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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>
1.87 ! louis 34: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
! 35: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
! 36: </strong></font><br>
! 37:
! 38: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
! 39: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
! 40: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
! 41: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
! 42: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
! 43: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
! 44: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
! 45: <p>
! 46:
! 47: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 48: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
49: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
50: </strong></font><br>
51:
52: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
53: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
54: <p>
55:
56: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
57: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
58: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
59: </strong></font><br>
60:
61: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
62: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
63: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
64: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
65: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
66:
1.78 deraadt 67: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 68:
1.77 deraadt 69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
70: <a
1.83 louis 71: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
72: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
73: April 20, 2000
74: </strong></font><br>
75:
76: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
77: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
78: OpenBSD.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
82: <a
83: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
84: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 85: </strong></font><br>
86:
1.83 louis 87: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
88: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
89: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
90: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
91: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
92: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
93: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 94: <p>
95:
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
97: <a
1.83 louis 98: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
99: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 100: </strong></font><br>
101:
1.83 louis 102: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
103: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
104: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 105: <p>
106:
107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
108: <a
1.77 deraadt 109: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
110: Bad Press</a>,
111: 32Bits Online, April 2000
112: </strong></font><br>
113:
114: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
115: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
116: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
117: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
118: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 119: <p>
120:
121: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
122:
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
124: <a
125: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
126: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
127: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
128: </strong></font><br>
129:
130: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
131: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
132: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
133: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 134: <p>
135:
1.71 louis 136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 137: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
138: </strong></font><br>
139:
140: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
141: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
142: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
143: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
144: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
145: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
146: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 150: <a
1.76 louis 151: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
152: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 153: </strong></font><br>
154:
155: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
156: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
157: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 158: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 159: <p>
160:
1.69 deraadt 161: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 162:
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
164: <a
165: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
166: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
167: </strong></font><br>
168:
169: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
170: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
171: platforms without good crypto support.
172: <p>
173:
1.48 louis 174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 175: <a
176: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
177: </strong></font><br>
178:
179: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
180: how to set up packet filtering with <a
181: 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
182: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
183: <p>
184:
185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 186: <a
1.64 louis 187: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
188: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
189: </strong></font><br>
190:
191: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
192: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
193: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
194: "secure by default" installation.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
198: <a
1.66 louis 199: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
200: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
201: </strong></font><br>
202:
203: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
204: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
205: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
206: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
207: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
208: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
209: <p>
210:
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
212: <a
1.83 louis 213: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
214: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
215: </strong></font><br>
216:
217: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
218: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
219: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
220: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
221: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
222: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
226: <a
1.64 louis 227: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
228: Information Security, February 2000
229: </strong></font><br>
230:
231: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 232: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
233: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 234: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
235: its reputation among security experts.
236: <p>
237:
238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
239: <a
1.65 louis 240: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
241: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
242: </strong></font><br>
243:
244: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
245: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
246: <p>
247:
1.69 deraadt 248: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
249:
1.65 louis 250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
251: <a
1.60 louis 252: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
253: </strong></font><br>
254:
255: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
256: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
257: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
258: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
259: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 263: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
264: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
265: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
266: </strong></font><br>
267:
268: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
269: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
270: and cryptography.
271: <p>
272:
273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 274: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
275: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 276: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 277:
278: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
279: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 283: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
284: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
285:
286: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
287: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
288: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
289: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
290: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
291:
292: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
293: <a
294: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
295: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
296: </strong></font><br>
297:
298: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
299: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
300: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
301:
302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 303: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 304: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 305:
306: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
307: in <a
308: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
309: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 310: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 311: <p>
312:
313: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 314: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
315: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
316: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 317: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 318:
1.58 louis 319: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 320: <p>
321:
1.69 deraadt 322: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
323:
1.51 deraadt 324: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 325: <a
326: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
327: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
328: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 329: </strong></font><br>
330:
1.58 louis 331: Kurt Seifried
332: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
333: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
334: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
335: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 336:
1.86 louis 337: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
338: <a
339: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
340: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
341: </strong></font><br>
342:
343: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
344: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
345: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
346: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
347: <p>
348:
1.69 deraadt 349: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
350:
1.51 deraadt 351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 352: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
353: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
354: </strong></font><br>
355:
356: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
357: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 361: <a
362: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 363: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
364: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 365: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 366:
367: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
368: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
369: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
370: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
371: right -- or at least strives to".
372: <p>
373:
1.61 louis 374: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
375: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
376: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
377: </strong></font><br>
378: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
379: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
380: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
381: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
382: <p>
383:
1.46 louis 384: <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 385: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 386: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 387:
388: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
389: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
390: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
391: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
392: <p>
393:
1.58 louis 394: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
395: <a
396: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
397: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
398: </strong></font><br>
399:
400: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
401: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
402: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
403:
1.70 louis 404: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
405: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
406: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
407: </strong></font><br>
408:
409: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
410: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
411: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
412: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
413: <p>
414:
1.69 deraadt 415: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
416:
1.44 philen 417: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
418: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 419: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 420:
421: Kurt Seifried
422: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
423: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
424: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
425: <p>
426:
1.41 louis 427: <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>,
428: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 429: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 430:
431: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
432: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
433:
1.37 louis 434: <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>,
435: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 436: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 437:
438: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 439: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 440:
1.36 louis 441: <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>,
442: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 443: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 444:
445: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
446: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
447: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
448: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
449: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
450:
1.79 deraadt 451: <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 452: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 453: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 454:
1.36 louis 455: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
456: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 457:
1.38 louis 458: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 459: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
460: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 461: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 462:
463: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
464: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
465:
1.69 deraadt 466: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
467:
1.30 deraadt 468: <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 469: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 470: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 471:
472: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
473: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
474: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 475:
1.29 louis 476: <li><strong>
477: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 478: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 479: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 480:
481: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
482: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 483: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
484: terminal:
1.29 louis 485: <blockquote>
486: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
487: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
488: <br>
489: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
490: </code>
491: </blockquote>
492: <p>
493:
1.16 louis 494: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 495: <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>
496: <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 497: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 498:
499: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
500: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 501: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 502: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 503:
504: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 505: <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 506: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 507:
508: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
509: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
510: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
511: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
512: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 513: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 514: <p>
515:
1.43 louis 516: <li><strong>
517: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 518: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 519:
520: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
521: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
522: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 523: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
524: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 525: <p>
526:
1.1 deraadt 527: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 528: <a
529: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
530: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
531: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 532:
1.57 louis 533: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
534: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
535: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
536: Melbourne.<p>
537:
538: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
539: <a
540: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
541: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
542: </strong></font><br>
543:
544: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 545:
546: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 547: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 548: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 549: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 550:
1.23 louis 551: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
552: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
553: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
554: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
555: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 556: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 557:
558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 559: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
560: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 561: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 562:
563: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
564: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
565: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
566: installation.
567: <p>
568:
569: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 570: <a
571: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
572: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
573: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
574:
575: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
576: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
577:
1.69 deraadt 578: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
579:
1.57 louis 580: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 581: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 582: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 583: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 584:
585: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
586: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 587: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 588: <p>
589:
590: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 591: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 592: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 593: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 594:
595: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
596: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 597: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
598: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
599: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
600: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
601: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 602: <p>
603:
1.69 deraadt 604: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 605:
606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 607: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 608: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 609:
610: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
611: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
612: available."
613: <p>
614:
1.69 deraadt 615: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
616:
1.6 deraadt 617: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 618: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 619: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 620:
621: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
622: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
623: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
624: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
625: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
626: <p>
627:
628: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 629: <a
630: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
631: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
632: </strong></font><br>
633:
634: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
635: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
636: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
637: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
638: an interesting read.
639: <p>
640:
1.69 deraadt 641: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
642:
643: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
644: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
645: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
646: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
647:
648: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
649: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
650: <p>
651:
1.57 louis 652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 653: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
654: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
655: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 656: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 657:
658: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
659: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
660:
661: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 662: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 663:
664: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
665:
666: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 667: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
668: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
669: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 670:
671: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
672: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
673:
1.69 deraadt 674: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
675:
1.23 louis 676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 677: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 678: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 679:
680: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
681: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
682: <p>
683:
1.57 louis 684: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
685: <a
686: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
687: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
688: </strong></font><br>
689:
690: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
691: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
692: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
693: site.<p>
694:
1.69 deraadt 695: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
696:
1.7 deraadt 697: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 698: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 699: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 700: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 701: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 702:
703: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
704: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
705: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
706: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
707: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
708: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
709: <p>
710:
711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 712: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
713: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 714: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 715:
716: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
717: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
718: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
719: over to OpenBSD.
720: <p>
721:
722: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 723: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
724: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 725: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 726:
727: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
728: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
729: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
730: columns."
731: <p>
732:
1.69 deraadt 733: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
734:
1.58 louis 735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
736: <a
737: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
738: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
739: </strong></font><br>
740:
741: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
742: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
743:
1.2 deraadt 744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 745: <a
746: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
747: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
748:
749: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
750: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
751: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
752:
1.69 deraadt 753: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
754:
1.57 louis 755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 756: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 757: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 758: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 759:
760: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
761: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
762: Implementation, including a brief interview with
763: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 764: <p>
765:
1.69 deraadt 766: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
767:
1.1 deraadt 768: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 769: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
770: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 771:
1.69 deraadt 772: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
773: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 774: <p>
775:
1.69 deraadt 776: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 777:
778: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
779: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
780: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 781: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 782:
783: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
784: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
785: <p>
786:
787: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 788: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 789: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
790: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 791: <p>
792:
1.69 deraadt 793: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
794:
795: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
796: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
797: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
798: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
799: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
800: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
801:
802: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
803: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
804: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
805: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
806: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
807: <p>
808:
809: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
810:
1.38 louis 811: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 812: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
813: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 814:
1.69 deraadt 815: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
816: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 817: <p>
818:
1.17 deraadt 819: </dl>
820: <p>
1.1 deraadt 821:
1.27 deraadt 822: <hr>
1.72 louis 823: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 824: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 825:
1.84 niklas 826: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
827:
828: <dl>
829: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
830: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
831: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
832:
833: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 834: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 835: <p>
836:
837: </dl>
838:
1.69 deraadt 839: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
840:
1.17 deraadt 841: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 842: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
843: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 844: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 845:
846: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
847: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
848: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
849: <p>
850:
851: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
852: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 853: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 854: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 855: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 856:
1.20 louis 857: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
858: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 859: explains the licensing issues and points to our
860: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
861: <p>
862:
1.17 deraadt 863: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 864:
1.27 deraadt 865: <hr>
1.72 louis 866: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 867: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
868:
869: <dl>
870:
1.69 deraadt 871: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
872:
1.20 louis 873: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
874: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
875: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 876: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 877:
878: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
879: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
880: translating and reprinting articles from
881: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
882: <p>
883:
884: </dl>
885:
1.50 louis 886: <hr>
1.72 louis 887: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 888: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
889: <dl>
890:
1.72 louis 891: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
892:
893: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 894: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 895: Februar 2000
896: </strong></font><br>
897:
1.73 louis 898: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
899: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
900: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
901: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 902: <p>
903:
1.69 deraadt 904: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
905:
1.50 louis 906: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
907: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
908: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 909: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 910:
911: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
912: <p>
913: </dl>
914:
1.20 louis 915:
1.1 deraadt 916: <hr>
1.72 louis 917: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 918: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
919: <dl>
920:
1.69 deraadt 921: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
922:
1.56 deraadt 923: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 924: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
925: January 2000 issue
926: </strong></font><br>
927:
928: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
929: <p>
930:
1.69 deraadt 931: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
932:
1.62 form 933: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
934: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 935: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 936: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 937:
1.59 form 938: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 939: <p>
940:
941: <p>
942: </dl>
943:
944: <hr>
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