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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:
1.77 ! deraadt 40: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 41: <a
! 42: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
! 43: Bad Press</a>,
! 44: 32Bits Online, April 2000
! 45: </strong></font><br>
! 46:
! 47: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
! 48: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
! 49: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
! 50: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
! 51: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.74 louis 52: <p>
53:
1.71 louis 54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
55: <a
1.76 louis 56: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
57: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 58: </strong></font><br>
59:
60: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
61: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
62: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 63: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 64: <p>
65:
1.69 deraadt 66: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 67:
68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
69: <a
70: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
71: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
72: </strong></font><br>
73:
74: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
75: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
76: platforms without good crypto support.
77: <p>
78:
1.48 louis 79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 80: <a
81: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
82: </strong></font><br>
83:
84: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
85: how to set up packet filtering with <a
86: 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
87: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
88: <p>
89:
90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 91: <a
1.64 louis 92: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
93: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
94: </strong></font><br>
95:
96: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
97: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
98: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
99: "secure by default" installation.
100: <p>
101:
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
103: <a
1.66 louis 104: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
105: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
106: </strong></font><br>
107:
108: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
109: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
110: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
111: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
112: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
113: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
114: <p>
115:
116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
117: <a
1.64 louis 118: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
119: Information Security, February 2000
120: </strong></font><br>
121:
122: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 123: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
124: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 125: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
126: its reputation among security experts.
127: <p>
128:
129: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
130: <a
1.65 louis 131: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
132: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
133: </strong></font><br>
134:
135: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
136: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
137: <p>
138:
1.69 deraadt 139: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
140:
1.65 louis 141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
142: <a
1.60 louis 143: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
144: </strong></font><br>
145:
146: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
147: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
148: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
149: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
150: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
151: <p>
152:
153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 154: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
155: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
156: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
157: </strong></font><br>
158:
159: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
160: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
161: and cryptography.
162: <p>
163:
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 165: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
166: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 167: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 168:
169: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
170: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 174: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
175: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
176:
177: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
178: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
179: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
180: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
181: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
182:
183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
184: <a
185: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
186: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
187: </strong></font><br>
188:
189: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
190: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
191: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
192:
193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 194: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 195: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 196:
197: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
198: in <a
199: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
200: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 201: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 202: <p>
203:
204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 205: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
206: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
207: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 208: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 209:
1.58 louis 210: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 211: <p>
212:
1.69 deraadt 213: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
214:
1.51 deraadt 215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 216: <a
217: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
218: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
219: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 220: </strong></font><br>
221:
1.58 louis 222: Kurt Seifried
223: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
224: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
225: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
226: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 227:
1.69 deraadt 228: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
229:
1.51 deraadt 230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 231: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
232: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
233: </strong></font><br>
234:
235: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
236: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
237: <p>
238:
239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 240: <a
241: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 242: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
243: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 244: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 245:
246: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
247: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
248: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
249: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
250: right -- or at least strives to".
251: <p>
252:
1.61 louis 253: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
254: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
255: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
256: </strong></font><br>
257: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
258: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
259: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
260: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
261: <p>
262:
1.46 louis 263: <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 264: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 265: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 266:
267: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
268: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
269: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
270: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
271: <p>
272:
1.58 louis 273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
274: <a
275: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
276: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
280: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
281: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
282:
1.70 louis 283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
284: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
285: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
286: </strong></font><br>
287:
288: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
289: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
290: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
291: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
292: <p>
293:
1.69 deraadt 294: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
295:
1.44 philen 296: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
297: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 298: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 299:
300: Kurt Seifried
301: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
302: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
303: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
304: <p>
305:
1.41 louis 306: <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>,
307: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 308: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 309:
310: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
311: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
312:
1.37 louis 313: <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>,
314: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 315: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 316:
317: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 318: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 319:
1.36 louis 320: <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>,
321: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 322: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 323:
324: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
325: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
326: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
327: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
328: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
329:
330: <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 331: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 332: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 333:
1.36 louis 334: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
335: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 336:
1.38 louis 337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 338: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
339: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 340: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 341:
342: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
343: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
344:
1.69 deraadt 345: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
346:
1.30 deraadt 347: <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 348: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 349: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 350:
351: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
352: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
353: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 354:
1.29 louis 355: <li><strong>
356: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 357: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 358: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 359:
360: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
361: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 362: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
363: terminal:
1.29 louis 364: <blockquote>
365: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
366: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
367: <br>
368: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
369: </code>
370: </blockquote>
371: <p>
372:
1.16 louis 373: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 374: <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>
375: <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 376: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 377:
378: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
379: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 380: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 381: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 382:
383: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 384: <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 385: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 386:
387: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
388: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
389: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
390: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
391: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 392: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 393: <p>
394:
1.43 louis 395: <li><strong>
396: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 397: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 398:
399: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
400: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
401: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 402: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
403: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 404: <p>
405:
1.1 deraadt 406: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 407: <a
408: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
409: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
410: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 411:
1.57 louis 412: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
413: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
414: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
415: Melbourne.<p>
416:
417: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
418: <a
419: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
420: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
421: </strong></font><br>
422:
423: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 424:
425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 426: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 427: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 428: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 429:
1.23 louis 430: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
431: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
432: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
433: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
434: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 435: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 436:
437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 438: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
439: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 440: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 441:
442: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
443: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
444: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
445: installation.
446: <p>
447:
448: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 449: <a
450: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
451: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
452: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
453:
454: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
455: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
456:
1.69 deraadt 457: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
458:
1.57 louis 459: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 460: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 461: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 462: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 463:
464: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
465: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 466: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 470: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 471: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 472: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 473:
474: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
475: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 476: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
477: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
478: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
479: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
480: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 481: <p>
482:
1.69 deraadt 483: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 484:
485: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 486: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 487: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 488:
489: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
490: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
491: available."
492: <p>
493:
1.69 deraadt 494: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
495:
1.6 deraadt 496: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 497: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 498: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 499:
500: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
501: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
502: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
503: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
504: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
505: <p>
506:
507: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 508: <a
509: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
510: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
511: </strong></font><br>
512:
513: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
514: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
515: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
516: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
517: an interesting read.
518: <p>
519:
1.69 deraadt 520: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
521:
522: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
523: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
524: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
525: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
526:
527: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
528: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
529: <p>
530:
1.57 louis 531: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 532: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
533: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
534: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 535: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 536:
537: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
538: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
539:
540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 541: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 542:
543: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
544:
545: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 546: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
547: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
548: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 549:
550: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
551: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
552:
1.69 deraadt 553: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
554:
1.23 louis 555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 556: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 557: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 558:
559: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
560: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
561: <p>
562:
1.57 louis 563: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
564: <a
565: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
566: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
567: </strong></font><br>
568:
569: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
570: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
571: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
572: site.<p>
573:
1.69 deraadt 574: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
575:
1.7 deraadt 576: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 578: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 579: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 580: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 581:
582: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
583: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
584: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
585: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
586: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
587: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
588: <p>
589:
590: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 591: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
592: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 593: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 594:
595: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
596: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
597: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
598: over to OpenBSD.
599: <p>
600:
601: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 602: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
603: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 604: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 605:
606: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
607: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
608: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
609: columns."
610: <p>
611:
1.69 deraadt 612: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
613:
1.58 louis 614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
615: <a
616: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
617: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
618: </strong></font><br>
619:
620: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
621: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
622:
1.2 deraadt 623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 624: <a
625: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
626: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
627:
628: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
629: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
630: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
631:
1.69 deraadt 632: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
633:
1.57 louis 634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 635: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 636: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 637: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 638:
639: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
640: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
641: Implementation, including a brief interview with
642: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 643: <p>
644:
1.69 deraadt 645: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
646:
1.1 deraadt 647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 648: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
649: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 650:
1.69 deraadt 651: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
652: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 653: <p>
654:
1.69 deraadt 655: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 656:
657: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
658: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
659: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 660: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 661:
662: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
663: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
664: <p>
665:
666: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 667: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 668: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
669: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 670: <p>
671:
1.69 deraadt 672: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
673:
674: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
675: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
676: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
677: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
678: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
679: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
680:
681: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
682: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
683: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
684: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
685: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
686: <p>
687:
688: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
689:
1.38 louis 690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 691: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
692: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 693:
1.69 deraadt 694: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
695: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 696: <p>
697:
1.17 deraadt 698: </dl>
699: <p>
1.1 deraadt 700:
1.27 deraadt 701: <hr>
1.72 louis 702: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 703: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 704:
1.69 deraadt 705: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
706:
1.17 deraadt 707: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 708: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
709: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 710: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 711:
712: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
713: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
714: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
715: <p>
716:
717: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
718: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 719: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 720: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 721: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 722:
1.20 louis 723: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
724: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 725: explains the licensing issues and points to our
726: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
727: <p>
728:
1.17 deraadt 729: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 730:
1.27 deraadt 731: <hr>
1.72 louis 732: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 733: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
734:
735: <dl>
736:
1.69 deraadt 737: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
738:
1.20 louis 739: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
740: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
741: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 742: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 743:
744: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
745: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
746: translating and reprinting articles from
747: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
748: <p>
749:
750: </dl>
751:
1.50 louis 752: <hr>
1.72 louis 753: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 754: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
755: <dl>
756:
1.72 louis 757: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
758:
759: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 760: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 761: Februar 2000
762: </strong></font><br>
763:
1.73 louis 764: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
765: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
766: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
767: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 768: <p>
769:
1.69 deraadt 770: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
771:
1.50 louis 772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
773: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
774: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 775: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 776:
777: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
778: <p>
779: </dl>
780:
1.20 louis 781:
1.1 deraadt 782: <hr>
1.72 louis 783: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 784: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
785: <dl>
786:
1.69 deraadt 787: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
788:
1.56 deraadt 789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 790: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
791: January 2000 issue
792: </strong></font><br>
793:
794: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
795: <p>
796:
1.69 deraadt 797: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
798:
1.62 form 799: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
800: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 801: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 802: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 803:
1.59 form 804: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 805: <p>
806:
807: <p>
808: </dl>
809:
810: <hr>
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