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1.18 deraadt 29: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 31:
1.85 louis 32: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
33:
34: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 ! louis 35: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
! 36: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
! 40: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
! 41: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
! 42: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
! 43: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
! 44: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
! 45: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
! 46: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
! 47: defects in their products.
! 48: <p>
! 49:
! 50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 51: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
52: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
53: </strong></font><br>
54:
55: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
56: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
57: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
58: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
59: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
60: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
61: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
62: <p>
63:
64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 65: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
66: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
67: </strong></font><br>
68:
69: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
70: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 74: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
75: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
76: </strong></font><br>
77:
78: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
79: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
80: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
81: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
82: <p>
83:
84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 85: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
86: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
87: </strong></font><br>
88:
89: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
90: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
91: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
92: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
93: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
94:
1.78 deraadt 95: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 96:
1.77 deraadt 97: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
98: <a
1.83 louis 99: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
100: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
101: April 20, 2000
102: </strong></font><br>
103:
104: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
105: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
106: OpenBSD.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
110: <a
111: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
112: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 113: </strong></font><br>
114:
1.83 louis 115: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
116: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
117: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
118: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
119: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
120: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
121: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 122: <p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
125: <a
1.83 louis 126: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
127: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 128: </strong></font><br>
129:
1.83 louis 130: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
131: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
132: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 133: <p>
134:
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
136: <a
1.77 deraadt 137: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
138: Bad Press</a>,
139: 32Bits Online, April 2000
140: </strong></font><br>
141:
142: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
143: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
144: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
145: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
146: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 147: <p>
148:
149: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
150:
151: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
152: <a
153: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
154: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
155: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
156: </strong></font><br>
157:
158: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
159: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
160: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
161: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 162: <p>
163:
1.71 louis 164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 165: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
166: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
167: </strong></font><br>
168:
169: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
170: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
171: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
172: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
173: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
174: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 178: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
179: </strong></font><br>
180:
181: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
182: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
183: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
184: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
185: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
186: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
187: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 191: <a
1.90 ! louis 192: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
! 193: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
! 194: </strong></font><br>
! 195:
! 196: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
! 197: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
! 198: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
! 199: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
! 200: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
! 201: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
! 202: will the open source world react, he asks.
! 203: <p>
! 204:
! 205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 206: <a
1.76 louis 207: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
208: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 209: </strong></font><br>
210:
211: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
212: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
213: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 214: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 215: <p>
216:
1.69 deraadt 217: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 218:
219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
220: <a
221: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
222: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
223: </strong></font><br>
224:
225: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
226: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
227: platforms without good crypto support.
228: <p>
229:
1.48 louis 230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 231: <a
232: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
233: </strong></font><br>
234:
235: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
236: how to set up packet filtering with <a
237: 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
238: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
239: <p>
240:
241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 242: <a
1.64 louis 243: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
244: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
245: </strong></font><br>
246:
247: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
248: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
249: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
250: "secure by default" installation.
251: <p>
252:
253: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
254: <a
1.66 louis 255: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
256: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
257: </strong></font><br>
258:
259: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
260: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
261: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
262: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
263: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
264: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
268: <a
1.83 louis 269: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
270: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
271: </strong></font><br>
272:
273: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
274: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
275: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
276: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
277: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
278: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
279: <p>
280:
281: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
282: <a
1.64 louis 283: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
284: Information Security, February 2000
285: </strong></font><br>
286:
287: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 288: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
289: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 290: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
291: its reputation among security experts.
292: <p>
293:
294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
295: <a
1.65 louis 296: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
297: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
298: </strong></font><br>
299:
300: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
301: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
302: <p>
303:
1.69 deraadt 304: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
305:
1.65 louis 306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
307: <a
1.88 louis 308: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
309: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
310: </strong></font><br>
311:
312: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
313: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
314: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
315: the administrator is vigilant.
316: <p>
317:
318: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
319: <a
1.60 louis 320: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
321: </strong></font><br>
322:
323: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
324: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
325: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
326: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
327: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
328: <p>
329:
330: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 331: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
332: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
333: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
334: </strong></font><br>
335:
336: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
337: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
338: and cryptography.
339: <p>
340:
341: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 342: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
343: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 344: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 345:
346: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
347: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
348: <p>
349:
350: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 351: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
352: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
353:
354: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
355: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
356: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
357: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
358: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
359:
360: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
361: <a
362: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
363: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
364: </strong></font><br>
365:
366: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
367: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
368: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
369:
370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 371: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 372: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 373:
374: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
375: in <a
376: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
377: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 378: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 382: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
383: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
384: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 385: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 386:
1.58 louis 387: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 388: <p>
389:
1.69 deraadt 390: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
391:
1.51 deraadt 392: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 393: <a
394: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
395: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
396: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 397: </strong></font><br>
398:
1.58 louis 399: Kurt Seifried
400: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
401: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
402: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
403: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 404:
1.86 louis 405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
406: <a
407: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
408: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
409: </strong></font><br>
410:
411: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
412: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
413: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
414: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
415: <p>
416:
1.69 deraadt 417: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
418:
1.51 deraadt 419: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 420: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
421: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
422: </strong></font><br>
423:
424: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
425: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 429: <a
430: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 431: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
432: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 433: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 434:
435: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
436: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
437: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
438: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
439: right -- or at least strives to".
440: <p>
441:
1.61 louis 442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
443: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
444: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
445: </strong></font><br>
446: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
447: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
448: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
449: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
450: <p>
451:
1.46 louis 452: <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 453: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 454: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 455:
456: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
457: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
458: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
459: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
460: <p>
461:
1.58 louis 462: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
463: <a
464: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
465: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
466: </strong></font><br>
467:
468: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
469: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
470: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
471:
1.70 louis 472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
473: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
474: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
475: </strong></font><br>
476:
477: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
478: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
479: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
480: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
481: <p>
482:
1.69 deraadt 483: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
484:
1.44 philen 485: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
486: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 487: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 488:
489: Kurt Seifried
490: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
491: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
492: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
493: <p>
494:
1.41 louis 495: <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>,
496: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 497: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 498:
499: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
500: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
501:
1.37 louis 502: <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>,
503: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 504: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 505:
506: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 507: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 508:
1.36 louis 509: <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>,
510: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 511: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 512:
513: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
514: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
515: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
516: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
517: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
518:
1.79 deraadt 519: <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 520: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 521: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 522:
1.36 louis 523: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
524: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 525:
1.38 louis 526: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 527: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
528: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 529: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 530:
531: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
532: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
533:
1.69 deraadt 534: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
535:
1.30 deraadt 536: <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 537: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 538: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 539:
540: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
541: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
542: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 543:
1.29 louis 544: <li><strong>
545: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 546: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 547: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 548:
549: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
550: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 551: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
552: terminal:
1.29 louis 553: <blockquote>
554: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
555: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
556: <br>
557: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
558: </code>
559: </blockquote>
560: <p>
561:
1.16 louis 562: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 563: <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>
564: <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 565: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 566:
567: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
568: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 569: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 570: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 571:
572: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 573: <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 574: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 575:
576: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
577: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
578: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
579: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
580: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 581: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 582: <p>
583:
1.43 louis 584: <li><strong>
585: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 586: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 587:
588: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
589: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
590: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 591: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
592: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 593: <p>
594:
1.1 deraadt 595: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 596: <a
597: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
598: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
599: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 600:
1.57 louis 601: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
602: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
603: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
604: Melbourne.<p>
605:
606: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
607: <a
608: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
609: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
610: </strong></font><br>
611:
612: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 613:
614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 615: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 616: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 617: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 618:
1.23 louis 619: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
620: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
621: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
622: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
623: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 624: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 625:
626: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 627: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
628: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 629: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 630:
631: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
632: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
633: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
634: installation.
635: <p>
636:
637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 638: <a
639: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
640: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
641: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
642:
643: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
644: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
645:
1.69 deraadt 646: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
647:
1.57 louis 648: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 649: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 650: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 651: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 652:
653: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
654: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 655: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 656: <p>
657:
658: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 659: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 660: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 661: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 662:
663: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
664: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 665: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
666: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
667: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
668: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
669: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 670: <p>
671:
1.69 deraadt 672: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 673:
674: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 675: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 676: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 677:
678: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
679: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
680: available."
681: <p>
682:
1.69 deraadt 683: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
684:
1.6 deraadt 685: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 686: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 687: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 688:
689: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
690: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
691: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
692: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
693: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
694: <p>
695:
696: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 697: <a
698: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
699: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
700: </strong></font><br>
701:
702: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
703: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
704: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
705: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
706: an interesting read.
707: <p>
708:
1.69 deraadt 709: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
710:
711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
712: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
713: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
714: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
715:
716: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
717: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
718: <p>
719:
1.57 louis 720: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 721: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
722: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
723: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 724: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 725:
726: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
727: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
728:
729: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 730: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 731:
732: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
733:
734: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 735: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
736: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
737: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 738:
739: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
740: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
741:
1.69 deraadt 742: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
743:
1.23 louis 744: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 745: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 746: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 747:
748: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
749: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
750: <p>
751:
1.57 louis 752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
753: <a
754: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
755: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
756: </strong></font><br>
757:
758: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
759: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
760: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
761: site.<p>
762:
1.69 deraadt 763: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
764:
1.7 deraadt 765: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 766: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 767: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 768: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 769: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 770:
771: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
772: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
773: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
774: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
775: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
776: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
777: <p>
778:
779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 780: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
781: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 782: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 783:
784: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
785: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
786: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
787: over to OpenBSD.
788: <p>
789:
790: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 791: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
792: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 793: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 794:
795: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
796: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
797: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
798: columns."
799: <p>
800:
1.69 deraadt 801: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
802:
1.58 louis 803: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
804: <a
805: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
806: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
807: </strong></font><br>
808:
809: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
810: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
811:
1.2 deraadt 812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 813: <a
814: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
815: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
816:
817: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
818: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
819: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
820:
1.69 deraadt 821: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
822:
1.57 louis 823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 824: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 825: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 826: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 827:
828: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
829: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
830: Implementation, including a brief interview with
831: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 832: <p>
833:
1.69 deraadt 834: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
835:
1.1 deraadt 836: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 837: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
838: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 839:
1.69 deraadt 840: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
841: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 842: <p>
843:
1.69 deraadt 844: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 845:
846: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
847: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
848: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 849: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 850:
851: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
852: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
853: <p>
854:
855: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 856: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 857: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
858: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 859: <p>
860:
1.69 deraadt 861: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
862:
863: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
864: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
865: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
866: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
867: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
868: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
869:
870: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
871: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
872: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
873: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
874: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
875: <p>
876:
877: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
878:
1.38 louis 879: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 880: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
881: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 882:
1.69 deraadt 883: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
884: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 885: <p>
886:
1.17 deraadt 887: </dl>
888: <p>
1.1 deraadt 889:
1.27 deraadt 890: <hr>
1.72 louis 891: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 892: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 893:
1.84 niklas 894: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
895:
896: <dl>
897: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
898: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
899: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
900:
901: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 902: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 903: <p>
904:
905: </dl>
906:
1.69 deraadt 907: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
908:
1.17 deraadt 909: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 910: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
911: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 912: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 913:
914: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
915: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
916: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
917: <p>
918:
919: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
920: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 921: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 922: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 923: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 924:
1.20 louis 925: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
926: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 927: explains the licensing issues and points to our
928: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
929: <p>
930:
1.17 deraadt 931: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 932:
1.27 deraadt 933: <hr>
1.72 louis 934: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 935: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
936:
937: <dl>
938:
1.69 deraadt 939: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
940:
1.20 louis 941: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
942: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
943: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 944: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 945:
946: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
947: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
948: translating and reprinting articles from
949: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
950: <p>
951:
952: </dl>
953:
1.50 louis 954: <hr>
1.72 louis 955: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 956: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
957: <dl>
958:
1.72 louis 959: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
960:
961: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 962: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 963: Februar 2000
964: </strong></font><br>
965:
1.73 louis 966: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
967: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
968: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
969: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 970: <p>
971:
1.69 deraadt 972: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
973:
1.50 louis 974: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
975: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
976: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 977: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 978:
979: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
980: <p>
981: </dl>
982:
1.20 louis 983:
1.1 deraadt 984: <hr>
1.72 louis 985: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 986: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
987: <dl>
988:
1.69 deraadt 989: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
990:
1.56 deraadt 991: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 992: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
993: January 2000 issue
994: </strong></font><br>
995:
996: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
997: <p>
998:
1.69 deraadt 999: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1000:
1.62 form 1001: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1002: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 1003: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 1004: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1005:
1.59 form 1006: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1007: <p>
1008:
1.89 louis 1009: </dl>
1010:
1011: <hr>
1012: <a name=pl></a>
1013: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1014: <dl>
1015:
1016: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1017: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1018: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1019: January 2000
1020: </strong></font><br>
1021:
1022: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1023: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1024: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1025: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1026: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1027: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1028: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1029: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1030: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1031: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1032: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1033: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.56 deraadt 1034: <p>
1035: </dl>
1036:
1037: <hr>
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1039: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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