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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:
1.91 ! louis 34: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
! 35: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
! 36: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
! 40: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
! 41: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
! 42: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
! 43: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
! 44: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
! 45: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
! 46: creep are delivering the wrong message.
! 47: <p>
! 48:
1.85 louis 49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 50: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
51: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
52: </strong></font><br>
53:
54: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
55: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
56: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
57: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
58: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
59: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
60: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
61: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
62: defects in their products.
63: <p>
64:
65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 66: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
67: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
68: </strong></font><br>
69:
70: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
71: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
72: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
73: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
74: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
75: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
76: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 80: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
81: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
82: </strong></font><br>
83:
84: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
85: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 89: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
90: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
91: </strong></font><br>
92:
93: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
94: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
95: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
96: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 100: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
101: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
102: </strong></font><br>
103:
104: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
105: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
106: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
107: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
108: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
109:
1.78 deraadt 110: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 111:
1.77 deraadt 112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
113: <a
1.83 louis 114: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
115: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
116: April 20, 2000
117: </strong></font><br>
118:
119: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
120: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
121: OpenBSD.
122: <p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
125: <a
126: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
127: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 128: </strong></font><br>
129:
1.83 louis 130: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
131: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
132: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
133: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
134: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
135: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
136: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 137: <p>
138:
139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
140: <a
1.83 louis 141: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
142: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 143: </strong></font><br>
144:
1.83 louis 145: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
146: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
147: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
151: <a
1.77 deraadt 152: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
153: Bad Press</a>,
154: 32Bits Online, April 2000
155: </strong></font><br>
156:
157: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
158: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
159: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
160: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
161: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 162: <p>
163:
164: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
165:
166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
167: <a
168: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
169: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
170: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
171: </strong></font><br>
172:
173: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
174: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
175: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
176: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 177: <p>
178:
1.71 louis 179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 180: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
181: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
182: </strong></font><br>
183:
184: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
185: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
186: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
187: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
188: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
189: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
190: <p>
191:
192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 193: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
194: </strong></font><br>
195:
196: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
197: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
198: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
199: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
200: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
201: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
202: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
203: <p>
204:
205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 206: <a
1.90 louis 207: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
208: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
209: </strong></font><br>
210:
211: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
212: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
213: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
214: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
215: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
216: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
217: will the open source world react, he asks.
218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
221: <a
1.76 louis 222: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
223: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 224: </strong></font><br>
225:
226: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
227: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
228: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 229: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 230: <p>
231:
1.69 deraadt 232: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 233:
234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
235: <a
236: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
237: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
238: </strong></font><br>
239:
240: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
241: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
242: platforms without good crypto support.
243: <p>
244:
1.48 louis 245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 246: <a
247: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
248: </strong></font><br>
249:
250: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
251: how to set up packet filtering with <a
252: 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
253: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
254: <p>
255:
256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 257: <a
1.64 louis 258: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
259: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
260: </strong></font><br>
261:
262: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
263: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
264: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
265: "secure by default" installation.
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
269: <a
1.66 louis 270: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
271: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
272: </strong></font><br>
273:
274: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
275: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
276: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
277: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
278: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
279: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
283: <a
1.83 louis 284: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
285: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
286: </strong></font><br>
287:
288: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
289: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
290: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
291: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
292: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
293: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
294: <p>
295:
296: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
297: <a
1.64 louis 298: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
299: Information Security, February 2000
300: </strong></font><br>
301:
302: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 303: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
304: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 305: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
306: its reputation among security experts.
307: <p>
308:
309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
310: <a
1.65 louis 311: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
312: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
313: </strong></font><br>
314:
315: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
316: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
317: <p>
318:
1.69 deraadt 319: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
320:
1.65 louis 321: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
322: <a
1.88 louis 323: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
324: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
325: </strong></font><br>
326:
327: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
328: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
329: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
330: the administrator is vigilant.
331: <p>
332:
333: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
334: <a
1.60 louis 335: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
336: </strong></font><br>
337:
338: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
339: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
340: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
341: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
342: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
343: <p>
344:
345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 346: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
347: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
348: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
349: </strong></font><br>
350:
351: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
352: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
353: and cryptography.
354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 357: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
358: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 359: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 360:
361: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
362: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
363: <p>
364:
365: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 366: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
367: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
368:
369: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
370: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
371: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
372: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
373: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
374:
375: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
376: <a
377: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
378: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
379: </strong></font><br>
380:
381: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
382: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
383: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
384:
385: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 386: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 387: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 388:
389: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
390: in <a
391: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
392: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 393: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 394: <p>
395:
396: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 397: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
398: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
399: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 400: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 401:
1.58 louis 402: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 403: <p>
404:
1.69 deraadt 405: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
406:
1.51 deraadt 407: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 408: <a
409: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
410: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
411: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 412: </strong></font><br>
413:
1.58 louis 414: Kurt Seifried
415: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
416: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
417: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
418: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 419:
1.86 louis 420: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
421: <a
422: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
423: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
424: </strong></font><br>
425:
426: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
427: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
428: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
429: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
430: <p>
431:
1.69 deraadt 432: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
433:
1.51 deraadt 434: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 435: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
436: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
437: </strong></font><br>
438:
439: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
440: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
441: <p>
442:
443: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 444: <a
445: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 446: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
447: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 448: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 449:
450: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
451: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
452: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
453: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
454: right -- or at least strives to".
455: <p>
456:
1.61 louis 457: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
458: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
459: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
460: </strong></font><br>
461: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
462: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
463: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
464: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
465: <p>
466:
1.46 louis 467: <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 468: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 469: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 470:
471: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
472: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
473: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
474: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
475: <p>
476:
1.58 louis 477: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
478: <a
479: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
480: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
481: </strong></font><br>
482:
483: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
484: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
485: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
486:
1.70 louis 487: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
488: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
489: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
490: </strong></font><br>
491:
492: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
493: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
494: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
495: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
496: <p>
497:
1.69 deraadt 498: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
499:
1.44 philen 500: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
501: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 502: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 503:
504: Kurt Seifried
505: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
506: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
507: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
508: <p>
509:
1.41 louis 510: <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>,
511: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 512: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 513:
514: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
515: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
516:
1.37 louis 517: <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>,
518: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 519: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 520:
521: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 522: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 523:
1.36 louis 524: <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>,
525: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 526: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 527:
528: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
529: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
530: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
531: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
532: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
533:
1.79 deraadt 534: <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 535: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 536: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 537:
1.36 louis 538: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
539: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 540:
1.38 louis 541: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 542: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
543: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 544: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 545:
546: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
547: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
548:
1.69 deraadt 549: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
550:
1.30 deraadt 551: <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 552: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 553: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 554:
555: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
556: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
557: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 558:
1.29 louis 559: <li><strong>
560: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 561: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 562: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 563:
564: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
565: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 566: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
567: terminal:
1.29 louis 568: <blockquote>
569: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
570: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
571: <br>
572: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
573: </code>
574: </blockquote>
575: <p>
576:
1.16 louis 577: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 578: <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>
579: <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 580: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 581:
582: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
583: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 584: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 585: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 586:
587: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 588: <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 589: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 590:
591: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
592: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
593: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
594: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
595: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 596: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 597: <p>
598:
1.43 louis 599: <li><strong>
600: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 601: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 602:
603: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
604: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
605: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 606: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
607: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 608: <p>
609:
1.1 deraadt 610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 611: <a
612: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
613: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
614: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 615:
1.57 louis 616: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
617: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
618: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
619: Melbourne.<p>
620:
621: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
622: <a
623: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
624: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
625: </strong></font><br>
626:
627: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 628:
629: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 630: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 631: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 632: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 633:
1.23 louis 634: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
635: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
636: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
637: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
638: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 639: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 640:
641: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 642: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
643: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 644: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 645:
646: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
647: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
648: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
649: installation.
650: <p>
651:
652: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 653: <a
654: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
655: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
656: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
657:
658: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
659: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
660:
1.69 deraadt 661: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
662:
1.57 louis 663: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 664: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 665: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 666: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 667:
668: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
669: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 670: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 671: <p>
672:
673: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 674: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 675: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 676: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 677:
678: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
679: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 680: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
681: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
682: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
683: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
684: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 685: <p>
686:
1.69 deraadt 687: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 688:
689: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 690: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 691: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 692:
693: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
694: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
695: available."
696: <p>
697:
1.69 deraadt 698: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
699:
1.6 deraadt 700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 701: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 702: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 703:
704: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
705: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
706: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
707: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
708: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
709: <p>
710:
711: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 712: <a
713: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
714: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
715: </strong></font><br>
716:
717: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
718: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
719: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
720: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
721: an interesting read.
722: <p>
723:
1.69 deraadt 724: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
725:
726: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
727: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
728: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
729: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
730:
731: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
732: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
733: <p>
734:
1.57 louis 735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 736: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
737: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
738: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 739: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 740:
741: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
742: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
743:
744: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 745: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 746:
747: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
748:
749: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 750: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
751: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
752: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 753:
754: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
755: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
756:
1.69 deraadt 757: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
758:
1.23 louis 759: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 760: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 761: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 762:
763: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
764: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
765: <p>
766:
1.57 louis 767: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
768: <a
769: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
770: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
771: </strong></font><br>
772:
773: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
774: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
775: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
776: site.<p>
777:
1.69 deraadt 778: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
779:
1.7 deraadt 780: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 781: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 782: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 783: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 784: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 785:
786: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
787: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
788: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
789: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
790: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
791: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
792: <p>
793:
794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 795: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
796: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 797: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 798:
799: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
800: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
801: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
802: over to OpenBSD.
803: <p>
804:
805: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 806: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
807: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 808: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 809:
810: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
811: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
812: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
813: columns."
814: <p>
815:
1.69 deraadt 816: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
817:
1.58 louis 818: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
819: <a
820: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
821: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
822: </strong></font><br>
823:
824: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
825: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
826:
1.2 deraadt 827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 828: <a
829: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
830: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
831:
832: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
833: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
834: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
835:
1.69 deraadt 836: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
837:
1.57 louis 838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 839: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 840: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 841: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 842:
843: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
844: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
845: Implementation, including a brief interview with
846: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 847: <p>
848:
1.69 deraadt 849: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
850:
1.1 deraadt 851: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 852: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
853: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 854:
1.69 deraadt 855: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
856: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 857: <p>
858:
1.69 deraadt 859: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 860:
861: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
862: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
863: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 864: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 865:
866: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
867: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
868: <p>
869:
870: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 871: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 872: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
873: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 874: <p>
875:
1.69 deraadt 876: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
877:
878: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
879: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
880: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
881: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
882: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
883: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
884:
885: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
886: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
887: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
888: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
889: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
890: <p>
891:
892: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
893:
1.38 louis 894: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 895: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
896: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 897:
1.69 deraadt 898: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
899: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 900: <p>
901:
1.17 deraadt 902: </dl>
903: <p>
1.1 deraadt 904:
1.27 deraadt 905: <hr>
1.72 louis 906: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 907: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 908:
1.84 niklas 909: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
910:
911: <dl>
912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
913: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
914: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
915:
916: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 917: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 918: <p>
919:
920: </dl>
921:
1.69 deraadt 922: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
923:
1.17 deraadt 924: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 925: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
926: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 927: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 928:
929: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
930: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
931: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
932: <p>
933:
934: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
935: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 936: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 937: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 938: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 939:
1.20 louis 940: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
941: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 942: explains the licensing issues and points to our
943: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
944: <p>
945:
1.17 deraadt 946: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 947:
1.27 deraadt 948: <hr>
1.72 louis 949: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 950: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
951:
952: <dl>
953:
1.69 deraadt 954: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
955:
1.20 louis 956: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
957: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
958: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 959: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 960:
961: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
962: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
963: translating and reprinting articles from
964: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
965: <p>
966:
967: </dl>
968:
1.50 louis 969: <hr>
1.72 louis 970: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 971: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
972: <dl>
973:
1.72 louis 974: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
975:
976: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 977: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 978: Februar 2000
979: </strong></font><br>
980:
1.73 louis 981: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
982: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
983: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
984: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 985: <p>
986:
1.69 deraadt 987: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
988:
1.50 louis 989: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
990: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
991: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 992: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 993:
994: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
995: <p>
996: </dl>
997:
1.20 louis 998:
1.1 deraadt 999: <hr>
1.72 louis 1000: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1001: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1002: <dl>
1003:
1.69 deraadt 1004: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1005:
1.56 deraadt 1006: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 1007: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1008: January 2000 issue
1009: </strong></font><br>
1010:
1011: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1012: <p>
1013:
1.69 deraadt 1014: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1015:
1.62 form 1016: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1017: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 1018: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 1019: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1020:
1.59 form 1021: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1022: <p>
1023:
1.89 louis 1024: </dl>
1025:
1026: <hr>
1027: <a name=pl></a>
1028: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1029: <dl>
1030:
1031: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1032: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1033: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1034: January 2000
1035: </strong></font><br>
1036:
1037: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1038: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1039: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1040: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1041: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1042: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1043: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1044: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1045: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1046: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1047: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1048: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
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1051:
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