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