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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
1.80 ! louis 35: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
! 36: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
! 37: April 20, 2000
! 38: </strong></font><br>
! 39:
! 40: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
! 41: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
! 42: OpenBSD.
! 43: <p>
! 44:
! 45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 46: <a
1.77 deraadt 47: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
48: Bad Press</a>,
49: 32Bits Online, April 2000
50: </strong></font><br>
51:
52: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
53: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
54: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
55: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
56: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 57: <p>
58:
59: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
60:
61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
62: <a
63: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
64: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
65: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
66: </strong></font><br>
67:
68: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
69: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
70: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
71: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 72: <p>
73:
1.71 louis 74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
75: <a
1.76 louis 76: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
77: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 78: </strong></font><br>
79:
80: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
81: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
82: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 83: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 84: <p>
85:
1.69 deraadt 86: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 87:
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
89: <a
90: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
91: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
92: </strong></font><br>
93:
94: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
95: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
96: platforms without good crypto support.
97: <p>
98:
1.48 louis 99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 100: <a
101: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
102: </strong></font><br>
103:
104: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
105: how to set up packet filtering with <a
106: 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
107: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 111: <a
1.64 louis 112: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
113: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
117: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
118: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
119: "secure by default" installation.
120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
123: <a
1.66 louis 124: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
125: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
126: </strong></font><br>
127:
128: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
129: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
130: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
131: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
132: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
133: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
134: <p>
135:
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
137: <a
1.64 louis 138: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
139: Information Security, February 2000
140: </strong></font><br>
141:
142: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 143: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
144: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 145: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
146: its reputation among security experts.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
150: <a
1.65 louis 151: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
152: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
153: </strong></font><br>
154:
155: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
156: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
157: <p>
158:
1.69 deraadt 159: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
160:
1.65 louis 161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
162: <a
1.60 louis 163: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
164: </strong></font><br>
165:
166: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
167: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
168: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
169: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
170: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 174: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
175: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
176: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
177: </strong></font><br>
178:
179: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
180: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
181: and cryptography.
182: <p>
183:
184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 185: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
186: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 187: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 188:
189: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
190: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 194: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
195: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
196:
197: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
198: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
199: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
200: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
201: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
202:
203: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
204: <a
205: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
206: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
207: </strong></font><br>
208:
209: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
210: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
211: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
212:
213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 214: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 215: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 216:
217: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
218: in <a
219: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
220: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 221: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 222: <p>
223:
224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 225: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
226: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
227: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 228: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 229:
1.58 louis 230: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 231: <p>
232:
1.69 deraadt 233: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
234:
1.51 deraadt 235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 236: <a
237: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
238: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
239: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 240: </strong></font><br>
241:
1.58 louis 242: Kurt Seifried
243: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
244: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
245: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
246: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 247:
1.69 deraadt 248: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
249:
1.51 deraadt 250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 251: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
252: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
253: </strong></font><br>
254:
255: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
256: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 260: <a
261: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 262: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
263: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 264: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 265:
266: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
267: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
268: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
269: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
270: right -- or at least strives to".
271: <p>
272:
1.61 louis 273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
274: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
275: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
276: </strong></font><br>
277: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
278: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
279: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
280: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
281: <p>
282:
1.46 louis 283: <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 284: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 285: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 286:
287: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
288: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
289: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
290: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
291: <p>
292:
1.58 louis 293: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
294: <a
295: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
296: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
297: </strong></font><br>
298:
299: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
300: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
301: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
302:
1.70 louis 303: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
304: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
305: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
306: </strong></font><br>
307:
308: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
309: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
310: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
311: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
312: <p>
313:
1.69 deraadt 314: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
315:
1.44 philen 316: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
317: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 318: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 319:
320: Kurt Seifried
321: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
322: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
323: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
324: <p>
325:
1.41 louis 326: <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>,
327: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 328: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 329:
330: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
331: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
332:
1.37 louis 333: <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>,
334: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 335: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 336:
337: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 338: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 339:
1.36 louis 340: <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>,
341: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 342: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 343:
344: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
345: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
346: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
347: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
348: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
349:
1.79 deraadt 350: <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 351: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 352: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 353:
1.36 louis 354: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
355: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 356:
1.38 louis 357: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 358: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
359: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 360: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 361:
362: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
363: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
364:
1.69 deraadt 365: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
366:
1.30 deraadt 367: <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 368: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 369: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 370:
371: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
372: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
373: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 374:
1.29 louis 375: <li><strong>
376: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 377: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 378: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 379:
380: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
381: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 382: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
383: terminal:
1.29 louis 384: <blockquote>
385: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
386: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
387: <br>
388: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
389: </code>
390: </blockquote>
391: <p>
392:
1.16 louis 393: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 394: <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>
395: <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 396: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 397:
398: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
399: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 400: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 401: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 402:
403: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 404: <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 405: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 406:
407: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
408: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
409: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
410: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
411: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 412: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 413: <p>
414:
1.43 louis 415: <li><strong>
416: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 417: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 418:
419: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
420: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
421: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 422: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
423: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 424: <p>
425:
1.1 deraadt 426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 427: <a
428: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
429: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
430: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 431:
1.57 louis 432: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
433: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
434: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
435: Melbourne.<p>
436:
437: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
438: <a
439: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
440: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
441: </strong></font><br>
442:
443: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 444:
445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 446: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 447: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 448: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 449:
1.23 louis 450: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
451: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
452: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
453: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
454: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 455: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 456:
457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 458: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
459: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 460: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 461:
462: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
463: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
464: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
465: installation.
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 469: <a
470: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
471: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
472: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
473:
474: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
475: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
476:
1.69 deraadt 477: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
478:
1.57 louis 479: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 480: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 481: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 482: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 483:
484: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
485: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 486: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 487: <p>
488:
489: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 490: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 491: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 492: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 493:
494: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
495: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 496: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
497: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
498: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
499: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
500: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 501: <p>
502:
1.69 deraadt 503: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 504:
505: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 506: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 507: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 508:
509: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
510: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
511: available."
512: <p>
513:
1.69 deraadt 514: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
515:
1.6 deraadt 516: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 517: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 518: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 519:
520: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
521: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
522: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
523: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
524: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
525: <p>
526:
527: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 528: <a
529: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
530: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
531: </strong></font><br>
532:
533: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
534: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
535: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
536: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
537: an interesting read.
538: <p>
539:
1.69 deraadt 540: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
541:
542: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
543: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
544: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
545: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
546:
547: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
548: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
549: <p>
550:
1.57 louis 551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 552: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
553: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
554: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 555: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 556:
557: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
558: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
559:
560: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 561: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 562:
563: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
564:
565: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 566: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
567: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
568: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 569:
570: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
571: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
572:
1.69 deraadt 573: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
574:
1.23 louis 575: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 576: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 577: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 578:
579: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
580: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
581: <p>
582:
1.57 louis 583: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
584: <a
585: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
586: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
587: </strong></font><br>
588:
589: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
590: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
591: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
592: site.<p>
593:
1.69 deraadt 594: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
595:
1.7 deraadt 596: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 597: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 598: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 599: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 600: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 601:
602: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
603: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
604: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
605: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
606: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
607: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
608: <p>
609:
610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 611: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
612: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 613: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 614:
615: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
616: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
617: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
618: over to OpenBSD.
619: <p>
620:
621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 622: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
623: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 624: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 625:
626: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
627: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
628: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
629: columns."
630: <p>
631:
1.69 deraadt 632: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
633:
1.58 louis 634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
635: <a
636: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
637: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
638: </strong></font><br>
639:
640: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
641: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
642:
1.2 deraadt 643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 644: <a
645: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
646: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
647:
648: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
649: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
650: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
651:
1.69 deraadt 652: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
653:
1.57 louis 654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 655: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 656: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 657: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 658:
659: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
660: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
661: Implementation, including a brief interview with
662: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 663: <p>
664:
1.69 deraadt 665: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
666:
1.1 deraadt 667: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 668: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
669: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 670:
1.69 deraadt 671: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
672: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 673: <p>
674:
1.69 deraadt 675: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 676:
677: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
678: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
679: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 680: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 681:
682: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
683: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
684: <p>
685:
686: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 687: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 688: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
689: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 690: <p>
691:
1.69 deraadt 692: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
693:
694: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
695: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
696: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
697: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
698: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
699: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
700:
701: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
702: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
703: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
704: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
705: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
706: <p>
707:
708: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
709:
1.38 louis 710: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 711: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
712: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 713:
1.69 deraadt 714: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
715: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 716: <p>
717:
1.17 deraadt 718: </dl>
719: <p>
1.1 deraadt 720:
1.27 deraadt 721: <hr>
1.72 louis 722: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 723: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 724:
1.69 deraadt 725: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
726:
1.17 deraadt 727: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
729: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 730: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 731:
732: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
733: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
734: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
735: <p>
736:
737: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
738: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 739: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 740: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 741: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 742:
1.20 louis 743: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
744: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 745: explains the licensing issues and points to our
746: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
747: <p>
748:
1.17 deraadt 749: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 750:
1.27 deraadt 751: <hr>
1.72 louis 752: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 753: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
754:
755: <dl>
756:
1.69 deraadt 757: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
758:
1.20 louis 759: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
760: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
761: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 762: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 763:
764: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
765: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
766: translating and reprinting articles from
767: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
768: <p>
769:
770: </dl>
771:
1.50 louis 772: <hr>
1.72 louis 773: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 774: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
775: <dl>
776:
1.72 louis 777: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
778:
779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 780: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 781: Februar 2000
782: </strong></font><br>
783:
1.73 louis 784: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
785: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
786: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
787: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 788: <p>
789:
1.69 deraadt 790: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
791:
1.50 louis 792: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
793: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
794: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 795: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 796:
797: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
798: <p>
799: </dl>
800:
1.20 louis 801:
1.1 deraadt 802: <hr>
1.72 louis 803: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 804: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
805: <dl>
806:
1.69 deraadt 807: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
808:
1.56 deraadt 809: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 810: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
811: January 2000 issue
812: </strong></font><br>
813:
814: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
815: <p>
816:
1.69 deraadt 817: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
818:
1.62 form 819: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
820: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 821: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 822: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 823:
1.59 form 824: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 825: <p>
826:
827: <p>
828: </dl>
829:
830: <hr>
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