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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:
1.85 louis 31: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
32:
33: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
34: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
35: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
36: </strong></font><br>
37:
38: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
39: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
40: <p>
41:
42: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
43: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
44: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
45: </strong></font><br>
46:
47: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
48: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
49: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
50: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
51: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
52:
1.78 deraadt 53: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 54:
1.77 deraadt 55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
56: <a
1.83 louis 57: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
58: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
59: April 20, 2000
60: </strong></font><br>
61:
62: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
63: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
64: OpenBSD.
65: <p>
66:
67: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
68: <a
69: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
70: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 71: </strong></font><br>
72:
1.83 louis 73: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
74: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
75: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
76: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
77: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
78: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
79: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
83: <a
1.83 louis 84: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
85: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 86: </strong></font><br>
87:
1.83 louis 88: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
89: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
90: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 91: <p>
92:
93: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
94: <a
1.77 deraadt 95: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
96: Bad Press</a>,
97: 32Bits Online, April 2000
98: </strong></font><br>
99:
100: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
101: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
102: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
103: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
104: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 105: <p>
106:
107: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
108:
109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
110: <a
111: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
112: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
113: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
117: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
118: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
119: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 120: <p>
121:
1.71 louis 122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 123: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
124: </strong></font><br>
125:
126: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
127: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
128: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
129: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
130: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
131: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
132: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
133: <p>
134:
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 136: <a
1.76 louis 137: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
138: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 139: </strong></font><br>
140:
141: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
142: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
143: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 144: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 145: <p>
146:
1.69 deraadt 147: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 148:
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
150: <a
151: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
152: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
153: </strong></font><br>
154:
155: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
156: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
157: platforms without good crypto support.
158: <p>
159:
1.48 louis 160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 161: <a
162: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
163: </strong></font><br>
164:
165: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
166: how to set up packet filtering with <a
167: 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
168: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
169: <p>
170:
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 172: <a
1.64 louis 173: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
174: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
175: </strong></font><br>
176:
177: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
178: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
179: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
180: "secure by default" installation.
181: <p>
182:
183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
184: <a
1.66 louis 185: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
186: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
187: </strong></font><br>
188:
189: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
190: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
191: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
192: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
193: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
194: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
198: <a
1.83 louis 199: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
200: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
201: </strong></font><br>
202:
203: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
204: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
205: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
206: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
207: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
208: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
209: <p>
210:
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
212: <a
1.64 louis 213: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
214: Information Security, February 2000
215: </strong></font><br>
216:
217: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 218: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
219: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 220: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
221: its reputation among security experts.
222: <p>
223:
224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
225: <a
1.65 louis 226: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
227: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
228: </strong></font><br>
229:
230: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
231: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
232: <p>
233:
1.69 deraadt 234: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
235:
1.65 louis 236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
237: <a
1.60 louis 238: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
239: </strong></font><br>
240:
241: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
242: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
243: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
244: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
245: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
246: <p>
247:
248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 249: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
250: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
251: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
252: </strong></font><br>
253:
254: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
255: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
256: and cryptography.
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 260: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
261: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 262: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 263:
264: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
265: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 269: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
270: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
271:
272: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
273: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
274: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
275: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
276: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
277:
278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
279: <a
280: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
281: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
282: </strong></font><br>
283:
284: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
285: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
286: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
287:
288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 289: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 290: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 291:
292: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
293: in <a
294: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
295: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 296: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 297: <p>
298:
299: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 300: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
301: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
302: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 303: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 304:
1.58 louis 305: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 306: <p>
307:
1.69 deraadt 308: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
309:
1.51 deraadt 310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 311: <a
312: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
313: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
314: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 315: </strong></font><br>
316:
1.58 louis 317: Kurt Seifried
318: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
319: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
320: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
321: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 322:
1.86 ! louis 323: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 324: <a
! 325: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
! 326: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
! 327: </strong></font><br>
! 328:
! 329: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
! 330: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
! 331: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
! 332: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
! 333: <p>
! 334:
1.69 deraadt 335: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
336:
1.51 deraadt 337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 338: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
339: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
340: </strong></font><br>
341:
342: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
343: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
344: <p>
345:
346: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 347: <a
348: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 349: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
350: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 351: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 352:
353: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
354: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
355: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
356: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
357: right -- or at least strives to".
358: <p>
359:
1.61 louis 360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
361: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
362: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
363: </strong></font><br>
364: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
365: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
366: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
367: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
368: <p>
369:
1.46 louis 370: <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 371: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 372: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 373:
374: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
375: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
376: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
377: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
378: <p>
379:
1.58 louis 380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
381: <a
382: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
383: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
384: </strong></font><br>
385:
386: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
387: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
388: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
389:
1.70 louis 390: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
391: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
392: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
393: </strong></font><br>
394:
395: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
396: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
397: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
398: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
399: <p>
400:
1.69 deraadt 401: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
402:
1.44 philen 403: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
404: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 405: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 406:
407: Kurt Seifried
408: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
409: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
410: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
411: <p>
412:
1.41 louis 413: <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>,
414: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 415: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 416:
417: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
418: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
419:
1.37 louis 420: <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>,
421: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 422: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 423:
424: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 425: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 426:
1.36 louis 427: <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>,
428: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 429: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 430:
431: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
432: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
433: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
434: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
435: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
436:
1.79 deraadt 437: <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 438: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 439: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 440:
1.36 louis 441: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
442: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 443:
1.38 louis 444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 445: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
446: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 447: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 448:
449: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
450: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
451:
1.69 deraadt 452: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
453:
1.30 deraadt 454: <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 455: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 456: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 457:
458: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
459: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
460: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 461:
1.29 louis 462: <li><strong>
463: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 464: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 465: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 466:
467: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
468: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 469: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
470: terminal:
1.29 louis 471: <blockquote>
472: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
473: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
474: <br>
475: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
476: </code>
477: </blockquote>
478: <p>
479:
1.16 louis 480: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 481: <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>
482: <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 483: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 484:
485: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
486: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 487: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 488: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 489:
490: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 491: <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 492: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 493:
494: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
495: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
496: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
497: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
498: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 499: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 500: <p>
501:
1.43 louis 502: <li><strong>
503: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 504: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 505:
506: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
507: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
508: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 509: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
510: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 511: <p>
512:
1.1 deraadt 513: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 514: <a
515: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
516: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
517: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 518:
1.57 louis 519: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
520: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
521: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
522: Melbourne.<p>
523:
524: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
525: <a
526: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
527: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
528: </strong></font><br>
529:
530: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 531:
532: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 533: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 534: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 535: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 536:
1.23 louis 537: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
538: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
539: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
540: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
541: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 542: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 543:
544: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 545: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
546: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 547: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 548:
549: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
550: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
551: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
552: installation.
553: <p>
554:
555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 556: <a
557: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
558: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
559: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
560:
561: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
562: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
563:
1.69 deraadt 564: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
565:
1.57 louis 566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 567: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 568: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 569: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 570:
571: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
572: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 573: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 574: <p>
575:
576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 577: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 578: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 579: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 580:
581: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
582: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 583: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
584: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
585: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
586: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
587: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 588: <p>
589:
1.69 deraadt 590: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 591:
592: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 593: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 594: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 595:
596: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
597: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
598: available."
599: <p>
600:
1.69 deraadt 601: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
602:
1.6 deraadt 603: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 604: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 605: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 606:
607: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
608: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
609: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
610: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
611: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
612: <p>
613:
614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 615: <a
616: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
617: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
618: </strong></font><br>
619:
620: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
621: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
622: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
623: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
624: an interesting read.
625: <p>
626:
1.69 deraadt 627: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
628:
629: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
630: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
631: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
632: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
633:
634: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
635: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
636: <p>
637:
1.57 louis 638: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 639: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
640: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
641: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 642: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 643:
644: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
645: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
646:
647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 648: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 649:
650: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
651:
652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 653: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
654: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
655: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 656:
657: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
658: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
659:
1.69 deraadt 660: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
661:
1.23 louis 662: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 663: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 664: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 665:
666: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
667: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
668: <p>
669:
1.57 louis 670: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
671: <a
672: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
673: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
674: </strong></font><br>
675:
676: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
677: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
678: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
679: site.<p>
680:
1.69 deraadt 681: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
682:
1.7 deraadt 683: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 685: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 686: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 687: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 688:
689: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
690: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
691: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
692: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
693: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
694: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 698: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
699: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 700: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 701:
702: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
703: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
704: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
705: over to OpenBSD.
706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 709: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
710: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 711: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 712:
713: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
714: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
715: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
716: columns."
717: <p>
718:
1.69 deraadt 719: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
720:
1.58 louis 721: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
722: <a
723: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
724: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
725: </strong></font><br>
726:
727: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
728: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
729:
1.2 deraadt 730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 731: <a
732: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
733: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
734:
735: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
736: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
737: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
738:
1.69 deraadt 739: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
740:
1.57 louis 741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 742: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 743: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 744: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 745:
746: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
747: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
748: Implementation, including a brief interview with
749: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 750: <p>
751:
1.69 deraadt 752: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
753:
1.1 deraadt 754: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 755: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
756: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 757:
1.69 deraadt 758: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
759: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 760: <p>
761:
1.69 deraadt 762: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 763:
764: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
765: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
766: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 767: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 768:
769: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
770: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
771: <p>
772:
773: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 774: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 775: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
776: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 777: <p>
778:
1.69 deraadt 779: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
780:
781: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
782: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
783: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
784: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
785: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
786: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
787:
788: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
789: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
790: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
791: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
792: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
793: <p>
794:
795: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
796:
1.38 louis 797: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 798: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
799: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 800:
1.69 deraadt 801: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
802: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 803: <p>
804:
1.17 deraadt 805: </dl>
806: <p>
1.1 deraadt 807:
1.27 deraadt 808: <hr>
1.72 louis 809: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 810: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 811:
1.84 niklas 812: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
813:
814: <dl>
815: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
816: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
817: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
818:
819: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 820: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 821: <p>
822:
823: </dl>
824:
1.69 deraadt 825: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
826:
1.17 deraadt 827: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 828: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
829: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 830: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 831:
832: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
833: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
834: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
835: <p>
836:
837: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
838: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 839: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 840: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 841: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 842:
1.20 louis 843: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
844: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 845: explains the licensing issues and points to our
846: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
847: <p>
848:
1.17 deraadt 849: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 850:
1.27 deraadt 851: <hr>
1.72 louis 852: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 853: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
854:
855: <dl>
856:
1.69 deraadt 857: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
858:
1.20 louis 859: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
860: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
861: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 862: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 863:
864: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
865: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
866: translating and reprinting articles from
867: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
868: <p>
869:
870: </dl>
871:
1.50 louis 872: <hr>
1.72 louis 873: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 874: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
875: <dl>
876:
1.72 louis 877: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
878:
879: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 880: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 881: Februar 2000
882: </strong></font><br>
883:
1.73 louis 884: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
885: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
886: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
887: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 888: <p>
889:
1.69 deraadt 890: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
891:
1.50 louis 892: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
893: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
894: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 895: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 896:
897: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
898: <p>
899: </dl>
900:
1.20 louis 901:
1.1 deraadt 902: <hr>
1.72 louis 903: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 904: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
905: <dl>
906:
1.69 deraadt 907: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
908:
1.56 deraadt 909: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 910: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
911: January 2000 issue
912: </strong></font><br>
913:
914: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
915: <p>
916:
1.69 deraadt 917: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
918:
1.62 form 919: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
920: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 921: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 922: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 923:
1.59 form 924: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 925: <p>
926:
927: <p>
928: </dl>
929:
930: <hr>
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