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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>
1.70 ! louis 20:
! 21: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 22: <a
! 23: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
! 24: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26:
! 27: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
! 28: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
! 29: platforms without good crypto support.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
1.48 louis 32: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 33: <a
34: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
35: </strong></font><br>
36:
37: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
38: how to set up packet filtering with <a
39: 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
40: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 44: <a
1.64 louis 45: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
46: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
47: </strong></font><br>
48:
49: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
50: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
51: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
52: "secure by default" installation.
53: <p>
54:
55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
56: <a
1.66 louis 57: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
58: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
59: </strong></font><br>
60:
61: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
62: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
63: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
64: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
65: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
66: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
67: <p>
68:
69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
70: <a
1.64 louis 71: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
72: Information Security, February 2000
73: </strong></font><br>
74:
75: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 76: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
77: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 78: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
79: its reputation among security experts.
80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
83: <a
1.65 louis 84: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
85: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
86: </strong></font><br>
87:
88: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
89: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
90: <p>
91:
1.69 deraadt 92: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
93:
1.65 louis 94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
95: <a
1.60 louis 96: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
97: </strong></font><br>
98:
99: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
100: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
101: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
102: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
103: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
104: <p>
105:
106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 107: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
108: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
109: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
110: </strong></font><br>
111:
112: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
113: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
114: and cryptography.
115: <p>
116:
117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 118: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
119: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 120: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 121:
122: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
123: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
124: <p>
125:
126: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 127: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
128: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
129:
130: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
131: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
132: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
133: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
134: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
135:
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
137: <a
138: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
139: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
140: </strong></font><br>
141:
142: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
143: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
144: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
145:
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 147: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 148: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 149:
150: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
151: in <a
152: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
153: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 154: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 155: <p>
156:
157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 158: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
159: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
160: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 161: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 162:
1.58 louis 163: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 164: <p>
165:
1.69 deraadt 166: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
167:
1.51 deraadt 168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 169: <a
170: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
171: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
172: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 173: </strong></font><br>
174:
1.58 louis 175: Kurt Seifried
176: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
177: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
178: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
179: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 180:
1.69 deraadt 181: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
182:
1.51 deraadt 183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 184: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
185: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
186: </strong></font><br>
187:
188: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
189: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
190: <p>
191:
192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 193: <a
194: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 195: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
196: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 197: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 198:
199: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
200: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
201: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
202: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
203: right -- or at least strives to".
204: <p>
205:
1.61 louis 206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
207: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
208: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
209: </strong></font><br>
210: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
211: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
212: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
213: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
214: <p>
215:
1.46 louis 216: <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 217: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 218: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 219:
220: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
221: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
222: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
223: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
224: <p>
225:
1.58 louis 226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
227: <a
228: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
229: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
230: </strong></font><br>
231:
232: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
233: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
234: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
235:
1.70 ! louis 236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 237: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
! 238: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
! 239: </strong></font><br>
! 240:
! 241: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
! 242: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
! 243: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
! 244: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
! 245: <p>
! 246:
1.69 deraadt 247: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
248:
1.44 philen 249: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
250: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 251: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 252:
253: Kurt Seifried
254: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
255: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
256: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
257: <p>
258:
1.41 louis 259: <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>,
260: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 261: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 262:
263: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
264: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
265:
1.37 louis 266: <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>,
267: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 268: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 269:
270: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 271: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 272:
1.36 louis 273: <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>,
274: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 275: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 276:
277: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
278: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
279: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
280: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
281: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
282:
283: <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 284: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 285: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 286:
1.36 louis 287: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
288: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 289:
1.38 louis 290: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 291: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
292: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 293: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 294:
295: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
296: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
297:
1.69 deraadt 298: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
299:
1.30 deraadt 300: <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 301: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 302: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 303:
304: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
305: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
306: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 307:
1.29 louis 308: <li><strong>
309: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 310: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 311: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 312:
313: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
314: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 315: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
316: terminal:
1.29 louis 317: <blockquote>
318: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
319: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
320: <br>
321: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
322: </code>
323: </blockquote>
324: <p>
325:
1.16 louis 326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 327: <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>
328: <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 329: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 330:
331: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
332: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 333: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 334: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 335:
336: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 337: <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 338: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 339:
340: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
341: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
342: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
343: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
344: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 345: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 346: <p>
347:
1.43 louis 348: <li><strong>
349: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 350: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 351:
352: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
353: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
354: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 355: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
356: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 357: <p>
358:
1.1 deraadt 359: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 360: <a
361: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
362: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
363: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 364:
1.57 louis 365: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
366: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
367: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
368: Melbourne.<p>
369:
370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
371: <a
372: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
373: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
374: </strong></font><br>
375:
376: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 377:
378: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 379: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 380: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 381: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 382:
1.23 louis 383: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
384: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
385: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
386: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
387: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 388: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 389:
390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 391: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
392: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 393: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 394:
395: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
396: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
397: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
398: installation.
399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 402: <a
403: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
404: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
405: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
406:
407: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
408: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
409:
1.69 deraadt 410: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
411:
1.57 louis 412: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 413: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 414: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 415: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 416:
417: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
418: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 419: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 420: <p>
421:
422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 423: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 424: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 425: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 426:
427: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
428: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 429: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
430: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
431: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
432: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
433: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 434: <p>
435:
1.69 deraadt 436: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 437:
438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 439: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 440: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 441:
442: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
443: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
444: available."
445: <p>
446:
1.69 deraadt 447: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
448:
1.6 deraadt 449: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 450: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 451: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 452:
453: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
454: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
455: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
456: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
457: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
458: <p>
459:
460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 461: <a
462: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
463: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
464: </strong></font><br>
465:
466: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
467: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
468: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
469: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
470: an interesting read.
471: <p>
472:
1.69 deraadt 473: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
474:
475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
476: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
477: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
478: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
479:
480: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
481: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
482: <p>
483:
1.57 louis 484: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 485: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
486: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
487: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 488: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 489:
490: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
491: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
492:
493: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 494: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 495:
496: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
497:
498: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 499: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
500: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
501: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 502:
503: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
504: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
505:
1.69 deraadt 506: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
507:
1.23 louis 508: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 509: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 510: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 511:
512: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
513: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
514: <p>
515:
1.57 louis 516: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
517: <a
518: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
519: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
520: </strong></font><br>
521:
522: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
523: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
524: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
525: site.<p>
526:
1.69 deraadt 527: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
528:
1.7 deraadt 529: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 531: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 532: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 533: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 534:
535: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
536: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
537: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
538: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
539: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
540: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
541: <p>
542:
543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 544: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
545: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 546: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 547:
548: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
549: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
550: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
551: over to OpenBSD.
552: <p>
553:
554: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 555: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
556: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 557: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 558:
559: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
560: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
561: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
562: columns."
563: <p>
564:
1.69 deraadt 565: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
566:
1.58 louis 567: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
568: <a
569: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
570: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
571: </strong></font><br>
572:
573: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
574: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
575:
1.2 deraadt 576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 577: <a
578: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
579: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
580:
581: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
582: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
583: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
584:
1.69 deraadt 585: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
586:
1.57 louis 587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 588: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 589: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 590: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 591:
592: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
593: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
594: Implementation, including a brief interview with
595: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 596: <p>
597:
1.69 deraadt 598: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
599:
1.1 deraadt 600: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 601: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
602: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 603:
1.69 deraadt 604: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
605: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 606: <p>
607:
1.69 deraadt 608: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 609:
610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
611: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
612: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 613: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 614:
615: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
616: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
617: <p>
618:
619: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 620: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 621: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
622: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 623: <p>
624:
1.69 deraadt 625: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
626:
627: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
628: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
629: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
630: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
631: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
632: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
633:
634: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
635: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
636: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
637: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
638: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
639: <p>
640:
641: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
642:
1.38 louis 643: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 644: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
645: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 646:
1.69 deraadt 647: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
648: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 649: <p>
650:
1.17 deraadt 651: </dl>
652: <p>
1.1 deraadt 653:
1.27 deraadt 654: <hr>
1.45 philen 655: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 656:
1.69 deraadt 657: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
658:
1.17 deraadt 659: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 660: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
661: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 662: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 663:
664: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
665: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
666: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
667: <p>
668:
669: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
670: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 671: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 672: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 673: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 674:
1.20 louis 675: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
676: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 677: explains the licensing issues and points to our
678: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
679: <p>
680:
1.17 deraadt 681: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 682:
1.27 deraadt 683: <hr>
1.20 louis 684: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
685:
686: <dl>
687:
1.69 deraadt 688: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
689:
1.20 louis 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
691: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
692: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 693: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 694:
695: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
696: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
697: translating and reprinting articles from
698: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
699: <p>
700:
701: </dl>
702:
1.50 louis 703: <hr>
704: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
705: <dl>
706:
1.69 deraadt 707: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
708:
1.50 louis 709: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
710: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
711: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 712: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 713:
714: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
715: <p>
716: </dl>
717:
1.20 louis 718:
1.1 deraadt 719: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 720: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
721: <dl>
722:
1.69 deraadt 723: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
724:
1.56 deraadt 725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 726: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
727: January 2000 issue
728: </strong></font><br>
729:
730: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
731: <p>
732:
1.69 deraadt 733: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
734:
1.62 form 735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
736: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 737: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 738: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 739:
1.59 form 740: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 741: <p>
742:
743: <p>
744: </dl>
745:
746: <hr>
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