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1.57 louis 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></font></h2>
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1.18 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
1.17 deraadt 17: <dl>
1.16 louis 18:
1.48 louis 19: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 20: <a
1.64 louis 21: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
22: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
23: </strong></font><br>
24:
25: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
26: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
27: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
28: "secure by default" installation.
29: <p>
30:
31: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
32: <a
1.66 ! louis 33: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
! 34: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
! 35: </strong></font><br>
! 36:
! 37: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
! 38: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
! 39: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
! 40: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
! 41: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
! 42: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
! 43: <p>
! 44:
! 45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 46: <a
1.64 louis 47: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
48: Information Security, February 2000
49: </strong></font><br>
50:
51: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
52: security. He highlights an emerging problem, that of the novice Linux users
53: who may unknowigly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
54: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
55: its reputation among security experts.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
59: <a
1.65 louis 60: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
61: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
62: </strong></font><br>
63:
64: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
65: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
66: <p>
67:
68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
69: <a
1.60 louis 70: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
71: </strong></font><br>
72:
73: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
74: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
75: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
76: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
77: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
78: <p>
79:
80: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 81: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
82: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
83: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
84: </strong></font><br>
85:
86: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
87: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
88: and cryptography.
89: <p>
90:
91: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 92: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
93: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 94: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 95:
96: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
97: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 101: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
102: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
103:
104: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
105: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
106: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
107: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
108: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
109:
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
111: <a
112: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
113: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
117: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
118: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
119:
120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 121: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 122: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 123:
124: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
125: in <a
126: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
127: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 128: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 129: <p>
130:
131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 132: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
133: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
134: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 135: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 136:
1.58 louis 137: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 138: <p>
139:
140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 141: <a
142: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
143: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
144: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 145: </strong></font><br>
146:
1.58 louis 147: Kurt Seifried
148: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
149: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
150: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
151: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 152:
153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 154: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
155: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
156: </strong></font><br>
157:
158: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
159: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 163: <a
164: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 165: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
166: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 167: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 168:
169: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
170: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
171: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
172: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
173: right -- or at least strives to".
174: <p>
175:
1.61 louis 176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
177: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
178: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
179: </strong></font><br>
180: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
181: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
182: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
183: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
184: <p>
185:
1.46 louis 186: <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 187: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 188: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 189:
190: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
191: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
192: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
193: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
194: <p>
195:
1.58 louis 196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
197: <a
198: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
199: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
200: </strong></font><br>
201:
202: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
203: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
204: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
205:
1.44 philen 206: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
207: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 208: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 209:
210: Kurt Seifried
211: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
212: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
213: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
214: <p>
215:
1.41 louis 216: <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>,
217: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 218: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 219:
220: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
221: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
222:
1.37 louis 223: <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>,
224: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 225: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 226:
227: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 228: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 229:
1.36 louis 230: <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>,
231: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 232: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 233:
234: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
235: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
236: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
237: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
238: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
239:
240: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/991006/ny_ntwrk_s_2.html>NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 241: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 242: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 243:
1.36 louis 244: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
245: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 246:
1.38 louis 247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 248: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
249: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 250: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 251:
252: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
253: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
254:
1.30 deraadt 255: <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 256: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 257: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 258:
259: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
260: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
261: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 262:
1.29 louis 263: <li><strong>
264: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 265: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 266: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 267:
268: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
269: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 270: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
271: terminal:
1.29 louis 272: <blockquote>
273: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
274: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
275: <br>
276: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
277: </code>
278: </blockquote>
279: <p>
280:
1.16 louis 281: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 282: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/990927hack.htm">Hack this! Microsoft and its critics dispute software-security issues, but users make the final call</a>, Infoworld, Sept. 27, 1999<br>
283: <li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/28/ms.security.idg/index.html">Microsoft: Bad security, or bad press?</a>, CNN, Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 284: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 285:
286: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
287: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 288: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 289: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 290:
291: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 292: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.57 louis 293: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 294:
295: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
296: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
297: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
298: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
299: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 300: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 301: <p>
302:
1.43 louis 303: <li><strong>
304: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 305: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 306:
307: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
308: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
309: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 310: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
311: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 312: <p>
313:
1.1 deraadt 314: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 315: <a
316: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
317: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
318: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 319:
1.57 louis 320: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
321: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
322: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
323: Melbourne.<p>
324:
325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
326: <a
327: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
328: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
329: </strong></font><br>
330:
331: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 332:
333: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 334: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 335: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 336: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 337:
1.23 louis 338: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
339: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
340: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
341: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
342: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 343: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 344:
345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 346: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
347: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 348: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 349:
350: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
351: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
352: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
353: installation.
354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 357: <a
358: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
359: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
360: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
361:
362: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
363: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
364:
365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 366: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 367: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 368: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 369:
370: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
371: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 372: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 373: <p>
374:
375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 376: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 377: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 378: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 379:
380: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
381: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 382: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
383: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
384: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
385: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
386: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 387: <p>
388:
389: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 390: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 391: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.57 louis 392: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 393:
1.20 louis 394: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
395: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 399: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 400: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 401:
402: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
403: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
404: available."
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 408: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 409: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 410:
411: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
412: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
413: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
414: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
415: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 419: <a
420: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
421: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
422: </strong></font><br>
423:
424: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
425: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
426: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
427: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
428: an interesting read.
429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 432: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
433: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
434: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 435: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 436:
437: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
438: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
439:
440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 441: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 442:
443: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
444:
445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
446: <a href="">Safe and friendly read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>,
1.57 louis 447: DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 448:
449: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
450: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
451:
452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 453: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 454: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 455:
456: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
457: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
458: <p>
459:
1.57 louis 460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
461: <a
462: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
463: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
464: </strong></font><br>
465:
466: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
467: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
468: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
469: site.<p>
470:
1.7 deraadt 471: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 473: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 474: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 475: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 476:
477: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
478: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
479: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
480: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
481: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
482: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 486: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
487: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 488: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 489:
490: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
491: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
492: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
493: over to OpenBSD.
494: <p>
495:
496: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 497: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
498: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 499: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 500:
501: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
502: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
503: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
504: columns."
505: <p>
506:
1.58 louis 507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
508: <a
509: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
510: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
511: </strong></font><br>
512:
513: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
514: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
515:
1.2 deraadt 516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 517: <a
518: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
519: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
520:
521: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
522: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
523: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
524:
525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 526: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 527: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 528: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 529:
530: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
531: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
532: Implementation, including a brief interview with
533: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 534: <p>
535:
536: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
537: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.57 louis 538: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 539:
540: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
541: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
545: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 546: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
547: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
548: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.57 louis 549: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.5 ian 550:
551: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
552: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
553: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
554: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
555: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 556: <p>
557:
558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
559: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
560: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 561: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 562:
563: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
564: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 568: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 569: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
570: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 571: <p>
572:
1.38 louis 573: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
574: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.57 louis 575: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 576:
577: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
578: OpenBSD is.
579: <p>
580:
1.17 deraadt 581: </dl>
582: <p>
1.1 deraadt 583:
1.27 deraadt 584: <hr>
1.45 philen 585: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 586:
1.17 deraadt 587: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 588: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
589: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 590: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 591:
592: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
593: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
594: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
595: <p>
596:
597: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
598: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 599: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 600: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 601: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 602:
1.20 louis 603: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
604: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 605: explains the licensing issues and points to our
606: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
607: <p>
608:
1.17 deraadt 609: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 610:
1.27 deraadt 611: <hr>
1.20 louis 612: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
613:
614: <dl>
615:
616: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
617: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
618: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 619: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 620:
621: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
622: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
623: translating and reprinting articles from
624: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
625: <p>
626:
627: </dl>
628:
1.50 louis 629: <hr>
630: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
631: <dl>
632:
633: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
634: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
635: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 636: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 637:
638: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
639: <p>
640: </dl>
641:
1.20 louis 642:
1.1 deraadt 643: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 644: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
645: <dl>
646:
647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 648: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
649: January 2000 issue
650: </strong></font><br>
651:
652: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
653: <p>
654:
655: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
656: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 657: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 658: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 659:
1.59 form 660: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 661: <p>
662:
663: <p>
664: </dl>
665:
666: <hr>
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