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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>
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1.16 louis 18:
1.48 louis 19: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 ! louis 20: <a
! 21: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
! 22: </strong></font><br>
! 23:
! 24: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
! 25: how to set up packet filtering with <a
! 26: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&apropos=0&sektion=8&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&format=html">ipf</a>. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
! 27: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
! 28: <p>
! 29:
! 30: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 31: <a
1.64 louis 32: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
33: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
34: </strong></font><br>
35:
36: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
37: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
38: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
39: "secure by default" installation.
40: <p>
41:
42: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
43: <a
1.66 louis 44: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
45: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
46: </strong></font><br>
47:
48: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
49: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
50: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
51: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
52: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
53: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
54: <p>
55:
56: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
57: <a
1.64 louis 58: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
59: Information Security, February 2000
60: </strong></font><br>
61:
62: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 63: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
64: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 65: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
66: its reputation among security experts.
67: <p>
68:
69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
70: <a
1.65 louis 71: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
72: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
73: </strong></font><br>
74:
75: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
76: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
80: <a
1.60 louis 81: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
82: </strong></font><br>
83:
84: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
85: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
86: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
87: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
88: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
89: <p>
90:
91: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 92: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
93: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
94: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
95: </strong></font><br>
96:
97: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
98: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
99: and cryptography.
100: <p>
101:
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 103: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
104: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 105: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 106:
107: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
108: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
109: <p>
110:
111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 112: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
113: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
114:
115: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
116: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
117: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
118: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
119: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
120:
121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
122: <a
123: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
124: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
125: </strong></font><br>
126:
127: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
128: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
129: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
130:
131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 132: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 133: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 134:
135: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
136: in <a
137: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
138: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 139: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 140: <p>
141:
142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 143: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
144: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
145: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 146: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 147:
1.58 louis 148: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 149: <p>
150:
151: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 152: <a
153: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
154: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
155: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 156: </strong></font><br>
157:
1.58 louis 158: Kurt Seifried
159: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
160: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
161: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
162: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 163:
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 165: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
166: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
167: </strong></font><br>
168:
169: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
170: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 174: <a
175: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 176: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
177: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 178: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 179:
180: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
181: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
182: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
183: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
184: right -- or at least strives to".
185: <p>
186:
1.61 louis 187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
188: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
189: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
190: </strong></font><br>
191: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
192: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
193: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
194: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
195: <p>
196:
1.46 louis 197: <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 198: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 199: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 200:
201: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
202: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
203: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
204: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
205: <p>
206:
1.58 louis 207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
208: <a
209: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
210: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
211: </strong></font><br>
212:
213: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
214: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
215: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
216:
1.44 philen 217: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
218: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 219: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 220:
221: Kurt Seifried
222: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
223: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
224: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
225: <p>
226:
1.41 louis 227: <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>,
228: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 229: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 230:
231: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
232: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
233:
1.37 louis 234: <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>,
235: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 236: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 237:
238: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 239: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 240:
1.36 louis 241: <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>,
242: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 243: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 244:
245: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
246: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
247: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
248: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
249: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
250:
251: <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 252: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 253: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 254:
1.36 louis 255: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
256: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 257:
1.38 louis 258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 259: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
260: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 261: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 262:
263: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
264: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
265:
1.30 deraadt 266: <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 267: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 268: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 269:
270: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
271: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
272: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 273:
1.29 louis 274: <li><strong>
275: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 276: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 277: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 278:
279: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
280: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 281: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
282: terminal:
1.29 louis 283: <blockquote>
284: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
285: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
286: <br>
287: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
288: </code>
289: </blockquote>
290: <p>
291:
1.16 louis 292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 293: <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>
294: <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 295: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 296:
297: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
298: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 299: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 300: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 301:
302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 303: <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 304: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 305:
306: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
307: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
308: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
309: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
310: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 311: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 312: <p>
313:
1.43 louis 314: <li><strong>
315: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 316: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 317:
318: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
319: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
320: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 321: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
322: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 323: <p>
324:
1.1 deraadt 325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 326: <a
327: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
328: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
329: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 330:
1.57 louis 331: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
332: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
333: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
334: Melbourne.<p>
335:
336: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
337: <a
338: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
339: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
340: </strong></font><br>
341:
342: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 343:
344: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 345: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 346: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 347: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 348:
1.23 louis 349: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
350: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
351: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
352: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
353: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 354: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 355:
356: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 357: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
358: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 359: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 360:
361: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
362: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
363: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
364: installation.
365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 368: <a
369: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
370: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
371: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
372:
373: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
374: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
375:
376: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 377: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 378: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 379: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 380:
381: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
382: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 383: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 384: <p>
385:
386: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 387: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 388: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 389: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 390:
391: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
392: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 393: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
394: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
395: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
396: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
397: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 398: <p>
399:
400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 401: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 402: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.57 louis 403: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 404:
1.20 louis 405: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
406: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 410: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 411: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 412:
413: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
414: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
415: available."
416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 419: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 420: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 421:
422: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
423: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
424: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
425: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
426: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
427: <p>
428:
429: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 430: <a
431: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
432: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
433: </strong></font><br>
434:
435: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
436: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
437: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
438: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
439: an interesting read.
440: <p>
441:
442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 443: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
444: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
445: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 446: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 447:
448: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
449: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
450:
451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 452: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 453:
454: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
455:
456: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 ! louis 457: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
! 458: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
! 459: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 460:
461: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
462: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
463:
464: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 465: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 466: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 467:
468: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
469: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
470: <p>
471:
1.57 louis 472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
473: <a
474: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
475: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
476: </strong></font><br>
477:
478: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
479: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
480: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
481: site.<p>
482:
1.7 deraadt 483: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 484: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 485: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 486: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 487: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 488:
489: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
490: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
491: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
492: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
493: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
494: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
495: <p>
496:
497: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 498: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
499: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 500: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 501:
502: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
503: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
504: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
505: over to OpenBSD.
506: <p>
507:
508: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 509: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
510: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 511: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 512:
513: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
514: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
515: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
516: columns."
517: <p>
518:
1.58 louis 519: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
520: <a
521: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
522: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
523: </strong></font><br>
524:
525: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
526: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
527:
1.2 deraadt 528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 529: <a
530: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
531: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
532:
533: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
534: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
535: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
536:
537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 538: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 539: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 540: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 541:
542: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
543: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
544: Implementation, including a brief interview with
545: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 546: <p>
547:
548: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
549: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.57 louis 550: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 551:
552: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
553: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
554: <p>
555:
556: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
557: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 558: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
559: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
560: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.57 louis 561: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.5 ian 562:
563: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
564: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
565: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
566: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
567: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 568: <p>
569:
570: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
571: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
572: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 573: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 574:
575: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
576: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
577: <p>
578:
579: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 580: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 581: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
582: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 583: <p>
584:
1.38 louis 585: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
586: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.57 louis 587: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 588:
589: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
590: OpenBSD is.
591: <p>
592:
1.17 deraadt 593: </dl>
594: <p>
1.1 deraadt 595:
1.27 deraadt 596: <hr>
1.45 philen 597: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 598:
1.17 deraadt 599: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
601: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 602: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 603:
604: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
605: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
606: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
607: <p>
608:
609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
610: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 611: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 612: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 613: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 614:
1.20 louis 615: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
616: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 617: explains the licensing issues and points to our
618: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
619: <p>
620:
1.17 deraadt 621: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 622:
1.27 deraadt 623: <hr>
1.20 louis 624: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
625:
626: <dl>
627:
628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
629: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
630: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 631: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 632:
633: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
634: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
635: translating and reprinting articles from
636: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
637: <p>
638:
639: </dl>
640:
1.50 louis 641: <hr>
642: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
643: <dl>
644:
645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
646: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
647: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 648: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 649:
650: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
651: <p>
652: </dl>
653:
1.20 louis 654:
1.1 deraadt 655: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 656: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
657: <dl>
658:
659: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 660: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
661: January 2000 issue
662: </strong></font><br>
663:
664: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
665: <p>
666:
667: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
668: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 669: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 670: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 671:
1.59 form 672: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 673: <p>
674:
675: <p>
676: </dl>
677:
678: <hr>
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680: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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