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1.236 jose 15: <h2><font color="#e00000">Events</font></h2>
16: OpenBSD developers, users and sponsors attend trade shows and conferences,
17: give papers, and organize "Birds Of a Feather" (BOF) sessions.
18: This is an opportunity to find out more about OpenBSD or just meet
1.165 ian 19: like-minded people.
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1.78 louis 21: <hr>
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23: <h2>Future events:</h2>
1.132 louis 24:
1.287 henning 25: <h3>2005</h3>
1.236 jose 26:
27: <ul>
1.299 deraadt 28: <li><strong><a name=trinity2005></a>
1.308 deraadt 29: <a href="http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/events/0405/openbsd.php">Trinity lecture</a></strong>,
1.299 deraadt 30: Mar 3, 2005, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.<br>
31: Theo de Raadt will be presenting his talk about Exploit Mitigation Techniques.
32: <p>
33: <li><strong><a name=nui_maynooth2005></a>
34: <a href="http://www.minds.nuim.ie/events">NUI Maynooth lectures</a></strong>,
35: Mar 4, 2005, Department of Computer Science, NUI Maynooth, Dublin, Ireland.<br>
36: Ryan McBride will be presenting talks about PF and about
37: randomization in the OpenBSD network layer.<br>
1.300 mcbride 38: Theo and Henning will be in attendance because someone has to heckle.
1.302 mcbride 39: <p>
40: <li><strong><a name=bsdcan2005></a>
1.303 mcbride 41: <a href="http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/">BSDCan 2005</a></strong>,
1.302 mcbride 42: May 13 - 14, 2005, Ottawa, Canada.<br>
43: A number of OpenBSD developers will be presenting: Bob Beck on
44: Spam Reduction with PF and Spamd, Henning Brauer on OpenBGPD,
1.309 henning 45: Ryan McBride on Network Stack Randomness and Reyk Flöter
46: on WLAN in OpenBSD and the free ath(4) HAL.
1.302 mcbride 47: Expect to find other OpenBSD developers in attendance as well.
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1.152 jakob 65: <h2>Past events:</h2>
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1.296 mcbride 67: <h3>2005</h3>
1.240 espie 68:
69: <ul>
1.310 mickey 70: <li><strong><a name=NYCBUG2005-03></a>
71: <a href="http://nycbug.org/index.php?NAV=Home&SUBM=83">NYCBUG Monthly meeting</a></strong>,
72: Mar 2, 2005, NYC, USA.<br>
1.311 ! mickey 73: Mickey gave a talk about <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD port</a>
1.310 mickey 74: to <a href="http://www.openpa.net">HP PA-RISC</a> platform.
75: <p>
1.308 deraadt 76: <li><strong><a name=Netsoc2005></a>
77: <a href="http://netsoc.ucd.ie/events/openbsd/">Netsoc lectures</a></strong>,
78: Mar 2, 2005, UCD, Dublin, Ireland.<br>
79: Theo de Raadt, Henning Brauer, and Ryan McBride gave a series of
80: talks. Topics included exploit mitigation techniques, introducing network
81: randomness to increase security, OpenBGPD, and pf. Almost 200 people
82: came to this event.
83: <p>
84:
1.304 saad 85: <li><strong><a name=Brussels2005></a>
86: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2005/">FOSDEM Brussels 2005</a></strong>,
87: Feb 26 - 27, 2005, Brussels, Belgium.<br>
88: An OpenBSD/OpenSSH booth was present, ran by the usual gang of suspects.
89: Support for <a href="mailto:wim@kd85.com">Wim Vandeputte</a> this time were
1.307 otto 90: (among many others), Saad Kadhi, Henning Brauer, Thierry Deval, Otto Moerbeek,
1.304 saad 91: Xavier Santolaria, Martin Reindl, Reyk Flöter, Hans-Jörg
1.305 nick 92: Höxer, Nikolay Sturm, Joris Vink, Olivier Cherrier, Alexander von Gernler,
1.304 saad 93: and Felix Kronlage from OpenDarwin.<br>
94: There was a separate OpenBSD track, featuring Henning Brauer (about
95: signal handlers and OpenNTPD), Reyk Flöter (about wireless cards in
96: OpenBSD), and the author of the OpenBSD PF book, Jacek Artymiak (about
97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">pf(4)</a>, of course).<br>
98: At the conference's Free Software Foundation Event, Theo de Raadt was
99: awarded the Free Software Award 2004 for his efforts to make Firmware for
100: wireless hardware and other devices freely available.
101: <p>
1.301 saad 102: <li><strong><a name=UKUUG05></a>
103: <a href="http://www.ukuug.org/events/winter2005/">UKUUG LISA/Winter Conference</a></strong>,
104: Feb 24 - 25, 2005, Birmingham, UK.<br>
105: Henning Brauer spoke on OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD and Signal Handlers.
106: <p>
107: <li><strong><a name=FFG2005></a>
108: <a href="http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2005/">GUUG FFG 2005</a></strong>,
109: Feb 22 - 25, 2005, Munich, Germany.<br>
110: Reyk Flöter talked about the latest wireless support in
111: OpenBSD at the annual spring meeting of the <a href="http://www.guug.de/">German Unix User Group</a>.
112: <p>
1.293 saad 113: <li><strong><a name=Paris2005></a>
114: <a href="http://www.solutionslinux.fr/fr/index.php">Solutions Linux 2005</a></strong>,
115: Feb 1 - 3, 2005, Paris, France.<br>
116: An OpenBSD booth as well as an OpenSSH booth were present. These booths
117: were run by Marc Espie, Miod Vallat, Saad Kadhi and Wim with help from
118: Guillaume Arcas and Christophe Plasschaert, two members of the OpenBSD
1.294 saad 119: french translation team.<br>
120: Marc Espie and Saad Kadhi gave a talk about the OpenBSD project with a
121: special focus on the ports collection and Packet Filter. The <a
122: href="papers/sl2005/index.html">slides</a> (in French) are
123: available.<br>
124: During the event, several demonstrations of <a
1.293 saad 125: href="http://soekris.kd85.com/">Soekris</a> machines running OpenBSD
126: were given by Saad Kadhi and Wim.
127: <p>
1.296 mcbride 128: </ul>
1.293 saad 129:
1.296 mcbride 130: <h3>2004</h3>
131:
132: <ul>
1.287 henning 133: <li><strong><a name=21C3></a>
134: <a href="http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/">21C3 - Chaos Communication Congress</a></strong>,
135: Dec 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany</br>
136: "The Usual Suspects" were there and ran the BSD corner, including
137: <a href="mailto:wim@kd85.com">Wim</a>,
138: Henning Brauer, Marc Balmer, Martin Reindl, Moritz Jodeit, Felix Kronlage,
139: Uwe Stuehler, Bernd Ahlers, and Alexander von Gernler.<br>
140: Henning gave a talk about OpenBGPD and OpenNTPD
141: (<a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/21c3/">slides</a>).<br>
142: The WiFi backbone ran on OpenBSD powered
143: <a href="http://soekris.kd85.com">Soekris</a> machines as access points,
144: work done by Reyk Flöter, Tim Kornau and others.
145: This installation was a very successful test of the new
1.290 henning 146: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath">ath(4)</a>
1.287 henning 147: driver.
148: <p>
1.248 deraadt 149:
1.286 kevlo 150: <li><strong><a name=icos2004></a>
151: <a href="http://www.slat.org/icos/icos04/">ICOS 2004</a></strong>,
152: Dec 18 - 19, 2004, Taipei, Taiwan.<br>
153: Kevin Lo gave a presentation.
154: <p>
155:
1.285 deraadt 156: <li><strong><a name=syscan2004></a>
157: <a href="http://www.syscan.org/">SyScAN 2004</a></strong>,
158: Dec 16 - 17, 2004, Singapore.<br>
159: Theo de Raadt presented his talk about
160: <a href="papers/auug04">Exploit Mitigation Techniques</a>.
161: <p>
162:
1.283 saad 163: <li><strong><a name=sur200412></a>
164: <a href="http://www.ossir.org/sur/calendrier/index.shtml">SUR Group Meeting, December 2004</a></strong>,
165: Dec 14, 2004, Paris, France.<br>
166: Saad Kadhi gave a talk about OpenBSD and security during the monthly
167: meeting of the
168: <a href="http://www.ossir.org/sur/index.shtml">SUR</a> Group (Sécurité
169: Unix et Réseaux), a french user group focusing on security and Unix. The
1.284 xsa 170: <a href="papers/surgroup200412/index.html">slides</a> (in French) are available.
1.283 saad 171: <p>
172:
1.282 henning 173: <li><strong><a name=opencon2004></a>
174: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCon 2004</a></strong>,
175: Dec 10 - 12, 2004, Venice, Italy.<br>
176: OpenBSD meeting in Northern Italy. Henning gave 3 talks in
177: two days, on bgpd
178: (<a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/opencon04/bgpd/">slides</a>),
179: ntpd
180: (<a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/opencon04/ntpd/">slides</a>)
181: and signal handlers
182: (<a href="papers/opencon04/">slides</a>).
183: Wim ran a booth, and Marc Balmer was there as well.
184: <p>
185:
1.275 deraadt 186: <li><strong><a name=UofA></a>
187: <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/">U of A Seminar</a></strong>,
188: Nov 17 - 18, 2004, Edmonton Alberta.<br>
189: Theo de Raadt presented a talk at an open seminar at the
190: <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/">University of Alberta</a>, in
191: Room B-02 of the
192: <a href="http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/map_bldg.cfm?bldg_id=42">
193: Computing Sciences Center</a>.
194: Talk went from 2 PM to nearly 5PM with more than 100 people attending
195: from the University and industry, followed by beer nearby.
196: The talk was also given the following day at the
197: <a href="http://www.cips.ca/">CIPS Security SIG</a> luncheon.
198: <p>
199:
1.271 henning 200: <li><strong><a name=EuroBSDCon2004></a>
201: <a href="http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/">EuroBSD Con</a></strong>,
202: Oct 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany.<br>
1.272 henning 203: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
204: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
1.271 henning 205: Henning gave a talk
1.272 henning 206: about <a href="http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talks.html?&tx_ptspeechupload_pi1[showUid]=44&cHash=ec015b0552">bgpd</a>,
207: <a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/euroBSDCon2004/">slides</a> are available.
1.271 henning 208: <p>
209:
210: <li><strong><a name=LinuxWorldExpoGermany2004></a>
211: <a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/">Linux World Expo</a></strong>,
212: Oct 26 - 28, 2004, Frankfurt, Germany.<br>
1.272 henning 213: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
214: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
1.271 henning 215: <p>
216:
1.276 deraadt 217: <li><strong><a name=cuug2004></a>
1.270 deraadt 218: <a href="http://www.cuug.ab.ca/">Calgary Unix Users's Group</a></strong>,
219: Oct 26, 2004, Calgary, Canada.<br>
220: Theo presented the talk that he has recently given in Australia and
221: Malaysia to the "Home Crowd".
222: <p>
223:
224: <li><strong><a name=aldil2004></a>
1.269 krw 225: <a href="http://www.aldil.org/">Les Journées Du Logiciel Libre 2004</a></strong>,
226: Oct 22 - 23, 2004, Lyon, France.<br>
227: <p>
228:
229: <li><strong><a name=systems2004></a>
230: <a href="http://www.systems.de/">Systems</a></strong>,
231: Oct 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany <br>
232: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
233: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
234: <p>
235:
1.268 krw 236: <li><strong><a name=linuxexpo2004oct></a>
237: <a href="http://www.linuxexpo.org.uk/">Linux Expo</a></strong>,
238: Oct 6 - 7, 2004, London, UK.<br>
239: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
240: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
241: <p>
242:
243: <li><strong><a name=Hack in the Box Security Conference 2004></a>
244: <a href="http://conference.hackinthebox.org">Hack in the Box Security Conference 2004</a></strong>,
245: Oct 4 - 7, 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br>
246: Theo de Raadt presented an updated version of his
247: "Exploit Mitigation Techniques" talk.
248: <p>
249:
250: <li><strong><a name=SANE2004></a>
251: <a href="http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar.html">SANE 2004</a></strong>
252: , Sept 29, 2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<br>
253: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
254: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
255: <p>
256:
1.265 wvdputte 257: <li><strong><a name=LinuxKongress2004></a>
258: <a href="http://www.linux-kongress.org/2004">Linux Kongress 2004</a></strong>,
259: Sept 7 - 10, 2004, Erlangen, Germany.<br>
260: From their website: "Linux-Kongress is still the premier event for European
261: developers and one of the most important in the world. Each year hundreds of
262: hard core Linux enthusiasts from all over the world gather for this important
263: event."
264: <br>
265: Although this was a Linux developers' conference, we were able to
266: install a regular OpenBSD booth there, as known from other events.
267: It was run by <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim Vandeputte</a>,
268: <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a> and other
269: geeks from the Erlangen-Nuremberg area.
270: <br>
271: There also was a BSD dinner at Friday evening.
272: <p>
273:
1.262 henning 274: <li><strong><a name=Sucon2004></a>
275: <a href="http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/">SUCON 2004</a></strong>,
276: Sept 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland.<br>
277: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth. Very nice conference.
278: Henning's slides from his talks about
279: <a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/sucon04/bgpd">bgpd</a> and
280: <a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/sucon04/ntpd">ntpd</a>
281: are available.
282: <p>
283:
1.261 deraadt 284: <li><strong><a name=auug2004></a>
1.266 jolan 285: <a href="http://www.auug.org.au/events/2004/auug2004/">AUUG 2004</a></strong>,
1.261 deraadt 286: Aug 29 - Sep 3, 2004, Melbourne, Australia.<br>
287: Theo de Raadt presented a half-day tutorial on privilege seperation and a
288: newly extended version of the
289: <a href="papers/auug04">Exploit Mitigation Techniques</a> talk.<br>
290: For more information, see this
291: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;517187222;fp;16;fpid;0">
292: ComputerWorld article</a>.
293: <p>
294:
295:
1.257 saad 296: <li><strong><a name=LSM2004></a>
297: <a href="http://lsm.abul.org">Libre Software Meeting</a></strong>,
298: July 6 - 10, 2004, Bordeaux, France.<br>
299: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
300: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim Vandeputte</a>.
301: <p>
302:
303: <li><strong><a name=LinuxTag2004></a>
304: <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org">LinuxTag 2004</a></strong>,
305: June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany.<br>
306: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
307: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim Vandeputte</a>.
308: <p>
309:
1.256 mickey 310: <li><strong>OpenBSD c2k4 "Hackathon"</strong>,
311: June 19 - 27, 2004, Calgary, Canada<br>
312: Over 45 developers congregated in Calgary for a 9 day long development
313: session.
314: <p>
315:
1.254 xsa 316: <li><strong><a name=LinuxwochenVienna2004></a>
1.255 xsa 317: <a href="http://www.linuxwochen.at/">Linuxwochen Vienna 2004</a></strong>,
1.254 xsa 318: May 26 - 29, 2004, Vienna, Austria.<br>
319: The Linuxwochen 2004 tour stopped in the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna.
320: Wim Vandeputte and Reinhard Sammer ran the OpenBSD booth. Michael Bauer
321: and Teemu Schaabl from the <a href="http://www.cngw.org/">CNGW</a> gave
322: a basic talk about pf.
323: <p>
324:
1.248 deraadt 325: <li><strong><a name=BSDCan2004></a>
1.303 mcbride 326: <a href="http://www.bsdcan.org/2004/">BSDCan 2004</a></strong>,
1.248 deraadt 327: May 13 - 16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada.<br>
328: BSDCan was held at the University of Ottawa. Ryan McBride gave a talk
1.302 mcbride 329: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan04-pf/index.html">about newer features in pf</a>,
330: focusing on the redundancy provided by CARP and pfsync.
331: Theo de Raadt presented a revised version of his talk on
1.248 deraadt 332: <a href="papers/bsdcan04">Exploit Mitigation Techniques</a>.
333: <p>
334:
1.247 canacar 335: <li><strong><a name="LOSFAnkara2004"></a>
336: <a href="http://senlik.linux.org.tr">3rd Linux and Open Source Festival</a></strong>,
337: May 13 - 16, 2004, Ankara, Turkey.<br>
338: Can E. Acar and Berk D. Demir talked about the OpenBSD Project. The
339: philosophy, project goals, system features and recent proactive
340: security features were introduced. CARP, patents, recent Apache &
341: XFree86 licensing issues and effects of NDAs in open source
342: projects were discussed.<br>
343: You can view the
1.281 canacar 344: <a href="http://bdd.mindcast.org/slides/OpenBSD-LOYS2004-cea-bdd.pdf">
1.247 canacar 345: slides in PDF format</a> the
1.281 canacar 346: <a href="http://bdd.mindcast.org/slides/OpenBSD-LOYS2004-cea-bdd.tex">
1.247 canacar 347: LaTeX source</a> is also available (they are
348: <a href="http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~canacar/slides/">mirrored</a>, as well).
349: <p>
350:
1.242 henning 351: <li><strong><a name=Brussels2004></a>
352: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/">FOSDEM Brussels 2004</a></strong>,
353: Feb 21 - 22, 2004, Brussels, Belgium.<br>
1.243 henning 354: An OpenBSD/OpenSSH booth was present, run by Wim Vandeputte.
355: Several developers (including Henning Brauer, Xavier Santolaria, Thierry Deval,
356: Philipp Bühler, Otto Moerbeek and Saad Kadhi) showed up.
357: Wim and Alexander von Gernler gave "lightning talks" about Soekris
358: and systrace
1.263 saad 359: (<a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/vortraege/2004/FOSDEM/systrace.pdf">slides</a>), respectively.
1.243 henning 360: Henning got a slot in the main track to talk about the new bgpd
361: (<a href="http://www.2suck.net/papers/fosdem2004/">slides</a>).
362: On Saturday evening, the traditional OpenBSD dinner took place.
1.242 henning 363: <p>
364:
1.240 espie 365: <li><strong><a name=Paris2004></a>
366: <a href="http://www.linuxsolutions.fr/">Linux Expo Paris 2004</a></strong>,
367: Feb 3 - 5, 2004, Paris, France.<br>
368: An OpenBSD booth as well as an OpenSSH booth were present, thanks to
369: <a href="mailto:saad@docisland.org">Saad Kadhi</a> and
370: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
371: <p>
372:
373: <li><strong><a name="LWE04"></a>
374: <a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny/V40/index.cvn">LinuxWorld
375: Conference and Expo</a></strong>, Jan 20 - 23, 2004, New York, NY, USA.<br>
376: <a href="wes@openlysecure.org">Wes Sonnenreich</a> and others
377: have established a BSD user group in NYC and held a BSD BoF at the
378: Jacob Javits Center on January 22nd at 5:45pm, Room 1E15.
379: <p>
380: </ul>
381:
1.188 henning 382: <h3>2003</h3>
1.236 jose 383:
384: <ul>
1.232 jose 385: <li><strong><a name=20c3></a>
386: <a href="http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/">20th Chaos Communication Congress 2003</a></strong>,
387: Dec 27 - 29, 2003, Berlin, Germany.<br>
388: OpenBSD was represented by a booth, ran by
389: <a href= "mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>, and supported by Henning and
1.236 jose 390: Alexander von Gernler. Alexander also gave a
1.260 saad 391: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/vortraege/2003/20C3/openbsd.pdf">talk</a>
1.232 jose 392: introducing the project and the OS (in German).
1.236 jose 393: <p>
1.232 jose 394:
1.228 jose 395: <li><strong><a name=brazil2003></a>
1.236 jose 396: <a href="http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br">1st BSDCon Brazil</a></strong>,
1.228 jose 397: Dec 6 - 7, 2003. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<br>
398: This was the first BSDCon Brazil, and of course OpenBSD was present.
1.236 jose 399: Douglas Santos spoke on advocacy and about some of the technical aspects
400: of OpenBSD. Eduardo A. Alvarenga gave a presentation about firewalling
1.228 jose 401: with OpenBSD PF.
402: <p>
403:
404: <li><strong><a name=ankara03></a>
405: <a href="http://seminer.linux.org.tr">Association of Turkish Linux User</a></strong>,
406: Dec 4, 2003, Ankara, Turkey.<br>
407: Can Acar and Berk Demir gave a mammoth 4 hour presentation on OpenBSD.
408: The first part was a broad introduction to the OpenBSD philosophy, the
1.236 jose 409: project goals, and system features. After a break, in the second part they
410: talked about the exploit mitigation techniques employed in OpenBSD. This
411: part was aimed at techies and is almost a complete Turkish translation of
412: the talk Theo recently gave in Japan. You can view the
1.281 canacar 413: <a href="http://bdd.mindcast.org/slides/OpenBSD_3.12.2003.can-bdd.pdf">
1.236 jose 414: slides in PDF format </a>
415: (they are <a href="http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~canacar/slides/OpenBSD_3.12.2003.can-bdd.pdf">mirrored</a>, as well).
1.228 jose 416: <p>
417:
1.227 jose 418: <li><strong><a name=Luxembourg2003></a>
419: <a href="http://www.linuxday.lu/">Linuxday Luxembourg 2003</a></strong>,
420: Nov 6 - 8, 2003, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.<br>
421: Booths were present, organized by <a href= "mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
422: <p>
423:
424: <li><strong><a name=Pacsec2003></a>
425: <a href="http://pacsec.jp/">Pacsec 2003</a></strong>,
426: November 6 - 7, 2003, Tokyo, Japan.<br>
1.236 jose 427: Three OpenBSD developers presented on various topics. Theo de Raadt
1.227 jose 428: gave a presentation on Exploit Mitigation Techniques
1.236 jose 429: <a href="papers/pacsec03/e/index.html">(English)</a>
430: <a href="papers/pacsec03/j/index.html">(Japanese)</a>, Jun-ichiro
1.227 jose 431: itojun Hagino presented material covering
1.236 jose 432: <a href="http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200311-pacsec-jp/">
1.241 david 433: IPv6 security considerations</a>, and Jose Nazario discussed advances
1.227 jose 434: in Internet worm defenses.
435: <p>
436:
1.224 miod 437: <li><strong><a name=Lyon2003></a>
438: <a href="http://www.aldil.org/agenda/journees/2003/">Les V<sup>èmes</sup> Journées du Libre 2003</a></strong>,
439: Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2003, Lyon, France.<br>
440: Miod Vallat gave a talk about the recent security efforts deployed in OpenBSD,
441: as well as generic security concepts (slides, in bad French, are available in
442: <a href="http://www.aldil.org/agenda/journees/2003/vallat/miod.mgp">mgp
443: format</a>). As usual, Wim ran an OpenBSD booth featuring the new 3.4 release,
444: as well as <a href="http://soekris.kd85.com">Soekris</a> hardware running
445: OpenBSD.
446: <p>
447:
448: <li><strong><a name=Saarbrucken2003></a>
449: <a href="http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html">Linux Kongress Saarbrücken 2003</a></strong>,
450: Oct 14 - 16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany.<br>
451: An OpenBSD booth was present, starring Wim again.
452: <p>
453:
454: <li><strong><a name=London2003></a>
455: <a href="http://www.linuxexpo.org.uk/">Linux Expo London 2003</a></strong>,
456: Oct 8 - 9, 2003, London, UK.<br>
457: An OpenBSD booth was present, starring Wim as usual.
458: <p>
459:
1.219 jose 460: <li><strong><a name=bsdcon2003></a>
461: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/">BSDCon '03</a></strong>,
462: Sep 8 - 12, 2003, San Mateo, California.<br>
1.236 jose 463: OpenBSD was represented in the BSD Status Report, and David Rosenthal
1.219 jose 464: gave a talk on an OpenBSD based security appliance.
465: <p>
466:
1.218 jose 467: <li><strong><a name=sucon2003></a>
468: <a href="http://www.sucon.ch/">SUCON '03</a></strong>,
469: Sep 5, 2003. Zurich, Switzerland.<br>
1.236 jose 470: Daniel Hartmeier talked about PF, and <a
1.218 jose 471: href="http://open.bsdcow.net/events/sucon2003/">pictures are available</a>.
472: <p>
473:
1.214 henning 474: <li><strong><a name=camp2003></a>
475: <a href="http://www.ccc.de/camp/">Chaos Communication Camp 2003</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 476: Aug 7 - 10, 2003, in <a href="http://www.paulshof.de/body-mehr.html">a field</a> near Berlin Germany<br>
1.214 henning 477: There was a huge OpenBSD village. Several OpenBSD developers have been there.
478: <p>
479:
1.213 jose 480: <li><strong><a name=sec2003></a>
481: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec03/">Usenix Security</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 482: Aug 4 - 8, 2003, Washington, DC, USA.<br>
1.236 jose 483: Niels Provos presented two papers on security advances originally
1.213 jose 484: developed for OpenBSD, including the OpenSSH privsep feature and systrace.
485: Several OpenBSD developers were there.
486: <p>
487:
1.211 jose 488: <li><strong><a name=linuxtag2003></a>
489: <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html">LinuxTag 2003</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 490: Jul 10 - 13, 2003, Karlsruhe Convention Center Germany<br>
1.211 jose 491: Both OpenBSD and OpenSSH had booths in the main exhibit.
492: <p>
493:
494: <li><strong><a name=lsm2003></a>
495: <a href="http://libresoftwaremeeting.org/">Libre Software Meeting 2003</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 496: Jul 9 - 12, 2003, Metz, France<br>
1.212 matthieu 497: Matthieu Herrb gave <a href="papers/xf86-sec.pdf">a talk about XFree86 security</a>. There was
1.211 jose 498: also an OpenBSD booth with developers.
499: <p>
500:
1.209 wvdputte 501: <li><strong><a name=lud2003></a>
502: <a href="http://www.linuxuserexpo.com/">Linux User & Developer Expo 2003</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 503: Jun 24 - 26, 2003, at the NEC in Birmingham UK<br>
1.209 wvdputte 504: There was an OpenBSD booth with developers.
505: <p>
1.195 deraadt 506:
1.202 jason 507: <li><strong><a name=usenix2003></a>
1.236 jose 508: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/">Usenix Annual Technical
1.216 jose 509: Conference</a></strong>,
510: Jun 9 - 14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA<br>
1.202 jason 511: A few OpenBSD developers were there and one paper was presented:
512: <ul>
1.216 jose 513: <li>The Design of the OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework<br>
1.202 jason 514: <a href="events.html#usenix2003">Usenix 2003</a>, by
1.236 jose 515: Angelos D. Keromytis,
516: Jason L. Wright, and
1.205 deraadt 517: Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.202 jason 518: <a href="papers/ocf.pdf">paper</a>.
519: </ul>
520: <p>
521:
1.201 deraadt 522: <li><strong>OpenBSD c2k3 "Hackathon"</strong>,
1.216 jose 523: May 9 - 19, 2003, Calgary, Canada<br>
1.201 deraadt 524: Over 50 developers congregated in Calgary for a 10 day long development
525: session.
526: <p>
527:
1.216 jose 528: <li><strong>
529: <a href="http://www.webb.it/">Webbit 2003</a></strong>,
530: May 9 - 11, 2003, Padova, Italy<br>
1.203 jason 531: Giacomo Cariello and Wim Vandeputte attended, and several OpenBSD
532: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20030503101052">related talks</a> were given.
533: <p>
534:
1.216 jose 535: <li><strong>
536: <a href="http://cansecwest.com/">CanSecWest 03</a></strong>,
537: Apr 9 - 11, 2003, Vancouver, Canada<br>
1.195 deraadt 538: Theo spoke about killing buffer overflows using ProPolice and the new W^X technology,
1.196 matthieu 539: available as a <a href="papers/csw03.mgp">magicpoint file</a>.
1.195 deraadt 540: <p>
541:
1.216 jose 542: <li><strong>
543: <a href="http://www.cebit.de/">CeBIT 2003</a></strong>,
544: Mar 14, 2003, Hannover, Germany<br>
1.236 jose 545: You could have found our <a href="http://www.linux-events.de/LinuxPark/cebit/Specials/openbooth.html">booth</a> in Halle 6, A53/068. Friday, Henning and Markus
1.196 matthieu 546: gave a talk on OpenBSD and OpenSSH. <a href="papers/cebit2003.tgz">slides</a> are available.
1.194 henning 547: <p>
548:
1.216 jose 549: <li><strong>
550: <a href="http://www.linuxforum.dk/2003/english/">LinuxForum 2003</a></strong>,
551: Mar 1, 2003, Copenhagen<br>
1.236 jose 552: Daniel spoke about PF (slides in <a href="papers/linuxforum2k3.tar.gz">mgp</a>,
553: <a href="http://www.benzedrine.cx/linuxforum/">HTML</a>).
1.191 dhartmei 554: It was a small but cozy conference, jointly held by Danish Linux and BSD
555: user groups.
556: <p>
557:
1.236 jose 558: <li><strong>
559: <a href="http://www.cuug.ab.ca">CUUG - The Calgary Unix Users
1.216 jose 560: Group</a></strong>,
561: Feb 25, 2003, 18:00 MST, Calgary<br>
1.190 miod 562: OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt spoke about some of the recent
563: changes in OpenBSD that are leading the way to the complete elimination of
564: "buffer overflow" security risks and attacks.
565: <p>
566:
1.216 jose 567: <li><strong>
568: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/">FOSDEM 2003</a></strong>,
569: Feb 8 - 9, 2003, Brussels<br>
1.236 jose 570: Henning and Philipp gave a talk on -current PF developments
1.196 matthieu 571: (<a href="papers/fosdem2k3-pf.mgp">slides</a>)
1.187 henning 572: and on Saturday evening, there was an OpenBSD dinner for those interested.
573: <p>
574:
1.216 jose 575: <li><strong>
576: <a href="http://linuxsolutions.fr/FR/home/index.php?site=default">Linux Solutions</a></strong>,
577: Feb 4 - 6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Défense<br>
1.185 miod 578: There was an OpenBSD booth with several OpenBSD developers, as well as 3.2 OpenBSD
579: CD sets and Tshirts.
580: <p>
1.236 jose 581: </ul>
1.185 miod 582:
1.161 millert 583: <h3>2002</h3>
1.236 jose 584:
585: <ul>
586: <li><strong>
587: <a href="http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/">19c3: the 19th CCC
1.216 jose 588: Congress</a></strong>,
589: Dec 27 - 29, 2002, Berlin<br>
1.236 jose 590: There was a huge <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/19c3">reserved space</a> for
591: OpenBSD users and developers, a couple of -current test systems and for those
1.184 wvdputte 592: curious, a first look at the 3.2 OpenBSD Tshirts.
593: <p>
1.177 jason 594:
1.216 jose 595: <li><strong>
596: <a href="http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/">BSDCon Europe 2002</a></strong>,
597: Nov 15 - 17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands<br>
1.181 henning 598: OpenBSD people were there;
1.236 jose 599: Philipp Bühler and Henning Brauer spoke about
1.182 ian 600: <a href="papers/tuning-openbsd.ps">
601: network performance tuning on OpenBSD</a>,
1.236 jose 602: and Ian Darwin presented a
1.182 ian 603: <a href="papers/eurobsd-firewalls-2002.pdf">
604: tutorial on OpenBSD servers/firewalls</a>.
1.179 pb 605: <p>
1.178 pb 606:
1.216 jose 607: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 608: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/">LISA '02: 16th Systems
1.216 jose 609: Administration Conference</a></strong>,
610: Nov 3 - 8, 2002, Philadelphia, USA<br>
1.177 jason 611: Mickey and Jason manned the booth at the vendor expo (the only BSD
612: represented) and sold <a href="32.html">3.2</a> CDs, and Jason gave a BoF
613: session on <a href="32.html">3.2</a> and future.
614: <p>
615:
1.216 jose 616: <li><strong>
1.264 djm 617: <a href="http://www.auug.org.au/events/2002/auug2002/">Australian Unix Users
618: Group Winter Conference</a></strong>,
619: Sep 1 - 6, 2002, Melbourne Australia<br>
620: Damien Miller presented a tutorial on the
621: <a href="papers/auug2002-ssh/index.html">SSH protocol</a> and
622: <a href="papers/auug2002-ssh.ps">OpenSSH tips and tricks</a>.
623: <p>
624:
625: <li><strong>
1.216 jose 626: <a href="http://lsm.abul.org">The 3rd Libre Software Meeting</a></strong>,
627: Jul 9 - 13, 2002, Bordeaux, France<br>
1.172 miod 628: Several OpenBSD developers and users were attending the meeting, and
629: Niels Provos presented his
630: <a href="http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/systrace">systrace</a>
631: system call policy management tool.
1.174 nick 632: <p>
1.172 miod 633:
1.216 jose 634: <li><strong>
635: <a href="http://www.Webb.it">Webb.it 02</a></strong>,
636: Jul 5 - 7, 2002, Padova, Italy<br>
1.171 ian 637: OpenBSD developers had a booth selling CD's, T-shirts, etc.
638: <p>
639:
1.216 jose 640: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 641: <a href="http://www.softwarelivre.rs.gov.br/forum">The Annual International
1.216 jose 642: Free Software Forum</a></strong>,
643: May 2 - 4, 2002, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil<br>
1.236 jose 644: Mainly a Linux/GNU event, but this year the BSD Operating Systems
645: had a chance to prove their value.
1.169 horacio 646: Edson Brandi spoke on FreeBSD, Diego Linke
1.236 jose 647: on NetBSD, and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira on OpenBSD.
1.169 horacio 648: <p>
1.168 miod 649:
1.216 jose 650: <li><strong>
651: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/">BSDCON 2002</a></strong>,
652: Feb 11 - 14, 2002, San Francisco, California, USA<br>
1.161 millert 653: Todd Miller gave an update on current OpenBSD status and participated in a
1.162 millert 654: BSD panel discussion. The <a href="slides/bsdcon_2002/index.html">slides</a>
655: are available.
1.161 millert 656: <p>
657:
1.216 jose 658: <li><strong>
659: <a href="http://www.linuxexpoparis.com">Linux expo Paris 2002</a></strong>,
660: Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2002, Paris, France<br>
1.163 miod 661: The french Linux Expo 2002 was quite small and as usual the OpenBSD booth ended
662: up with others on the expo's side. On the first day, almost all the merchandise
663: was sold, and we have even sold older versions (2.9) the following days to
664: people who wouldn't leave without a cd set in their hands...
665: <p>
666:
1.216 jose 667: <li><strong>
668: <a href="http://musess.mcmaster.ca/">MUSESS 2002</a></strong>,
669: Jan 25 - 26, 2002, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada<br>
1.164 millert 670: Louis Bertrand gave a presentation on OpenBSD titled
671: <strong>Fix The Bugs, Secure The System</strong>.
672: The <a href="slides/musess_2002/index.html">slides</a> are available.
673: <p>
1.236 jose 674: </ul>
1.164 millert 675:
1.152 jakob 676: <h3>2001</h3>
677:
1.236 jose 678: <ul>
1.216 jose 679: <li><strong>
680: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa01/">USENIX LISA 2001</a></strong>,
681: Dec 2 - 7, 2001, San Diego, California, USA<br>
1.160 jufi 682: Niels Provos gave a presentation, and there's been a booth selling
683: tshirts and 3.0 CDs.
684: <p>
685:
1.216 jose 686: <li><strong>
687: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/meetings/IETF-52.html">52nd IETF</a></strong>,
688: Dec 9 - 14, 2001, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA<br>
1.160 jufi 689: Angelos, Itojun & Jakob were there.
690: <p>
691:
1.158 deraadt 692: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 693: <a href="http://www.disc2000.unam.mx/disc/index-ing.html">DISC
1.216 jose 694: 2001</a></strong>,
695: Nov 26 - 29, 2001, Mexico City, Mexico<br>
1.158 deraadt 696: Once again, Theo de Raadt explained the security auditing process and
697: subsequent secure configuration choices made in OpenBSD, in a talk
698: entitled "Updated thoughts on writing a secure Operating System".
699: <p>
700:
1.216 jose 701: <li><strong>
702: <a href="http://www.linux.org.hk">LinuxCafe</a></strong>,
703: Sep 15, 2001, Hong Kong, China<br>
1.156 provos 704: Shell Hung gave an introduction for BSD and demonstration of OpenBSD to HKLUG.
705: <p>
706:
1.201 deraadt 707: <li><strong>VPN Bakeoff</strong>,
1.216 jose 708: Aug 13 - 18, 2001, Finland<br>
1.156 provos 709: Jakob and Itojun were there.
710: <p>
1.158 deraadt 711:
1.150 wvdputte 712: <li><strong>
1.215 nick 713: <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL 2001</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 714: Aug 10 - 12, 2001, Twente, Netherlands<br>
1.153 jufi 715: Quite a lot of developers were there, we even had our own tent.
716: Niels, Rees and Dugsong held talks, more info on the main website
717: for HAL2001. And of course T-Shirts and CDROMs were sold.
1.150 wvdputte 718: <p>
1.137 aaron 719:
720: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 721: <a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/">O'Reilly Open Source
1.216 jose 722: Conference</a></strong>,
723: Jul 23 - 27, 2001, San Diego, California, USA<br>
1.148 brian 724: OpenBSD had a booth selling CD's, T-shirts, etc.
725: Ian Darwin presented his "Firewalls and Secure Internet Servers
726: with OpenBSD" tutorial.
727: <p>
728:
729: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 730: <a href="http://www.defcon.org">DEF CON Nine</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 731: Jul 13 - 15, 2001 Las Vegas, USA<br>
1.148 brian 732: OpenBSD developers and users make it a point to attend every year,
733: and had a table selling CD's, shirts, etc.
734: <p>
735:
736: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 737: <a href="http://www.sek.co.kr/sek2001/sek_html/main.htm">Software
1.216 jose 738: Exhibition of Korea</a></strong>,
739: Jun 26 - 29, 2001, Seoul, Korea<br>
1.146 krw 740: urisecure/NDS sponsored an OpenBSD booth with CD's, posters,
741: and a live demo of OpenBSD's IPSEC hardware acceleration.
742: <p>
743:
744: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 745: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/">2001 USENIX Annual
1.216 jose 746: Technical Conference</a></strong>,
747: Jun 25 - 30, 2001, Boston, USA<br>
1.146 krw 748: OpenBSD developers were there, selling CD's, T-shirts, etc.
749: <p>
750:
751: <li><strong>
1.143 dugsong 752: <a href="http://www.olymfair.org/eng/workshop.htm">Information
1.201 deraadt 753: Security OlymFair</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 754: May 16 - 18, 2001, Seoul, Korea<br>
1.143 dugsong 755: Dug Song gave a detailed introduction to OpenBSD to the Korean
756: security community.
757: <p>
758:
759: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 760: <a href="http://www.osdem.org/">2001 Open Source and Free Software
1.216 jose 761: Developers' Meeting</a></strong>,
762: Feb 3 - 4, 2001, Brussels, Belgium<br>
1.137 aaron 763: There was an OpenBSD booth with some loose talks made.
764: <p>
765:
766: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 767: <a href="http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/">2001 Linux Expo</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 768: Feb 1 - 2, 2001, Paris, France<br>
1.236 jose 769: There was an OpenBSD booth in the 'F' area.
1.137 aaron 770: <p>
1.236 jose 771: </ul>
1.137 aaron 772:
1.132 louis 773: <h3>2000</h3>
774:
1.236 jose 775: <ul>
1.132 louis 776: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 777: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/">LISA 2000, USENIX
1.216 jose 778: Systems Administration Conference</a></strong>,
779: Dec 3 - 8, 2000, New Orleans, USA<br>
1.134 jufi 780: Wim Vandeputte and other volunteers have been running a sales table with
781: shirts, posters and the brand new 2.8 CDs.
782: <p>
783:
784: <li><strong>
1.215 nick 785: <a href="http://www.disc2000.unam.mx/disc/index-ing.html">DISC 2000</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 786: Nov 26 - Dec 1, 2000, Mexico City, Mexico<br>
1.133 deraadt 787: Theo de Raadt explained the security auditing process and subsequent secure
788: configuration choices made in OpenBSD, in a talk entitled "Secure by Default".
789: Over the next few days, he also participated in two panels with various security
790: experts who had flown in from around the world. Following this, Theo climbed
1.151 jsyn 791: one of the largest volcanoes, called Malinche.
1.133 deraadt 792: <p>
793:
794: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 795: <a href="http://www.nluug.nl/events/nj2000">NLUUG Najaarsconferentie
1.216 jose 796: 2000</a></strong>,
797: Nov 9, 2000, Ede, NL<br>
1.236 jose 798: There was an OpenBSD booth where people dropped by for information or to
1.132 louis 799: get their Tshirts, polos, caps and 2.7 CDs.
1.13 deraadt 800: <p>
1.4 millert 801:
1.132 louis 802: <li><strong><a name=ipsec2000></a>
1.236 jose 803: <a href="http://www.upperside.fr/baipsecy2k.htm">IPsec 2000 Global
1.216 jose 804: Summit</a></strong>,
805: Oct 24 - 27, 2000, Paris La Defense, France<br>
1.159 miod 806: Niels Provos ended the conference by speaking about the IPsec architecture
1.132 louis 807: in OpenBSD. The talk was well received and many people were very interested
808: about our cryptographic hardware acceleration.
809:
810: <ul>
1.236 jose 811: <li>The IPsec Architecture in OpenBSD<br>
1.215 nick 812: <a href="#ipsec2000">IPsec 2000 Global Summit</a> by Niels Provos.<br>
1.132 louis 813: <a href="papers/ipsec-slides.ps">slides</a>.
814: </ul>
1.4 millert 815: <p>
1.132 louis 816:
1.7 deraadt 817: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 818: <a href="http://ApacheCon.Com/2000/EU/">ApacheCon Europa 2000</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 819: Oct 23 - 25, 2000, London, UK<br>
1.132 louis 820: There was an OpenBSD booth where people could drop by for information and
821: a chat with the local OpenBSD personnel. We also had the essentials for
1.236 jose 822: your wardrobe (Tshirts, polos, caps), for your hardware (2.7 CDs) and for your
1.132 louis 823: mind (drinks afterwards).
824: <p>
825:
1.216 jose 826: <li><strong>
827: <a href="http://www.bsdcon.com/">BSD Con 2000</a></strong>,
828: Oct 18 - 20, 2000, Monterey, CA, USA<br>
1.132 louis 829: David Terrell ran an OpenBSD booth selling T-shirts and CDs and answering
830: questions.
1.32 deraadt 831: <p>
1.1 deraadt 832:
1.132 louis 833: <li><strong><a name=opensource2000></a>
1.236 jose 834: <a href="http://www.opensource-forum.com/konferens">The Open Source
1.216 jose 835: Revolution</a></strong>,
836: Oct 5, 2000, Stockholm, Sweden<br>
1.133 deraadt 837: Theo de Raadt spoke about how user expectations for security out of the box
838: have changed over the last years.
1.1 deraadt 839: <p>
840:
1.132 louis 841: <li><strong><a name=sec2000></a>
1.216 jose 842: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec2000/">Usenix Security</a></strong>,
843: Aug 14 - 17, 2000, Denver, Colorado, USA<br>
1.132 louis 844: Some OpenBSD developers were there and one paper was presented:
845: <ul>
1.236 jose 846: <li>Encrypting Virtual Memory<br>
1.132 louis 847: <a href="#sec2000">Usenix Security 2000</a>
1.205 deraadt 848: by Niels Provos.<br>
1.132 louis 849: <a href="papers/swapencrypt.ps">paper</a> and
850: <a href="papers/swapencrypt-slides.ps">slides</a>.
851: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 852: <p>
1.132 louis 853:
1.10 provos 854: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 855: <a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-8-post.html">Defcon 2000</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 856: Jul 28 - 30, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.236 jose 857: Kjell Wooding (our IPF maintainer), James Phillips from the
1.132 louis 858: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">OpenBSD Journal</a>, and Theo de Raadt
859: had a table and were selling OpenBSD CDROMs, tshirts, and posters on
860: Friday and Saturday. Hordes of people visited our table and we at the
861: end we were completely sold out of CDROMS and shirts (allowing us to go
862: check out Hoover Dam's hardhat tour on Sunday and leave the madness behind).
863: <br>
864: We were completely amazed at the people who stopped by our table, to say
865: that they were relying on OpenBSD.
866: <p>
1.32 deraadt 867:
1.132 louis 868: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 869: <a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/">O'Reilly Open Source
1.216 jose 870: Conference 2000</a></strong>,
871: Jul 17 - 20, 2000, Monterey, California, USA<br>
872: Ian Darwin presented a <a href="papers/oreilly2000/">tutorial</a> on
1.132 louis 873: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/w/bsd_tutorials.html">
874: Secure Internet Servers/Firewalls with OpenBSD</a>, and bravely
875: manned the OpenBSD booth for the remainder of the show.
876: Kjell Wooding took part in a panel discussion on the Future of the BSDs,
877: and spoke about
878: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/w/bsd_presentations.html">
1.241 david 879: Secure By Default.</a> Both sessions were well attended, and at least
1.132 louis 880: one Linux sysadmin was seen racing for a keyboard, scared look in his eyes,
1.236 jose 881: after the security talk.
1.3 provos 882: <p>
1.132 louis 883:
1.6 deraadt 884: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 885: <a href="http://www.linuxtag.de/2000/english/">LinuxTag 2000</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 886: Jun 29 - Jul 2, 2000, Stuttgart, Germany<br>
1.132 louis 887: There was a BSD booth where we had the first <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 CDs</a> for Europe
888: and the new blue stitchwork <a href="tshirts.html#11">Blowfish Polo</a> shirt.
889: <br>
890: Christian Weisgerber gave a
891: <a href="http://www.linuxtag.de/2000/english/conference/talks.php3?ID=3">talk
892: on BSD</a>.
1.32 deraadt 893: <p>
1.1 deraadt 894:
1.216 jose 895: <li><strong><a name=usenix2000></a>
1.236 jose 896: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/">Usenix Annual Technical
1.216 jose 897: Conference.</a></strong>,
898: Jun 18 - 23, 2000, San Diego, California, USA<br>
1.132 louis 899: Almost 20 OpenBSD developers showed up for the 25th anniversary of Usenix.
900: We had a vendor booth, as well as a number of papers being presented.
901: Conference attendees had the opportunity to test drive the new release,
902: OpenBSD 2.7, on the 30 workstations in the terminal room. For the first
903: time ever, the terminal room and wavelan networks also had a IPv6 connection,
1.147 jason 904: and some users even discovered so by themselves.
1.132 louis 905: Theo also held a BoF on the Wednesday evening, after which the developers
906: had almost too much singing in foreign languages with the help of helium.
907: <ul>
908:
909: <li>Implementing Internet Key Exchange, IKE.<br>
910: <a href="#usenix2000">Usenix 2000</a>
1.216 jose 911: by Angelos D. Keromytis, Niklas Hallqvist.<br>
1.132 louis 912: <a href="papers/ikepaper.ps">paper</a> and
913: <a href="papers/ikeslides.ps">slides</a>.
914:
915: <li>Transparent Network Security Policy Enforcement.<br>
916: <a href="#usenix2000">Usenix 2000</a>
1.216 jose 917: by Angelos D. Keromytis, Jason L. Wright.<br>
1.132 louis 918: <a href="papers/bridgepaper.ps">paper</a> and
919: <a href="papers/bridgeslides.ps">slides</a>.
1.2 deraadt 920:
1.132 louis 921: <li>Safety Checking of Kernel Extensions.<br>
922: <a href="#usenix2000">Usenix 2000</a>
1.205 deraadt 923: by Craig Metz.
1.132 louis 924: </ul>
1.2 deraadt 925: <p>
926:
1.132 louis 927: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 928: <a href="http://www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk/calendar.html">OpenBSD: The Open
1.216 jose 929: Source Secure Operating System</a></strong>,
930: Jun 17, 2000, 14:00. Manchester, UK<br>
1.132 louis 931: Sam Smith gave a rundown of features coming in OpenBSD 2.7 and
932: OpenSSH 2.1. His <a href="http://www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk/20000617/">slides</a>
933: are available from the user group's site.
1.1 deraadt 934: <p>
1.2 deraadt 935:
1.132 louis 936: <li><strong>
1.216 jose 937: <a href="reprints/crypto2000.html">OpenBSD Crypto 2000 conference</a></strong>,
938: Jun 15 - 20, 2000, Calgary, AB, Canada<br>
1.132 louis 939: Repeating the tradition of a similar meeting held last year, many
940: OpenBSD developers from around the world converged on Calgary
941: for a weekend long hack-and-drink session. As before, the event
942: was invitation only. Many significant things got done, including
943: ipv6 + ipsec running over hardware crypto devices.
1.1 deraadt 944: <p>
1.11 jkatz 945:
1.17 deraadt 946: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 947: <a href="http://www.converge2000.com">CONVERGENCE 2000</a></strong>,
948: May 18, 2000. Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br>
1.132 louis 949: Theo de Raadt participated in a panel discussion about the pros and cons
950: of using Open Source software in various business environments. The local
951: users also handed out OpenSSH and OpenBSD posters, and were absolutely
952: surprised and amazed by the number of Calgary companies quietly using
953: OpenBSD.
1.21 pattonme 954: <p>
1.17 deraadt 955:
1.23 niklas 956: <li><strong>
1.216 jose 957: <a href="http://www.cansecwest.com/">CanSecWest</a></strong>,
958: May 10 - 12, 2000. Robson Conference Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada<br>
1.132 louis 959: Theo de Raadt spoke about why programmers keep making the same stupid mistakes,
960: what types of efforts might improve this, and how this all relates to auditing
961: efforts. Rain Forest Puppy, Ron Gula (Network Security Wizards), Ken Williams (E&Y),
1.216 jose 962: Marty Roesch (snort/HiverWorld), and Fyodor (nmap) were among the other speakers
1.132 louis 963: at this event. (On a personal note: at this conference Theo realized that three
964: leading Network Intrusion Detection System companies use OpenBSD as their
965: base operating system: Hiverworld, Network Security Wizards, and NFR).
1.32 deraadt 966: <p>
1.25 deraadt 967:
1.132 louis 968: <li><strong>
969: <a href="http://www.zdevents.com/comdex/spring2000/">Linux Business Expo /
1.201 deraadt 970: COMDEX Spring 2000</a></strong>,
971: Apr 19, 2000, Chicago, IL, USA<br>
1.216 jose 972: Louis Bertrand represented OpenBSD at a BSD BOF with FreeBSD/BDSI,
1.132 louis 973: NetBSD and Apple (Darwin is BSD-derived). The BOF was attended by about
974: 75 people, many of whom were new to *BSD. It was an opportunity to
975: explore future cooperation among the various BSD groups and companies.
1.25 deraadt 976: <p>
1.23 niklas 977:
1.31 deraadt 978: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 979: <a href="http://www.nordu.org/NordU2000/">NordU 2000 -- The second
1.216 jose 980: EurOpen/USENIX Conference</a></strong>,
981: Feb 8 - 11, 2000. Malmo, Sweden<br>
1.140 jufi 982: About 15 OpenBSD team members attended.
1.132 louis 983: OpenBSD CDs and shirts were sold at a booth donated by the conference.<br>
984: As well, Theo de Raadt gave an invited talk on Wednesday morning
985: about why software quality/security suffers, and what we can do to
986: improve it.
1.32 deraadt 987: <p>
1.31 deraadt 988:
1.201 deraadt 989: <li><strong>BSD BOF session, LinuxWorld Expo</strong>,
1.216 jose 990: Feb 3, 2000, New York, USA<br>
1.132 louis 991: Representatives from OpenBSD, BSDi, and FreeBSD hosted a
992: "Birds Of a Feather" session at the <a
993: href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/">New York LinuxWorld Expo</a>.<br>
994: There were installation CD-ROMs, free food, and even free Daemon Horns!
1.33 niklas 995: <p>
1.236 jose 996: </ul>
1.33 niklas 997:
1.132 louis 998: <h3>1999</h3>
1.36 niklas 999:
1.236 jose 1000: <ul>
1.216 jose 1001: <li><strong>The Bazaar</strong>,
1002: Dec 14 - 16, 1999, New York, New York, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1003: Wes Sonnenreich and Tom Yates presented a tutorial on building
1.216 jose 1004: firewalls with OpenBSD. BoF of open source BSDs took place.
1.132 louis 1005: 2.6 release CDROMs and t-shirts were sold.
1006: Emphatic interest has been shown by representatives from press, international
1007: government and military institutions.
1.45 jason 1008: <p>
1009:
1.216 jose 1010: <li><strong><a name=lisa99></a>
1.236 jose 1011: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa99/">13th Systems Administration
1.216 jose 1012: Conference (LISA 99)</a></strong>,
1013: Nov 7 - 12, 1999, Seattle, Washington, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1014: Bob Beck presented a paper about the U of A's nifty OpenBSD based
1015: solution to the problem of public Ethernet jacks in the technical sessions
1016: starting at 11:00 AM on the 11th.<br>
1017: There were many other OpenBSD
1018: people at this conference as well, as well as a booth selling CDROMs and
1019: t-shirts. His paper is available at:
1020:
1021: <ul>
1022: <li>Dealing with Public Ethernet Jacks-Switches, Gateways, and Authentication.<br>
1.236 jose 1023: <a href="events.html#lisa99">LISA 1999</a>,
1.206 david 1024: by Bob Beck.<br>
1.236 jose 1025: <a href="papers/authgw-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1026: <a href="papers/authgw-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1027: </ul>
1028: <p>
1029:
1030: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 1031: IP-dagarna 1999</strong>,
1.216 jose 1032: Oct 27 - 28, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden<br>
1.132 louis 1033: Håkan Olsson & Jakob Schlyter spoke at the DNSSEC session on the 27th.
1034: <p>
1035:
1036: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1037: <a href="http://www.opensource-forum.com/konferens/">Linux & Open Source
1.216 jose 1038: Software '99</a></strong>,
1039: Oct 21, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. (in swedish)<br>
1.132 louis 1040: Niklas Hallqvist spoke on the topic of how to use
1.236 jose 1041: <a
1042: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&format=html">IPsec</a> for securing communications.
1.132 louis 1043: <p>
1044:
1045: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1046: <a href="http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference">Reflections/Projections
1.216 jose 1047: 1999</a></strong>,
1048: Oct 8 - 10, 1999, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1049: Theo de Raadt spoke at 10:00am on the 9th. Other OpenBSD
1050: developers from the east coast attended as well.
1051: <p>
1052:
1.236 jose 1053: <li><strong><a name="ipsec99"></a>
1.216 jose 1054: IPsec Interoperability tests</strong>,
1055: Sep 27 - 30, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. (in swedish)<br>
1.236 jose 1056: A dozen vendors, among them OpenBSD, tested more than 15
1057: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&format=html">IPsec</a>
1.132 louis 1058: products, both gateways and hosts, for interoperability. The tests
1059: were successful as far as general IPsec and pre-shared key
1060: authentication went, OpenBSD interoperated with everyone, but due to
1061: time constraints we never got to test the certificate support
1062: appropriately. The results were presented later that fall at a
1063: conference in Stockholm.
1064: <p>
1065:
1066: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1067: <a href="http://www.auug.org.au/winter/auug99">AUUG'99</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1068: Sep 8 - 11, 1999, Melbourne, Australia<br>
1.132 louis 1069: Theo de Raadt gave two talks on "quality of software" related issues
1070: and participated on a panel about how open source projects are
1071: coordinated.
1072: <p>
1073:
1074: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1075: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec99/index.html">Usenix
1.216 jose 1076: Security</a></strong>,
1077: Aug 23 - 26, 1999, Washington, DC, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1078: Many OpenBSD people from the east coast showed up and sold CDs and
1079: shirts. It was pretty clear from discussions that many people were
1080: very aware of OpenBSD, and that OpenBSD was being used in very
1081: significant security roles.
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1085: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/99jul/index.html">45th IETF
1.216 jose 1086: meeting</a></strong>,
1087: Jul 12 - 16, 1999, Oslo, Norway<br>
1.132 louis 1088: A number of OpenBSD team members from all over the world were at this
1089: conference. In addition to attending the IPsec and DNS working groups (among
1090: others) we did IPsec/IKE interoperability testing together with
1.166 miod 1091: the Japanese KAME project. Also, Angelos D. Keromytis did a presentation on
1.132 louis 1092: his work with keynote and isakmpd in OpenBSD.
1093: <p>
1.45 jason 1094:
1.132 louis 1095: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1096: <a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-6.html">Defcon 6.0</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1097: Jul 9 - 11, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1098: At this conference, the OpenBSD team sold 100 or so 2.5 release CDROMs
1099: and a TON of tshirts.
1.46 deraadt 1100: <p>
1.132 louis 1101:
1.236 jose 1102: <li><strong><a name="usenix99"></a>
1103: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/index.html">
1.216 jose 1104: Usenix Annual Technical Conference</a></strong>,
1105: Jun 6 - 11, 1999, Monterey, California, USA<br>
1.106 jufi 1106: The <a href="http://www.usenix.org">USENIX Association</a>
1.46 deraadt 1107: provided The OpenBSD Project with a grant to underwrite the production
1.106 jufi 1108: of CDs of OpenBSD 2.5. (We distributed the
1109: release for free to attendees of the USENIX Annual Conference in
1.46 deraadt 1110: June.)
1.132 louis 1111: <br>
1.46 deraadt 1112: Usenix team members were involved in the authoring and
1.132 louis 1113: presentation of 4 OpenBSD-related papers:
1114:
1.46 deraadt 1115: <ul>
1.236 jose 1116: <a name="anoncvs_paper"></a>
1.66 deraadt 1117: <li>Opening the Source Repository with Anonymous CVS.<br>
1.236 jose 1118: <a href="events.html#usenix99">Usenix 1999</a>,
1.216 jose 1119: by Charles D. Cranor, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.236 jose 1120: <a href="papers/anoncvs-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1121: <a href="papers/anoncvs-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1122: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1123: <li>A Future-Adaptable Password Scheme.<br>
1.236 jose 1124: <a href="events.html#usenix99">Usenix 1999</a>,
1.216 jose 1125: by Niels Provos, David Mazieres.<br>
1.236 jose 1126: <a href="papers/bcrypt-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1127: <a href="papers/bcrypt-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1128: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1129: <li>Cryptography in OpenBSD: An Overview.<br>
1.236 jose 1130: <a href="events.html#usenix99">Usenix 1999</a>,
1.216 jose 1131: by Theo de Raadt, Niklas Hallqvist, Artur Grabowski,
1132: Angelos D. Keromytis, Niels Provos.<br>
1.236 jose 1133: <a href="papers/crypt-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1134: <a href="papers/crypt-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1135: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1136: <li>strlcpy and strlcat -- consistent, safe, string copy and concatenation.<br>
1.236 jose 1137: <a href="events.html#usenix99">Usenix 1999</a>,
1.216 jose 1138: by Todd C. Miller, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.236 jose 1139: <a href="papers/strlcpy-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1140: <a href="papers/strlcpy-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1141: </ul>
1.66 deraadt 1142: <p>
1.46 deraadt 1143:
1.51 deraadt 1144: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1145: <a href="http://www.linuxexpo.org">5th Annual Linux Expo</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1146: May 18 - 22, 1999, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1147: Some OpenBSD team members were at this conference selling OpenBSD 2.5 CDs,
1148: OpenBSE T-shirts, as well as Blowfish T-shirts, which sold out very quickly
1149: at a table donated by the Expo. OpenBSD was the only BSD represented at the
1150: vendor exposition, and we had good chance to present a secure alternative
1151: to Linux.
1.51 deraadt 1152: <p>
1153:
1.53 jakob 1154: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1155: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/99mar/index.html">44th IETF
1.216 jose 1156: meeting</a></strong>,
1157: Mar 15 - 19, 1999, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1158: Some OpenBSD team members were at this conference, in particular our
1159: IPSEC developers.
1.53 jakob 1160: <p>
1161:
1.132 louis 1162: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1163: <a href="http://www.europen.se/NordU99">NordU99 -- The first
1.216 jose 1164: EurOpen/USENIX Conference</a></strong>,
1165: Feb 9 - 12, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden<br>
1.132 louis 1166: A couple of OpenBSD team members were there and some of the swedish user
1167: society as well. OpenBSD CDs were sold at a booth and at the end of a
1168: security talk, the project got applauded for its continuous strive of auditing
1169: security sensitive parts of the system.
1.59 deraadt 1170: <p>
1.236 jose 1171: </ul>
1.59 deraadt 1172:
1.132 louis 1173: <h3>1998</h3>
1.59 deraadt 1174:
1.236 jose 1175: <ul>
1.132 louis 1176: <li><strong><a name=ipsec98></a>
1.236 jose 1177: <a href="http://www.netman.se/kurs/96.html">IPsec/VPN Interoperability
1178: tests & seminar</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1179: Dec 14, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden (in swedish)<br>
1.132 louis 1180: OpenBSD was represented as one of about a dozen
1.236 jose 1181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&format=html">IPsec</a>
1.132 louis 1182: implementations who were tested for interoperability. The tests were
1183: successful, both for the technology in general, and for OpenBSD in
1184: specific. We managed to communicate encrypted with every vendor present,
1185: and to negotiate keys via IKE with everyone capable.
1.70 deraadt 1186: <p>
1187:
1.236 jose 1188: <li><strong><a name="lisaboston-98"></a>
1189: <a href="http://usenix.org/events/lisa98">LISA '98: 12th Systems Administration
1.216 jose 1190: Conference</a></strong>,
1191: Dec 6 - 11, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts<br>
1.132 louis 1192: More than 10 OpenBSD team members showed up. By far, OpenBSD was the
1193: largest representative group from free software at the conference.
1194: Usenix gave us a table in the vendor area where we sold 2.4 CDROMs,
1195: 2.3 "wire-frame" t-shirts, and the new 2.4 embroidered
1196: "Because security matters..." t-shirts, polos, and sweaters.
1197: An OpenBSD BOF was held one evening, led by Theo de Raadt.
1198: A PalmPilot schedule loader was at the membership booth, powered by OpenBSD.
1199: <br>
1200: The terminal room ran OpenBSD 2.4 on 45 machines. Obviously trust in OpenBSD
1201: had increased since many people,normally wary of security problems of open
1202: terminal rooms, were seen using the machines.
1.72 ho 1203: <p>
1204:
1.73 deraadt 1205: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1206: <a href="http://www.asc.unam.mx/disc98">DISC - Seguridad en
1.217 jose 1207: Cómputo 98</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1208: Nov 2 - 7, 1998, Mexico City<br>
1.132 louis 1209: Theo de Raadt gave a talk about security auditing, sponsored by
1.236 jose 1210: <a href="http://www.core-sdi.com">CORE SDI S.A.</a>, an Argentine
1.132 louis 1211: security auditing company who strongly believes in the future
1.236 jose 1212: of OpenBSD. (<a href="papers/mexico98-slides.ps">Slides are available</a>).
1.131 jufi 1213: <p>
1.73 deraadt 1214:
1.236 jose 1215: <li><strong>IP-dagarna</strong>,
1.216 jose 1216: Oct 29, 30 1998, Stockholm, Sweden (in swedish)<br>
1.132 louis 1217: At this conference, entirely devoted to IP, Niklas Hallqvist from the
1218: OpenBSD team held a talk on the IKE (a.k.a ISAKMP/Oakley) key management
1219: protocol and experiences from the implementation of <strong>isakmpd</strong>,
1220: an IKE implementation funded by Ericsson Radio Systems and developed
1221: primarily for the OpenBSD IPSEC stack.
1.79 deraadt 1222: <p>
1.73 deraadt 1223:
1.80 deraadt 1224: <li><strong>
1.216 jose 1225: <a href="http://www.nceexpo.com/">NCEE '98</a></strong>,
1226: Oct 9 - 10, 1998, Auburn, Maine, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1227: An extensive after-action report was sent to advocacy@openbsd.org. While
1.151 jsyn 1228: sales of shirts and CDROMs left much to be desired, we did have good
1.132 louis 1229: opportunities to further project visibility and highlight its strengths.
1.80 deraadt 1230: <p>
1231:
1.93 louis 1232: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1233: <a href="http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference">Reflections/Projections
1.216 jose 1234: 1998</a></strong>,
1.236 jose 1235: Oct 2 - 4, 1998, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1236: Theo de Raadt spoke in a panel about Open/Free software with Eric
1237: Raymond and others.
1.93 louis 1238: <p>
1239:
1.216 jose 1240: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1241: <a href="http://opensource.oreilly.com/townmeet.html">O'Reilly and
1242: Associates Open Source Developer Days</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1243: Aug 21, 1998, San Jose, California, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1244: OpenBSD team members were on-hand to discuss OpenBSD's role among the
1245: other free software projects available. They also sold some CDs and t-shirts.
1.96 deraadt 1246: <p>
1247:
1.236 jose 1248: <li><strong><a name="defcon98"></a>
1249: <a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-6.html">Defcon VI</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1250: Jul 31 - Aug 2, 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1251: The router to the outside world was an OpenBSD 2.3 box. It was involved
1252: in a "capture the flag" competition in which an entire room of crackers
1253: attempted to break into it and machines running other operating systems.
1254: The OpenBSD box was not broken into.
1255: <br>
1256: Almost 100 OpenBSD 2.3 CDROMs were sold (we ran out again). The primates
1.236 jose 1257: at <a href="http://www.monkey.org">monkey.org</a> brought 2.3
1.132 louis 1258: "wire-frame" OpenBSD t-shirts to the conference and sold almost
1259: 200 of them. The proceeds from the sales were donated to the OpenBSD project.
1.96 deraadt 1260: <p>
1.94 deraadt 1261:
1.236 jose 1262: <li><strong><a href="http://www.blackhat.com">BlackHat Sessions</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1263: Jul 29 - 30, 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1264: Theo de Raadt presented a talk entitled
1265: "Auditing software for security" about the OpenBSD security auditing
1266: team's process and the lessons the team learned. The talk concentrated
1267: on how our process fixes bugs -- not just holes -- since one never knows
1268: when 5 bugs will act together to become a hole.
1.99 deraadt 1269: <p>
1270:
1.236 jose 1271: <li><strong><a name="usenix-neworleans"></a>
1272: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/index.html">Usenix Annual Technical Conference</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1273: Jun 15 - 19, 1998, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1274: At Usenix 1998 there was a strong OpenBSD presence both in the Freenix
1275: and normal tracks. Theo did a general talk about what the OpenBSD
1276: project offers. Angelos held a panel about IPSEC (which is quite an
1277: OpenBSD topic since IPSEC development at that time was so much further
1278: ahead in OpenBSD than anywhere else).
1279: <br>
1280: The terminal room PCs ran OpenBSD 2.3. We sold many CDROMs. The
1281: first style of OpenBSD t-shirt also sold quite well.
1.101 wvdputte 1282: <p>
1283:
1.105 wvdputte 1284: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1285: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sec98/index.html">Usenix Security</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1286: Jan 26 - 29, 1998, San Antonio, Texas, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1287: At this conference, Theo presented an evening talk which basically
1288: turned into a list of fixed security problems and cautionary tales about
1289: subsystems in which future problems may be encountered
1.236 jose 1290: (<a href="papers/security98-slides.ps">slides available</a>).
1.105 wvdputte 1291: <br>
1.132 louis 1292: The terminal room PCs ran OpenBSD 2.2.
1293: <p>
1.236 jose 1294: </ul>
1.105 wvdputte 1295:
1.132 louis 1296: <h3>1997</h3>
1.107 deraadt 1297:
1.236 jose 1298: <ul>
1.113 deraadt 1299: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1300: <a href="http://www.hip97.nl">HIP</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1301: Aug, 1997, Almere, Netherlands<br>
1.236 jose 1302: Niels held a
1303: <a href="http://www.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/provos/hip97-tcpip.html">talk</a>
1.132 louis 1304: about the problems of unencrypted TCP/IP connections, offering IPSEC as
1305: possible solution.
1.113 deraadt 1306: <p>
1.132 louis 1307:
1.236 jose 1308: <li><strong>HOPE</strong>,
1.216 jose 1309: Aug, 1997, New York, New York, USA<br>
1.166 miod 1310: The terminal room consisted primarily of DECstations running
1.236 jose 1311: OpenBSD 2.1. Once again, the <a href="http://www.l0pht.com">L0phT</a>
1.132 louis 1312: people had very good things to say about our security.
1.113 deraadt 1313: <p>
1.105 wvdputte 1314:
1.236 jose 1315: <li><strong><a name="defcon5"></a>
1316: <a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-5.html">Defcon V</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1317: Jul 11 - 13, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1318: At this conference, the OpenBSD team sold 100 or so 2.1 release CDROMs.
1319: <br>
1320: Since this is the primary security conference, many speakers said very
1.140 jufi 1321: good things about our stance on security... particularly people like
1.236 jose 1322: <a href="http://www.l0pht.com">the L0phT</a>.
1.118 deraadt 1323: <p>
1324:
1.125 deraadt 1325: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1326: <a
1327: href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/ana97/index.html">Usenix Annual Technical Conference</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1328: Jan 6 - 10, 1997, Anaheim, California, USA.<br>
1.132 louis 1329: Theo de Raadt held a BOF ("Birds Of a Feather", ie. a meeting of people
1330: interested in the same thing) about OpenBSD.
1.236 jose 1331: </ul>
1.125 deraadt 1332:
1.1 deraadt 1333:
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1336: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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