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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
1.92 louis 35: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
36: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
37: </strong></font><br>
38:
39: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
40: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
41: Williams also dwells on OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
42: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
43: with embedded OpenBSD.
44: <p>
45:
46: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.91 louis 47: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
48: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
49: </strong></font><br>
50:
51: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
52: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
53: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
54: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
55: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
56: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
57: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
58: creep are delivering the wrong message.
59: <p>
60:
1.85 louis 61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 62: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
63: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
64: </strong></font><br>
65:
66: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
67: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
68: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
69: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
70: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
71: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
72: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
73: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
74: defects in their products.
75: <p>
76:
77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 78: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
79: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
80: </strong></font><br>
81:
82: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
83: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
84: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
85: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
86: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
87: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
88: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
89: <p>
90:
91: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 92: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
93: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
94: </strong></font><br>
95:
96: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
97: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 101: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
102: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
103: </strong></font><br>
104:
105: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
106: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
107: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
108: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
109: <p>
110:
111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 112: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
113: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
117: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
118: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
119: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
120: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
121:
1.78 deraadt 122: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 123:
1.77 deraadt 124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
125: <a
1.83 louis 126: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
127: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
128: April 20, 2000
129: </strong></font><br>
130:
131: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
132: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
133: OpenBSD.
134: <p>
135:
1.93 ! louis 136: <!--
! 137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 138: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
! 139: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
! 140: </strong></font><br>
! 141:
! 142: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
! 143: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
! 144: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
! 145: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
! 146: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
! 147: <p>
! 148: -->
! 149:
1.83 louis 150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
151: <a
152: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
153: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 154: </strong></font><br>
155:
1.83 louis 156: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
157: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
158: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
159: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
160: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
161: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
162: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 163: <p>
164:
165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
166: <a
1.83 louis 167: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
168: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 169: </strong></font><br>
170:
1.83 louis 171: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
172: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
173: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 174: <p>
175:
176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
177: <a
1.77 deraadt 178: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
179: Bad Press</a>,
180: 32Bits Online, April 2000
181: </strong></font><br>
182:
183: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
184: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
185: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
186: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
187: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 188: <p>
189:
190: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
191:
192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
193: <a
194: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
195: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
196: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
197: </strong></font><br>
198:
199: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
200: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
201: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
202: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 203: <p>
204:
1.71 louis 205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 206: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
207: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
208: </strong></font><br>
209:
210: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
211: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
212: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
213: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
214: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
215: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
216: <p>
217:
218: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 219: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
220: </strong></font><br>
221:
222: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
223: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
224: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
225: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
226: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
227: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
228: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
229: <p>
230:
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 232: <a
1.90 louis 233: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
234: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
235: </strong></font><br>
236:
237: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
238: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
239: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
240: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
241: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
242: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
243: will the open source world react, he asks.
244: <p>
245:
246: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
247: <a
1.76 louis 248: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
249: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 250: </strong></font><br>
251:
252: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
253: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
254: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 255: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 256: <p>
257:
1.69 deraadt 258: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 259:
260: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
261: <a
262: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
263: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
264: </strong></font><br>
265:
266: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
267: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
268: platforms without good crypto support.
269: <p>
270:
1.48 louis 271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 272: <a
273: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
274: </strong></font><br>
275:
276: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
277: how to set up packet filtering with <a
278: 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
279: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 283: <a
1.64 louis 284: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
285: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
286: </strong></font><br>
287:
288: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
289: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
290: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
291: "secure by default" installation.
292: <p>
293:
294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
295: <a
1.66 louis 296: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
297: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
298: </strong></font><br>
299:
300: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
301: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
302: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
303: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
304: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
305: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
309: <a
1.83 louis 310: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
311: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
312: </strong></font><br>
313:
314: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
315: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
316: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
317: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
318: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
319: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
320: <p>
321:
322: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
323: <a
1.64 louis 324: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
325: Information Security, February 2000
326: </strong></font><br>
327:
328: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 329: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
330: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 331: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
332: its reputation among security experts.
333: <p>
334:
335: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
336: <a
1.65 louis 337: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
338: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
339: </strong></font><br>
340:
341: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
342: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
343: <p>
344:
1.69 deraadt 345: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
346:
1.65 louis 347: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
348: <a
1.88 louis 349: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
350: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
351: </strong></font><br>
352:
353: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
354: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
355: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
356: the administrator is vigilant.
357: <p>
358:
359: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
360: <a
1.60 louis 361: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
362: </strong></font><br>
363:
364: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
365: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
366: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
367: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
368: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
369: <p>
370:
371: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 372: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
373: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
374: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
375: </strong></font><br>
376:
377: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
378: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
379: and cryptography.
380: <p>
381:
382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 383: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
384: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 385: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 386:
387: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
388: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
389: <p>
390:
391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 392: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
393: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
394:
395: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
396: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
397: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
398: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
399: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
400:
401: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
402: <a
403: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
404: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
405: </strong></font><br>
406:
407: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
408: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
409: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
410:
411: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 412: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 413: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 414:
415: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
416: in <a
417: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
418: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 419: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 420: <p>
421:
422: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 423: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
424: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
425: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 426: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 427:
1.58 louis 428: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 429: <p>
430:
1.69 deraadt 431: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
432:
1.51 deraadt 433: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 434: <a
435: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
436: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
437: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 438: </strong></font><br>
439:
1.58 louis 440: Kurt Seifried
441: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
442: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
443: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
444: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 445:
1.86 louis 446: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
447: <a
448: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
449: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
450: </strong></font><br>
451:
452: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
453: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
454: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
455: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
456: <p>
457:
1.69 deraadt 458: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
459:
1.51 deraadt 460: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 461: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
462: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
463: </strong></font><br>
464:
465: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
466: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 470: <a
471: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 472: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
473: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 474: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 475:
476: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
477: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
478: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
479: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
480: right -- or at least strives to".
481: <p>
482:
1.61 louis 483: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
484: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
485: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
486: </strong></font><br>
487: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
488: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
489: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
490: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
491: <p>
492:
1.46 louis 493: <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 494: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 495: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 496:
497: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
498: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
499: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
500: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
501: <p>
502:
1.58 louis 503: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
504: <a
505: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
506: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
507: </strong></font><br>
508:
509: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
510: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
511: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
512:
1.70 louis 513: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
514: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
515: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
516: </strong></font><br>
517:
518: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
519: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
520: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
521: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
522: <p>
523:
1.69 deraadt 524: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
525:
1.44 philen 526: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
527: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 528: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 529:
530: Kurt Seifried
531: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
532: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
533: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
534: <p>
535:
1.41 louis 536: <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>,
537: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 538: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 539:
540: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
541: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
542:
1.37 louis 543: <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>,
544: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 545: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 546:
547: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 548: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 549:
1.36 louis 550: <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>,
551: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 552: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 553:
554: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
555: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
556: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
557: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
558: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
559:
1.79 deraadt 560: <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 561: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 562: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 563:
1.36 louis 564: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
565: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 566:
1.38 louis 567: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 568: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
569: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 570: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 571:
572: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
573: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
574:
1.69 deraadt 575: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
576:
1.30 deraadt 577: <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 578: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 579: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 580:
581: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
582: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
583: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 584:
1.29 louis 585: <li><strong>
586: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 587: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 588: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 589:
590: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
591: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 592: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
593: terminal:
1.29 louis 594: <blockquote>
595: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
596: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
597: <br>
598: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
599: </code>
600: </blockquote>
601: <p>
602:
1.16 louis 603: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 604: <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>
605: <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 606: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 607:
608: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
609: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 610: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 611: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 612:
613: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 614: <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 615: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 616:
617: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
618: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
619: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
620: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
621: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 622: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 623: <p>
624:
1.43 louis 625: <li><strong>
626: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 627: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 628:
629: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
630: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
631: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 632: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
633: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 634: <p>
635:
1.1 deraadt 636: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 637: <a
638: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
639: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
640: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 641:
1.57 louis 642: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
643: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
644: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
645: Melbourne.<p>
646:
647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
648: <a
649: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
650: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
651: </strong></font><br>
652:
653: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 654:
655: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 656: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 657: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 658: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 659:
1.23 louis 660: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
661: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
662: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
663: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
664: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 665: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 666:
667: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 668: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
669: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 670: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 671:
672: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
673: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
674: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
675: installation.
676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 679: <a
680: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
681: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
682: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
683:
684: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
685: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
686:
1.69 deraadt 687: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
688:
1.57 louis 689: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 690: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 691: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 692: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 693:
694: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
695: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 696: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 697: <p>
698:
699: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 700: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 701: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 702: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 703:
704: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
705: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 706: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
707: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
708: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
709: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
710: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 711: <p>
712:
1.69 deraadt 713: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 714:
715: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 716: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 717: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 718:
719: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
720: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
721: available."
722: <p>
723:
1.69 deraadt 724: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
725:
1.6 deraadt 726: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 727: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 728: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 729:
730: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
731: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
732: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
733: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
734: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
735: <p>
736:
737: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 738: <a
739: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
740: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
741: </strong></font><br>
742:
743: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
744: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
745: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
746: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
747: an interesting read.
748: <p>
749:
1.69 deraadt 750: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
751:
752: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
753: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
754: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
755: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
756:
757: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
758: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
759: <p>
760:
1.57 louis 761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 762: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
763: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
764: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 765: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 766:
767: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
768: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
769:
770: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 771: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 772:
773: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
774:
775: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 776: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
777: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
778: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 779:
780: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
781: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
782:
1.69 deraadt 783: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
784:
1.23 louis 785: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 786: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 787: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 788:
789: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
790: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
791: <p>
792:
1.57 louis 793: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
794: <a
795: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
796: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
797: </strong></font><br>
798:
799: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
800: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
801: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
802: site.<p>
803:
1.69 deraadt 804: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
805:
1.7 deraadt 806: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 807: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 808: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 809: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 810: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 811:
812: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
813: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
814: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
815: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
816: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
817: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
818: <p>
819:
820: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 821: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
822: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 823: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 824:
825: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
826: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
827: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
828: over to OpenBSD.
829: <p>
830:
831: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 832: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
833: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 834: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 835:
836: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
837: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
838: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
839: columns."
840: <p>
841:
1.69 deraadt 842: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
843:
1.58 louis 844: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
845: <a
846: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
847: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
851: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
852:
1.2 deraadt 853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 854: <a
855: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
856: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
857:
858: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
859: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
860: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
861:
1.69 deraadt 862: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
863:
1.57 louis 864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 865: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 866: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 867: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 868:
869: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
870: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
871: Implementation, including a brief interview with
872: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 873: <p>
874:
1.69 deraadt 875: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
876:
1.1 deraadt 877: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 878: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
879: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 880:
1.69 deraadt 881: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
882: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 883: <p>
884:
1.69 deraadt 885: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 886:
887: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
888: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
889: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 890: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 891:
892: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
893: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
894: <p>
895:
896: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 897: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 898: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
899: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 900: <p>
901:
1.69 deraadt 902: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
903:
904: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
905: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
906: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
907: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
908: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
909: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
910:
911: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
912: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
913: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
914: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
915: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
916: <p>
917:
918: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
919:
1.38 louis 920: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 921: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
922: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 923:
1.69 deraadt 924: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
925: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 926: <p>
927:
1.17 deraadt 928: </dl>
929: <p>
1.1 deraadt 930:
1.27 deraadt 931: <hr>
1.72 louis 932: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 933: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 934:
1.84 niklas 935: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
936:
937: <dl>
938: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
939: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
940: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
941:
942: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 943: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 944: <p>
945:
946: </dl>
947:
1.69 deraadt 948: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
949:
1.17 deraadt 950: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 951: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
952: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 953: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 954:
955: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
956: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
957: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
958: <p>
959:
960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
961: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 962: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 963: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 964: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 965:
1.20 louis 966: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
967: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 968: explains the licensing issues and points to our
969: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
970: <p>
971:
1.17 deraadt 972: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 973:
1.27 deraadt 974: <hr>
1.72 louis 975: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 976: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
977:
978: <dl>
979:
1.69 deraadt 980: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
981:
1.20 louis 982: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
983: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
984: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 985: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 986:
987: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
988: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
989: translating and reprinting articles from
990: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
991: <p>
992:
993: </dl>
994:
1.50 louis 995: <hr>
1.72 louis 996: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 997: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
998: <dl>
999:
1.72 louis 1000: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1001:
1002: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 1003: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1004: Februar 2000
1005: </strong></font><br>
1006:
1.73 louis 1007: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1008: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1009: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1010: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 1011: <p>
1012:
1.69 deraadt 1013: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1014:
1.50 louis 1015: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1016: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1017: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 1018: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1019:
1020: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1021: <p>
1022: </dl>
1023:
1.20 louis 1024:
1.1 deraadt 1025: <hr>
1.72 louis 1026: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1027: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1028: <dl>
1029:
1.69 deraadt 1030: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1031:
1.56 deraadt 1032: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 1033: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1034: January 2000 issue
1035: </strong></font><br>
1036:
1037: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1038: <p>
1039:
1.69 deraadt 1040: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1041:
1.62 form 1042: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1043: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 1044: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 1045: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1046:
1.59 form 1047: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1048: <p>
1049:
1.89 louis 1050: </dl>
1051:
1052: <hr>
1053: <a name=pl></a>
1054: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1055: <dl>
1056:
1057: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1058: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1059: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1060: January 2000
1061: </strong></font><br>
1062:
1063: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1064: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1065: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1066: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1067: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1068: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1069: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1070: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1071: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1072: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1073: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1074: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.56 deraadt 1075: <p>
1076: </dl>
1077:
1078: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 1079: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1080: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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