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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
1.99 ! louis 35: href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
! 36: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
! 37: </strong></font><br>
! 38:
! 39: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
! 40: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
! 41: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
! 42: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
! 43: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
! 44: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
! 45: reading for all system administrators.
! 46: <p>
! 47:
! 48: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.95 louis 49: href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
50: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
51: </strong></font><br>
52:
53: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
54: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
55: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
56: approaches to security.
57: <p>
58:
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.92 louis 60: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
61: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
62: </strong></font><br>
63:
64: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
65: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 66: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 67: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
68: with embedded OpenBSD.
69: <p>
70:
71: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1.91 louis 72: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
73: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
74: </strong></font><br>
75:
76: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
77: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
78: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
79: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
80: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
81: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
82: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
83: creep are delivering the wrong message.
84: <p>
85:
1.85 louis 86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.90 louis 87: <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html">Why
88: We're Doomed to Failure</a>, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
89: </strong></font><br>
90:
91: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
92: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
93: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
94: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
95: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
96: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
97: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
98: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
99: defects in their products.
100: <p>
101:
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 103: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
104: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
105: </strong></font><br>
106:
107: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
108: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
109: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
110: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
111: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
112: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
113: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
114: <p>
115:
116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 117: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
118: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
119: </strong></font><br>
120:
121: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
122: support for their PowerCrypt IPSec hardware accelerators cards.
123: <p>
124:
125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 126: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
127: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
128: </strong></font><br>
129:
130: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
131: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
132: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
133: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
134: <p>
135:
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 137: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
138: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
139: </strong></font><br>
140:
141: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
142: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
143: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
144: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
145: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
146:
1.78 deraadt 147: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 148:
1.77 deraadt 149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
150: <a
1.83 louis 151: href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
152: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color=4669ad><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
153: April 20, 2000
154: </strong></font><br>
155:
156: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
157: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
158: OpenBSD.
159: <p>
160:
1.93 louis 161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
162: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
163: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
164: </strong></font><br>
165:
166: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
167: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
168: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
169: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
170: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
171: <p>
172:
1.83 louis 173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
174: <a
175: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html">Open
176: Source - Why it's Good for Security</a>, SecurityPortal.com, April 17, 2000
1.82 aaron 177: </strong></font><br>
178:
1.83 louis 179: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
180: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
181: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
182: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
183: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
184: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
185: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1.82 aaron 186: <p>
187:
188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
189: <a
1.83 louis 190: href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
191: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.80 louis 192: </strong></font><br>
193:
1.83 louis 194: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
195: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
196: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.80 louis 197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
200: <a
1.77 deraadt 201: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
202: Bad Press</a>,
203: 32Bits Online, April 2000
204: </strong></font><br>
205:
206: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
207: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
208: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
209: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
210: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.78 deraadt 211: <p>
212:
213: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
214:
215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
216: <a
217: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html">Linux
218: is a security risk, I don't think so!</a>,
219: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
220: </strong></font><br>
221:
222: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
223: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
224: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
225: simply by reading the source code.
1.74 louis 226: <p>
227:
1.71 louis 228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 229: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
230: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
231: </strong></font><br>
232:
233: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is now the subject.
234: He discusses his role at <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/">Security
235: Portal</a>, the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
236: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic about the
237: future and predicts that with management apathy towards security,
238: "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable computer security problems".
239: <p>
240:
241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.81 louis 242: Open source software: Ready for Credit Union Primetime, March 6, 2000
243: </strong></font><br>
244:
245: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
246: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
247: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
248: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
249: written for credit union IS managers. Unfortunately, it's on the
250: subscription-only portion of <a href="http://www.cuestechport.com/">CUES
251: Tech Port</a>, a web site for member credit unions.
252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.71 louis 255: <a
1.90 louis 256: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
257: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
258: </strong></font><br>
259:
260: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
261: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
262: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
263: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
264: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
265: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
266: will the open source world react, he asks.
267: <p>
268:
269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
270: <a
1.76 louis 271: href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
272: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.71 louis 273: </strong></font><br>
274:
275: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
276: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
277: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 278: competitive advantage.
1.71 louis 279: <p>
280:
1.69 deraadt 281: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 282:
283: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
284: <a
285: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html">All
286: About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH</a>, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
287: </strong></font><br>
288:
289: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
290: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
291: platforms without good crypto support.
292: <p>
293:
1.48 louis 294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 295: <a
296: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html">Firewalling with IPF</a>, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
297: </strong></font><br>
298:
299: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
300: how to set up packet filtering with <a
301: 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
302: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
303: <p>
304:
305: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.60 louis 306: <a
1.64 louis 307: href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html">OpenBSD 2.6 - new features</a>,
308: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
309: </strong></font><br>
310:
311: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like <a
312: href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
313: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
314: "secure by default" installation.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
318: <a
1.66 louis 319: href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000207E972">Three
320: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
321: </strong></font><br>
322:
323: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
324: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
325: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
326: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
327: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
328: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
332: <a
1.83 louis 333: href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
334: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
335: </strong></font><br>
336:
337: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
338: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
339: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
340: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
341: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
342: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
343: <p>
344:
345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
346: <a
1.64 louis 347: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
348: Information Security, February 2000
349: </strong></font><br>
350:
351: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 352: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
353: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 354: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
355: its reputation among security experts.
356: <p>
357:
358: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
359: <a
1.65 louis 360: href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
361: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
362: </strong></font><br>
363:
364: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
365: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
366: <p>
367:
1.69 deraadt 368: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
369:
1.65 louis 370: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
371: <a
1.88 louis 372: href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
373: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
374: </strong></font><br>
375:
376: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
377: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
378: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
379: the administrator is vigilant.
380: <p>
381:
382: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
383: <a
1.60 louis 384: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
385: </strong></font><br>
386:
387: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
388: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
389: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
390: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
391: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
392: <p>
393:
394: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 395: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
396: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
397: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
398: </strong></font><br>
399:
400: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
401: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
402: and cryptography.
403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.53 louis 406: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/353999.asp?cp1=1">
407: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker</a>, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.57 louis 408: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 409:
410: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
411: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
412: <p>
413:
414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 ! louis 415: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
! 416: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
! 417: </strong></font><br>
! 418:
! 419: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
! 420: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
! 421: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
! 422: <p>
! 423:
! 424: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 425: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
426: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
427:
428: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
429: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
430: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
431: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
432: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
433:
434: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
435: <a
436: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
437: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
438: </strong></font><br>
439:
440: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
441: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
442: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
443:
444: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 445: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.57 louis 446: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 447:
448: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
449: in <a
450: href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
451: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 452: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.53 louis 453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 456: <A href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
457: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
458: January/February, 2000
1.57 louis 459: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 460:
1.58 louis 461: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.51 deraadt 462: <p>
463:
1.69 deraadt 464: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
465:
1.51 deraadt 466: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 467: <a
468: href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html">OpenSource
469: projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others)</a>, Security
470: Portal, December 23, 1999
1.57 louis 471: </strong></font><br>
472:
1.58 louis 473: Kurt Seifried
474: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
475: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
476: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
477: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 478:
1.86 louis 479: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
480: <a
1.96 louis 481: href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
482: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
483: </strong></font><br>
484:
485: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
486: <p>
487:
488: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
489: <a
1.86 louis 490: href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
491: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
492: </strong></font><br>
493:
494: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
495: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
496: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
497: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
498: <p>
499:
1.69 deraadt 500: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
501:
1.51 deraadt 502: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 503: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
504: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
505: </strong></font><br>
506:
507: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
508: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
509: <p>
510:
511: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.63 louis 512: <a
513: href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 514: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
515: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.57 louis 516: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 517:
518: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
519: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
520: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
521: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
522: right -- or at least strives to".
523: <p>
524:
1.61 louis 525: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
526: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
527: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
528: </strong></font><br>
529: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
530: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
531: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
532: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
533: <p>
534:
1.46 louis 535: <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 536: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.57 louis 537: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 538:
539: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
540: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
541: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
542: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
543: <p>
544:
1.58 louis 545: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
546: <a
547: href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/e-business/stories/0,5918,2386632,00.html">
548: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 2, 1999
549: </strong></font><br>
550:
551: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
552: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
553: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
554:
1.70 louis 555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
556: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
557: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
558: </strong></font><br>
559:
560: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
561: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
562: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
563: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
564: <p>
565:
1.69 deraadt 566: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
567:
1.44 philen 568: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html">OpenBSD - a secure alternative</a>,
569: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.57 louis 570: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 571:
572: Kurt Seifried
573: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
574: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
575: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
576: <p>
577:
1.41 louis 578: <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>,
579: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.57 louis 580: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 581:
582: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
583: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
584:
1.37 louis 585: <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>,
586: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.57 louis 587: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 588:
589: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 590: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 591:
1.36 louis 592: <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>,
593: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.57 louis 594: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 595:
596: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
597: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
598: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
599: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
600: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
601:
1.79 deraadt 602: <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 603: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.57 louis 604: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 605:
1.36 louis 606: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
607: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 608:
1.38 louis 609: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 610: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
611: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.57 louis 612: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 613:
614: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
615: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
616:
1.69 deraadt 617: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
618:
1.30 deraadt 619: <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 620: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.57 louis 621: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 622:
623: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
624: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
625: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 626:
1.29 louis 627: <li><strong>
628: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 629: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.57 louis 630: </strong></font><br>
1.29 louis 631:
632: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
633: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 634: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
635: terminal:
1.29 louis 636: <blockquote>
637: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
638: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
639: <br>
640: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
641: </code>
642: </blockquote>
643: <p>
644:
1.16 louis 645: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 646: <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>
647: <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 648: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 649:
650: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
651: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 652: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 653: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 654:
655: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 656: <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 657: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 658:
659: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
660: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
661: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
662: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
663: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 664: operating system in the world."
1.19 louis 665: <p>
666:
1.43 louis 667: <li><strong>
668: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.57 louis 669: </strong></font><br>
1.16 louis 670:
671: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
672: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
673: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 674: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
675: to the archives, free registration required.
1.16 louis 676: <p>
677:
1.1 deraadt 678: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 679: <a
680: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
681: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
682: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 683:
1.57 louis 684: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
685: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
686: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
687: Melbourne.<p>
688:
689: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
690: <a
691: href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
692: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
693: </strong></font><br>
694:
695: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 696:
697: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 698: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 699: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 700: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 701:
1.23 louis 702: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
703: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
704: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
705: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
706: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 707: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 708:
709: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 710: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
711: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.57 louis 712: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 713:
714: Sean Sosik-Hamor descibes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
715: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
716: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
717: installation.
718: <p>
719:
720: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 721: <a
722: href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
723: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
724: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
725:
726: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
727: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
728:
1.69 deraadt 729: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
730:
1.57 louis 731: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 732: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 733: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.57 louis 734: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 735:
736: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
737: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 738: of OpenBSD.
1.12 louis 739: <p>
740:
741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 742: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 743: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.57 louis 744: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 745:
746: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
747: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 748: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
749: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
750: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
751: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
752: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 753: <p>
754:
1.69 deraadt 755: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 756:
757: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 758: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.57 louis 759: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 760:
761: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
762: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
763: available."
764: <p>
765:
1.69 deraadt 766: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
767:
1.6 deraadt 768: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 769: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.57 louis 770: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 771:
772: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
773: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
774: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
775: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
776: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
777: <p>
778:
779: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 780: <a
781: href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
782: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
783: </strong></font><br>
784:
785: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
786: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
787: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
788: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
789: an interesting read.
790: <p>
791:
1.69 deraadt 792: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
793:
794: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
795: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
796: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
797: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
798:
799: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
800: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
801: <p>
802:
1.57 louis 803: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 804: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
805: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
806: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.57 louis 807: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 808:
809: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
810: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
811:
812: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.57 louis 813: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 814:
815: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
816:
817: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 818: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
819: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
820: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 821:
822: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
823: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
824:
1.69 deraadt 825: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
826:
1.23 louis 827: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 828: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.57 louis 829: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 830:
831: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
832: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
833: <p>
834:
1.57 louis 835: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
836: <a
837: href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
838: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
839: </strong></font><br>
840:
841: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
842: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
843: crucial to popularising an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
844: site.<p>
845:
1.69 deraadt 846: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
847:
1.7 deraadt 848: <a name=anzen1>
1.2 deraadt 849: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 850: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 851: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.57 louis 852: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 853:
854: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
855: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
856: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
857: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
858: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
859: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
860: <p>
861:
862: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 863: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
864: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.57 louis 865: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 866:
867: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
868: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
869: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
870: over to OpenBSD.
871: <p>
872:
873: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 874: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
875: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.57 louis 876: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 877:
878: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
879: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
880: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
881: columns."
882: <p>
883:
1.69 deraadt 884: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
885:
1.58 louis 886: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
887: <a
888: href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
889: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
890: </strong></font><br>
891:
892: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
893: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
894:
1.2 deraadt 895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.57 louis 896: <a
897: href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
898: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
899:
900: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
901: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
902: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
903:
1.69 deraadt 904: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
905:
1.57 louis 906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 907: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 908: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.57 louis 909: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 910:
911: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
912: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
913: Implementation, including a brief interview with
914: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 915: <p>
916:
1.69 deraadt 917: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
918:
1.1 deraadt 919: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 920: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
921: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 922:
1.69 deraadt 923: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
924: OpenBSD is.
1.1 deraadt 925: <p>
926:
1.69 deraadt 927: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 928:
929: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
930: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
931: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.57 louis 932: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 933:
934: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
935: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
936: <p>
937:
938: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.57 louis 939: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 940: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
941: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 942: <p>
943:
1.69 deraadt 944: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
945:
946: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
947: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
948: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
949: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
950: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
951: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
952:
953: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
954: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
955: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
956: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
957: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
958: <p>
959:
960: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
961:
1.38 louis 962: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 963: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
964: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 965:
1.69 deraadt 966: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
967: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.38 louis 968: <p>
969:
1.17 deraadt 970: </dl>
971: <p>
1.1 deraadt 972:
1.27 deraadt 973: <hr>
1.72 louis 974: <a name=se></a>
1.45 philen 975: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 976:
1.84 niklas 977: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
978:
979: <dl>
980: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
981: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
982: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
983:
984: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 985: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.84 niklas 986: <p>
987:
988: </dl>
989:
1.69 deraadt 990: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
991:
1.17 deraadt 992: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 993: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
994: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.57 louis 995: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 996:
997: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
998: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
999: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1000: <p>
1001:
1002: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1003: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 1004: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 1005: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.57 louis 1006: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 1007:
1.20 louis 1008: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
1009: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 1010: explains the licensing issues and points to our
1011: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1012: <p>
1013:
1.17 deraadt 1014: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 1015:
1.27 deraadt 1016: <hr>
1.72 louis 1017: <a name=jp></a>
1.20 louis 1018: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1019:
1020: <dl>
1021:
1.69 deraadt 1022: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1023:
1.20 louis 1024: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1025: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
1026: Sept. 28, 1999
1.57 louis 1027: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 1028:
1029: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
1030: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
1031: translating and reprinting articles from
1032: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1033: <p>
1034:
1035: </dl>
1036:
1.50 louis 1037: <hr>
1.72 louis 1038: <a name=de></a>
1.50 louis 1039: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1040: <dl>
1041:
1.72 louis 1042: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1043:
1044: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.73 louis 1045: Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 1046: Februar 2000
1047: </strong></font><br>
1048:
1.73 louis 1049: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1050: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
1051: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1052: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.72 louis 1053: <p>
1054:
1.69 deraadt 1055: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1056:
1.50 louis 1057: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1058: <A href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1059: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.57 louis 1060: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 1061:
1062: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1063: <p>
1064: </dl>
1065:
1.20 louis 1066:
1.1 deraadt 1067: <hr>
1.72 louis 1068: <a name=ru></a>
1.56 deraadt 1069: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1070: <dl>
1071:
1.69 deraadt 1072: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1073:
1.56 deraadt 1074: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1075: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1076: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/1.17.2000">January 2000 issue</a>
1.62 form 1077: </strong></font><br>
1078:
1079: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1080: <p>
1081:
1.69 deraadt 1082: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1083:
1.62 form 1084: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 1085: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1086: <a href="http://byte.piter-press.ru/magazine/7-8.11-12.1999">July/August 1999 issue</a>.
1.57 louis 1087: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 1088:
1.59 form 1089: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.56 deraadt 1090: <p>
1091:
1.89 louis 1092: </dl>
1093:
1094: <hr>
1095: <a name=pl></a>
1096: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
1097: <dl>
1098:
1099: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1100: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
1101: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
1102: January 2000
1103: </strong></font><br>
1104:
1105: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
1106: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
1107: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
1108: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
1109: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
1110: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1111: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1112: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1113: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
1114: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1115: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
1116: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
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