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