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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:
1.78 deraadt 31: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 32:
1.77 deraadt 33: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
34: <a
35: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
36: Bad Press</a>,
37: 32Bits Online, April 2000
38: </strong></font><br>
39:
40: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
41: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
42: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
43: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
44: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 45: <p>
46:
47: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
48:
49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
50: <a
51: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
52: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
53: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
54: </strong></font><br>
55:
56: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
57: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
58: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
59: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 60: <p>
61:
1.71 louis 62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
63: <a
1.76 louis 64: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
65: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 66: </strong></font><br>
67:
68: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
69: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
70: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 71: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 72: <p>
73:
1.69 deraadt 74: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 75:
76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
77: <a
78: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
79: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
80: </strong></font><br>
81:
82: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
83: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
84: platforms without good crypto support.
85: <p>
86:
1.48 louis 87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 88: <a
89: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
90: </strong></font><br>
91:
92: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
93: how to set up packet filtering with <a
94: 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
95: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 99: <a
1.64 louis 100: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
101: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
102: </strong></font><br>
103:
104: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
105: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
106: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
107: "secure by default" installation.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
111: <a
1.66 louis 112: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
113: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
117: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
118: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
119: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
120: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
121: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
122: <p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
125: <a
1.64 louis 126: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
127: Information Security, February 2000
128: </strong></font><br>
129:
130: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 131: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
132: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 133: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
134: its reputation among security experts.
135: <p>
136:
137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
138: <a
1.65 louis 139: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
140: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
141: </strong></font><br>
142:
143: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
144: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
145: <p>
146:
1.69 deraadt 147: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
148:
1.65 louis 149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
150: <a
1.60 louis 151: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
152: </strong></font><br>
153:
154: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
155: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
156: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
157: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
158: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
159: <p>
160:
161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 162: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
163: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
164: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
165: </strong></font><br>
166:
167: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
168: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
169: and cryptography.
170: <p>
171:
172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 173: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
174: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 175: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 176:
177: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
178: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
179: <p>
180:
181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 182: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
183: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
184:
185: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
186: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
187: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
188: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
189: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
190:
191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
192: <a
193: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
194: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
195: </strong></font><br>
196:
197: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
198: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
199: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
200:
201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 202: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 203: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 204:
205: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
206: in <a
207: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
208: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 209: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 210: <p>
211:
212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 213: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
214: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
215: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 216: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 217:
1.58 louis 218: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 219: <p>
220:
1.69 deraadt 221: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
222:
1.51 deraadt 223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 224: <a
225: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
226: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
227: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 228: </strong></font><br>
229:
1.58 louis 230: Kurt Seifried
231: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
232: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
233: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
234: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 235:
1.69 deraadt 236: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
237:
1.51 deraadt 238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 239: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
240: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
241: </strong></font><br>
242:
243: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
244: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
245: <p>
246:
247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 248: <a
249: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 250: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
251: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 252: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 253:
254: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
255: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
256: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
257: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
258: right -- or at least strives to".
259: <p>
260:
1.61 louis 261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
262: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
263: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
264: </strong></font><br>
265: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
266: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
267: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
268: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
269: <p>
270:
1.46 louis 271: <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 272: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 273: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 274:
275: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
276: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
277: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
278: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
279: <p>
280:
1.58 louis 281: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
282: <a
283: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
284: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
285: </strong></font><br>
286:
287: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
288: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
289: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
290:
1.70 louis 291: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
292: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
293: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
294: </strong></font><br>
295:
296: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
297: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
298: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
299: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
300: <p>
301:
1.69 deraadt 302: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
303:
1.44 philen 304: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
305: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 306: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 307:
308: Kurt Seifried
309: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
310: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
311: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
312: <p>
313:
1.41 louis 314: <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>,
315: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 316: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 317:
318: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
319: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
320:
1.37 louis 321: <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>,
322: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 323: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 324:
325: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 326: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 327:
1.36 louis 328: <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>,
329: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 330: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 331:
332: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
333: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
334: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
335: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
336: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
337:
1.79 ! deraadt 338: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.netsec.net/press_100699.html">NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 339: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 340: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 341:
1.36 louis 342: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
343: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 344:
1.38 louis 345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 346: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
347: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 348: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 349:
350: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
351: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
352:
1.69 deraadt 353: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
354:
1.30 deraadt 355: <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 356: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 357: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 358:
359: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
360: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
361: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 362:
1.29 louis 363: <li><strong>
364: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 365: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 366: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 367:
368: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
369: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 370: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
371: terminal:
1.29 louis 372: <blockquote>
373: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
374: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
375: <br>
376: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
377: </code>
378: </blockquote>
379: <p>
380:
1.16 louis 381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 382: <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>
383: <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 384: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 385:
386: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
387: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 388: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 389: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 390:
391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 392: <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 393: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 394:
395: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
396: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
397: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
398: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
399: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 400: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 401: <p>
402:
1.43 louis 403: <li><strong>
404: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 405: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 406:
407: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
408: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
409: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 410: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
411: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 412: <p>
413:
1.1 deraadt 414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 415: <a
416: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
417: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
418: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 419:
1.57 louis 420: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
421: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
422: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
423: Melbourne.<p>
424:
425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
426: <a
427: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
428: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
429: </strong></font><br>
430:
431: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 432:
433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 434: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 435: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 436: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 437:
1.23 louis 438: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
439: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
440: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
441: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
442: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 443: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 444:
445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 446: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
447: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 448: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 449:
450: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
451: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
452: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
453: installation.
454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 457: <a
458: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
459: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
460: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
461:
462: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
463: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
464:
1.69 deraadt 465: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
466:
1.57 louis 467: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 468: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 469: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 470: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 471:
472: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
473: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 474: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 478: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 479: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 480: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 481:
482: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
483: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 484: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
485: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
486: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
487: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
488: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 489: <p>
490:
1.69 deraadt 491: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 492:
493: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 494: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 495: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 496:
497: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
498: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
499: available."
500: <p>
501:
1.69 deraadt 502: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
503:
1.6 deraadt 504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 505: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 506: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 507:
508: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
509: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
510: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
511: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
512: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
513: <p>
514:
515: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 516: <a
517: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
518: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
519: </strong></font><br>
520:
521: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
522: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
523: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
524: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
525: an interesting read.
526: <p>
527:
1.69 deraadt 528: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
529:
530: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
531: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
532: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
533: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
534:
535: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
536: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
537: <p>
538:
1.57 louis 539: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 540: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
541: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
542: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 543: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 544:
545: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
546: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
547:
548: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 549: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 550:
551: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
552:
553: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 554: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
555: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
556: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 557:
558: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
559: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
560:
1.69 deraadt 561: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
562:
1.23 louis 563: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 564: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 565: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 566:
567: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
568: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
569: <p>
570:
1.57 louis 571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
572: <a
573: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
574: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
575: </strong></font><br>
576:
577: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
578: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
579: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
580: site.<p>
581:
1.69 deraadt 582: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
583:
1.7 deraadt 584: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 585: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 586: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 587: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 588: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 589:
590: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
591: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
592: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
593: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
594: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
595: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 599: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
600: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 601: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 602:
603: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
604: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
605: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
606: over to OpenBSD.
607: <p>
608:
609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 610: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
611: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 612: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 613:
614: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
615: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
616: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
617: columns."
618: <p>
619:
1.69 deraadt 620: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
621:
1.58 louis 622: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
623: <a
624: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
625: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
626: </strong></font><br>
627:
628: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
629: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
630:
1.2 deraadt 631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 632: <a
633: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
634: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
635:
636: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
637: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
638: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
639:
1.69 deraadt 640: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
641:
1.57 louis 642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 643: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 644: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 645: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 646:
647: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
648: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
649: Implementation, including a brief interview with
650: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 651: <p>
652:
1.69 deraadt 653: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
654:
1.1 deraadt 655: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 656: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
657: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 658:
1.69 deraadt 659: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
660: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 661: <p>
662:
1.69 deraadt 663: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 664:
665: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
666: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
667: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 668: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 669:
670: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
671: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
672: <p>
673:
674: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 675: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 676: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
677: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 678: <p>
679:
1.69 deraadt 680: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
681:
682: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
683: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
684: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
685: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
686: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
687: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
688:
689: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
690: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
691: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
692: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
693: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
694: <p>
695:
696: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
697:
1.38 louis 698: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 699: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
700: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 701:
1.69 deraadt 702: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
703: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 704: <p>
705:
1.17 deraadt 706: </dl>
707: <p>
1.1 deraadt 708:
1.27 deraadt 709: <hr>
1.72 louis 710: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 711: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 712:
1.69 deraadt 713: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
714:
1.17 deraadt 715: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 716: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
717: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 718: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 719:
720: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
721: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
722: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
723: <p>
724:
725: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
726: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 727: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 728: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 729: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 730:
1.20 louis 731: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
732: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 733: explains the licensing issues and points to our
734: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
735: <p>
736:
1.17 deraadt 737: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 738:
1.27 deraadt 739: <hr>
1.72 louis 740: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 741: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
742:
743: <dl>
744:
1.69 deraadt 745: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
746:
1.20 louis 747: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
748: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
749: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 750: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 751:
752: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
753: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
754: translating and reprinting articles from
755: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
756: <p>
757:
758: </dl>
759:
1.50 louis 760: <hr>
1.72 louis 761: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 762: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
763: <dl>
764:
1.72 louis 765: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
766:
767: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 768: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 769: Februar 2000
770: </strong></font><br>
771:
1.73 louis 772: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
773: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
774: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
775: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 776: <p>
777:
1.69 deraadt 778: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
779:
1.50 louis 780: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
781: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
782: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 783: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 784:
785: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
786: <p>
787: </dl>
788:
1.20 louis 789:
1.1 deraadt 790: <hr>
1.72 louis 791: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 792: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
793: <dl>
794:
1.69 deraadt 795: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
796:
1.56 deraadt 797: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 798: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
799: January 2000 issue
800: </strong></font><br>
801:
802: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
803: <p>
804:
1.69 deraadt 805: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
806:
1.62 form 807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
808: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 809: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 810: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 811:
1.59 form 812: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 813: <p>
814:
815: <p>
816: </dl>
817:
818: <hr>
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