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15: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</font></h2>
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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
1.76 ! louis 48: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
! 49: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 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
1.76 ! louis 55: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 56: <p>
57:
1.69 deraadt 58: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 59:
60: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
61: <a
62: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
63: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
64: </strong></font><br>
65:
66: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
67: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
68: platforms without good crypto support.
69: <p>
70:
1.48 louis 71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 72: <a
73: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
74: </strong></font><br>
75:
76: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
77: how to set up packet filtering with <a
78: 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
79: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 83: <a
1.64 louis 84: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
85: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
86: </strong></font><br>
87:
88: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
89: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
90: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
91: "secure by default" installation.
92: <p>
93:
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
95: <a
1.66 louis 96: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
97: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
98: </strong></font><br>
99:
100: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
101: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
102: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
103: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
104: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
105: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
106: <p>
107:
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
109: <a
1.64 louis 110: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
111: Information Security, February 2000
112: </strong></font><br>
113:
114: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 115: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
116: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 117: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
118: its reputation among security experts.
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
122: <a
1.65 louis 123: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
124: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
125: </strong></font><br>
126:
127: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
128: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
129: <p>
130:
1.69 deraadt 131: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
132:
1.65 louis 133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
134: <a
1.60 louis 135: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
136: </strong></font><br>
137:
138: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
139: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
140: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
141: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
142: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 146: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
147: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
148: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
149: </strong></font><br>
150:
151: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
152: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
153: and cryptography.
154: <p>
155:
156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 157: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
158: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 159: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 160:
161: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
162: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
163: <p>
164:
165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 166: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
167: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
168:
169: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
170: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
171: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
172: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
173: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
174:
175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
176: <a
177: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
178: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
179: </strong></font><br>
180:
181: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
182: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
183: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
184:
185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 186: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 187: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 188:
189: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
190: in <a
191: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
192: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 193: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 194: <p>
195:
196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 197: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
198: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
199: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 200: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 201:
1.58 louis 202: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 203: <p>
204:
1.69 deraadt 205: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
206:
1.51 deraadt 207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 208: <a
209: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
210: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
211: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 212: </strong></font><br>
213:
1.58 louis 214: Kurt Seifried
215: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
216: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
217: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
218: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 219:
1.69 deraadt 220: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
221:
1.51 deraadt 222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 223: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
224: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
225: </strong></font><br>
226:
227: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
228: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 232: <a
233: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 234: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
235: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 236: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 237:
238: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
239: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
240: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
241: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
242: right -- or at least strives to".
243: <p>
244:
1.61 louis 245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
246: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
247: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
248: </strong></font><br>
249: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
250: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
251: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
252: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
253: <p>
254:
1.46 louis 255: <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 256: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 257: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 258:
259: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
260: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
261: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
262: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
263: <p>
264:
1.58 louis 265: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
266: <a
267: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
268: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
269: </strong></font><br>
270:
271: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
272: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
273: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
274:
1.70 louis 275: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
276: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
277: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
278: </strong></font><br>
279:
280: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
281: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
282: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
283: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
284: <p>
285:
1.69 deraadt 286: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
287:
1.44 philen 288: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
289: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 290: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 291:
292: Kurt Seifried
293: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
294: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
295: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
296: <p>
297:
1.41 louis 298: <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>,
299: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 300: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 301:
302: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
303: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
304:
1.37 louis 305: <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>,
306: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 307: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 308:
309: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 310: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 311:
1.36 louis 312: <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>,
313: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 314: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 315:
316: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
317: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
318: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
319: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
320: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
321:
322: <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 323: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 324: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 325:
1.36 louis 326: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
327: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 328:
1.38 louis 329: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 330: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
331: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 332: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 333:
334: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
335: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
336:
1.69 deraadt 337: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
338:
1.30 deraadt 339: <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 340: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 341: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 342:
343: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
344: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
345: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 346:
1.29 louis 347: <li><strong>
348: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 349: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 350: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 351:
352: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
353: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 354: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
355: terminal:
1.29 louis 356: <blockquote>
357: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
358: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
359: <br>
360: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
361: </code>
362: </blockquote>
363: <p>
364:
1.16 louis 365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 366: <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>
367: <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 368: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 369:
370: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
371: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 372: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 373: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 374:
375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 376: <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 377: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 378:
379: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
380: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
381: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
382: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
383: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 384: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 385: <p>
386:
1.43 louis 387: <li><strong>
388: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 389: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 390:
391: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
392: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
393: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 394: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
395: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 396: <p>
397:
1.1 deraadt 398: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 399: <a
400: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
401: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
402: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 403:
1.57 louis 404: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
405: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
406: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
407: Melbourne.<p>
408:
409: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
410: <a
411: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
412: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
413: </strong></font><br>
414:
415: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 416:
417: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 418: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 419: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 420: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 421:
1.23 louis 422: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
423: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
424: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
425: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
426: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 427: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 428:
429: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 430: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
431: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 432: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 433:
434: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
435: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
436: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
437: installation.
438: <p>
439:
440: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 441: <a
442: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
443: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
444: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
445:
446: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
447: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
448:
1.69 deraadt 449: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
450:
1.57 louis 451: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 452: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 453: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 454: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 455:
456: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
457: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 458: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 462: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 463: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 464: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 465:
466: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
467: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 468: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
469: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
470: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
471: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
472: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 473: <p>
474:
1.69 deraadt 475: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 476:
477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 478: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 479: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 480:
481: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
482: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
483: available."
484: <p>
485:
1.69 deraadt 486: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
487:
1.6 deraadt 488: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 489: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 490: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 491:
492: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
493: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
494: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
495: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
496: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 500: <a
501: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
502: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
503: </strong></font><br>
504:
505: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
506: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
507: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
508: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
509: an interesting read.
510: <p>
511:
1.69 deraadt 512: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
513:
514: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
515: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
516: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
517: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
518:
519: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
520: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
521: <p>
522:
1.57 louis 523: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 524: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
525: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
526: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 527: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 528:
529: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
530: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
531:
532: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 533: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 534:
535: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
536:
537: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 538: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
539: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
540: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 541:
542: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
543: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
544:
1.69 deraadt 545: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
546:
1.23 louis 547: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 548: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 549: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 550:
551: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
552: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
553: <p>
554:
1.57 louis 555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
556: <a
557: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
558: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
559: </strong></font><br>
560:
561: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
562: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
563: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
564: site.<p>
565:
1.69 deraadt 566: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
567:
1.7 deraadt 568: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 569: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 570: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 571: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 572: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 573:
574: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
575: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
576: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
577: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
578: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
579: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 583: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
584: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 585: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 586:
587: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
588: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
589: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
590: over to OpenBSD.
591: <p>
592:
593: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 594: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
595: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 596: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 597:
598: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
599: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
600: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
601: columns."
602: <p>
603:
1.69 deraadt 604: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
605:
1.58 louis 606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
607: <a
608: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
609: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
610: </strong></font><br>
611:
612: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
613: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
614:
1.2 deraadt 615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 616: <a
617: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
618: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
619:
620: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
621: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
622: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
623:
1.69 deraadt 624: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
625:
1.57 louis 626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 627: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 628: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 629: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 630:
631: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
632: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
633: Implementation, including a brief interview with
634: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 635: <p>
636:
1.69 deraadt 637: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
638:
1.1 deraadt 639: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 640: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
641: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 642:
1.69 deraadt 643: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
644: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 645: <p>
646:
1.69 deraadt 647: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 648:
649: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
650: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
651: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 652: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 653:
654: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
655: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
656: <p>
657:
658: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 659: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 660: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
661: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 662: <p>
663:
1.69 deraadt 664: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
665:
666: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
667: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
668: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
669: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
670: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
671: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
672:
673: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
674: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
675: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
676: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
677: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
678: <p>
679:
680: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
681:
1.38 louis 682: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 683: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
684: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 685:
1.69 deraadt 686: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
687: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 688: <p>
689:
1.17 deraadt 690: </dl>
691: <p>
1.1 deraadt 692:
1.27 deraadt 693: <hr>
1.72 louis 694: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 695: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 696:
1.69 deraadt 697: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
698:
1.17 deraadt 699: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
701: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 702: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 703:
704: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
705: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
706: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
707: <p>
708:
709: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
710: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 711: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 712: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 713: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 714:
1.20 louis 715: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
716: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 717: explains the licensing issues and points to our
718: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
719: <p>
720:
1.17 deraadt 721: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 722:
1.27 deraadt 723: <hr>
1.72 louis 724: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 725: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
726:
727: <dl>
728:
1.69 deraadt 729: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
730:
1.20 louis 731: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
732: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
733: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 734: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 735:
736: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
737: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
738: translating and reprinting articles from
739: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
740: <p>
741:
742: </dl>
743:
1.50 louis 744: <hr>
1.72 louis 745: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 746: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
747: <dl>
748:
1.72 louis 749: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
750:
751: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 752: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 753: Februar 2000
754: </strong></font><br>
755:
1.73 louis 756: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
757: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
758: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
759: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 760: <p>
761:
1.69 deraadt 762: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
763:
1.50 louis 764: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
765: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
766: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 767: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 768:
769: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
770: <p>
771: </dl>
772:
1.20 louis 773:
1.1 deraadt 774: <hr>
1.72 louis 775: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 776: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
777: <dl>
778:
1.69 deraadt 779: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
780:
1.56 deraadt 781: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 782: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
783: January 2000 issue
784: </strong></font><br>
785:
786: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
787: <p>
788:
1.69 deraadt 789: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
790:
1.62 form 791: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
792: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 793: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 794: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 795:
1.59 form 796: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 797: <p>
798:
799: <p>
800: </dl>
801:
802: <hr>
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804: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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