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1.69 ! deraadt 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage<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:
1.69 ! deraadt 19: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.48 louis 20: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 21: <a
22: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
23: </strong></font><br>
24:
25: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
26: how to set up packet filtering with <a
27: 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
28: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
29: <p>
30:
31: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 32: <a
1.64 louis 33: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
34: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
35: </strong></font><br>
36:
37: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
38: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
39: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
40: "secure by default" installation.
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
44: <a
1.66 louis 45: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
46: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
47: </strong></font><br>
48:
49: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
50: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
51: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
52: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
53: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
54: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
55: <p>
56:
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
58: <a
1.64 louis 59: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
60: Information Security, February 2000
61: </strong></font><br>
62:
63: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 64: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
65: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 66: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
67: its reputation among security experts.
68: <p>
69:
70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
71: <a
1.65 louis 72: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
73: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
74: </strong></font><br>
75:
76: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
77: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
78: <p>
79:
1.69 ! deraadt 80: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
! 81:
1.65 louis 82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
83: <a
1.60 louis 84: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
85: </strong></font><br>
86:
87: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
88: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
89: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
90: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
91: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
92: <p>
93:
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 95: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
96: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
97: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
98: </strong></font><br>
99:
100: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
101: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
102: and cryptography.
103: <p>
104:
105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 106: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
107: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 108: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 109:
110: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
111: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 115: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
116: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
117:
118: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
119: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
120: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
121: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
122: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
125: <a
126: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
127: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
128: </strong></font><br>
129:
130: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
131: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
132: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
133:
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 135: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 136: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 137:
138: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
139: in <a
140: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
141: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 142: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 146: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
147: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
148: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 149: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 150:
1.58 louis 151: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 152: <p>
153:
1.69 ! deraadt 154: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
! 155:
1.51 deraadt 156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 157: <a
158: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
159: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
160: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 161: </strong></font><br>
162:
1.58 louis 163: Kurt Seifried
164: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
165: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
166: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
167: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 168:
1.69 ! deraadt 169: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
! 170:
1.51 deraadt 171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 172: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
173: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
174: </strong></font><br>
175:
176: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
177: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 181: <a
182: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 183: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
184: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 185: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 186:
187: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
188: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
189: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
190: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
191: right -- or at least strives to".
192: <p>
193:
1.61 louis 194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
195: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
196: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
197: </strong></font><br>
198: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
199: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
200: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
201: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
202: <p>
203:
1.46 louis 204: <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 205: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 206: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 207:
208: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
209: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
210: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
211: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
212: <p>
213:
1.58 louis 214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
215: <a
216: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
217: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
218: </strong></font><br>
219:
220: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
221: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
222: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
223:
1.69 ! deraadt 224: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
! 225:
1.44 philen 226: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
227: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 228: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 229:
230: Kurt Seifried
231: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
232: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
233: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
234: <p>
235:
1.41 louis 236: <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>,
237: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 238: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 239:
240: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
241: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
242:
1.37 louis 243: <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>,
244: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 245: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 246:
247: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 248: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 249:
1.36 louis 250: <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>,
251: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 252: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 253:
254: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
255: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
256: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
257: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
258: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
259:
260: <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 261: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 262: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 263:
1.36 louis 264: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
265: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 266:
1.38 louis 267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 268: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
269: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 270: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 271:
272: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
273: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
274:
1.69 ! deraadt 275: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
! 276:
1.30 deraadt 277: <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 278: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 279: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 280:
281: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
282: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
283: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 284:
1.29 louis 285: <li><strong>
286: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 287: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 288: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 289:
290: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
291: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 292: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
293: terminal:
1.29 louis 294: <blockquote>
295: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
296: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
297: <br>
298: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
299: </code>
300: </blockquote>
301: <p>
302:
1.16 louis 303: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 304: <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>
305: <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 306: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 307:
308: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
309: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 310: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 311: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 312:
313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 314: <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 315: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 316:
317: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
318: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
319: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
320: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
321: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 322: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 323: <p>
324:
1.43 louis 325: <li><strong>
326: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 327: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 328:
329: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
330: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
331: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 332: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
333: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 334: <p>
335:
1.1 deraadt 336: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 337: <a
338: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
339: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
340: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 341:
1.57 louis 342: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
343: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
344: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
345: Melbourne.<p>
346:
347: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
348: <a
349: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
350: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
351: </strong></font><br>
352:
353: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 354:
355: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 356: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 357: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 358: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 359:
1.23 louis 360: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
361: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
362: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
363: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
364: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 365: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 366:
367: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 368: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
369: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 370: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 371:
372: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
373: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
374: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
375: installation.
376: <p>
377:
378: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 379: <a
380: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
381: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
382: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
383:
384: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
385: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
386:
1.69 ! deraadt 387: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
! 388:
1.57 louis 389: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 390: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 391: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 392: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 393:
394: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
395: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 396: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 397: <p>
398:
399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 400: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 401: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 402: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 403:
404: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
405: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 406: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
407: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
408: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
409: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
410: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 411: <p>
412:
1.69 ! deraadt 413: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 414:
415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 416: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 417: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 418:
419: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
420: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
421: available."
422: <p>
423:
1.69 ! deraadt 424: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
! 425:
1.6 deraadt 426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 427: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 428: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 429:
430: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
431: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
432: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
433: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
434: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 438: <a
439: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
440: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
441: </strong></font><br>
442:
443: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
444: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
445: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
446: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
447: an interesting read.
448: <p>
449:
1.69 ! deraadt 450: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
! 451:
! 452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 453: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
! 454: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
! 455: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 456:
! 457: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
! 458: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
! 459: <p>
! 460:
1.57 louis 461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 462: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
463: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
464: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 465: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 466:
467: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
468: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
469:
470: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 471: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 472:
473: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
474:
475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 476: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
477: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
478: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 479:
480: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
481: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
482:
1.69 ! deraadt 483: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
! 484:
1.23 louis 485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 486: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 487: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 488:
489: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
490: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
491: <p>
492:
1.57 louis 493: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
494: <a
495: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
496: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
497: </strong></font><br>
498:
499: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
500: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
501: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
502: site.<p>
503:
1.69 ! deraadt 504: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
! 505:
1.7 deraadt 506: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 508: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 509: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 510: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 511:
512: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
513: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
514: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
515: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
516: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
517: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
518: <p>
519:
520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 521: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
522: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 523: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 524:
525: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
526: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
527: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
528: over to OpenBSD.
529: <p>
530:
531: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 532: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
533: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 534: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 535:
536: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
537: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
538: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
539: columns."
540: <p>
541:
1.69 ! deraadt 542: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
! 543:
1.58 louis 544: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
545: <a
546: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
547: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
548: </strong></font><br>
549:
550: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
551: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
552:
1.2 deraadt 553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 554: <a
555: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
556: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
557:
558: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
559: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
560: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
561:
1.69 ! deraadt 562: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
! 563:
1.57 louis 564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 565: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 566: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 567: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 568:
569: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
570: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
571: Implementation, including a brief interview with
572: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 573: <p>
574:
1.69 ! deraadt 575: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
! 576:
1.1 deraadt 577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 ! deraadt 578: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
! 579: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 580:
1.69 ! deraadt 581: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
! 582: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 583: <p>
584:
1.69 ! deraadt 585: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 586:
587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
588: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
589: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 590: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 591:
592: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
593: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
594: <p>
595:
596: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 597: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 598: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
599: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 600: <p>
601:
1.69 ! deraadt 602: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
! 603:
! 604: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 605: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
! 606: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
! 607: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
! 608: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
! 609: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
! 610:
! 611: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
! 612: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
! 613: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
! 614: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
! 615: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
! 616: <p>
! 617:
! 618: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
! 619:
1.38 louis 620: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 ! deraadt 621: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
! 622: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 623:
1.69 ! deraadt 624: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
! 625: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 626: <p>
627:
1.17 deraadt 628: </dl>
629: <p>
1.1 deraadt 630:
1.27 deraadt 631: <hr>
1.45 philen 632: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 633:
1.69 ! deraadt 634: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
! 635:
1.17 deraadt 636: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
638: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 639: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 640:
641: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
642: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
643: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
644: <p>
645:
646: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
647: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 648: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 649: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 650: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 651:
1.20 louis 652: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
653: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 654: explains the licensing issues and points to our
655: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
656: <p>
657:
1.17 deraadt 658: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 659:
1.27 deraadt 660: <hr>
1.20 louis 661: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
662:
663: <dl>
664:
1.69 ! deraadt 665: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
! 666:
1.20 louis 667: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
668: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
669: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 670: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 671:
672: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
673: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
674: translating and reprinting articles from
675: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
676: <p>
677:
678: </dl>
679:
1.50 louis 680: <hr>
681: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
682: <dl>
683:
1.69 ! deraadt 684: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
! 685:
1.50 louis 686: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
687: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
688: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 689: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 690:
691: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
692: <p>
693: </dl>
694:
1.20 louis 695:
1.1 deraadt 696: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 697: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
698: <dl>
699:
1.69 ! deraadt 700: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
! 701:
1.56 deraadt 702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 703: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
704: January 2000 issue
705: </strong></font><br>
706:
707: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
708: <p>
709:
1.69 ! deraadt 710: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
! 711:
1.62 form 712: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
713: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 714: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 715: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 716:
1.59 form 717: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 718: <p>
719:
720: <p>
721: </dl>
722:
723: <hr>
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725: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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