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1.8 ! deraadt 23: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
! 24: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a></strong></font>,
! 25: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, May 25, 1999</a><p>
! 26:
! 27: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
! 28: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
! 29: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."<p>
! 30:
! 31: From the publishers of a number of Canadian computer magazines, comes
! 32: an award to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD.<p>
! 33:
! 34: (scroll down to see the sub-article about OpenBSD)
! 35: <p>
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! 37: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 38: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
39: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a></strong></font>,
1.4 deraadt 40: National Post, May 25, 1999</a><p>
1.3 deraadt 41:
42: Newspaper article about OpenBSD.
43: <p>
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45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 46: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
47: The Net's stealth operating system.</a></strong></font>, July 22, 1999<p>
48:
49: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
50: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
51: available."
52: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 55: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
56: Why to BSD in a Linux world.</a></strong></font>, March, 1999<p>
57:
58: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
59: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
60: <p>
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1.1 deraadt 64: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/products/nfr/testing/">
65: NFR Performance Testing</a> report, written by
66: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
67:
68: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
69: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
70: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
71: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
72: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
73: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
74: <p>
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77: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
78: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
79: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
80:
81: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
82: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
83: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
84: columns."
85: <p>
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88: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
89: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
90: </strong></font><p>
91:
92: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
93: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
94: Implementation, including a brief interview with
95: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 96: <p>
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99: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
100: Wired Magazine, May 1, 1998, Usenix coverage.</a></strong></font><p>
101:
102: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
103: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
104: <p>
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107: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
108: Wired Magazine, Aug 11, 1997, Beyond HOPE coverage.</a></strong></font><p>
109:
110: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
111: OpenBSD is.
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115: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 116: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
117: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
118: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
119: SunExpert Magazine), June 1998, page 81.</a></strong></font><p>
120:
121: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
122: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
123: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
124: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
125: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 126: <p>
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129: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
130: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
131: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
132:
133: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
134: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
135: <p>
136:
137: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
138: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
139: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a cheezy picture
140: of project founder Theo de Raadt (watch those wired people do
141: photoshop jobs!).
142: <p>
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145:
146: <h4>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</h4>
147: <ul>
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149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
150: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
151: Datateknik</a> no 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
152:
153: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
154: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
155: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
156: <p>
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159: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
160: Datateknik</a> no 13, 1998 and
161: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
162: Datateknik</a> no 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
163:
164: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The 1st
165: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the 2nd which
166: explains the licensing issues and points to our
167: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
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