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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
1.82 ! aaron 35: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
! 36: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
! 40: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
! 41: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
! 42: <p>
! 43:
! 44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 45: <a
1.80 louis 46: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
47: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
48: April 20, 2000
49: </strong></font><br>
50:
51: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
52: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
53: OpenBSD.
54: <p>
55:
56: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
57: <a
1.77 deraadt 58: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
59: Bad Press</a>,
60: 32Bits Online, April 2000
61: </strong></font><br>
62:
63: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
64: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
65: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
66: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
67: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 68: <p>
69:
70: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
71:
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
73: <a
74: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
75: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
76: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
77: </strong></font><br>
78:
79: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
80: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
81: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
82: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 83: <p>
84:
1.71 louis 85: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 86: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
87: </strong></font><br>
88:
89: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
90: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
91: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
92: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
93: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
94: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
95: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 99: <a
1.76 louis 100: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
101: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 102: </strong></font><br>
103:
104: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
105: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
106: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 107: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 108: <p>
109:
1.69 deraadt 110: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 111:
112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
113: <a
114: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
115: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
116: </strong></font><br>
117:
118: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
119: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
120: platforms without good crypto support.
121: <p>
122:
1.48 louis 123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 124: <a
125: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
126: </strong></font><br>
127:
128: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
129: how to set up packet filtering with <a
130: 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
131: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 135: <a
1.64 louis 136: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
137: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
138: </strong></font><br>
139:
140: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
141: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
142: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
143: "secure by default" installation.
144: <p>
145:
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
147: <a
1.66 louis 148: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
149: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
150: </strong></font><br>
151:
152: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
153: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
154: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
155: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
156: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
157: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
161: <a
1.64 louis 162: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
163: Information Security, February 2000
164: </strong></font><br>
165:
166: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 167: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
168: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 169: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
170: its reputation among security experts.
171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
174: <a
1.65 louis 175: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
176: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
177: </strong></font><br>
178:
179: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
180: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
181: <p>
182:
1.69 deraadt 183: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
184:
1.65 louis 185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
186: <a
1.60 louis 187: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
188: </strong></font><br>
189:
190: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
191: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
192: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
193: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
194: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 198: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
199: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
200: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
201: </strong></font><br>
202:
203: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
204: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
205: and cryptography.
206: <p>
207:
208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 209: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
210: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 211: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 212:
213: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
214: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
215: <p>
216:
217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 218: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
219: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
220:
221: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
222: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
223: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
224: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
225: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
226:
227: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
228: <a
229: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
230: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
231: </strong></font><br>
232:
233: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
234: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
235: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
236:
237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 238: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 239: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 240:
241: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
242: in <a
243: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
244: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 245: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 246: <p>
247:
248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 249: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
250: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
251: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 252: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 253:
1.58 louis 254: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 255: <p>
256:
1.69 deraadt 257: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
258:
1.51 deraadt 259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 260: <a
261: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
262: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
263: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 264: </strong></font><br>
265:
1.58 louis 266: Kurt Seifried
267: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
268: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
269: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
270: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 271:
1.69 deraadt 272: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
273:
1.51 deraadt 274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 275: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
276: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
280: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
281: <p>
282:
283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 284: <a
285: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 286: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
287: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 288: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 289:
290: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
291: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
292: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
293: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
294: right -- or at least strives to".
295: <p>
296:
1.61 louis 297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
298: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
299: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
300: </strong></font><br>
301: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
302: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
303: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
304: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
305: <p>
306:
1.46 louis 307: <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 308: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 309: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 310:
311: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
312: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
313: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
314: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
315: <p>
316:
1.58 louis 317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
318: <a
319: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
320: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
321: </strong></font><br>
322:
323: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
324: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
325: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
326:
1.70 louis 327: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
328: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
329: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
330: </strong></font><br>
331:
332: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
333: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
334: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
335: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
336: <p>
337:
1.69 deraadt 338: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
339:
1.44 philen 340: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
341: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 342: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 343:
344: Kurt Seifried
345: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
346: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
347: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
348: <p>
349:
1.41 louis 350: <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>,
351: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 352: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 353:
354: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
355: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
356:
1.37 louis 357: <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>,
358: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 359: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 360:
361: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 362: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 363:
1.36 louis 364: <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>,
365: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 366: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 367:
368: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
369: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
370: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
371: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
372: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
373:
1.79 deraadt 374: <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 375: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 376: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 377:
1.36 louis 378: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
379: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 380:
1.38 louis 381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 382: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
383: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 384: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 385:
386: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
387: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
388:
1.69 deraadt 389: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
390:
1.30 deraadt 391: <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 392: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 393: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 394:
395: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
396: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
397: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 398:
1.29 louis 399: <li><strong>
400: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 401: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 402: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 403:
404: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
405: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 406: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
407: terminal:
1.29 louis 408: <blockquote>
409: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
410: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
411: <br>
412: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
413: </code>
414: </blockquote>
415: <p>
416:
1.16 louis 417: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 418: <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>
419: <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 420: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 421:
422: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
423: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 424: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 425: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 426:
427: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 428: <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 429: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 430:
431: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
432: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
433: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
434: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
435: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 436: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 437: <p>
438:
1.43 louis 439: <li><strong>
440: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 441: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 442:
443: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
444: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
445: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 446: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
447: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 448: <p>
449:
1.1 deraadt 450: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 451: <a
452: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
453: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
454: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 455:
1.57 louis 456: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
457: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
458: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
459: Melbourne.<p>
460:
461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
462: <a
463: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
464: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
465: </strong></font><br>
466:
467: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 468:
469: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 470: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 471: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 472: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 473:
1.23 louis 474: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
475: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
476: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
477: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
478: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 479: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 480:
481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 482: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
483: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 484: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 485:
486: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
487: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
488: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
489: installation.
490: <p>
491:
492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 493: <a
494: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
495: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
496: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
497:
498: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
499: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
500:
1.69 deraadt 501: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
502:
1.57 louis 503: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 504: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 505: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 506: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 507:
508: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
509: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 510: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 511: <p>
512:
513: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 514: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 515: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 516: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 517:
518: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
519: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 520: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
521: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
522: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
523: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
524: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 525: <p>
526:
1.69 deraadt 527: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 528:
529: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 530: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 531: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 532:
533: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
534: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
535: available."
536: <p>
537:
1.69 deraadt 538: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
539:
1.6 deraadt 540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 541: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 542: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 543:
544: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
545: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
546: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
547: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
548: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 552: <a
553: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
554: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
555: </strong></font><br>
556:
557: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
558: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
559: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
560: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
561: an interesting read.
562: <p>
563:
1.69 deraadt 564: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
565:
566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
567: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
568: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
569: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
570:
571: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
572: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
573: <p>
574:
1.57 louis 575: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 576: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
577: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
578: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 579: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 580:
581: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
582: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
583:
584: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 585: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 586:
587: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
588:
589: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 590: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
591: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
592: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 593:
594: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
595: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
596:
1.69 deraadt 597: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
598:
1.23 louis 599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 600: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 601: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 602:
603: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
604: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
605: <p>
606:
1.57 louis 607: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
608: <a
609: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
610: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
611: </strong></font><br>
612:
613: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
614: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
615: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
616: site.<p>
617:
1.69 deraadt 618: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
619:
1.7 deraadt 620: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 622: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 623: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 624: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 625:
626: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
627: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
628: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
629: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
630: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
631: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
632: <p>
633:
634: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 635: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
636: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 637: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 638:
639: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
640: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
641: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
642: over to OpenBSD.
643: <p>
644:
645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 646: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
647: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 648: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 649:
650: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
651: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
652: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
653: columns."
654: <p>
655:
1.69 deraadt 656: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
657:
1.58 louis 658: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
659: <a
660: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
661: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
662: </strong></font><br>
663:
664: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
665: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
666:
1.2 deraadt 667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 668: <a
669: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
670: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
671:
672: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
673: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
674: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
675:
1.69 deraadt 676: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
677:
1.57 louis 678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 679: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 680: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 681: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 682:
683: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
684: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
685: Implementation, including a brief interview with
686: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 687: <p>
688:
1.69 deraadt 689: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
690:
1.1 deraadt 691: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 692: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
693: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 694:
1.69 deraadt 695: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
696: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 697: <p>
698:
1.69 deraadt 699: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 700:
701: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
702: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
703: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 704: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 705:
706: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
707: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
708: <p>
709:
710: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 711: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 712: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
713: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 714: <p>
715:
1.69 deraadt 716: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
717:
718: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
719: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
720: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
721: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
722: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
723: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
724:
725: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
726: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
727: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
728: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
729: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
730: <p>
731:
732: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
733:
1.38 louis 734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 735: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
736: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 737:
1.69 deraadt 738: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
739: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 740: <p>
741:
1.17 deraadt 742: </dl>
743: <p>
1.1 deraadt 744:
1.27 deraadt 745: <hr>
1.72 louis 746: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 747: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 748:
1.69 deraadt 749: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
750:
1.17 deraadt 751: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
753: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 754: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 755:
756: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
757: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
758: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
759: <p>
760:
761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
762: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 763: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 764: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 765: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 766:
1.20 louis 767: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
768: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 769: explains the licensing issues and points to our
770: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
771: <p>
772:
1.17 deraadt 773: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 774:
1.27 deraadt 775: <hr>
1.72 louis 776: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 777: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
778:
779: <dl>
780:
1.69 deraadt 781: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
782:
1.20 louis 783: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
784: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
785: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 786: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 787:
788: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
789: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
790: translating and reprinting articles from
791: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
792: <p>
793:
794: </dl>
795:
1.50 louis 796: <hr>
1.72 louis 797: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 798: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
799: <dl>
800:
1.72 louis 801: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
802:
803: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 804: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 805: Februar 2000
806: </strong></font><br>
807:
1.73 louis 808: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
809: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
810: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
811: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 812: <p>
813:
1.69 deraadt 814: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
815:
1.50 louis 816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
817: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
818: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 819: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 820:
821: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
822: <p>
823: </dl>
824:
1.20 louis 825:
1.1 deraadt 826: <hr>
1.72 louis 827: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 828: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
829: <dl>
830:
1.69 deraadt 831: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
832:
1.56 deraadt 833: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 834: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
835: January 2000 issue
836: </strong></font><br>
837:
838: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
839: <p>
840:
1.69 deraadt 841: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
842:
1.62 form 843: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
844: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 845: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 846: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 847:
1.59 form 848: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 849: <p>
850:
851: <p>
852: </dl>
853:
854: <hr>
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