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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>
1.81 ! louis 75: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
! 76: </strong></font><br>
! 77:
! 78: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
! 79: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
! 80: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
! 81: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
! 82: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
! 83: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
! 84: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
! 85: <p>
! 86:
! 87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 88: <a
1.76 louis 89: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
90: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 91: </strong></font><br>
92:
93: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
94: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
95: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 96: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 97: <p>
98:
1.69 deraadt 99: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 100:
101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
102: <a
103: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
104: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
105: </strong></font><br>
106:
107: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
108: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
109: platforms without good crypto support.
110: <p>
111:
1.48 louis 112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 113: <a
114: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
115: </strong></font><br>
116:
117: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
118: how to set up packet filtering with <a
119: 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
120: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 124: <a
1.64 louis 125: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
126: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
127: </strong></font><br>
128:
129: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
130: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
131: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
132: "secure by default" installation.
133: <p>
134:
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
136: <a
1.66 louis 137: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
138: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
139: </strong></font><br>
140:
141: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
142: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
143: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
144: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
145: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
146: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
150: <a
1.64 louis 151: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
152: Information Security, February 2000
153: </strong></font><br>
154:
155: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 156: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
157: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 158: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
159: its reputation among security experts.
160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
163: <a
1.65 louis 164: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
165: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
166: </strong></font><br>
167:
168: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
169: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
170: <p>
171:
1.69 deraadt 172: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
173:
1.65 louis 174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
175: <a
1.60 louis 176: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
177: </strong></font><br>
178:
179: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
180: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
181: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
182: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
183: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
184: <p>
185:
186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 187: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
188: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
189: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
190: </strong></font><br>
191:
192: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
193: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
194: and cryptography.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 198: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
199: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 200: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 201:
202: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
203: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
204: <p>
205:
206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 207: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
208: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
209:
210: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
211: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
212: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
213: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
214: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
215:
216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
217: <a
218: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
219: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
220: </strong></font><br>
221:
222: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
223: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
224: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
225:
226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 227: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 228: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 229:
230: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
231: in <a
232: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
233: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 234: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 235: <p>
236:
237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 238: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
239: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
240: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 241: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 242:
1.58 louis 243: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 244: <p>
245:
1.69 deraadt 246: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
247:
1.51 deraadt 248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 249: <a
250: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
251: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
252: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 253: </strong></font><br>
254:
1.58 louis 255: Kurt Seifried
256: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
257: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
258: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
259: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 260:
1.69 deraadt 261: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
262:
1.51 deraadt 263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 264: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
265: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
266: </strong></font><br>
267:
268: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
269: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
270: <p>
271:
272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 273: <a
274: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 275: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
276: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 277: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 278:
279: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
280: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
281: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
282: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
283: right -- or at least strives to".
284: <p>
285:
1.61 louis 286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
287: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
288: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
289: </strong></font><br>
290: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
291: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
292: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
293: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
294: <p>
295:
1.46 louis 296: <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 297: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 298: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 299:
300: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
301: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
302: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
303: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
304: <p>
305:
1.58 louis 306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
307: <a
308: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
309: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
310: </strong></font><br>
311:
312: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
313: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
314: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
315:
1.70 louis 316: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
317: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
318: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
319: </strong></font><br>
320:
321: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
322: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
323: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
324: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
325: <p>
326:
1.69 deraadt 327: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
328:
1.44 philen 329: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
330: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 331: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 332:
333: Kurt Seifried
334: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
335: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
336: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
337: <p>
338:
1.41 louis 339: <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>,
340: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 341: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 342:
343: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
344: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
345:
1.37 louis 346: <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>,
347: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 348: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 349:
350: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 351: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 352:
1.36 louis 353: <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>,
354: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 355: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 356:
357: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
358: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
359: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
360: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
361: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
362:
1.79 deraadt 363: <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 364: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 365: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 366:
1.36 louis 367: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
368: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 369:
1.38 louis 370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 371: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
372: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 373: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 374:
375: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
376: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
377:
1.69 deraadt 378: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
379:
1.30 deraadt 380: <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 381: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 382: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 383:
384: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
385: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
386: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 387:
1.29 louis 388: <li><strong>
389: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 390: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 391: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 392:
393: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
394: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 395: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
396: terminal:
1.29 louis 397: <blockquote>
398: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
399: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
400: <br>
401: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
402: </code>
403: </blockquote>
404: <p>
405:
1.16 louis 406: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 407: <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>
408: <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 409: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 410:
411: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
412: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 413: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 414: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 415:
416: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 417: <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 418: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 419:
420: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
421: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
422: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
423: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
424: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 425: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 426: <p>
427:
1.43 louis 428: <li><strong>
429: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 430: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 431:
432: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
433: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
434: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 435: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
436: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 437: <p>
438:
1.1 deraadt 439: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 440: <a
441: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
442: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
443: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 444:
1.57 louis 445: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
446: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
447: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
448: Melbourne.<p>
449:
450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
451: <a
452: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
453: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
454: </strong></font><br>
455:
456: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 457:
458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 459: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 460: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 461: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 462:
1.23 louis 463: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
464: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
465: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
466: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
467: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 468: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 469:
470: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 471: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
472: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 473: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 474:
475: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
476: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
477: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
478: installation.
479: <p>
480:
481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 482: <a
483: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
484: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
485: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
486:
487: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
488: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
489:
1.69 deraadt 490: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
491:
1.57 louis 492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 493: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 494: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 495: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 496:
497: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
498: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 499: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 500: <p>
501:
502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 503: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 504: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 505: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 506:
507: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
508: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 509: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
510: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
511: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
512: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
513: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 514: <p>
515:
1.69 deraadt 516: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 517:
518: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 519: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 520: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 521:
522: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
523: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
524: available."
525: <p>
526:
1.69 deraadt 527: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
528:
1.6 deraadt 529: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 530: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 531: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 532:
533: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
534: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
535: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
536: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
537: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
538: <p>
539:
540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 541: <a
542: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
543: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
544: </strong></font><br>
545:
546: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
547: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
548: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
549: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
550: an interesting read.
551: <p>
552:
1.69 deraadt 553: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
554:
555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
556: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
557: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
558: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
559:
560: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
561: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
562: <p>
563:
1.57 louis 564: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 565: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
566: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
567: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 568: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 569:
570: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
571: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
572:
573: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 574: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 575:
576: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
577:
578: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 579: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
580: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
581: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 582:
583: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
584: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
585:
1.69 deraadt 586: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
587:
1.23 louis 588: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 589: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 590: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 591:
592: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
593: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
594: <p>
595:
1.57 louis 596: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
597: <a
598: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
599: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
600: </strong></font><br>
601:
602: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
603: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
604: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
605: site.<p>
606:
1.69 deraadt 607: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
608:
1.7 deraadt 609: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 611: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 612: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 613: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 614:
615: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
616: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
617: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
618: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
619: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
620: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
621: <p>
622:
623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 624: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
625: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 626: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 627:
628: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
629: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
630: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
631: over to OpenBSD.
632: <p>
633:
634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 635: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
636: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 637: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 638:
639: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
640: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
641: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
642: columns."
643: <p>
644:
1.69 deraadt 645: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
646:
1.58 louis 647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
648: <a
649: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
650: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
651: </strong></font><br>
652:
653: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
654: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
655:
1.2 deraadt 656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 657: <a
658: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
659: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
660:
661: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
662: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
663: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
664:
1.69 deraadt 665: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
666:
1.57 louis 667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 668: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 669: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 670: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 671:
672: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
673: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
674: Implementation, including a brief interview with
675: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 676: <p>
677:
1.69 deraadt 678: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
679:
1.1 deraadt 680: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 681: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
682: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 683:
1.69 deraadt 684: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
685: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 686: <p>
687:
1.69 deraadt 688: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 689:
690: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
691: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
692: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 693: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 694:
695: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
696: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
697: <p>
698:
699: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 700: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 701: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
702: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 703: <p>
704:
1.69 deraadt 705: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
706:
707: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
708: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
709: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
710: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
711: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
712: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
713:
714: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
715: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
716: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
717: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
718: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
719: <p>
720:
721: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
722:
1.38 louis 723: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 724: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
725: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 726:
1.69 deraadt 727: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
728: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 729: <p>
730:
1.17 deraadt 731: </dl>
732: <p>
1.1 deraadt 733:
1.27 deraadt 734: <hr>
1.72 louis 735: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 736: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 737:
1.69 deraadt 738: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
739:
1.17 deraadt 740: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
742: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 743: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 744:
745: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
746: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
747: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
751: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 752: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 753: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 754: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 755:
1.20 louis 756: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
757: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 758: explains the licensing issues and points to our
759: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
760: <p>
761:
1.17 deraadt 762: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 763:
1.27 deraadt 764: <hr>
1.72 louis 765: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 766: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
767:
768: <dl>
769:
1.69 deraadt 770: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
771:
1.20 louis 772: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
773: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
774: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 775: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 776:
777: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
778: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
779: translating and reprinting articles from
780: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
781: <p>
782:
783: </dl>
784:
1.50 louis 785: <hr>
1.72 louis 786: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 787: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
788: <dl>
789:
1.72 louis 790: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
791:
792: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 793: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 794: Februar 2000
795: </strong></font><br>
796:
1.73 louis 797: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
798: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
799: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
800: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 801: <p>
802:
1.69 deraadt 803: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
804:
1.50 louis 805: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
806: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
807: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 808: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 809:
810: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
811: <p>
812: </dl>
813:
1.20 louis 814:
1.1 deraadt 815: <hr>
1.72 louis 816: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 817: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
818: <dl>
819:
1.69 deraadt 820: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
821:
1.56 deraadt 822: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 823: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
824: January 2000 issue
825: </strong></font><br>
826:
827: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
828: <p>
829:
1.69 deraadt 830: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
831:
1.62 form 832: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
833: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 834: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 835: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 836:
1.59 form 837: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 838: <p>
839:
840: <p>
841: </dl>
842:
843: <hr>
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