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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:
1.74 ! louis 33: http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html
! 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 35: <a
! 36: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
! 37: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
! 38: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
! 39: </strong></font><br>
! 40:
! 41: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
! 42: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
! 43: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
! 44: simply by reading the source code.
! 45: <p>
! 46:
1.71 louis 47: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
48: <a
49: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/">Getting to know OpenBSD</a>,
50: Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
51: </strong></font><br>
52:
53: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
54: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
55: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.72 louis 56: competitive advantage. The article is only in the paper publication for now,
57: and will be published online later.
1.71 louis 58: <p>
59:
1.69 deraadt 60: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 61:
62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
63: <a
64: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
65: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
66: </strong></font><br>
67:
68: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
69: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
70: platforms without good crypto support.
71: <p>
72:
1.48 louis 73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 74: <a
75: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
76: </strong></font><br>
77:
78: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
79: how to set up packet filtering with <a
80: 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
81: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
82: <p>
83:
84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 85: <a
1.64 louis 86: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
87: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
88: </strong></font><br>
89:
90: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
91: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
92: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
93: "secure by default" installation.
94: <p>
95:
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
97: <a
1.66 louis 98: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
99: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
100: </strong></font><br>
101:
102: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
103: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
104: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
105: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
106: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
107: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
111: <a
1.64 louis 112: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
113: Information Security, February 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 117: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
118: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 119: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
120: its reputation among security experts.
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
124: <a
1.65 louis 125: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
126: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
127: </strong></font><br>
128:
129: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
130: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
131: <p>
132:
1.69 deraadt 133: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
134:
1.65 louis 135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
136: <a
1.60 louis 137: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
138: </strong></font><br>
139:
140: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
141: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
142: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
143: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
144: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 148: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
149: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
150: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
151: </strong></font><br>
152:
153: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
154: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
155: and cryptography.
156: <p>
157:
158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 159: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
160: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 161: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 162:
163: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
164: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
165: <p>
166:
167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 168: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
169: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
170:
171: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
172: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
173: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
174: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
175: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
176:
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
178: <a
179: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
180: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
181: </strong></font><br>
182:
183: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
184: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
185: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
186:
187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 188: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 189: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 190:
191: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
192: in <a
193: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
194: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 195: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 196: <p>
197:
198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 199: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
200: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
201: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 202: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 203:
1.58 louis 204: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 205: <p>
206:
1.69 deraadt 207: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
208:
1.51 deraadt 209: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 210: <a
211: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
212: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
213: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 214: </strong></font><br>
215:
1.58 louis 216: Kurt Seifried
217: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
218: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
219: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
220: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 221:
1.69 deraadt 222: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
223:
1.51 deraadt 224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 225: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
226: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
227: </strong></font><br>
228:
229: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
230: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 234: <a
235: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 236: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
237: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 238: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 239:
240: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
241: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
242: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
243: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
244: right -- or at least strives to".
245: <p>
246:
1.61 louis 247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
248: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
249: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
250: </strong></font><br>
251: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
252: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
253: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
254: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
255: <p>
256:
1.46 louis 257: <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 258: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 259: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 260:
261: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
262: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
263: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
264: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
265: <p>
266:
1.58 louis 267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
268: <a
269: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
270: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
271: </strong></font><br>
272:
273: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
274: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
275: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
276:
1.70 louis 277: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
278: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
279: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
280: </strong></font><br>
281:
282: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
283: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
284: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
285: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
286: <p>
287:
1.69 deraadt 288: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
289:
1.44 philen 290: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
291: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 292: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 293:
294: Kurt Seifried
295: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
296: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
297: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
298: <p>
299:
1.41 louis 300: <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>,
301: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 302: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 303:
304: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
305: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
306:
1.37 louis 307: <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>,
308: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 309: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 310:
311: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 312: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 313:
1.36 louis 314: <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>,
315: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 316: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 317:
318: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
319: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
320: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
321: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
322: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
323:
324: <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 325: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 326: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 327:
1.36 louis 328: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
329: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 330:
1.38 louis 331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 332: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
333: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 334: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 335:
336: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
337: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
338:
1.69 deraadt 339: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
340:
1.30 deraadt 341: <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 342: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 343: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 344:
345: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
346: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
347: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 348:
1.29 louis 349: <li><strong>
350: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 351: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 352: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 353:
354: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
355: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 356: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
357: terminal:
1.29 louis 358: <blockquote>
359: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
360: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
361: <br>
362: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
363: </code>
364: </blockquote>
365: <p>
366:
1.16 louis 367: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 368: <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>
369: <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 370: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 371:
372: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
373: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 374: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 375: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 376:
377: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 378: <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 379: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 380:
381: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
382: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
383: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
384: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
385: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 386: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 387: <p>
388:
1.43 louis 389: <li><strong>
390: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 391: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 392:
393: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
394: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
395: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 396: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
397: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 398: <p>
399:
1.1 deraadt 400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 401: <a
402: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
403: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
404: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 405:
1.57 louis 406: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
407: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
408: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
409: Melbourne.<p>
410:
411: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
412: <a
413: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
414: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
415: </strong></font><br>
416:
417: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 418:
419: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 420: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 421: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 422: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 423:
1.23 louis 424: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
425: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
426: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
427: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
428: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 429: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 430:
431: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 432: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
433: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 434: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 435:
436: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
437: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
438: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
439: installation.
440: <p>
441:
442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 443: <a
444: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
445: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
446: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
447:
448: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
449: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
450:
1.69 deraadt 451: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
452:
1.57 louis 453: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 454: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 455: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 456: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 457:
458: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
459: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 460: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 461: <p>
462:
463: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 464: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 465: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 466: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 467:
468: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
469: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 470: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
471: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
472: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
473: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
474: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 475: <p>
476:
1.69 deraadt 477: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 478:
479: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 480: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 481: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 482:
483: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
484: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
485: available."
486: <p>
487:
1.69 deraadt 488: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
489:
1.6 deraadt 490: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 491: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 492: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 493:
494: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
495: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
496: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
497: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
498: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
499: <p>
500:
501: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 502: <a
503: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
504: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
505: </strong></font><br>
506:
507: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
508: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
509: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
510: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
511: an interesting read.
512: <p>
513:
1.69 deraadt 514: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
515:
516: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
517: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
518: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
519: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
520:
521: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
522: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
523: <p>
524:
1.57 louis 525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 526: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
527: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
528: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 529: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 530:
531: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
532: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
533:
534: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 535: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 536:
537: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
538:
539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 540: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
541: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
542: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 543:
544: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
545: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
546:
1.69 deraadt 547: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
548:
1.23 louis 549: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 550: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 551: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 552:
553: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
554: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
555: <p>
556:
1.57 louis 557: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
558: <a
559: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
560: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
561: </strong></font><br>
562:
563: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
564: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
565: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
566: site.<p>
567:
1.69 deraadt 568: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
569:
1.7 deraadt 570: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 572: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 573: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 574: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 575:
576: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
577: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
578: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
579: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
580: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
581: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
582: <p>
583:
584: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 585: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
586: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 587: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 588:
589: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
590: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
591: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
592: over to OpenBSD.
593: <p>
594:
595: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 596: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
597: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 598: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 599:
600: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
601: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
602: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
603: columns."
604: <p>
605:
1.69 deraadt 606: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
607:
1.58 louis 608: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
609: <a
610: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
611: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
612: </strong></font><br>
613:
614: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
615: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
616:
1.2 deraadt 617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 618: <a
619: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
620: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
621:
622: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
623: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
624: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
625:
1.69 deraadt 626: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
627:
1.57 louis 628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 629: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 630: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 631: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 632:
633: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
634: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
635: Implementation, including a brief interview with
636: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 637: <p>
638:
1.69 deraadt 639: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
640:
1.1 deraadt 641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 642: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
643: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 644:
1.69 deraadt 645: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
646: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 647: <p>
648:
1.69 deraadt 649: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 650:
651: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
652: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
653: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 654: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 655:
656: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
657: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 661: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 662: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
663: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 664: <p>
665:
1.69 deraadt 666: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
667:
668: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
669: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
670: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
671: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
672: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
673: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
674:
675: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
676: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
677: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
678: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
679: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
680: <p>
681:
682: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
683:
1.38 louis 684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 685: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
686: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 687:
1.69 deraadt 688: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
689: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 690: <p>
691:
1.17 deraadt 692: </dl>
693: <p>
1.1 deraadt 694:
1.27 deraadt 695: <hr>
1.72 louis 696: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 697: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 698:
1.69 deraadt 699: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
700:
1.17 deraadt 701: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 702: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
703: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 704: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 705:
706: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
707: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
708: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
709: <p>
710:
711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
712: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 713: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 714: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 715: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 716:
1.20 louis 717: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
718: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 719: explains the licensing issues and points to our
720: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
721: <p>
722:
1.17 deraadt 723: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 724:
1.27 deraadt 725: <hr>
1.72 louis 726: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 727: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
728:
729: <dl>
730:
1.69 deraadt 731: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
732:
1.20 louis 733: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
734: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
735: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 736: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 737:
738: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
739: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
740: translating and reprinting articles from
741: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
742: <p>
743:
744: </dl>
745:
1.50 louis 746: <hr>
1.72 louis 747: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 748: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
749: <dl>
750:
1.72 louis 751: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
752:
753: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 754: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 755: Februar 2000
756: </strong></font><br>
757:
1.73 louis 758: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
759: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
760: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
761: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 762: <p>
763:
1.69 deraadt 764: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
765:
1.50 louis 766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
767: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
768: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 769: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 770:
771: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
772: <p>
773: </dl>
774:
1.20 louis 775:
1.1 deraadt 776: <hr>
1.72 louis 777: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 778: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
779: <dl>
780:
1.69 deraadt 781: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
782:
1.56 deraadt 783: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 784: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
785: January 2000 issue
786: </strong></font><br>
787:
788: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
789: <p>
790:
1.69 deraadt 791: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
792:
1.62 form 793: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
794: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 795: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 796: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 797:
1.59 form 798: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 799: <p>
800:
801: <p>
802: </dl>
803:
804: <hr>
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