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19: <a href=#en>[EN]</a>
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1.18 deraadt 28: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 30:
1.71 louis 31: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
32:
33: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
34: <a
35: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/">Getting to know OpenBSD</a>,
36: Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
37: </strong></font><br>
38:
39: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
40: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
41: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.72 louis 42: competitive advantage. The article is only in the paper publication for now,
43: and will be published online later.
1.71 louis 44: <p>
45:
1.69 deraadt 46: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 47:
48: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
49: <a
50: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
51: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
52: </strong></font><br>
53:
54: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
55: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
56: platforms without good crypto support.
57: <p>
58:
1.48 louis 59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 60: <a
61: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
62: </strong></font><br>
63:
64: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
65: how to set up packet filtering with <a
66: 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
67: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
68: <p>
69:
70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 71: <a
1.64 louis 72: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
73: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
74: </strong></font><br>
75:
76: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
77: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
78: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
79: "secure by default" installation.
80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
83: <a
1.66 louis 84: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
85: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
86: </strong></font><br>
87:
88: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
89: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
90: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
91: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
92: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
93: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
94: <p>
95:
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
97: <a
1.64 louis 98: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
99: Information Security, February 2000
100: </strong></font><br>
101:
102: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 103: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
104: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 105: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
106: its reputation among security experts.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
110: <a
1.65 louis 111: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
112: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
113: </strong></font><br>
114:
115: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
116: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
117: <p>
118:
1.69 deraadt 119: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
120:
1.65 louis 121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
122: <a
1.60 louis 123: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
124: </strong></font><br>
125:
126: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
127: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
128: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
129: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
130: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
131: <p>
132:
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 134: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
135: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
136: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
137: </strong></font><br>
138:
139: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
140: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
141: and cryptography.
142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 145: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
146: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 147: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 148:
149: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
150: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
151: <p>
152:
153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 154: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
155: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
156:
157: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
158: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
159: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
160: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
161: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
162:
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
164: <a
165: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
166: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
167: </strong></font><br>
168:
169: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
170: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
171: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
172:
173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 174: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 175: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 176:
177: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
178: in <a
179: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
180: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 181: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 182: <p>
183:
184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 185: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
186: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
187: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 188: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 189:
1.58 louis 190: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 191: <p>
192:
1.69 deraadt 193: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
194:
1.51 deraadt 195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 196: <a
197: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
198: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
199: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 200: </strong></font><br>
201:
1.58 louis 202: Kurt Seifried
203: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
204: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
205: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
206: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 207:
1.69 deraadt 208: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
209:
1.51 deraadt 210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 211: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
212: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
213: </strong></font><br>
214:
215: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
216: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
217: <p>
218:
219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 220: <a
221: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 222: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
223: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 224: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 225:
226: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
227: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
228: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
229: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
230: right -- or at least strives to".
231: <p>
232:
1.61 louis 233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
234: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
235: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
236: </strong></font><br>
237: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
238: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
239: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
240: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
241: <p>
242:
1.46 louis 243: <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 244: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 245: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 246:
247: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
248: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
249: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
250: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
251: <p>
252:
1.58 louis 253: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
254: <a
255: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
256: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
257: </strong></font><br>
258:
259: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
260: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
261: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
262:
1.70 louis 263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
264: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
265: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
266: </strong></font><br>
267:
268: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
269: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
270: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
271: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
272: <p>
273:
1.69 deraadt 274: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
275:
1.44 philen 276: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
277: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 278: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 279:
280: Kurt Seifried
281: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
282: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
283: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
284: <p>
285:
1.41 louis 286: <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>,
287: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 288: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 289:
290: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
291: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
292:
1.37 louis 293: <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>,
294: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 295: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 296:
297: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 298: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 299:
1.36 louis 300: <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>,
301: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 302: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 303:
304: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
305: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
306: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
307: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
308: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
309:
310: <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 311: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 312: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 313:
1.36 louis 314: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
315: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 316:
1.38 louis 317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 318: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
319: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 320: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 321:
322: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
323: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
324:
1.69 deraadt 325: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
326:
1.30 deraadt 327: <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 328: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 329: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 330:
331: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
332: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
333: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 334:
1.29 louis 335: <li><strong>
336: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 337: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 338: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 339:
340: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
341: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 342: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
343: terminal:
1.29 louis 344: <blockquote>
345: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
346: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
347: <br>
348: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
349: </code>
350: </blockquote>
351: <p>
352:
1.16 louis 353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 354: <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>
355: <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 356: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 357:
358: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
359: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 360: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 361: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 362:
363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 364: <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 365: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 366:
367: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
368: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
369: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
370: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
371: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 372: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 373: <p>
374:
1.43 louis 375: <li><strong>
376: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 377: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 378:
379: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
380: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
381: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 382: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
383: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 384: <p>
385:
1.1 deraadt 386: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 387: <a
388: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
389: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
390: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 391:
1.57 louis 392: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
393: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
394: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
395: Melbourne.<p>
396:
397: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
398: <a
399: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
400: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
401: </strong></font><br>
402:
403: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 404:
405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 406: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 407: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 408: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 409:
1.23 louis 410: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
411: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
412: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
413: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
414: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 415: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 416:
417: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 418: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
419: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 420: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 421:
422: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
423: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
424: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
425: installation.
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 429: <a
430: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
431: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
432: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
433:
434: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
435: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
436:
1.69 deraadt 437: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
438:
1.57 louis 439: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 440: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 441: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 442: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 443:
444: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
445: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 446: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 447: <p>
448:
449: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 450: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 451: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 452: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 453:
454: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
455: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 456: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
457: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
458: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
459: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
460: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 461: <p>
462:
1.69 deraadt 463: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 464:
465: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 466: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 467: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 468:
469: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
470: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
471: available."
472: <p>
473:
1.69 deraadt 474: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
475:
1.6 deraadt 476: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 477: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 478: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 479:
480: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
481: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
482: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
483: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
484: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
485: <p>
486:
487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 488: <a
489: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
490: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
491: </strong></font><br>
492:
493: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
494: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
495: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
496: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
497: an interesting read.
498: <p>
499:
1.69 deraadt 500: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
501:
502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
503: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
504: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
505: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
506:
507: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
508: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
509: <p>
510:
1.57 louis 511: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 512: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
513: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
514: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 515: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 516:
517: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
518: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
519:
520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 521: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 522:
523: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
524:
525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 526: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
527: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
528: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 529:
530: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
531: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
532:
1.69 deraadt 533: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
534:
1.23 louis 535: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 536: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 537: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 538:
539: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
540: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
541: <p>
542:
1.57 louis 543: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
544: <a
545: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
546: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
547: </strong></font><br>
548:
549: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
550: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
551: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
552: site.<p>
553:
1.69 deraadt 554: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
555:
1.7 deraadt 556: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 558: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 559: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 560: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 561:
562: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
563: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
564: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
565: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
566: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
567: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
568: <p>
569:
570: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 571: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
572: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 573: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 574:
575: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
576: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
577: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
578: over to OpenBSD.
579: <p>
580:
581: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 582: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
583: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 584: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 585:
586: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
587: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
588: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
589: columns."
590: <p>
591:
1.69 deraadt 592: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
593:
1.58 louis 594: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
595: <a
596: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
597: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
598: </strong></font><br>
599:
600: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
601: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
602:
1.2 deraadt 603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 604: <a
605: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
606: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
607:
608: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
609: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
610: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
611:
1.69 deraadt 612: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
613:
1.57 louis 614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 615: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 616: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 617: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 618:
619: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
620: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
621: Implementation, including a brief interview with
622: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 623: <p>
624:
1.69 deraadt 625: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
626:
1.1 deraadt 627: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 628: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
629: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 630:
1.69 deraadt 631: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
632: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 633: <p>
634:
1.69 deraadt 635: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 636:
637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
638: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
639: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 640: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 641:
642: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
643: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
644: <p>
645:
646: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 647: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 648: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
649: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 650: <p>
651:
1.69 deraadt 652: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
653:
654: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
655: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
656: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
657: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
658: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
659: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
660:
661: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
662: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
663: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
664: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
665: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
666: <p>
667:
668: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
669:
1.38 louis 670: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 671: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
672: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 673:
1.69 deraadt 674: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
675: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 676: <p>
677:
1.17 deraadt 678: </dl>
679: <p>
1.1 deraadt 680:
1.27 deraadt 681: <hr>
1.72 louis 682: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 683: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 684:
1.69 deraadt 685: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
686:
1.17 deraadt 687: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
689: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 690: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 691:
692: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
693: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
694: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
698: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 699: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 700: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 701: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 702:
1.20 louis 703: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
704: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 705: explains the licensing issues and points to our
706: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
707: <p>
708:
1.17 deraadt 709: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 710:
1.27 deraadt 711: <hr>
1.72 louis 712: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 713: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
714:
715: <dl>
716:
1.69 deraadt 717: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
718:
1.20 louis 719: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
720: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
721: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 722: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 723:
724: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
725: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
726: translating and reprinting articles from
727: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
728: <p>
729:
730: </dl>
731:
1.50 louis 732: <hr>
1.72 louis 733: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 734: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
735: <dl>
736:
1.72 louis 737: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
738:
739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 ! louis 740: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 741: Februar 2000
742: </strong></font><br>
743:
1.73 ! louis 744: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
! 745: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
! 746: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
! 747: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 748: <p>
749:
1.69 deraadt 750: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
751:
1.50 louis 752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
753: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
754: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 755: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 756:
757: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
758: <p>
759: </dl>
760:
1.20 louis 761:
1.1 deraadt 762: <hr>
1.72 louis 763: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 764: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
765: <dl>
766:
1.69 deraadt 767: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
768:
1.56 deraadt 769: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 770: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
771: January 2000 issue
772: </strong></font><br>
773:
774: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
775: <p>
776:
1.69 deraadt 777: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
778:
1.62 form 779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
780: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 781: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 782: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 783:
1.59 form 784: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 785: <p>
786:
787: <p>
788: </dl>
789:
790: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 791: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
792: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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