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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
1.95 ! louis 35: href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
! 36: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
! 40: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
! 41: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
! 42: approaches to security.
! 43: <p>
! 44:
! 45: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.92 louis 46: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
47: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
48: </strong></font><br>
49:
50: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
51: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 52: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 53: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
54: with embedded OpenBSD.
55: <p>
56:
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.91 louis 58: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
59: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
60: </strong></font><br>
61:
62: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
63: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
64: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
65: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
66: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
67: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
68: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
69: creep are delivering the wrong message.
70: <p>
71:
1.85 louis 72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 73: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
74: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
75: </strong></font><br>
76:
77: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
78: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
79: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
80: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
81: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
82: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
83: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
84: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
85: defects in their products.
86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 89: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
90: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
91: </strong></font><br>
92:
93: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
94: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
95: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
96: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
97: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
98: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
99: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
100: <p>
101:
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 103: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
104: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
105: </strong></font><br>
106:
107: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
108: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
109: <p>
110:
111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 112: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
113: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
114: </strong></font><br>
115:
116: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
117: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
118: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
119: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 123: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
124: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
125: </strong></font><br>
126:
127: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
128: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
129: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
130: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
131: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
132:
1.78 deraadt 133: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 134:
1.77 deraadt 135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
136: <a
1.83 louis 137: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
138: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
139: April 20, 2000
140: </strong></font><br>
141:
142: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
143: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
144: OpenBSD.
145: <p>
146:
1.93 louis 147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
148: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
149: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
150: </strong></font><br>
151:
152: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
153: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
154: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
155: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
156: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
157: <p>
158:
1.83 louis 159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
160: <a
161: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
162: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 163: </strong></font><br>
164:
1.83 louis 165: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
166: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
167: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
168: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
169: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
170: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
171: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 172: <p>
173:
174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
175: <a
1.83 louis 176: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
177: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 178: </strong></font><br>
179:
1.83 louis 180: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
181: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
182: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 183: <p>
184:
185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
186: <a
1.77 deraadt 187: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
188: Bad Press</a>,
189: 32Bits Online, April 2000
190: </strong></font><br>
191:
192: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
193: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
194: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
195: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
196: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 197: <p>
198:
199: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
200:
201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
202: <a
203: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
204: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
205: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
206: </strong></font><br>
207:
208: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
209: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
210: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
211: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 212: <p>
213:
1.71 louis 214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 215: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
216: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
217: </strong></font><br>
218:
219: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
220: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
221: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
222: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
223: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
224: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 228: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
229: </strong></font><br>
230:
231: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
232: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
233: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
234: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
235: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
236: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
237: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 241: <a
1.90 louis 242: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
243: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
244: </strong></font><br>
245:
246: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
247: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
248: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
249: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
250: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
251: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
252: will the open source world react, he asks.
253: <p>
254:
255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
256: <a
1.76 louis 257: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
258: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 259: </strong></font><br>
260:
261: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
262: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
263: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 264: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 265: <p>
266:
1.69 deraadt 267: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 268:
269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
270: <a
271: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
272: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
273: </strong></font><br>
274:
275: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
276: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
277: platforms without good crypto support.
278: <p>
279:
1.48 louis 280: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 281: <a
282: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
283: </strong></font><br>
284:
285: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
286: how to set up packet filtering with <a
287: 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
288: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
289: <p>
290:
291: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 292: <a
1.64 louis 293: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
294: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
295: </strong></font><br>
296:
297: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
298: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
299: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
300: "secure by default" installation.
301: <p>
302:
303: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
304: <a
1.66 louis 305: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
306: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
307: </strong></font><br>
308:
309: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
310: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
311: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
312: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
313: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
314: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
318: <a
1.83 louis 319: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
320: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
321: </strong></font><br>
322:
323: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
324: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
325: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
326: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
327: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
328: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
332: <a
1.64 louis 333: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
334: Information Security, February 2000
335: </strong></font><br>
336:
337: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 338: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
339: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 340: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
341: its reputation among security experts.
342: <p>
343:
344: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
345: <a
1.65 louis 346: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
347: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
348: </strong></font><br>
349:
350: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
351: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
352: <p>
353:
1.69 deraadt 354: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
355:
1.65 louis 356: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
357: <a
1.88 louis 358: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
359: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
360: </strong></font><br>
361:
362: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
363: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
364: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
365: the administrator is vigilant.
366: <p>
367:
368: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
369: <a
1.60 louis 370: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
371: </strong></font><br>
372:
373: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
374: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
375: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
376: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
377: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 381: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
382: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
383: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
384: </strong></font><br>
385:
386: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
387: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
388: and cryptography.
389: <p>
390:
391: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 392: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
393: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 394: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 395:
396: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
397: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
398: <p>
399:
400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 401: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
402: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
403:
404: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
405: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
406: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
407: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
408: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
409:
410: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
411: <a
412: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
413: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
414: </strong></font><br>
415:
416: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
417: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
418: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
419:
420: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 421: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 422: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 423:
424: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
425: in <a
426: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
427: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 428: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 432: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
433: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
434: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 435: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 436:
1.58 louis 437: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 438: <p>
439:
1.69 deraadt 440: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
441:
1.51 deraadt 442: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 443: <a
444: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
445: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
446: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 447: </strong></font><br>
448:
1.58 louis 449: Kurt Seifried
450: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
451: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
452: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
453: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 454:
1.86 louis 455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
456: <a
457: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
458: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
459: </strong></font><br>
460:
461: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
462: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
463: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
464: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
465: <p>
466:
1.69 deraadt 467: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
468:
1.51 deraadt 469: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 470: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
471: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
472: </strong></font><br>
473:
474: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
475: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
476: <p>
477:
478: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 479: <a
480: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 481: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
482: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 483: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 484:
485: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
486: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
487: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
488: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
489: right -- or at least strives to".
490: <p>
491:
1.61 louis 492: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
493: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
494: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
495: </strong></font><br>
496: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
497: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
498: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
499: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
500: <p>
501:
1.46 louis 502: <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 503: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 504: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 505:
506: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
507: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
508: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
509: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
510: <p>
511:
1.58 louis 512: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
513: <a
514: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
515: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
516: </strong></font><br>
517:
518: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
519: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
520: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
521:
1.70 louis 522: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
523: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
524: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
525: </strong></font><br>
526:
527: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
528: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
529: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
530: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
531: <p>
532:
1.69 deraadt 533: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
534:
1.44 philen 535: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
536: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 537: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 538:
539: Kurt Seifried
540: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
541: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
542: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
543: <p>
544:
1.41 louis 545: <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>,
546: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 547: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 548:
549: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
550: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
551:
1.37 louis 552: <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>,
553: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 554: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 555:
556: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 557: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 558:
1.36 louis 559: <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>,
560: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 561: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 562:
563: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
564: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
565: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
566: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
567: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
568:
1.79 deraadt 569: <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 570: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 571: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 572:
1.36 louis 573: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
574: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 575:
1.38 louis 576: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 577: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
578: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 579: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 580:
581: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
582: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
583:
1.69 deraadt 584: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
585:
1.30 deraadt 586: <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 587: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 588: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 589:
590: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
591: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
592: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 593:
1.29 louis 594: <li><strong>
595: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 596: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 597: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 598:
599: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
600: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 601: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
602: terminal:
1.29 louis 603: <blockquote>
604: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
605: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
606: <br>
607: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
608: </code>
609: </blockquote>
610: <p>
611:
1.16 louis 612: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 613: <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>
614: <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 615: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 616:
617: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
618: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 619: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 620: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 621:
622: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 623: <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 624: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 625:
626: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
627: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
628: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
629: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
630: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 631: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 632: <p>
633:
1.43 louis 634: <li><strong>
635: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 636: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 637:
638: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
639: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
640: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 641: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
642: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 643: <p>
644:
1.1 deraadt 645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 646: <a
647: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
648: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
649: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 650:
1.57 louis 651: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
652: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
653: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
654: Melbourne.<p>
655:
656: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
657: <a
658: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
659: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
660: </strong></font><br>
661:
662: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 663:
664: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 665: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 666: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 667: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 668:
1.23 louis 669: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
670: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
671: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
672: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
673: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 674: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 675:
676: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 677: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
678: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 679: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 680:
681: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
682: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
683: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
684: installation.
685: <p>
686:
687: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 688: <a
689: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
690: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
691: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
692:
693: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
694: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
695:
1.69 deraadt 696: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
697:
1.57 louis 698: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 699: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 700: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 701: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 702:
703: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
704: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 705: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 709: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 710: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 711: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 712:
713: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
714: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 715: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
716: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
717: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
718: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
719: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 720: <p>
721:
1.69 deraadt 722: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 723:
724: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 725: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 726: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 727:
728: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
729: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
730: available."
731: <p>
732:
1.69 deraadt 733: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
734:
1.6 deraadt 735: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 736: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 737: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 738:
739: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
740: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
741: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
742: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
743: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
744: <p>
745:
746: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 747: <a
748: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
749: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
750: </strong></font><br>
751:
752: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
753: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
754: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
755: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
756: an interesting read.
757: <p>
758:
1.69 deraadt 759: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
760:
761: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
762: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
763: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
764: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
765:
766: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
767: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
768: <p>
769:
1.57 louis 770: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 771: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
772: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
773: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 774: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 775:
776: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
777: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
778:
779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 780: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 781:
782: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
783:
784: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 785: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
786: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
787: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 788:
789: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
790: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
791:
1.69 deraadt 792: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
793:
1.23 louis 794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 795: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 796: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 797:
798: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
799: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
800: <p>
801:
1.57 louis 802: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
803: <a
804: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
805: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
806: </strong></font><br>
807:
808: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
809: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
810: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
811: site.<p>
812:
1.69 deraadt 813: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
814:
1.7 deraadt 815: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 816: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 817: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 818: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 819: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 820:
821: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
822: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
823: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
824: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
825: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
826: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
827: <p>
828:
829: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 830: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
831: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 832: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 833:
834: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
835: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
836: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
837: over to OpenBSD.
838: <p>
839:
840: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 841: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
842: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 843: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 844:
845: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
846: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
847: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
848: columns."
849: <p>
850:
1.69 deraadt 851: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
852:
1.58 louis 853: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
854: <a
855: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
856: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
857: </strong></font><br>
858:
859: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
860: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
861:
1.2 deraadt 862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 863: <a
864: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
865: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
866:
867: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
868: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
869: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
870:
1.69 deraadt 871: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
872:
1.57 louis 873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 874: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 875: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 876: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 877:
878: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
879: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
880: Implementation, including a brief interview with
881: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 882: <p>
883:
1.69 deraadt 884: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
885:
1.1 deraadt 886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 887: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
888: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 889:
1.69 deraadt 890: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
891: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 892: <p>
893:
1.69 deraadt 894: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 895:
896: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
897: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
898: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 899: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 900:
901: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
902: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
903: <p>
904:
905: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 906: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 907: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
908: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 909: <p>
910:
1.69 deraadt 911: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
912:
913: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
914: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
915: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
916: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
917: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
918: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
919:
920: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
921: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
922: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
923: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
924: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
925: <p>
926:
927: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
928:
1.38 louis 929: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 930: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
931: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 932:
1.69 deraadt 933: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
934: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 935: <p>
936:
1.17 deraadt 937: </dl>
938: <p>
1.1 deraadt 939:
1.27 deraadt 940: <hr>
1.72 louis 941: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 942: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 943:
1.84 niklas 944: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
945:
946: <dl>
947: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
948: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
949: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
950:
951: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 952: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 953: <p>
954:
955: </dl>
956:
1.69 deraadt 957: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
958:
1.17 deraadt 959: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 960: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
961: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 962: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 963:
964: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
965: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
966: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
967: <p>
968:
969: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
970: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 971: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 972: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 973: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 974:
1.20 louis 975: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
976: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 977: explains the licensing issues and points to our
978: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
979: <p>
980:
1.17 deraadt 981: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 982:
1.27 deraadt 983: <hr>
1.72 louis 984: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 985: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
986:
987: <dl>
988:
1.69 deraadt 989: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
990:
1.20 louis 991: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
992: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
993: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 994: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 995:
996: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
997: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
998: translating and reprinting articles from
999: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1000: <p>
1001:
1002: </dl>
1003:
1.50 louis 1004: <hr>
1.72 louis 1005: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 1006: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1007: <dl>
1008:
1.72 louis 1009: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1010:
1011: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 1012: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1013: Februar 2000
1014: </strong></font><br>
1015:
1.73 louis 1016: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1017: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1018: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1019: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 1020: <p>
1021:
1.69 deraadt 1022: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1023:
1.50 louis 1024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1025: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1026: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 1027: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1028:
1029: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1030: <p>
1031: </dl>
1032:
1.20 louis 1033:
1.1 deraadt 1034: <hr>
1.72 louis 1035: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1036: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1037: <dl>
1038:
1.69 deraadt 1039: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1040:
1.56 deraadt 1041: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.62 form 1042: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1043: January 2000 issue
1044: </strong></font><br>
1045:
1046: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1047: <p>
1048:
1.69 deraadt 1049: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1050:
1.62 form 1051: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1052: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru">Byte Magazine, Russia</a>,
1.59 form 1053: July/August 1999 issue.
1.57 louis 1054: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1055:
1.59 form 1056: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1057: <p>
1058:
1.89 louis 1059: </dl>
1060:
1061: <hr>
1062: <a name=pl></a>
1063: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1064: <dl>
1065:
1066: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1067: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1068: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1069: January 2000
1070: </strong></font><br>
1071:
1072: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1073: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1074: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1075: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1076: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1077: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1078: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1079: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1080: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1081: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1082: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1083: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.56 deraadt 1084: <p>
1085: </dl>
1086:
1087: <hr>
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1089: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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