
1.483 ian 1411: <h2>December, 2005</h2>
1412: <ul>
1.555 reyk 1413:
1.483 ian 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.555 reyk 1415: [GERMAN]
1416: <a href="http://www.ini.unizh.ch/~stephan/articles/openbsd/064-069_linux-bsd-fw.pdf">
1417: Wehrhaft abtauchen - HA-fähige Firewall mit OpenBSD/PF</a>, Linux-Magazin, December 2005
1418: </strong></font><br>
1419: High available firewall setups are considered as the high arts of network protection.
1420: Due to clustering the network stays online even if one firewall fails. This article
1421: from Stephan A. Rickauer (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH / University Zurich) shows
1422: how well OpenBSD/PF performs in comparison to the well-known duo Linux/Netfilter.
1423: <p>
1424:
1425: </p></li><li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.484 djm 1426: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/375/1">OpenSSH cutting edge</a>
1427: SecurityFocus, December 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1428: Federico Biancuzzi interviews OpenSSH developer Damien Miller to discuss
1429: features included in the upcoming version 4.3, public key crypto
1430: protocols details, timing based attacks and anti-worm measures.
1431: <p>
1432:
1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1434: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/21/175249.shtml?tid=92&tid=78">Creating
1.483 ian 1435: Secure Wireless Access Points with OpenBSD and OpenVPN</a>
1436: NewsForge, December 13, 2005</strong></font><br>
1437: A cookbook approach to setting up a wireless interface as a secure Access Point
1438: using OpenBSD's hostap, pf, and authpf.
1439: Configuration examples are given with basic explanations and links
1440: to sites with more information on most topics.
1441: <p>
1442:
1443: </ul>
1444:
1445:
1.479 grunk 1446: <h2>November, 2005</h2>
1447: <ul>
1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.492 ian 1449: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051116145737">OpenBSD
1.482 ian 1450: Goes to Venice</a>,
1451: OpenBSD Journal, November 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.497 ian 1452: "What happens when you put a dozen developers on a little island with their
1.482 ian 1453: laptops, power, and an internet connection?
1.582 grunk 1454: <br>
1.482 ian 1455: During the first week of November some OpenBSD developers met in a
1456: little island in Venice's lagoon to hack on the ports system.
1457: This was probably the first ports hackathon and was followed by
1.497 ian 1458: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCON</a>, a European conference
1.482 ian 1459: fully dedicated to OpenBSD..."
1460: Great coverage of the OpenBSD Porting Hackathon: people, ports, beer, ...
1461: Contains a link to
1462: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/mgp00008.html">
1463: pval's summary slides</a>.
1464: <p>
1465:
1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.481 niallo 1467: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1710223">
1468: Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8</a>,
1469: NewsForge, November 11, 2005</strong></font><br>
1470: This article describes the installation of OpenBSD 3.8 from a Linux user's
1471: perspective, noting the simple elegance of the installer.
1472: Although the installation process may be hard to get used to at first for
1473: the average Linux user, the author tells us that one can learn a lot from
1474: it. Furthermore, the article clears up the common misconception that working
1.497 ian 1475: on an OpenBSD system is very different from working on a Linux system.
1.481 niallo 1476: In particular, the author states that on OpenBSD, <i>"virtually the entire
1477: catalog of familiar free and open source software titles is available through
1478: the packages and ports system"</i>.
1479: <p>
1480:
1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1482: <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3561526">
1483: Return of The BSDs</a>,
1484: internetnews.com, November 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1485: This article mentions that with all three major BSD flavors having had
1486: a release this fall, BSD is <i>"still very much alive and kicking among
1487: all the noise and buzz created by Linux"</i>. The author talks about
1488: various new or improved features of 3.8, such as bioctl(8), hostapd(8),
1489: network interface aggregation and sasyncd(8), and there are some
1490: quotes from Bob Beck.
1491: <p>
1492:
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.479 grunk 1494: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/051101/152/fvrlx.html">
1495: OpenBSD 3.8 improves hardware support</a>,
1496: ZDNet UK, November 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.480 ian 1497: This article reports on OpenBSD 3.8, which was released on November 1.
1498: The author gives an overview of the improvements and new
1.479 grunk 1499: features that were made with 3.8, and quotes Theo on RAID management
1500: and Linux.<br>
1501: The 3.8 release hit the news also in some other places:
1502: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/01/1258232">Slashdot</a>
1503: and <a href="http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12482">OSNews</a>
1504: also report about it, mostly repeating parts
1505: of the release
1506: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a>.
1507: <p>
1508: </ul>
1509:
1.476 ian 1510: <h2>October, 2005</h2>
1511: <ul>
1512:
1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1514: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1375194866;fp;16;fpid;0">
1515: 'Nightmare' drove desperate user to open source</a>,
1516: Computerworld, October 24, 2005</strong></font><br>
1517: A great tale of how Mark Uemura of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
1518: was forced to move to OpenBSD because the alternatives were too costly
1519: and too unreliable.
1520: This quote will rattle some cages:
1521: "IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are
1522: worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without
1523: asking," according to Uemura, who was promoted to IT Manager of PWC Japan
1524: after saving the company seven IT-samurais' salaries.
1525: Further, "In Japan large organizations like Morgan Stanley and the
1526: Bank of America have moved all their backend systems to open source,
1527: Uemura said, because with open source you can reduce IT operating
1528: costs without any commercial lock-in."
1529: <p>
1530:
1.477 saad 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1532: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6270">
1533: OpenBSD 3.8: Hackers of the Lost RAID</a>,
1534: ONLamp.com, October 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1535: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1536: new features in OpenBSD 3.8 including interface trunking,
1537: internationalization support, Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP),
1538: IPSec SA synchronization daemon, and RAID management. There is also some
1539: discussion about future plans.
1540: <p>
1541:
1.478 grunk 1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1543: <a href="http://securityfocus.com/columnists/361">
1544: OpenBSD's network stack</a>,
1545: SecurityFocus, October 12, 2005</strong></font><br>
1546: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about OpenBSD's
1547: network stack, including protection against ICMP attacks, and propagation
1548: of enhancements into other BSDs and into Linux.
1549: The interview also features the other protection mechanisms in the network
1550: stack, a comparison to the network stack in Linux, and the history and
1551: current status of <a href="http://www.openbgpd.org/">OpenBGPD</a>.
1552: <p>
1553:
1.476 ian 1554: </ul>
1555:
1.470 saad 1556: <h2>September, 2005</h2>
1557: <ul>
1558:
1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.474 niallo 1560: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/359">
1561: Security-related innovation in Unix</a>,
1562: SecurityFocus, Sept. 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1563: An article examining the mmap-based malloc() implementation to be
1564: included in OpenBSD 3.8. The author states that <i>"it will help OpenBSD
1565: users to find bugs in software more easily, which will result in better
1566: applications for everyone"</i>. He goes on to say that <i>"the more hurdles
1567: that one has to jump through for good security, the less likely people will
1568: go through the trouble. OpenBSD allows even the most inexperienced users to
1569: take advantage of these technologies without any effort"</i>.
1570: <p>
1571:
1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.473 aanriot 1573: <a href="http://www.miscmag.com/articles/index.php3?page=2100">
1574: [FRENCH] Champ libre : les chantiers OpenBSD</a>
1575: Misc, number 21, Sept/Oct, 2005, p. 4-14</strong></font><br>
1576: An interesting article about OpenBSD and associated projects. Saad Kadhi
1577: and Guillaume Arcas describe useful things you can do with PF and
1578: OpenSSH, and give a nice introduction to OpenNTPD and OpenCVS. If the
1579: article is focused on the presentation, you can find some interesting
1580: technical aspects people are not always acquainted to. A few examples
1581: are shown, like a basic CARP setup, or the manner to use multiplexing
1582: with OpenSSH and even how to check an OpenSSH server's keys using DNS.
1583: <p>
1584:
1585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1586: <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/news/11306">
1587: Big debate over small packets</a>,
1588: SecurityFocus, Sept. 7, 2005</strong></font><br>
1589: Robert Lemos discusses the ICMP denial-of-service vulnerabilities found
1590: by Fernando Gont and fixed in OpenBSD. To date, OpenBSD is the only
1591: system that has implemented all of the fixes recommended in the IETF
1592: draft.
1593: <p>
1594:
1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.471 saad 1596: <a href="http://www.pcexpert.fr/">
1597: [FRENCH] "Quel est le meilleur système libre pour votre
1598: ordinateur ?"</a>,
1599: PC Expert, number 156, p. 42-62</strong></font><br>
1600: Philippe Roure compares 11 Linux and *BSD operating systems, including
1601: OpenBSD 3.7, on different criteria such as security, documentation and
1602: usability. OpenBSD earned a 5/5 mark (see pages 60-61) and while a mark
1603: isn't necessarily objective, the author seems to grasp the OpenBSD
1604: project, its goals, and how good is the operating system. The article
1605: includes an interview with Saad Kadhi.
1606: <p>
1607:
1608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.470 saad 1609: <a href="http://www.samag.com/articles/2005/0509/">
1610: Monitoring PF Firewalls for Health and Performance</a>,
1611: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 9, p. 37</strong></font><br>
1612: Ryan Matteson describes several utilities that can be used to monitor the
1613: health and performance of a PF firewall. Besides pfctl, the article
1614: covers pftop, fwanalog, monitoring logs with tcpdump and graphing
1615: performance data with pfstat.
1616: <p>
1617:
1618: </ul>
1619:
1.461 grunk 1620: <h2>July, 2005</h2>
1621: <ul>
1622:
1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.466 deraadt 1624: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5382">
1625: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part III</a>,
1.467 grunk 1626: Kerneltrap, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.466 deraadt 1627: Jeremy Andrews writes about the recent Blind ICMP attacks discovered
1628: by Fernando Gont, and the fixes done by him and OpenBSD during the
1629: 2005 Hackathon.
1.469 ian 1630: The article goes into the technical background of the
1.467 grunk 1631: attacks, mentioning blind ICMP attacks, "hard" ICMP errors, source
1.469 ian 1632: quenching, and path MTU discovery;
1633: many helpful RFCs and technical papers are linked from the explanations.
1634: This is followed by a recap of the whole ICMP story, involving Gont's
1.467 grunk 1635: struggle with other free projects, Cisco lawyers, Microsoft people,
1636: and others.<br>
1.469 ian 1637: The article concludes that OpenBSD was the first project
1.467 grunk 1638: to take Fernando Gont's findings seriously, and also the first group to
1639: be really painless to work with.
1.466 deraadt 1640: <p>
1641:
1642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.464 grunk 1643: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/security_blame/">
1644: Security meltdown: who's to blame?</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1645: The Register, July 6, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.464 grunk 1646: This article talks about various groups that are frequently blamed for
1647: poor security:
1.467 grunk 1648: individuals, ISPs, companies, crackers, security mailing lists,
1.464 grunk 1649: and last but not least: OS vendors!
1.467 grunk 1650: In the last paragraph, OpenBSD's style of <i>"dumbed-down, simplified
1.464 grunk 1651: and secure systems (with a heavily audited code base)"</i> is described
1652: as <i>"one of the smartest approaches to security"</i>.
1653: <p>
1654:
1655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.461 grunk 1656: <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30084.html">
1657: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software</a>,
1.466 deraadt 1658: The Epoch Times, July 5, 2005</strong></font><br>
1.463 tom 1659: In this interview, Theo talks about the inception of the OpenBSD project
1660: and its goals, as well as its impact on the commercial IT industry.
1.461 grunk 1661: He points out once more that <i>"vendors who incorporate OpenSSH have
1662: given us absolutely nothing back - not a cent"</i>.
1663: Other topics covered include the OpenBSD team, Theo's role as
1664: <i>"benevolent dictator"</i>, and the security process, which he compares
1665: to the security efforts led by other free software projects and some
1666: commercial vendors.
1667: <p>
1668:
1669: </ul>
1670:
1.454 ian 1671: <h2>June, 2005</h2>
1672: <ul>
1.468 grunk 1673:
1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1675: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ns-ttc062205.php">
1676: The true cost of computer crime</a>,
1677: EurekAlert / <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/">New Scientist Magazine</a>,
1678: issue June 25, 2005</strong></font><br>
1679: This article looks at computer crime, especially the way upcoming
1680: vulnerability reports are dealt with. It also gives a short overview of the
1.469 ian 1681: institutions involved in the process (vendors, free projects, CERTs).
1.468 grunk 1682: <br>
1683: The author mentions the work of Andy Ozment, who researches vulnerability
1684: disclosure at the University of Cambridge. Using OpenBSD as a good example
1685: of how disclosure and consequent fixing of bugs helps to strengthen security,
1686: he refutes the widely spread FUD that disclosing vulnerabilities leads to
1687: more harm than good. Ozment's methodology was to examine OpenBSD's CVS logs
1.469 ian 1688: and note when fixes were published; his research shows that
1.468 grunk 1689: <i>"the number of vulnerabilities decreases as a result of disclosure"</i>.
1690: <p>
1691:
1.454 ian 1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.458 niallo 1693: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0704/071.html">
1694: Free Bird</a>,
1695: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1696: <b>(Registration required)</b> A second Forbes article about OpenBSD, more
1697: focused on the project itself this time. It contains good description of the
1698: history of OpenBSD along with its prime motivations. Mention is made of the
1699: DARPA grant and the annual hackathon. Theo's motto "shut up and hack" finally
1700: becomes famous in this piece and there are some other very insightful quotes
1701: such as "All I care about is making high-quality code. If I had to work at a
1702: regular job, it would drive me nuts". This is certainly an astute and perceptive
1703: article, well worth reading. Do note that the big picture of Theo's machine
1704: room will only be available in the print edition.
1705: <p>
1.459 deraadt 1706:
1.458 niallo 1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.456 niallo 1708: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html">
1709: Is Linux For Losers?</a>,
1710: Forbes, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1711: An interesting article, if somewhat polemic in tone, which raises questions
1712: about the quality of Linux code compared to OpenBSD. There is also some short
1713: discussion of the OpenBSD development model and focus (push for quality above
1714: everything else) including good quotes from Theo. It seems that the need for
1715: high quality software is beginning to be recognised by the mainstream.
1716: <p>
1.457 deraadt 1717:
1.456 niallo 1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1719: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/06/09/2132233.shtml?tid=152&tid=8&tid=2">
1.455 ian 1720: BSD cognoscenti on Linux</a>,
1721: NewsForge, June 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1722: NewsForge talks with Theo de Raadt and NetBSD's Christos Zoulas about the
1723: similarities and differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD
1724: operating systems. The questions asked were similar to those asked
1725: of Linus Torvalds in a <a
1.462 grunk 1726: href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/09/2128249&tid=2">previous
1.455 ian 1727: interview.</a>
1728: <p>
1729:
1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.454 ian 1731: <a href="http://www.tuxjournal.net/intervista3-en.html">
1732: A good morning with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1733: Tux Journal, June 2, 2005</strong></font><br>
1734: Brief but wide-ranging interview with Theo in which our leader
1735: opines about the good things in 3.7: "The list of new developments
1736: is impressive, but in my view not nearly as impressive as the small
1737: little details that continue to be fixed during each development
1738: cycle." And modestly credits all the developers for the project's
1739: continuing success, attributing it to "The passion of the developers,
1740: and the wide experience they bring into their development efforts.
1741: By amazing coincidence, our users typically have the same needs as we do."
1742: Manages to sidestep getting drawn into comparisons with Linux, e.g.,
1743: when asked if he likes it/why/why not, deftly replies
1744: "I have never used it."
1745: <p>
1746:
1747: </ul>
1748:
1.441 deraadt 1749: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
1750: <ul>
1751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1752: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5190">
1753: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II</a>,
1754: Kerneltrap, May 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1755: In the second installment of Kerneltrap's Hackathon 2005 feature, Jeremy
1756: Andrews speaks with the pf developers at length about their plans for
1757: future enhancements.
1758: <p>
1759:
1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.450 deraadt 1761: <a href="http://www.ctv.ca">
1.448 deraadt 1762: TV coverage: OpenBSD hackathon</a>,
1763: CTV/CFCN, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1764: A TV spot done a Canadian national TV station about the Calgary
1765: hackathon this year, with 60 developers.<br>
1766: North America mirror:
1767: <ul>
1.452 marco 1768: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.449 jcs 1769: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a><br>
1770: <li><a href="ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/news/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a>
1.448 deraadt 1771: </ul>
1772: European mirror:
1773: <ul>
1.452 marco 1774: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd-intro.avi">Intro</a>
1.448 deraadt 1775: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd1.avi">spot 1</a>
1776: <li><a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/2005-hackaton/obsd2.avi">spot 2</a><br>
1777: </ul>
1778: <p>
1779:
1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.451 cloder 1781: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5186">
1782: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I</a>,
1783: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1784: Jeremy Andrews of KernelTrap does a good job of describing what it's like
1785: to be at the Hackathon in Part I of KernelTrap's Hackathon feature. Several
1786: developers are interviewed in detail about what they are working on.
1787: <p>
1788:
1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.472 cloder 1790: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5184">
1791: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005: Day 6?</a>,
1792: Kerneltrap, May 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1793: Kjell Wooding describes a typical day at the Hackathon in this entertaining
1794: first-hand account.
1795: <p>
1796:
1797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.447 cloder 1798: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/20/1426216.shtml?tid=8">
1799: Review: OpenBSD 3.7</a>,
1800: NewsForge.com, May 20, 2005</strong></font><br>
1801: "OpenBSD is not only highly polished and easy to
1802: configure because of its documentation, it's also totally free-as-in-rights.
1803: With an obsession with security, freedom of source code, and quality of
1804: programming technique, OpenBSD 3.7 continues the legacy established by
1805: its previous releases," writes Jem Matzan in this nice, small review.
1806: <p>
1807:
1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.446 cloder 1809: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/05/19/openbsd_3_7.html">
1810: OpenBSD 3.7: The Wizard of OS</a>,
1811: ONLamp.com, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1812: Federico Biancuzzi interviews several OpenBSD developers about the
1813: new features in OpenBSD 3.7, including new wireless chipsets, new
1814: spam-fighting features, zaurus, pf improvements, propolice, and
1815: many other things. A good overview of what's new in this release,
1816: plus some interesting comments about future direction.
1817: <p>
1818:
1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 niallo 1820: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
1.445 niallo 1821: Next incarnation of OpenBSD released</a>,
1.444 niallo 1822: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
1823: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
1824: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
1825: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
1826: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
1827: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
1828: <p>
1829:
1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1831: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
1.445 niallo 1832: 2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage</a>,
1.444 niallo 1833: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
1834: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
1835: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
1836: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
1837: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
1838: <p>
1839:
1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 1841: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
1842: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
1843: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 1844: </strong></font><br>
1845: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
1846: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
1847: with OpenBSD.
1848: </ul>
1849:
1.436 henning 1850: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
1851: <ul>
1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 1853: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
1854: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
1855: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1856: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
1857: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
1858: than closed source, as we have long contended.
1859: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
1860: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
1861: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
1862: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
1863: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
1864: <p>
1865: This article can also be found online as
1866: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
1867: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
1868: <p>
1869:
1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 1871: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
1872: </strong></font><br>
1873: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
1.600 bentley 1874: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
1.439 espie 1875: <p>
1876:
1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 1878: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
1879: </strong></font><br>
1880: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
1881: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 1882: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 1883: the issues we had with IETF.
1884: </ul>
1885:
1.431 ian 1886: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
1887: <ul>
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 1889: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
1890: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
1891: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
1892: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
1893: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
1894: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
1895: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
1896: <p>
1897:
1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 1899: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
1900: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
1901: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
1902: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
1903: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
1904: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 1905: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 1906: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
1907: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
1908: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
1909: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
1910: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
1911: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
1912: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
1913: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
1914:
1915: </ul>
1916:
1.427 matthieu 1917: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
1918: <ul>
1919:
1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 1921: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
1922: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1923: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
1924: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
1925: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
1926: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
1927: firmware.
1.434 ian 1928: Similar articles can be found online at:
1929: <ul>
1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1931: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
1932: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
1933: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1935: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
1936: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1937: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1939: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
1940: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
1941: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1943: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
1.434 ian 1944: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
1945: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
1946: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 1947: </ul>
1948:
1.426 ian 1949: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
1950: <ul>
1951:
1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1953: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
1954: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
1955: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
1956: This article talks about our systrace
1.462 grunk 1957: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
1.426 ian 1958: mechanism: what it is and why and
1959: how to use it, with examples.
1960: Another excerpt from the book
1.588 deraadt 1961: "Secure Architectures with OpenBSD" by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1.426 ian 1962: <p>
1963:
1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1965: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
1966: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
1967: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
1968: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
1969: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
1970: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
1971: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
1972: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
1973: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
1974: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
1975: This article is a sample chapter from
1.588 deraadt 1976: "Secure Architectures with OpenBSD" by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
1.426 ian 1977: <p>
1.443 ian 1978:
1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 1980: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
1.443 ian 1981: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
1982: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
1983: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
1984: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
1985: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
1986: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
1987: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
1988: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
1989: ends with a sidebar on security.
1990: <p>
1.426 ian 1991: </ul>
1992:
1.424 ian 1993: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
1994: <ul>
1995:
1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 1997: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
1998: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
1999: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
2000: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
2001: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
2002: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
2003: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
2004: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
2005: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
2006: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
2007: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
2008: <p>
2009: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
2010: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
2011: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
2012: <p>
2013:
2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 2015: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
2016: Closed Source Hardware</a>
2017: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
2018: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
2019: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
2020: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
2021: operating systems.
2022: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
2023: OpenBSD on his firewall.
2024: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
2025: systems, he writes:
2026: <blockquote>
2027: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
2028: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
2029: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
2030: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
2031: to the operating system...
1.582 grunk 2032: <br>
1.424 ian 2033: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
2034: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
2035: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
2036: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
2037: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
2038: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
2039: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
2040: in a closed source operating system).
2041: <br/>
2042: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
2043: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
2044: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
2045: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
2046: </blockquote>
2047: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
2048: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
2049: their hardware and software operates.
2050: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
2051: reverse-engineering the
1.462 grunk 2052: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
1.424 ian 2053: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
2054: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
2055: <p>
2056: </ul>
2057:
1.417 pvalchev 2058: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
2059: <ul>
1.421 ian 2060:
1.417 pvalchev 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 2062: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
2063: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
2064: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
2065: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
2066: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
2067: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
2068: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
2069: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
2070: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
2071: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
2072: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 2073: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 2074: <p>
2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 2076: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
2077: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
2078: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
2079: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
2080: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
2081: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
2082: it claims to do".
2083: <p>
2084:
2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 2086: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
1.421 ian 2087: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
2088: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
2089: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
2090: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 2091: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 2092: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
2093: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
2094: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
2095: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
2096: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
2097: (yes, this is a hint).
2098: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
2099: picked up on the
2100: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
2101: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
1.462 grunk 2102: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
1.421 ian 2103: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
2104: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
2105: <p>
2106:
2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 2108: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
2109: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
2110: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
2111: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
2112: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
2113: questions about the significance and rationale behind
2114: the current efforts.
2115: <p>
2116: </ul>
2117:
1.407 henning 2118: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
2119: <ul>
2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 2121: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
2122: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
2123: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
2124: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
2125: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
2126: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
2127: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
2128: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
2129: <p>
2130:
2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 2132: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
2133: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
2134: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2135: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
2136: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
2137: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
2138: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
2139: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
2140: of the important changes in 3.6.
1.462 grunk 2141: <p>
1.415 ian 2142:
2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2144: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
1.414 ian 2145: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
2146: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
2147: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
2148: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
2149: overflow attacks... because
2150: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
2151: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
2152: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
2153: and propolice.
2154: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
2155: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
2156: and that's when the science falls apart."
2157: <p>
2158:
2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 2160: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
2161: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
2162: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
2163: Starts with the question:
2164: <blockquote>
2165: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
2166: <br/>
2167: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
2168: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
2169: <br/>
2170: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
2171: Should we believe them?"
2172: </blockquote>
2173: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
2174: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
2175: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
2176: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
2177: for your mail, web and other online activities.
2178: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
2179: <p>
2180:
2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 2182: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
2183: Simple Simon</a>,
2184: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
2185: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
2186: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
2187: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
2188: routing/firewall, and more.
2189: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
2190: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
2191: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
2192: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
2193: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
2194: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
2195: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
2196: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
2197: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
2198: </blockquote>
2199: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
2200: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
2201: <p>
2202:
2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 2204: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
2205: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 2206: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 2207: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 2208: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
2209: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
2210: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 2211: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 2212: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
2213: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
2214: in spite of it
2215: (registration required, but worth it).
2216: <p>
2217:
2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2219: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
2220: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
2221: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
2222: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
2223: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
2224: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
1.588 deraadt 2225: "The Power of Many",
1.408 nick 2226: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
2227: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
2228: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
2229: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
2230: <p>
2231:
2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 2233: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
2234: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
2235: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
2236: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
2237: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
2238: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
2239: <blockquote>
2240: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
2241: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
2242: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
2243: a lot of analysis.
2244: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
2245: </blockquote>
2246: <p>
2247: </ul>
2248:
1.400 marco 2249: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
2250: <ul>
2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 2252: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
2253: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
2254: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
2255: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
2256: UNIX-like systems.
2257: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
2258: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
2259: <p>
2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 2261: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
2262: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 2263: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2264: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
2265: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
2266: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
2267: At one point, the article states:
2268: <blockquote>
2269: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
2270: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
2271: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
2272: </blockquote>
2273: And then quotes Theo as saying:
2274: <blockquote>
2275: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
2276: fewer are reading or auditing code."
2277: </blockquote>
2278: <p>
2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2280: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
2281: marks its fifth birthday</a>
2282: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
2283: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
2284: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
2285: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
2286: required).
2287: <p>
2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 2289: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
2290: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
2291: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
2292: </strong></font><br>
2293: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
2294: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
2295: <p>
2296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 2297: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
2298: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 2299: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 2300: </strong></font><br>
2301: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
2302: <p>
2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 2304: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
2305: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 2306: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 2307: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 2308: 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 2309: <p>
2310: </ul>
2311:
1.396 henning 2312: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
2313: <ul>
2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 2315: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
2316: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
2317: Unix Review, July, 2004
2318: </strong></font><br>
2319: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
2320: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
1.462 grunk 2321: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
1.418 ian 2322: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
2323: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
2324: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
2325: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
2326: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
2327: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
2328: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
2329: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
2330: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
2331: and even spelling/wording errors.
2332: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
2333: <p>
2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2335: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 2336: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
2337: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
2338: </strong></font><br>
2339: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
2340: <p>
2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2342: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 2343: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
2344: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
2345: </strong></font><br>
2346: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
2347: <p>
2348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 2349: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
2350: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
2351: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
2352: </strong></font><br>
2353: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
2354: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
2355: <p>
2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.595 schwarze 2357: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/press/archiv/pis/20040630.html">
2358: genua moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
2359: German security company genua moves its firewall product line
2360: "genugate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
1.396 henning 2361: <p>
2362: </ul>
2363:
1.405 jolan 2364: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
2365: <ul>
1.545 tom 2366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 2367: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
1.466 deraadt 2368: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 5, 2004</strong></font>
1.405 jolan 2369: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
2370: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
2371: details on how funds are dispersed.
2372: <p>
2373: </ul>
2374:
1.393 david 2375: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
2376: <ul>
2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 2378: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
2379: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
2380: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
2381: </strong></font><br>
2382: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
2383: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
2384: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
2385: on inserting large number of SQL records.
2386: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
2387: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
2388: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
2389: <p>
2390:
2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2392: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
2393: Secure by Default</a>,
2394: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
2395: </strong></font><br>
2396: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
2397: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
2398: <p>
2399:
2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2401: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
2402: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
2403: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
2404: </strong></font><br>
2405: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
2406: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
2407: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
2408: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
2409: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
2410: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
2411: <p>
2412:
2413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2414: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
2415: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
2416: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
2417: </strong></font><br>
2418: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
2419: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
2420: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
2421: <p>
2422:
2423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2424: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
2425: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
2426: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
2427: </strong></font><br>
2428: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
2429: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
2430: <p>
2431: </ul>
2432:
1.388 mcbride 2433: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
2434: <ul>
1.394 jolan 2435:
2436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2437: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
2438: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
2439: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
2440: </strong></font><br>
2441: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
2442: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
2443: available for sparc64.
2444: <p>
2445:
1.390 beck 2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 2447: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
2448: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
2449: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
2450: </strong></font><br>
2451: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
2452: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
2453: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
2454: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
2455: <p>
2456:
2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 2458: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
2459: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 2460: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 2461: </strong></font><br>
2462: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
2463: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
2464: it does: CARP provides sharing
2465: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
2466: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
2467: detail to get you started using it.
2468: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
2469: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
2470: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
2471: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
2472: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
2473: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
2474: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 2475: <p>
1.391 ian 2476:
2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 2478: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 2479: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
2480: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 2481: </strong></font><br>
2482: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 2483: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 2484: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 2485: <p>
1.388 mcbride 2486:
2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2488: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
2489: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 2490: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 2491: </strong></font><br>
2492: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
2493: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
2494: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
2495: unencumbered by patents.
2496: <p>
2497: </ul>
2498:
1.378 henning 2499: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
2500: <ul>
1.384 jose 2501:
2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 2503: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
2504: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
2505: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
2506: </strong></font><br>
2507: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
2508: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
2509: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
2510: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
2511: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
2512: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
2513: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
2514: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
2515: in the page tables."
2516: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
2517: <p>
2518:
2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2520: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
2521: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
2522: </strong></font><br>
2523: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
2524: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
2525: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
2526: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 2527: <p>
1.384 jose 2528:
1.378 henning 2529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2530: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
2531: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 2532: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
2533: </strong></font><br>
2534: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
2535: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
2536: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
2537: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
2538: (quote:
2539: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
2540: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 2541: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 2542: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
2543: the other developers for their work on the system.
2544: <p>
2545:
2546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2547: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
2548: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
2549: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 2550: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 2551: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
2552: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
2553: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
2554: too.
2555: <p>
2556:
2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 2558: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
2559: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 2560: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 2561: OpenBSD source code using
2562: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
2563: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
2564: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
2565: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
2566: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
2567: <p>
2568: </ul>
2569:
1.374 jose 2570: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
2571: <ul>
2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 2573: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 2574: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
2575: </strong></font><br>
2576: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
2577: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
2578: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
2579: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
2580: it."
2581: <p>
2582:
2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 2584: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
2585: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
2586: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
2587: </strong></font><br/>
2588: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
2589: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
2590: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
2591: <p>
2592: </ul>
2593:
1.369 ian 2594: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
2595: <ul>
2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 2597: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
2598: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
2599: </strong></font><br/>
2600: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
2601: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
2602: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
2603: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
2604: <p>
2605:
2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2607: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
2608: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
2609: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
2610: </strong></font><br/>
2611: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
2612: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
2613: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
2614: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
2615: form factor.
2616: <p>
2617:
2618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2619: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
2620: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
2621: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
2622: Features</a>,
2623: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
2624: </strong></font><br/>
2625: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
2626: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
2627: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
2628: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
2629: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
2630: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
2631: <p>
2632: This article can also be found online at:
2633: <ul>
2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.462 grunk 2635: <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 2636: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
2637: </strong></font>
2638: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2639: </ul>
2640: <p>
1.392 david 2641:
1.371 jose 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 2643: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
2644: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 2645: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
2646: </strong></font><br/>
2647: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
2648: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
2649: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 2650: <p>
1.371 jose 2651:
2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 2653: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 2654: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 2655: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 2656: </strong></font><br/>
2657: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
2658: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
2659: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
2660: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
2661: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
2662: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
2663: and its history with OpenBSD.
2664: </ul>
2665:
1.567 kurt 2666: <h2>September, 2003</h2>
2667: <ul>
2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2669: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bsdcon03/tech/full_papers/rosenthal/rosenthal_html/">
2670: A Digital Preservation Network Appliance Based on OpenBSD</a>, BSDcon, September, 2003.
2671: </strong></font><br>
2672: David S. H. Rosenthal's paper on the design, implementation and deployment of the
2673: <a href="http://www.lockss.org">LOCKSS</a> network appliance based on OpenBSD.
2674: </ul>
2675:
1.368 henning 2676: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
2677: <ul>
2678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 2679: [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 2680: </strong></font><br>
2681: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
2682: </ul>
2683:
1.364 jose 2684: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
2685: <ul>
2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2687: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
2688: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
2689: UNIX Review,
2690: July, 2003.
2691: </strong></font><br>
2692: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
2693: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
2694: who want more information.
2695: <p>
2696:
2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 2698: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
2699: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
2700: Government Computer News,
2701: July 22, 2003.
2702: </strong></font><br>
2703: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
2704: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
2705: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
2706: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
2707: <p>
2708:
2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2710: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
2711: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
2712: SANS Institute,
2713: July 22, 2003.
2714: </strong></font><br>
2715: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 2716: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 2717: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
2718: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
2719: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
2720: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
2721: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
2722: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
2723: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
2724: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
2725: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
2726: <p>
2727:
2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 2729: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
2730: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
2731: OnLamp.com,
2732: July 17, 2003.
2733: </strong></font><br>
2734: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
2735: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
2736: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
2737: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
2738: have been working on.
2739:
2740: </ul>
2741:
1.356 jose 2742: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 2743: <ul>
2744:
2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 2746: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
2747: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
2748: UNIX Review,
2749: June, 2003.
2750: </strong></font><br>
2751: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
2752: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
2753: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
2754: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
2755: <p>
2756:
2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 2758: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
2759: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
2760: eWeek,
2761: June 23, 2003.
2762: </strong></font><br>
2763: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
2764: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
2765: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
2766: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
2767: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
2768: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
2769: <p>
2770:
2771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 2772: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
2773: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
2774: Software Development Online,
2775: June, 2003.
2776: </strong></font><br>
2777: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
2778: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
2779: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
2780: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
2781: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
2782: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
2783: current activities.
2784: <p>
2785:
2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 2787: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
2788: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 2789: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
2790: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
2791: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
2792: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 2793: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 2794: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
2795: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
2796: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 2797: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 2798: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
2799: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 2800: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 2801: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
2802: decisions.
2803: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
2804: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 2805: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 2806: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 2807: <p>
2808:
2809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 2810: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
2811: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
2812: Page 58, eWeek,
2813: June 2, 2003.
2814: </strong></font><br>
2815: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
2816: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
2817: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
2818: been addressed in -current.
2819: <p>
2820:
1.356 jose 2821: </ul>
2822:
2823: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
2824: <ul>
2825:
1.355 jose 2826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 2827: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
2828: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
2829: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
2830: </strong></font><br>
2831: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
2832: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
2833: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
2834: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
2835: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
2836: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
2837: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
2838: <p>
2839:
2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 2841: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
2842: Beyond Linux</a>,
2843: InfoWorld,
2844: May 23, 2003.
2845: </strong></font><br>
2846: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
2847: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
2848: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
2849: compared to the GPL.
2850: <p>
2851:
2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 2853: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
2854: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
2855: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 2856: May 17, 2003.
2857: </strong></font><br>
2858: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
2859: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
2860: the business section and half of another page inside
2861: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
2862: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
2863: in talking about the project's history and goals.
2864: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
2865: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
2866: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
2867: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 2868: <br>
2869: This article can also be found online at:
2870: <ul>
2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2872: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
2873: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
2874: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
2875: May 17, 2003
2876: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 2877: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2879: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
2880: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
2881: Montreal Gazette,
2882: May 21, 2003
2883: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 2884: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 2885: <p>
1.346 ian 2886:
2887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 2888: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 2889: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 2890: May 7, 2003.
2891: </strong></font><br>
2892: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
2893: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
2894: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
2895: <p>
2896:
2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 2898: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2899: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2900: OsOpinion,
2901: May 6, 2003.
2902: </strong></font><br>
2903: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
2904: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
2905: <br>
2906: This article can also be found online at:
2907: <ul>
2908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2909: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
2910: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
2911: NewsFactor Network.
2912: </strong></font>
2913: </ul>
2914: <p>
2915:
2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 2917: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 2918: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
2919: ITBusiness,
2920: May 2, 2003.
2921: </strong></font><br>
2922: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
2923: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
2924: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
2925: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
2926: <p>
2927:
2928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 2929: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
2930: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2931: InfoWorld,
2932: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 2933: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 2934: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
2935: <br>
2936: This article can also be found online at:
2937: <ul>
2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2939: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
2940: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
2941: IDG Singapore.
2942: </strong></font>
2943: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2944: <p>
2945:
1.339 jose 2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2947: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
2948: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 2949: ZDNet,
2950: May 1, 2003.
2951: </strong></font><br>
2952: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 2953: someone using parts from previous articles.
2954: <br>
1.341 deraadt 2955: This article can also be found online at:
2956: <ul>
2957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2958: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
2959: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2960: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 2961: </strong></font>
2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2963: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
2964: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
2965: CNET News.com.
2966: </strong></font>
2967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2968: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
2969: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
2970: ZDNet UK.
2971: </strong></font>
2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2973: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
2974: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
2975: Help Net Security, Croatia.
2976: </strong></font>
2977: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 2978: <p>
1.339 jose 2979:
1.341 deraadt 2980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 2981: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 2982: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
2983: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
2984: May 1, 2003.
2985: </strong></font><br>
2986: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
2987: that have been added
2988: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
2989: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
2990: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 2991: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 2992: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
2993: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
2994: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 2995: <p>
2996:
2997: </ul>
2998:
1.253 ian 2999: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
3000: <ul>
1.255 ian 3001:
1.260 ian 3002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3003: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 3004: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
3005: TechRepublic,
3006: April 28, 2003.
3007: </strong></font><br>
3008: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
3009: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 3010: work.<br>
3011: Can also be found online at:
3012: <ul>
3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3014: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
3015: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
3016: ZDNet UK.
3017: </strong></font>
3018: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 3019: <p>
3020:
3021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 3022: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
3023: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
3024: IDG,
3025: April 24, 2003.
3026: </strong></font><br>
3027: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
3028: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
3029: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
3030: Can also be found online at:
3031: <ul>
3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3033: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
3034: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 3035: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 3036: </strong></font>
3037: </ul>
3038: <p>
3039:
3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3041: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 3042: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 3043: Slate,
3044: April 24, 2003.
3045: </strong></font><br>
3046: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
3047: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
3048: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
3049: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
3050: <p>
3051:
3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 3053: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3054: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
3055: April 24, 2003.
3056: </strong></font><br>
3057: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
3058: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
3059: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
3060: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
3061: <p>
3062:
3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 3064: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
3065: April 24, 2003.
3066: </strong></font><br>
3067: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
3068: the free software community".
3069: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
3070: other articles.
3071: <p>
3072:
3073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3074: <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 3075: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
3076: </strong></font><br>
3077: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
3078: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
3079: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
3080: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
3081: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
3082: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
3083: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 3084: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 3085: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
3086: <br/>
3087: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
3088: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
3089: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
3090: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 3091: <br>
3092: Can also be found online at:
3093: <ul>
3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3095: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
3096: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
3097: Common Dreams NewsCenter
3098: </strong></font>
3099: </ul>
1.324 ian 3100: <p>
3101:
3102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3103: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
3104: Wired, April 24, 2003.
3105: </strong></font><br>
3106: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
3107: article above.
3108: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
3109: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
3110: wasting them."
1.332 ian 3111: <br>
3112: Can also be found online at:
3113: <ul>
3114: <li>
3115: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
3116: </strong></font>
3117: </ul>
1.324 ian 3118: <p>
3119:
3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 3121: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
3122: </strong></font><br>
3123: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
3124: <p>
3125:
3126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 3127: <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.
3128: </strong></font><br>
3129: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
3130: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
3131: <p>
3132:
3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 3134: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
3135: April 23, 2003.
3136: </strong></font><br>
3137: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
3138: <p>
3139:
3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 3141: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 3142: April 22, 2003.
3143: </strong></font><br>
3144: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
3145: <p>
3146:
3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 3148: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
3149: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
3150: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 3151: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 3152: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
3153: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
3154: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
3155: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
3156: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
3157: Can also be found online at:
3158: <ul>
3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3160: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 3161: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
3162: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 3163: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 3164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3165: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 3166: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
3167: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 3168: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 3169: </ul>
3170: <p>
3171:
3172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 3173: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
3174: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 3175: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3176: </strong></font><br>
3177: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 3178: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
3179: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
3180: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
3181: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
3182: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
3183: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 3184: <p>
3185:
3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 3187: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
3188: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 3189: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
3190: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 3191: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
3192: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
3193: at UPenn and DARPA.
3194: <p>
3195:
3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 3197: [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,
3198: France
1.315 deraadt 3199: April 18, 2003.
3200: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 3201: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 3202: <p>
3203:
3204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.600 bentley 3205: [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 3206: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3207: </strong></font><br>
3208: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
3209: <p>
3210:
3211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 3212: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
3213: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
3214: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3215: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 3216: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
3217: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
3218: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
3219: <p>
3220:
3221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 3222: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
3223: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3224: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 3225: </strong></font><br>
3226: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3227: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
3228: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 3229: American century.
1.267 deraadt 3230: <p>
3231:
3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 3233: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
3234: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3235: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 3236: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 3237: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
3238: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
3239: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
3240: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
3241: Can also be found online at:
3242: <ul>
3243: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
3244: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 3245: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 3246: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 3247: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 3248: <p>
3249:
3250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 3251: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 3252: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 3253: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 3254: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 3255: </strong></font><br>
3256: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 3257: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
3258: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
3259: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
3260: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 3261:
3262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3263: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
3264: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
3265: New York Times.
3266: </strong></font>(free registration required)
3267:
1.273 deraadt 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3269: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 3270: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 3271: ABC News.
3272: </strong></font>
3273:
3274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3275: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 3276: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 3277: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 3278: </strong></font>
3279:
3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3281: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 3282: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 3283: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 3284: </strong></font>
3285:
3286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 3287: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
3288: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3289: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 3290: </strong></font>
3291:
3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3293: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 3294: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 3295: Times Daily, AL.
3296: </strong></font>
3297:
3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3299: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
3300: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
3301: Boston.com, MA.
3302: </strong></font>
3303:
3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3305: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 3306: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 3307: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
3308: </strong></font>
3309:
3310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 3311: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
3312: [Article was pulled]</a>
3313: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 3314: </strong></font>
3315:
3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3317: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
3318: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
3319: Infoshop News.
3320: </strong></font>
3321:
3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3323: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
3324: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3325: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
3326: </strong></font>
3327:
3328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 3329: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
3330: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
3331: Raleigh News, NC.
3332: </strong></font>
3333:
3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 3335: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 3336: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
3337: Napa News, CA.
3338: </strong></font>
3339:
3340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3341: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 3342: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3343: NEPA News, PA.
3344: </strong></font>
3345:
3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3347: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
3348: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
3349: Wired News.
3350: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 3351: <br>
3352: <li>
1.333 deraadt 3353: <font color="#009000"><strong>
3354: [JAPANESE]
3355: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
3356: Wired News Japan</a>
3357: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 3358:
1.271 deraadt 3359: </ul>
3360: <p>
1.272 deraadt 3361: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
3362: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 3363: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
3364: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
3365: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
3366: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
3367: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
3368: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 3369: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 3370: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
3371: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
3372: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 3373: <p>
3374: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 3375:
3376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3377: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 3378: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
3379: Indianapolis Star, IN.
3380: </strong></font>
3381:
3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 3383: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
3384: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3385: Miami Herald, FL.
3386: </strong></font>
3387:
3388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 3389: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3390: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
3391: </strong></font>
3392:
3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3394: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 3395: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 3396: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 3397: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 3398:
3399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3400: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
3401: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
3402: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
3403: ABC News.
3404: </strong></font>
3405:
1.276 deraadt 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3407: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 3408: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 3409: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 3410: </strong></font>
3411:
1.286 dhartmei 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3413: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 3414: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
3415: Wilmington Star, NC.
3416: </strong></font>
3417:
1.300 jose 3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3419: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
3420: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
3421: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
3422: </strong></font>
3423:
1.309 jose 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3425: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
3426: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
3427: Globe Technology.
3428: </strong></font>
3429:
1.263 deraadt 3430: </ul>
1.262 beck 3431: <p>
3432:
3433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 3434: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
3435: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3436: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 3437: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 3438: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 3439: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
3440: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
3441: <p>
3442:
3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 3444: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
3445: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
3446: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 3447: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 3448: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
3449: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
3450: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
3451: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
3452: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
3453: and simply restates other press reports.
3454: <p>
3455:
3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 3457: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
3458: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
3459: OS News, April 18, 2003.
3460: </strong></font><br>
3461: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
3462: <p>
3463:
3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 3465: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
3466: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3467: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 3468: </strong></font><br>
3469: Another report on the DARPA funding.
3470: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
3471: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
3472: <p>
3473:
3474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 3475: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
3476: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
3477: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
3478: April 17, 2003.
3479: </strong></font><br>
3480: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
3481: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
3482: Tech Anthems</a>
3483: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
3484: 4 so far.
3485: <p>
3486:
3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 3488: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
3489: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3490: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3491: </strong></font><br>
3492: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
3493: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
3494: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
3495: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
3496: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
3497: Goes on to say:
3498: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
3499: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
3500: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
3501: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 3502: This article is also found online at:
3503: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 3504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3505: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
3506: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
3507: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3508: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3510: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
3511: ZDnet</a>,
3512: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 3513: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 3514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3515: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
3516: ZDnet Australia</a>,
3517: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 3518: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 3519: </ul>
1.260 ian 3520: <p>
1.279 deraadt 3521:
1.260 ian 3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3523: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 3524: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 3525: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3526: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 3527: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 3528: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
3529: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
3530: without notice or justification.
3531: <p>
3532:
3533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.571 miod 3534: <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 3535: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 3536: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 3537: </strong></font><br>
3538: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
3539: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 3540: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 3541: effective today, without any warning..."
3542: <p>
1.257 ian 3543:
3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 3545: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
3546: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3547: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 3548: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 3549: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
3550: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
3551: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
3552: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
3553: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 3554: <p>
3555:
3556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 3557: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
3558: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3559: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 3560: </strong></font><br>
3561: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
3562: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
3563: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
3564: quoting two of them:
3565: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
3566: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
3567: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
3568: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
3569: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
3570: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
3571: <p>
3572:
1.255 ian 3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 3574: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
3575: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 3576: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3577: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 3578: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 3579: <p>
3580:
3581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 3582: [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 3583: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3584: </strong></font><br>
3585: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3586: <p>
3587:
3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 3589: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
3590: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3591: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 3592: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 3593: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 3594: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
3595: security experts for more than three decades."
3596: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
3597: <p>
1.261 ian 3598:
1.254 drahn 3599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 3600: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 3601: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 3602: </strong></font><br>
3603: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3604: <p>
3605:
3606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 3607: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
3608: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
3609: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
3610: </strong></font><br>
3611: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
3612: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
3613: discussion OpenBSD's path.
3614: <p>
3615:
3616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 3617: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
3618: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3619: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 3620: </strong></font><br>
3621: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
3622: from US DARPA.
3623: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
3624: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
3625: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
3626: the BSD license.
3627: <p>
3628: </ul>
3629:
1.251 ian 3630: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3631: <ul>
3632:
3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3634: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
3635: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
3636: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
3637: </strong></font><br>
3638:
3639: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3640: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3641: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3642: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3643: <p>
3644:
3645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 3646: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
3647: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 3648: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 3649: </strong></font><br>
3650: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
3651: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
3652: Mentions
3653: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
3654: and
3655: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
3656: programs.
3657: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 3658: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 3659: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
3660: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
3661: <p>
1.325 ian 3662: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
3663: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 3664:
3665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3666: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
3667: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
3668: </strong></font><br>
3669: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
3670: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
3671: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
3672: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
3673: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
3674: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
3675: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
3676: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
3677: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
3678: put into service."
3679: <p>
3680: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
3681: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
3682: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
3683: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
3684: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
3685: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
3686: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
3687: computers with security features."
3688: <p>
1.329 ian 3689:
3690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3691: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
3692: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
3693: Slate,
3694: March 3, 2003.
3695: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 3696: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 3697: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
3698: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
3699: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
3700: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
3701: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
3702: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
3703: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
3704: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
3705: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
3706: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
3707: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
3708: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
3709: of more secure open-source solutions like
3710: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
3711: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
3712: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
3713: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
3714: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
3715: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
3716: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
3717: the Beltway."
3718: <p>
1.251 ian 3719: </ul>
3720:
1.249 jufi 3721: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
3722: <ul>
3723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3724: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
3725: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3726: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 3727: </strong></font><br>
3728: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
3729: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 3730: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 3731: <p>
1.334 ian 3732:
3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3734: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
3735: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
3736: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
3737: </strong></font><br>
3738: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
3739: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
3740: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
3741: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
3742: "... the hypothetical question ...
3743: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
3744: <br>
3745: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
3746: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
3747: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
3748: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
3749: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
3750: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 3751: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 3752: support network security.
3753: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
3754: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
3755: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
3756: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
3757: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
3758: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
3759: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
3760: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
3761: <br>
3762: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
3763: <p>
3764:
1.249 jufi 3765: </ul>
3766:
1.246 jufi 3767: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3768: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3769:
1.247 jufi 3770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3771: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 3772: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3773: CNET News.com, December 4, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3774: </strong></font><br>
3775: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
3776: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3777: <p>
3778:
1.247 jufi 3779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3780: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
3781: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3782: Heise News-Ticker, December 4, 2002
1.301 jose 3783: </strong></font><br>
1.460 david 3784: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III CPU
1.301 jose 3785: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3786: <p>
3787:
3788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3789: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3790: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3791: eWeek, December 3, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3792: </strong></font><br>
3793: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
3794: in their annual OpenHack security test.
3795: <p>
1.247 jufi 3796: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3797:
1.244 jufi 3798: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3799: <ul>
1.246 jufi 3800:
1.247 jufi 3801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3802: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
3803: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
3804: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3805: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 3806: </strong></font><br>
3807: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
3808: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
3809: md5 digests.
3810: <p>
3811:
1.247 jufi 3812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3813: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 3814: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
3815: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3816: </strong></font><br>
3817: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
3818: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
3819: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
3820: right the first time."
3821: <p>
1.247 jufi 3822: </ul>
1.244 jufi 3823:
3824:
3825: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3826: <ul>
1.244 jufi 3827:
1.247 jufi 3828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3829: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3830: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
3831: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3832: </strong></font><br>
3833: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
3834: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
3835: part 6</a>.
3836: <p>
3837:
1.247 jufi 3838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 3839: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3840: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
3841: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3842: O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2002.
1.244 jufi 3843: </strong></font><br>
3844: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
3845: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
3846: <p>
1.301 jose 3847:
3848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3849: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
3850: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
3851: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
3852: </strong></font><br>
3853:
3854: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
3855: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
3856: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3857: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3858: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3859: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3860: <i>Here's the
3861: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3862: <p>
1.247 jufi 3863: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3864:
3865: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3866: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3867:
1.247 jufi 3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3869: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 3870: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 3871: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3872: </strong></font><br>
3873: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
3874: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
3875: <p>
3876:
1.247 jufi 3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3878: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3879: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3880: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 1, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3881: </strong></font><br>
3882: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
3883: this time using pf.
3884: <p>
1.247 jufi 3885: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3886:
3887: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3888: <ul>
1.242 jufi 3889:
1.247 jufi 3890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3891: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3892: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
3893: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3894: </strong></font><br>
3895: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
3896: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
3897: their rotation.
3898: <p>
3899:
1.247 jufi 3900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3901: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3902: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1.466 deraadt 3903: O'Reilly Network, June 6, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3904: </strong></font><br>
3905: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
3906: <p>
1.247 jufi 3907: </ul>
1.242 jufi 3908:
1.239 jufi 3909: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3910: <ul>
1.239 jufi 3911:
1.247 jufi 3912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3913: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3914: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
3915: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 3916: </strong></font><br>
3917: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
3918: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
3919: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
3920: <p>
3921:
1.247 jufi 3922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 3923: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 3924: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
3925: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 3926: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 3927: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
3928: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
3929: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 3930: <p>
1.247 jufi 3931: </ul>
1.239 jufi 3932:
1.235 lebel 3933: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3934: <ul>
1.235 lebel 3935:
1.239 jufi 3936:
1.247 jufi 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 3938: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 3939: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
3940: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 3941: </strong></font><br>
3942: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
3943: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
3944: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
3945: <p>
1.301 jose 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: </ul>
1.235 lebel 3948:
1.228 horacio 3949: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3950: <ul>
1.228 horacio 3951:
1.247 jufi 3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 3953: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 3954: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
3955: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 3956: </strong></font><br>
3957: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
3958: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
3959: <p>
3960:
1.247 jufi 3961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 3962: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 3963: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
3964: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 3965: </strong></font><br>
3966: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
3967: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
3968: <p>
3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 3971: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 3972: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
3973: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 3974: </strong></font><br>
3975: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
3976: on the desktop of his parents.
3977: <p>
3978:
1.247 jufi 3979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3980: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 3981: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
3982: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3983: </strong></font><br>
3984: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
3985: using IPFilter.
3986:
3987: <p>
3988:
1.247 jufi 3989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 3990: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 3991: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
3992: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 3993: </strong></font><br>
3994: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
3995: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
3996: perspectives of the four OS.
3997: <br>
3998: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 3999: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 4000: <p>
4001:
1.247 jufi 4002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 4003: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
4004: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 4005: software and security</a>,
4006: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 4007: </strong></font><br>
4008:
4009: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
4010: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
4011: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
4012: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
4013: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
4014: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
4015: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
4016: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
4017: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
4018: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
4019: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
4020: security conscious team beyond doubt.
4021: <p>
1.247 jufi 4022: </ul>
1.228 horacio 4023:
1.225 horacio 4024: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 4025: <ul>
1.225 horacio 4026:
1.247 jufi 4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4028: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
4029: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 4030: Interview</a>,
4031: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 4032: </strong></font><br>
4033:
4034: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
4035: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
4036: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 4037: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 4038: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
4039: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
4040: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
4041: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
4042: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 4043: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 4044: of choice.
4045: <p>
1.247 jufi 4046: </ul>
1.225 horacio 4047:
4048: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4049: <ul>
1.225 horacio 4050:
1.247 jufi 4051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4052: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 4053: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
4054: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 4055: </strong></font><br>
4056:
4057: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
4058: <p>
4059:
1.247 jufi 4060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4061: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 4062: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
4063: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 4064: </strong></font><br>
4065:
4066: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
4067: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
4068: <p>
1.247 jufi 4069: </ul>
1.225 horacio 4070:
1.218 horacio 4071: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4072: <ul>
1.218 horacio 4073:
1.247 jufi 4074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 4075: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 4076: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 4077: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 4078: </strong></font><br>
4079:
4080: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
4081: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
4082: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
4083: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
4084: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
4085: subjects. Worth a read.
4086: <p>
4087:
4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 4090: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 4091: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
4092: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 4093: </strong></font><br>
4094:
4095: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
4096: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
4097: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
4098: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
4099: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
4100: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
4101: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
4102: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
4103: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 4104: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 4105: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
4106: on other operating systems.<br>
4107: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
4108: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
4109: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
4110: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
4111: <p>
4112:
1.247 jufi 4113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4114: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 4115: Operating System 2010</a>,
4116: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 4117: </strong></font><br>
4118:
4119: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
4120: covering the level of software integration into the core
4121: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
4122: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
4123: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
4124: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
4125: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
4126: <p>
4127:
1.247 jufi 4128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 4129: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 4130: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
4131: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 4132: </strong></font><br>
4133:
4134: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
4135: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
4136: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
4137: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
4138: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
4139: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
4140: <p>
1.247 jufi 4141: </ul>
1.221 horacio 4142:
1.210 jufi 4143: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4144: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4145:
1.247 jufi 4146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4147: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 4148: Already a Contender</a>,
4149: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 4150: </strong></font><br>
4151:
4152: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
4153: source software in response to an article which claimed that
4154: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
4155: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
4156: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
4157: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
4158: <p>
4159:
1.247 jufi 4160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 4161: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 4162: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
4163: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 4164: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4165:
1.224 horacio 4166: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
4167: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
4168: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
4169: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
4170: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
4171: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 4172: <p>
1.247 jufi 4173: </ul>
1.215 horacio 4174:
4175: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4176: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4177:
1.247 jufi 4178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4179: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
4180: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 4181: Division</a>,
4182: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 4183: </strong></font><br>
4184:
4185: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
4186: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 4187: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 4188: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
4189: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
4190: investment</em>.<br>
4191: The implementation details can be seen on their
4192: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
4193: <p>
4194:
1.247 jufi 4195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4196: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
4197: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
4198: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
4199: </strong></font><br>
4200:
4201: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
4202: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
4203: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1.475 grunk 4204: laptops and T-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1.301 jose 4205: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
4206: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
4207: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
4208: <p>
4209:
4210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4211: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 4212: Thinking about Security</a>,
4213: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 4214: </strong></font><br>
4215:
4216: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
4217: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
4218: security and says that even secured operating systems running
4219: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
4220: to time.<br>
4221: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
4222: system and just the most secure system.
4223: <p>
4224:
1.247 jufi 4225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4226: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 4227: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
4228: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 4229: </strong></font><br>
4230:
4231: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
4232: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
4233: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
4234: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
4235: choice:<br>
4236: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
4237: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
4238: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
4239: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
4240: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
4241: network security devices and as such must be well
4242: armored."</em><br>
4243: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
4244: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
4245: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
4246: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
4247: <br>
4248: Bravo!
4249: <p>
1.247 jufi 4250: </ul>
1.210 jufi 4251:
1.207 ian 4252: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4253: <ul>
1.215 horacio 4254:
1.247 jufi 4255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 4256: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
4257: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
4258: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 4259:
1.207 ian 4260: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
4261: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 4262: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 4263: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
4264: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
4265: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 4266: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 4267: <p>
1.247 jufi 4268: </ul>
1.207 ian 4269:
1.194 jufi 4270: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4271: <ul>
1.194 jufi 4272:
1.247 jufi 4273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4274: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 4275: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
4276: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 4277: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4278:
1.240 miod 4279: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 4280: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
4281: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
4282: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
4283: <p>
4284:
1.247 jufi 4285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4286: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
4287: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
4288: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
4289:
4290: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
4291: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
4292: <p>
4293:
4294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4295: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
4296: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4297: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
4298:
4299: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
4300: <p>
4301:
4302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4303: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 4304: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
4305: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
4306: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4307:
1.240 miod 4308: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 4309: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 4310: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
4311: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 4312: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 4313: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 4314: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
4315: <br>
1.413 deraadt 4316: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 4317: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
4318: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
4319: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
4320: <p>
4321:
1.247 jufi 4322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 4323: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
4324: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 4325: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 4326: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4327:
1.194 jufi 4328: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
4329: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
4330: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
4331: <br>
4332: The new
4333: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 4334: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 4335: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
4336: <p>
1.247 jufi 4337: </ul>
1.194 jufi 4338:
1.190 horacio 4339: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4340: <ul>
1.190 horacio 4341:
1.247 jufi 4342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 4343:
4344: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
4345: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
4346:
1.301 jose 4347:
1.191 jufi 4348: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
4349: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
4350:
4351: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
4352: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
4353:
1.582 grunk 4354: <a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20010527142347">
1.212 horacio 4355: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 4356: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
4357:
1.211 horacio 4358: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
4359: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 4360: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
4361:
1.247 jufi 4362: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 4363: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
4364:
1.247 jufi 4365: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 4366: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
4367:
1.212 horacio 4368: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
4369: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 4370: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
4371:
4372: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
4373: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
4374:
4375: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
4376: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
4377:
1.301 jose 4378: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
4379: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
4380:
1.191 jufi 4381: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
4382: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
4383:
4384: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 4385: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 4386:
1.192 jufi 4387: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
4388: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 4389: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 4390:
1.193 deraadt 4391: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
4392: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 4393: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 4394:
1.247 jufi 4395: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 4396: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
4397:
1.247 jufi 4398: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 4399: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
4400: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
4401:
1.213 horacio 4402: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 4403: 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 4404: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
4405:
1.190 horacio 4406: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 4407: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
4408: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
4409: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
4410: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
4411: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
4412: <p>
1.190 horacio 4413:
1.247 jufi 4414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4415: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
4416: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
4417: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 4418: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4419:
1.195 jufi 4420: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 4421: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
4422: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
4423: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 4424: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
4425: <p>
4426:
1.247 jufi 4427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4428: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 4429: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
4430: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
4431: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4432:
1.191 jufi 4433: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 4434: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
4435: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
4436: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
4437: <p>
4438:
4439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4440: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
4441: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4442: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
4443:
4444: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
4445: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 4446: <p>
1.247 jufi 4447: </ul>
1.190 horacio 4448:
1.191 jufi 4449:
1.186 jufi 4450: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4451: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 4452:
1.247 jufi 4453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 4454: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 4455: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
4456: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 4457: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 4458:
1.188 jufi 4459: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 4460: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 4461: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 4462: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
4463: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 4464: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 4465: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 4466: <p>
4467:
1.301 jose 4468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4469: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
4470: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
4471: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
4472:
4473: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
4474: <p>
1.191 jufi 4475:
1.247 jufi 4476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 4477: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
4478: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1.466 deraadt 4479: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 5, 2001
1.191 jufi 4480: </strong></font><br>
4481:
4482: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
4483: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
4484: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
4485: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
4486: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
4487: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
4488: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
4489: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
4490: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
4491: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
4492: familiar?
4493: <p>
1.247 jufi 4494: </ul>
1.191 jufi 4495:
1.178 louis 4496: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4497: <ul>
1.178 louis 4498:
1.247 jufi 4499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 4500: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 4501: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
4502: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 4503: </strong></font><br>
4504:
4505: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
4506: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
4507: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
4508: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
4509: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
4510: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
4511: <p>
4512:
1.247 jufi 4513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4514: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
4515: Open source under the hood</a>,
4516: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 4517: </strong></font><br>
4518:
4519: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
4520: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
4521: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
4522: <p>
4523:
1.247 jufi 4524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4525: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
4526: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
4527: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 4528: </strong></font><br>
4529:
4530: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
4531: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
4532: <p>
1.247 jufi 4533: </ul>
1.179 louis 4534:
1.174 louis 4535:
1.175 louis 4536: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4537: <ul>
1.175 louis 4538:
1.247 jufi 4539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4540: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
4541: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
4542: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 4543: </strong></font><br>
4544:
4545: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
4546: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
4547: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
4548: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
4549: <p>
4550:
1.247 jufi 4551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4552: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
4553: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
4554: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 4555: </strong></font><br>
4556:
4557: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 4558: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 4559: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
4560: <p>
1.247 jufi 4561: </ul>
1.175 louis 4562:
1.176 louis 4563:
1.172 mickey 4564: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 4565: <ul>
1.172 mickey 4566:
1.247 jufi 4567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4568: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
4569: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 4570: </strong></font><br>
4571:
4572: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
4573: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
4574: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 4575: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 4576: <p>
4577:
1.247 jufi 4578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 4579: <a
1.269 deraadt 4580: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
4581: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
4582: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 4583: </strong></font><br>
4584:
4585: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
4586: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
4587: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
4588: <p>
4589:
1.247 jufi 4590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4591: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 4592: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
4593: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 4594: </strong></font><br>
4595:
4596: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
4597: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
4598: <p>
4599:
1.247 jufi 4600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4601: <a
1.269 deraadt 4602: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
4603: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 4604: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
4605: </strong></font><br>
4606:
4607: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
4608: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
4609: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
4610: our own Theo de Raadt.
4611: <p>
4612:
1.247 jufi 4613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4614: <a
1.269 deraadt 4615: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
4616: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
4617: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 4618: </strong></font><br>
4619:
4620: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
4621: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
4622: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
4623: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
4624: shut down.]
4625: <p>
4626:
1.247 jufi 4627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 4628: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 4629: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 4630: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
4631: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 4632: </strong></font><br>
4633:
4634: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
4635: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
4636: <p>
1.247 jufi 4637: </ul>
1.172 mickey 4638:
1.161 louis 4639: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4640: <ul>
1.161 louis 4641:
1.247 jufi 4642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4643: <a
1.269 deraadt 4644: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
4645: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
4646: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 4647: </strong></font><br>
4648:
4649: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
4650: by John Wolley
4651: <p>
4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 4654: <a
1.269 deraadt 4655: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
4656: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
4657: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 4658: </strong></font><br>
4659:
4660: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
4661: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
4662: OpenBSD).
4663: <p>
4664:
1.247 jufi 4665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4666: <a
1.247 jufi 4667: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 4668: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
4669: </strong></font><br>
4670:
4671: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
4672: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1.585 steven 4673: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports
1.171 louis 4674: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
4675: and hindsight.
4676: <p>
4677:
1.247 jufi 4678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4679: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
4680: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
4681: </strong></font><br>
4682:
4683: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
4684: <p>
4685:
1.247 jufi 4686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 4687: <a
1.168 provos 4688: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
4689: December 7, 2000
4690: </strong></font><br>
4691:
4692: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
4693: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
4694: us explain.
4695: <p>
4696:
1.247 jufi 4697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 4698: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
4699: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 4700: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 4701: December 6, 2000
4702: </strong></font><br>
4703:
4704: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
4705: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
4706: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
4707: <p>
4708:
1.247 jufi 4709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4710: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
4711: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
4712: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
4713: </strong></font><br>
4714:
4715: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
4716: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
4717: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
4718: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4719: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4720: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
4721: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
4722: <p>
4723:
4724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 4725: <a
1.226 horacio 4726: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
4727: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 4728: </strong></font><br>
4729:
4730: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 4731: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 4732: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 4733: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
4734: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
4735: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 4736: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 4737: <p>
1.162 millert 4738:
1.247 jufi 4739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 4740: <a
1.161 louis 4741: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
4742: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
4743: </strong></font><br>
4744:
4745: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
4746: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
4747: <p>
4748:
1.247 jufi 4749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 4750: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
4751: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
4752: </strong></font><br>
4753:
4754: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
4755: <p>
4756:
4757:
1.247 jufi 4758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 4759: <a
1.226 horacio 4760: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
4761: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
4762: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 4763: </strong></font><br>
4764:
4765: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
4766: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
4767: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
4768: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
4769: <p>
1.247 jufi 4770: </ul>
1.169 louis 4771:
1.158 louis 4772: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4773: <ul>
1.147 louis 4774:
1.247 jufi 4775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4776: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
4777: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 4778: </strong></font><br>
4779:
4780: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
4781: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
4782: <p>
4783:
1.247 jufi 4784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4785: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
4786: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
4787: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 4788: </strong></font><br>
4789: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
4790: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
4791: <p>
4792:
1.247 jufi 4793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 4794: <a
4795: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
4796: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
4797: </strong></font><br>
4798:
4799: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
4800: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
4801: <p>
4802:
1.247 jufi 4803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4804: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 4805: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
4806: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 4807:
1.213 horacio 4808: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 4809: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 4810: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
4811: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
4812: <p>
1.215 horacio 4813:
1.247 jufi 4814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 4815: <a
4816: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
4817: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
4818: </strong></font><br>
4819:
4820: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
4821: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
4822: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
4823: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
4824: much of the attitude too).
4825: <p>
1.161 louis 4826:
1.247 jufi 4827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4828: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4829: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 4830: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 4831:
1.157 louis 4832: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
4833: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
4834: <p>
1.247 jufi 4835: </ul>
1.157 louis 4836:
4837: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4838: <ul>
1.157 louis 4839:
1.247 jufi 4840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4841: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 4842: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 4843: </strong></font><br>
4844:
4845: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
4846: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
4847: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
4848: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
4849: <p>
4850:
1.247 jufi 4851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 4852: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
4853: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
4854: </strong></font><br>
4855:
4856: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
4857: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
4858: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
4859: it because they love coding...
4860: <p>
4861:
1.247 jufi 4862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 4863: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
4864: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
4865: </strong></font><br>
4866:
4867: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
4868: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
4869: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
4870: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
4871: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
4872: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
4873: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
4874: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
4875: <p>
4876:
1.247 jufi 4877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4878: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
4879: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
4880: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 4881: </strong></font><br>
4882:
4883: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
4884: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
4885: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
4886: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
4887: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
4888: the pizza.
4889: <p>
4890:
1.247 jufi 4891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 4892: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
4893: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
4894: </strong></font><br>
4895:
4896: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
4897: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
4898: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
4899: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
4900: problems.
4901: <p>
4902:
1.247 jufi 4903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.568 ian 4904: <a href="https://osuny.co.uk/txt/zines/napalm/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba
4905: to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
1.154 louis 4906: </strong></font><br>
4907:
1.222 miod 4908: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 4909: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
4910: - whether they like it or not.
4911: <p>
4912:
1.247 jufi 4913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4914: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
4915: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 4916: </strong></font><br>
4917:
4918: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
4919: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
4920: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 4921: <p>
1.148 aaron 4922:
1.247 jufi 4923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4924: <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 4925: </strong></font><br>
4926:
4927: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
4928: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
4929: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
4930: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
4931: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
4932: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
4933: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
4934: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
4935: <p>
4936:
1.247 jufi 4937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 4938: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
4939: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 4940: </strong></font><br>
4941:
4942: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
4943: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 4944: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 4945: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
4946: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
4947: <p>
1.247 jufi 4948: </ul>
1.147 louis 4949:
1.138 louis 4950: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 4951: <ul>
1.138 louis 4952:
1.247 jufi 4953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4954: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
4955: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
4956: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
4957: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 4958: </strong></font><br>
4959:
1.227 horacio 4960: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 4961: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
4962: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
4963: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
4964: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
4965: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
4966: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
4967: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 4968: <p>
4969:
1.247 jufi 4970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 4971: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 4972: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 4973: </strong></font><br>
4974:
4975: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
4976: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
4977: groups, and even Linux.
4978: <p>
4979:
1.247 jufi 4980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4981: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
4982: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 4983: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
4984: </strong></font><br>
4985:
4986: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
4987: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
4988: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
4989: library after installing the OS.
4990: <p>
4991:
1.247 jufi 4992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 4993: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 4994: Sys Admin, September 2000
4995: </strong></font><br>
4996:
4997: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
4998: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
4999: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
5000: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 5001: (<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 5002: <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 5003: <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 5004: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 5005: out of the system.
5006: <p>
5007:
1.247 jufi 5008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 5009: <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
5010: </strong></font><br>
5011:
5012: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 5013: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 5014: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
5015: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
5016: the IP filtering and address translation.
5017: <p>
1.301 jose 5018:
5019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5020: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
5021: </strong></font><br>
5022:
1.585 steven 5023: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1.301 jose 5024: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
5025: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
5026: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
5027: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
5028: <p>
1.247 jufi 5029: </ul>
1.200 niklas 5030:
1.131 louis 5031: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5032: <ul>
1.131 louis 5033:
1.247 jufi 5034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5035: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
5036: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
5037: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 5038: </strong></font><br>
5039:
5040: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
5041: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
5042: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
5043: <p>
5044:
1.247 jufi 5045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 5046: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
5047: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
5048: </strong></font><br>
5049:
5050: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
5051: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
5052: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
5053: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
5054: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
5055: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
5056: note of"</i>.
5057: <p>
5058:
1.247 jufi 5059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 5060: <a
1.247 jufi 5061: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 5062: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
5063: </strong></font><br>
5064:
5065: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
5066: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
5067: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
5068: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
5069: <p>
5070:
1.247 jufi 5071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 5072: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 5073: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
5074: </strong></font><br>
5075:
5076: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
5077: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
5078: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
5079: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
5080: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
5081: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
5082: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
5083: <p>
5084:
1.247 jufi 5085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 5086: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
5087: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
5088: 2000
5089: </strong></font><br>
5090:
5091: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
5092: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
5093: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
5094: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
5095: against current industry practices.
5096: <p>
5097:
1.247 jufi 5098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 5099: <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
5100: </strong></font><br>
5101:
5102: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
5103: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
5104: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
5105: <p>
5106:
1.247 jufi 5107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 5108: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
5109: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
5110: </strong></font><br>
5111:
5112: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
5113: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
5114: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
5115: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
5116: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
5117: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
5118: careful code reviews, he concludes.
5119: <p>
5120:
1.247 jufi 5121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 5122: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
5123: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
5124: </strong></font><br>
5125:
5126: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
5127: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
5128: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
5129: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
5130: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 5131: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
5132: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
5133: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 5134: <p>
1.247 jufi 5135: </ul>
1.131 louis 5136:
1.118 louis 5137: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5138: <ul>
1.118 louis 5139:
1.247 jufi 5140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 5141: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
5142: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
5143: </strong></font><br>
5144:
5145: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
5146: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
5147: about time. The article mentions that
5148: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
5149: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
5150: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 5151: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 5152: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
5153: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 5154: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 5155: <p>
5156:
1.247 jufi 5157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5158: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 5159: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 5160: </strong></font><br>
5161:
5162: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
5163: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
5164: of OpenSSH.
5165: <p>
5166:
1.247 jufi 5167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5168: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 5169: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 5170: </strong></font><br>
5171:
5172: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 5173: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 5174: bridging.
5175: <p>
5176:
1.247 jufi 5177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5178: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
5179: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 5180: </strong></font><br>
5181:
1.121 deraadt 5182: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
5183: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 5184: <p>
5185:
1.247 jufi 5186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5187: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
5188: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
5189: </strong></font><br>
5190:
5191: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
5192: <p>
5193:
1.247 jufi 5194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.594 nick 5195: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1.120 deraadt 5196: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 5197: </strong></font><br>
5198:
1.120 deraadt 5199: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
5200: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 5201: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
5202: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
5203: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
5204: <p>
5205:
1.247 jufi 5206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 5207: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
5208: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
5209: </strong></font><br>
5210:
1.222 miod 5211: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 5212: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
5213: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
5214: protocols and their quirks.
5215: <p>
5216:
1.247 jufi 5217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5218: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
5219: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 5220: </strong></font><br>
5221:
5222: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
5223: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
5224: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 5225: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 5226: <p>
5227:
1.247 jufi 5228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 5229: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
5230: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
5231: </strong></font><br>
5232:
5233: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
5234: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
5235: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
5236: <p>
5237:
1.247 jufi 5238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.594 nick 5239: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1.120 deraadt 5240: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 5241: </strong></font><br>
5242:
5243: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
5244: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
5245: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
5246: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
5247: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
5248: <p>
1.247 jufi 5249: </ul>
1.118 louis 5250:
1.104 louis 5251: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5252: <ul>
1.104 louis 5253:
1.247 jufi 5254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 5255: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
5256: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
5257: </strong></font><br>
5258:
5259: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
5260: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
5261: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
5262: be a bit dry.
5263: <p>
5264:
1.247 jufi 5265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 5266: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
5267: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
5268: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
5269: </strong></font><br>
5270: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
5271: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
5272: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
5273: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
5274: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
5275: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
5276: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
5277: <p>
5278:
1.247 jufi 5279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5280: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
5281: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 5282: 2000
1.128 louis 5283: </strong></font><br>
5284:
5285: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
5286: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
5287: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
5288: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
5289: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 5290: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 5291: <p>
5292:
1.247 jufi 5293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5294: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
5295: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 5296: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 5297:
5298: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
5299: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
5300: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
5301: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.585 steven 5302: <a href="faq/ports/index.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1.113 naddy 5303: <p>
1.110 louis 5304:
1.247 jufi 5305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 5306: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
5307: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
5308: </strong></font><br>
5309:
5310: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
5311: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
5312: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
5313: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
5314: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
5315: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
5316: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
5317: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
5318: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
5319: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
5320: <p>
5321:
1.247 jufi 5322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 5323: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5324: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 5325:
5326: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
5327: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 5328: <p>
1.108 louis 5329:
1.247 jufi 5330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 5331: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
5332: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 5333: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 5334:
5335: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
5336: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
5337: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 5338: <p>
1.106 louis 5339:
1.247 jufi 5340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 5341: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
5342: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 5343: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 5344:
5345: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
5346: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
5347: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
5348: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 5349: <p>
1.107 louis 5350:
1.247 jufi 5351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 5352: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
5353: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5354: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 5355:
5356: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
5357: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 5358: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 5359: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
5360: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 5361: <p>
1.105 louis 5362:
1.247 jufi 5363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 5364: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 5365: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 5366: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 5367:
1.113 naddy 5368: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
5369: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 5370: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 5371: <p>
1.104 louis 5372:
1.247 jufi 5373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 5374: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
5375: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
5376: </strong></font><br>
5377:
5378: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
5379: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
5380: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
5381: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
5382: <p>
1.301 jose 5383:
5384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5385: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.577 tobias 5386: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
1.301 jose 5387: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
5388:
5389: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
5390: hardware-supported cryptography.
5391: <p>
1.247 jufi 5392: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 5393:
1.85 louis 5394: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5395: <ul>
1.85 louis 5396:
1.247 jufi 5397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5398: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 5399: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 5400: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5401:
5402: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
5403: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
5404: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
5405: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
5406: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
5407: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
5408: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 5409: <p>
1.99 louis 5410:
1.247 jufi 5411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5412: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 5413: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5414: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 5415:
5416: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
5417: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
5418: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
5419: conditions.
1.113 naddy 5420: <p>
1.100 louis 5421:
1.247 jufi 5422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5423: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 5424: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5425: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 5426:
5427: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
5428: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
5429: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
5430: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 5431: <p>
1.95 louis 5432:
1.247 jufi 5433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5434: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 5435: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5436: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 5437:
5438: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
5439: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 5440: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 5441: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
5442: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5443: <p>
1.92 louis 5444:
1.247 jufi 5445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5446: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 5447: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 5448: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 5449:
5450: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
5451: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
5452: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
5453: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
5454: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
5455: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 5456: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 5457: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 5458: <p>
1.91 louis 5459:
1.247 jufi 5460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5461: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
5462: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 5463: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5464:
5465: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
5466: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
5467: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
5468: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
5469: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
5470: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
5471: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
5472: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
5473: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 5474: <p>
1.90 louis 5475:
1.247 jufi 5476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 5477: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
5478: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
5479: </strong></font><br>
5480: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
5481: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
5482: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
5483: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
5484: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
5485: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
5486: <p>
5487:
1.247 jufi 5488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 5489: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
5490: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5491: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 5492:
1.113 naddy 5493: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
5494: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 5495: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
5496: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
5497: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
5498: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
5499: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 5500: <p>
1.87 louis 5501:
1.247 jufi 5502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 5503: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
5504: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 5505: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5506:
5507: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 5508: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 5509: <p>
1.85 louis 5510:
1.247 jufi 5511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5512: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
5513: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
5514: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
5515:
5516: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
5517: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
5518: <p>
5519:
5520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 5521: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
5522: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5523: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 5524:
5525: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.577 tobias 5526: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 5527: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
5528: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 5529: <p>
1.89 louis 5530:
1.247 jufi 5531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 5532: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1.85 louis 5533: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 5534: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 5535:
5536: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
5537: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
5538: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
5539: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
5540: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 5541: </ul>
1.85 louis 5542:
1.78 deraadt 5543: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5544: <ul>
1.74 louis 5545:
1.247 jufi 5546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5547: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 5548: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 5549: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 5550: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5551:
5552: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
5553: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
5554: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5555: <p>
1.83 louis 5556:
1.247 jufi 5557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 5558: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
5559: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 5560: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 5561:
5562: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
5563: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 5564: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 5565: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
5566: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 5567: <p>
1.93 louis 5568:
1.247 jufi 5569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5570: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
5571: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
5572: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 5573: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 5574:
1.83 louis 5575: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
5576: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
5577: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
5578: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
5579: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 5580: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
5581: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
5582: <p>
1.82 aaron 5583:
1.247 jufi 5584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5585: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 5586: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5587: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 5588:
1.83 louis 5589: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
5590: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
5591: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 5592: <p>
1.80 louis 5593:
1.247 jufi 5594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5595: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 5596: Bad Press</a>,
5597: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 5598: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 5599:
5600: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 5601: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 5602: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
5603: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
5604: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 5605: <p>
1.247 jufi 5606: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 5607:
5608: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5609: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 5610:
1.247 jufi 5611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5612: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
5613: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 5614: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 5615: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 5616:
5617: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
5618: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
5619: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
5620: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 5621: <p>
1.74 louis 5622:
1.247 jufi 5623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 5624: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
5625: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 5626: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5627:
1.219 horacio 5628: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
5629: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
5630: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
5631: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
5632: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
5633: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
5634: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 5635: <p>
1.88 louis 5636:
1.247 jufi 5637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 5638: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 5639: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 5640: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 5641:
5642: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
5643: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
5644: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
5645: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 5646: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 5647: <p>
1.81 louis 5648:
1.247 jufi 5649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5650: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 5651: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5652: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 5653:
5654: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
5655: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
5656: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
5657: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
5658: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
5659: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
5660: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 5661: <p>
1.90 louis 5662:
1.247 jufi 5663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5664: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 5665: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 5666: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 5667:
5668: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
5669: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
5670: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 5671: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 5672: <p>
1.247 jufi 5673: </ul>
1.71 louis 5674:
1.69 deraadt 5675: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5676: <ul>
1.70 louis 5677:
1.247 jufi 5678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5679: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
5680: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 5681: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 5682:
5683: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
5684: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
5685: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 5686: <p>
1.70 louis 5687:
1.247 jufi 5688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5689: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
5690: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 5691: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 5692:
5693: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 5694: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 5695: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 5696: <p>
1.68 louis 5697:
1.247 jufi 5698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 5699: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
5700: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 5701: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 5702: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5703:
1.111 jufi 5704: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
5705: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 5706: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 5707: "secure by default" installation.
5708: <p>
1.64 louis 5709:
1.247 jufi 5710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 5711: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 5712: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 5713: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 5714:
1.113 naddy 5715: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 5716: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 5717: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 5718: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
5719: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
5720: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 5721: <p>
1.66 louis 5722:
1.247 jufi 5723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5724: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 5725: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5726: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 5727:
5728: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 5729: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 5730: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
5731: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
5732: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 5733: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
5734: <p>
1.83 louis 5735:
1.247 jufi 5736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5737: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 5738: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5739: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 5740:
5741: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 5742: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
5743: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 5744: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
5745: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 5746: <p>
1.64 louis 5747:
1.247 jufi 5748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5749: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 5750: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 5751: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 5752:
5753: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
5754: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 5755: <p>
1.301 jose 5756:
5757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5758: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
5759: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
5760: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
5761: </strong></font><br>
5762:
5763: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
5764: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
5765: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
5766: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
5767: Giving way to
5768: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
5769: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
5770: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
5771: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
5772: <p>
1.247 jufi 5773: </ul>
1.65 louis 5774:
1.69 deraadt 5775: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 5776: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5777:
1.247 jufi 5778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5779: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 5780: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 5781: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 5782:
5783: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
5784: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
5785: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
5786: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 5787: <p>
1.88 louis 5788:
1.247 jufi 5789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5790: <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 5791: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 5792:
5793: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 5794: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
5795: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 5796: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
5797: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 5798: <p>
1.60 louis 5799:
1.247 jufi 5800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 5801: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 5802: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 5803: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 5804: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5805:
5806: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
5807: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
5808: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 5809: <p>
1.58 louis 5810:
1.247 jufi 5811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 5812: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 5813: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5814:
5815: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
5816: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 5817: <p>
1.53 louis 5818:
1.247 jufi 5819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 5820: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
5821: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 5822: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 5823:
5824: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
5825: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
5826: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 5827: <p>
1.99 louis 5828:
1.247 jufi 5829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 5830: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 5831: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5832:
5833: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
5834: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 5835: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 5836: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 5837: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 5838:
1.247 jufi 5839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 5840: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
5841: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 5842: </strong></font><br>
5843:
5844: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
5845: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
5846: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
5847: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
5848: <p>
5849:
1.247 jufi 5850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5851: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 5852: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5853: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 5854:
5855: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
5856: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 5857: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 5858:
1.247 jufi 5859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 5860: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 5861: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 5862:
5863: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 5864: in
1.247 jufi 5865: <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 5866: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 5867: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 5868: <p>
1.53 louis 5869:
1.247 jufi 5870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5871: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 5872: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
5873: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 5874: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 5875:
1.58 louis 5876: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 5877: <p>
1.301 jose 5878:
5879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5880: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
5881: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
5882: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
5883: Informacyjny, January 2000
5884: </strong></font><br>
5885:
5886: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
5887: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
5888: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
5889: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
5890: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
5891: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
5892: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
5893: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
5894: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
5895: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 5896: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
5897: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 5898: <p>
5899:
5900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
5901: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
5902: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
5903: </strong></font><br>
5904:
5905: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
5906: <p>
5907: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 5908:
1.69 deraadt 5909: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5910: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5911:
1.247 jufi 5912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 5913: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
5914: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
5915: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 5916: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 5917:
1.58 louis 5918: Kurt Seifried
5919: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
5920: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
5921: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 5922: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 5923:
1.247 jufi 5924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5925: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 5926: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 5927: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 5928:
5929: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 5930: <p>
1.96 louis 5931:
1.247 jufi 5932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 5933: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
5934: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
5935: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
5936: </strong></font><br>
5937:
5938: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
5939: <p>
5940:
5941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5942: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 5943: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 5944: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 5945:
5946: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1.602 deraadt 5947: and cryptography. He notes the lack of multiprocessor support
1.86 louis 5948: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 5949: <p>
1.247 jufi 5950: </ul>
1.86 louis 5951:
1.69 deraadt 5952: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 5953: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 5954:
1.247 jufi 5955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5956: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
5957: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 5958: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5959:
5960: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
5961: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 5962: <p>
1.61 louis 5963:
1.247 jufi 5964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 5965: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 5966: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
5967: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5968: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 5969:
5970: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 5971: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 5972: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
5973: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 5974: right -- or at least strives to".
5975: <p>
1.48 louis 5976:
1.247 jufi 5977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 5978: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
5979: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 5980: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 5981: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
5982: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
5983: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
5984: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 5985: <p>
1.61 louis 5986:
1.247 jufi 5987: <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 5988: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 5989: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 5990:
5991: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
5992: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
5993: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
5994: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 5995: <p>
1.46 louis 5996:
1.247 jufi 5997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 5998: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
5999: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 6000: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 6001:
6002: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
6003: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 6004: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 6005:
1.247 jufi 6006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 6007: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
6008: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 6009: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 6010:
6011: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
6012: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
6013: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
6014: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 6015: <p>
1.247 jufi 6016: </ul>
1.70 louis 6017:
1.69 deraadt 6018: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6019: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6020:
1.247 jufi 6021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 6022: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
6023: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 6024: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 6025: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 6026:
6027: Kurt Seifried
6028: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
6029: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
6030: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 6031: <p>
1.44 philen 6032:
1.247 jufi 6033: <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 6034: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 6035: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 6036:
6037: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 6038: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 6039:
1.247 jufi 6040: <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 6041: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 6042: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 6043:
6044: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 6045: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 6046:
1.247 jufi 6047: <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 6048: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 6049: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 6050:
6051: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
6052: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
6053: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
6054: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 6055: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 6056:
1.247 jufi 6057: <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 6058: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 6059: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 6060:
1.36 louis 6061: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 6062: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 6063:
1.247 jufi 6064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6065: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
1.39 louis 6066: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 6067: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6068:
6069: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 6070: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 6071: </ul>
1.38 louis 6072:
1.69 deraadt 6073: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6074: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6075:
1.247 jufi 6076: <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 6077: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 6078: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 6079:
6080: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
6081: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 6082: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 6083:
1.113 naddy 6084: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 6085: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 6086: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 6087: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 6088:
6089: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
6090: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 6091: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
6092: terminal:
1.113 naddy 6093: <blockquote>
6094: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
6095: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
6096: <br>
6097: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
6098: </code>
6099: </blockquote>
6100: <p>
6101:
1.247 jufi 6102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 6103: <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 6104: <p>
6105:
6106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6107: <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 6108: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 6109:
6110: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
6111: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 6112: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 6113: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 6114:
1.247 jufi 6115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 6116: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
6117: Sept. 28, 1999
6118: </strong></font><br>
6119:
6120: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
6121: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
6122: translating and reprinting articles from
6123: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
6124: <p>
6125:
6126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 6127: <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 6128: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 6129:
6130: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
6131: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
6132: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
6133: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
6134: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 6135: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 6136: <p>
1.19 louis 6137:
1.113 naddy 6138: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 6139: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 6140: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 6141:
6142: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
6143: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
6144: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 6145: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
6146: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 6147: <p>
1.16 louis 6148:
1.247 jufi 6149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6150: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 6151: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 6152: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 6153:
1.57 louis 6154: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
6155: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
6156: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 6157: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 6158:
1.247 jufi 6159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6160: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.466 deraadt 6161: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 6162: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6163:
1.113 naddy 6164: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 6165:
1.247 jufi 6166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 6167: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
6168: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 6169: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 6170:
1.23 louis 6171: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
6172: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
6173: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
6174: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
6175: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 6176: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 6177:
1.247 jufi 6178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 6179: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
6180: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 6181: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 6182:
1.199 pvalchev 6183: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 6184: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
6185: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
6186: installation.
1.113 naddy 6187: <p>
1.47 louis 6188:
1.247 jufi 6189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6190: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 6191: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 6192: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6193:
1.301 jose 6194: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
6195: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
6196: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 6197: </ul>
1.57 louis 6198:
1.69 deraadt 6199: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6200: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6201:
1.247 jufi 6202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 6203: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 6204: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 6205: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 6206:
6207: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
6208: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 6209: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 6210: <p>
1.12 louis 6211:
1.247 jufi 6212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 6213: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 6214: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 6215: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 6216:
6217: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
6218: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 6219: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
6220: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
6221: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
6222: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
6223: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 6224: <p>
1.247 jufi 6225: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 6226:
1.69 deraadt 6227: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6228: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 6229:
1.247 jufi 6230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 6231: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 6232: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 6233:
6234: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
6235: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
6236: available."
1.113 naddy 6237: <p>
1.301 jose 6238:
6239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6240: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
6241: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
6242: </strong></font><br>
6243:
6244: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
6245: <p>
1.247 jufi 6246: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 6247:
1.69 deraadt 6248: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6249: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6250:
1.247 jufi 6251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 6252: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 6253: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 6254:
6255: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
6256: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
6257: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
6258: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
6259: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 6260: <p>
1.33 louis 6261:
1.247 jufi 6262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6263: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 6264: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 6265: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6266:
1.113 naddy 6267: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
6268: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 6269: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
6270: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
6271: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 6272: <p>
1.247 jufi 6273: </ul>
1.57 louis 6274:
1.69 deraadt 6275: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6276: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6277:
1.247 jufi 6278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6279: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 6280: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 6281: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6282:
6283: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
6284: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 6285: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6286:
1.247 jufi 6287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 6288: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
6289: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
6290: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 6291: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 6292:
6293: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 6294: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 6295:
1.247 jufi 6296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6297: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 6298:
1.113 naddy 6299: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 6300:
1.247 jufi 6301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6302: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
1.68 louis 6303: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 6304: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 6305:
6306: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 6307: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 6308: </ul>
1.23 louis 6309:
1.69 deraadt 6310: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6311: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6312:
1.247 jufi 6313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 6314: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 6315: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6316:
6317: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
6318: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 6319: <p>
1.2 deraadt 6320:
1.247 jufi 6321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6322: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 6323: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 6324: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6325:
6326: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
6327: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 6328: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 6329: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 6330: </ul>
1.57 louis 6331:
1.69 deraadt 6332: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6333: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6334:
1.247 jufi 6335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6336: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
1.15 louis 6337: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 6338: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 6339:
6340: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
6341: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
6342: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
6343: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 6344: <p>
1.15 louis 6345:
1.247 jufi 6346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6347: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
6348: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 6349: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6350:
6351: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
6352: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
6353: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
6354: columns."
1.113 naddy 6355: <p>
1.247 jufi 6356: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6357:
1.69 deraadt 6358: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 6359: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6360:
1.247 jufi 6361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6362: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 6363: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 6364: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 6365:
6366: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 6367: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 6368:
1.113 naddy 6369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 6370: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 6371: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 6372:
6373: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
6374: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 6375: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 6376: </ul>
1.57 louis 6377:
1.69 deraadt 6378: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6379: <ul>
1.301 jose 6380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6381: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
6382: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6383: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
6384:
6385: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
6386: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
6387: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
6388: <p>
6389:
6390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
6391: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
6392: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
6393: Nov 13, 1998 and
6394: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
6395: Datateknik</a>,
6396: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
6397:
1.380 saad 6398: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 6399: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
6400: explains the licensing issues and points to our
6401: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
6402: <p>
1.69 deraadt 6403:
1.113 naddy 6404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.493 steven 6405: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 6406: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 6407: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 6408:
1.222 miod 6409: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 6410: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
6411: Implementation, including a brief interview with
6412: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 6413: <p>
1.247 jufi 6414: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6415:
1.69 deraadt 6416: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6417: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6418:
1.247 jufi 6419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6420: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 6421: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6422:
1.69 deraadt 6423: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
6424: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 6425: <p>
1.247 jufi 6426: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6427:
1.69 deraadt 6428: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6429: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 6430:
1.247 jufi 6431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 6432: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
6433: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 6434: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 6435:
1.383 jcs 6436: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 6437: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 6438: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6439:
1.247 jufi 6440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 6441: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 6442: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
6443: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 6444: <p>
1.247 jufi 6445: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 6446:
1.69 deraadt 6447: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6448: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6449:
1.247 jufi 6450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6451: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 6452: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
6453: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 6454: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 6455: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 6456:
6457: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
6458: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
6459: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 6460: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 6461: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 6462: <p>
1.247 jufi 6463: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 6464:
6465: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 6466: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 6467:
1.247 jufi 6468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 6469: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 6470: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 6471:
1.69 deraadt 6472: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
6473: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 6474: <p>
1.112 naddy 6475:
1.247 jufi 6476: </ul>
1.113 naddy 6477: <p>
1.1 deraadt 6478:
6479: </body>
6480: </html>