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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>
22:
23: <h2>Future events:</h2>
1.132 louis 24:
1.287 henning 25: <h3>2005</h3>
1.236 jose 26:
27: <ul>
1.302 mcbride 28: <li><strong><a name=bsdcan2005></a>
1.303 mcbride 29: <a href="http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/">BSDCan 2005</a></strong>,
1.302 mcbride 30: May 13 - 14, 2005, Ottawa, Canada.<br>
31: A number of OpenBSD developers will be presenting: Bob Beck on
32: Spam Reduction with PF and Spamd, Henning Brauer on OpenBGPD,
1.309 henning 33: Ryan McBride on Network Stack Randomness and Reyk Flöter
34: on WLAN in OpenBSD and the free ath(4) HAL.
1.302 mcbride 35: Expect to find other OpenBSD developers in attendance as well.
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1.152 jakob 53: <h2>Past events:</h2>
54:
1.296 mcbride 55: <h3>2005</h3>
1.240 espie 56:
57: <ul>
1.317 henning 58: <li><strong><a name=nui_maynooth2005></a>
59: <a href="http://www.minds.nuim.ie/events">NUI Maynooth lectures</a></strong>,
60: Mar 4, 2005, Department of Computer Science, NUI Maynooth, Dublin, Ireland.<br>
1.318 henning 61: Ryan McBride presented talks about PF and about
1.317 henning 62: randomization in the OpenBSD network layer.<br>
1.318 henning 63: Theo and Henning were in attendance because someone had to heckle.
1.317 henning 64: <p>
65:
1.312 deraadt 66: <li><strong><a name=trinity2005></a>
67: <a href="http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/events/0405/openbsd.php">Trinity lecture</a></strong>,
68: Mar 3, 2005, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.<br>
1.320 deraadt 69: Theo de Raadt presented his talk about
70: <a href="papers/auug04">Exploit Mitigation Techniques</a>.
1.312 deraadt 71: <p>
72:
1.319 saad 73: <li><strong><a name=ShefLUG2005></a>
74: <a href="http://www.sheflug.co.uk/seminar/tiki-index.php?page=Sheffield%20Open%20Source%20Seminar">ShefLUG2005</a></strong>,
75: Mar 2, 2005, Sheffield, UK.<br>
76: Jacek Artymiak gave a talk about installing OpenBSD on Soekris hardware.
77: <p>
78:
1.310 mickey 79: <li><strong><a name=NYCBUG2005-03></a>
80: <a href="http://nycbug.org/index.php?NAV=Home&SUBM=83">NYCBUG Monthly meeting</a></strong>,
81: Mar 2, 2005, NYC, USA.<br>
1.321 ! mickey 82: Mickey gave a
! 83: <a href="http://peachisland.com.nyud.net:8090/nycbug/nycbug-03-02-05.mp3">talk</a>
! 84: about <a href="hppa.html">porting OpenBSD</a>
1.313 martin 85: to the <a href="http://www.openpa.net">HP PA-RISC</a> platform.
1.310 mickey 86: <p>
1.312 deraadt 87:
1.308 deraadt 88: <li><strong><a name=Netsoc2005></a>
89: <a href="http://netsoc.ucd.ie/events/openbsd/">Netsoc lectures</a></strong>,
90: Mar 2, 2005, UCD, Dublin, Ireland.<br>
91: Theo de Raadt, Henning Brauer, and Ryan McBride gave a series of
1.320 deraadt 92: talks. Topics included
93: <a href="papers/auug04">exploit mitigation techniques</a>,
94: introducing network randomness to increase security, OpenBGPD,
95: and pf. Almost 200 people came to this event.
1.308 deraadt 96: <p>
97:
1.304 saad 98: <li><strong><a name=Brussels2005></a>
99: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2005/">FOSDEM Brussels 2005</a></strong>,
100: Feb 26 - 27, 2005, Brussels, Belgium.<br>
101: An OpenBSD/OpenSSH booth was present, ran by the usual gang of suspects.
102: Support for <a href="mailto:wim@kd85.com">Wim Vandeputte</a> this time were
1.307 otto 103: (among many others), Saad Kadhi, Henning Brauer, Thierry Deval, Otto Moerbeek,
1.304 saad 104: Xavier Santolaria, Martin Reindl, Reyk Flöter, Hans-Jörg
1.316 mbalmer 105: Höxer, Nikolay Sturm, Marc Balmer, Claudio Jeker, Joris Vink, Olivier Cherrier,
106: Alexander von Gernler, Uwe Stuehler, and Felix Kronlage from OpenDarwin.<br>
1.304 saad 107: There was a separate OpenBSD track, featuring Henning Brauer (about
108: signal handlers and OpenNTPD), Reyk Flöter (about wireless cards in
109: OpenBSD), and the author of the OpenBSD PF book, Jacek Artymiak (about
110: <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>
111: At the conference's Free Software Foundation Event, Theo de Raadt was
112: awarded the Free Software Award 2004 for his efforts to make Firmware for
113: wireless hardware and other devices freely available.
114: <p>
1.301 saad 115: <li><strong><a name=UKUUG05></a>
116: <a href="http://www.ukuug.org/events/winter2005/">UKUUG LISA/Winter Conference</a></strong>,
117: Feb 24 - 25, 2005, Birmingham, UK.<br>
118: Henning Brauer spoke on OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD and Signal Handlers.
119: <p>
120: <li><strong><a name=FFG2005></a>
121: <a href="http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2005/">GUUG FFG 2005</a></strong>,
122: Feb 22 - 25, 2005, Munich, Germany.<br>
123: Reyk Flöter talked about the latest wireless support in
124: OpenBSD at the annual spring meeting of the <a href="http://www.guug.de/">German Unix User Group</a>.
125: <p>
1.293 saad 126: <li><strong><a name=Paris2005></a>
127: <a href="http://www.solutionslinux.fr/fr/index.php">Solutions Linux 2005</a></strong>,
128: Feb 1 - 3, 2005, Paris, France.<br>
129: An OpenBSD booth as well as an OpenSSH booth were present. These booths
130: were run by Marc Espie, Miod Vallat, Saad Kadhi and Wim with help from
131: Guillaume Arcas and Christophe Plasschaert, two members of the OpenBSD
1.294 saad 132: french translation team.<br>
133: Marc Espie and Saad Kadhi gave a talk about the OpenBSD project with a
134: special focus on the ports collection and Packet Filter. The <a
135: href="papers/sl2005/index.html">slides</a> (in French) are
136: available.<br>
137: During the event, several demonstrations of <a
1.293 saad 138: href="http://soekris.kd85.com/">Soekris</a> machines running OpenBSD
139: were given by Saad Kadhi and Wim.
140: <p>
1.296 mcbride 141: </ul>
1.293 saad 142:
1.296 mcbride 143: <h3>2004</h3>
144:
145: <ul>
1.287 henning 146: <li><strong><a name=21C3></a>
147: <a href="http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/">21C3 - Chaos Communication Congress</a></strong>,
148: Dec 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany</br>
149: "The Usual Suspects" were there and ran the BSD corner, including
150: <a href="mailto:wim@kd85.com">Wim</a>,
151: Henning Brauer, Marc Balmer, Martin Reindl, Moritz Jodeit, Felix Kronlage,
1.315 nick 152: Uwe Stuehler, Konrad Foerstner, Bernd Ahlers, and Alexander von Gernler.<br>
1.287 henning 153: Henning gave a talk about OpenBGPD and OpenNTPD
154: (<a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/21c3/">slides</a>).<br>
155: The WiFi backbone ran on OpenBSD powered
156: <a href="http://soekris.kd85.com">Soekris</a> machines as access points,
157: work done by Reyk Flöter, Tim Kornau and others.
158: This installation was a very successful test of the new
1.290 henning 159: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath">ath(4)</a>
1.287 henning 160: driver.
161: <p>
1.248 deraadt 162:
1.286 kevlo 163: <li><strong><a name=icos2004></a>
164: <a href="http://www.slat.org/icos/icos04/">ICOS 2004</a></strong>,
165: Dec 18 - 19, 2004, Taipei, Taiwan.<br>
166: Kevin Lo gave a presentation.
167: <p>
168:
1.285 deraadt 169: <li><strong><a name=syscan2004></a>
170: <a href="http://www.syscan.org/">SyScAN 2004</a></strong>,
171: Dec 16 - 17, 2004, Singapore.<br>
172: Theo de Raadt presented his talk about
173: <a href="papers/auug04">Exploit Mitigation Techniques</a>.
174: <p>
175:
1.283 saad 176: <li><strong><a name=sur200412></a>
177: <a href="http://www.ossir.org/sur/calendrier/index.shtml">SUR Group Meeting, December 2004</a></strong>,
178: Dec 14, 2004, Paris, France.<br>
179: Saad Kadhi gave a talk about OpenBSD and security during the monthly
180: meeting of the
181: <a href="http://www.ossir.org/sur/index.shtml">SUR</a> Group (Sécurité
182: Unix et Réseaux), a french user group focusing on security and Unix. The
1.284 xsa 183: <a href="papers/surgroup200412/index.html">slides</a> (in French) are available.
1.283 saad 184: <p>
185:
1.282 henning 186: <li><strong><a name=opencon2004></a>
187: <a href="http://www.opencon.org/">OpenCon 2004</a></strong>,
188: Dec 10 - 12, 2004, Venice, Italy.<br>
189: OpenBSD meeting in Northern Italy. Henning gave 3 talks in
190: two days, on bgpd
191: (<a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/opencon04/bgpd/">slides</a>),
192: ntpd
193: (<a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/opencon04/ntpd/">slides</a>)
194: and signal handlers
195: (<a href="papers/opencon04/">slides</a>).
196: Wim ran a booth, and Marc Balmer was there as well.
197: <p>
198:
1.275 deraadt 199: <li><strong><a name=UofA></a>
200: <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/">U of A Seminar</a></strong>,
201: Nov 17 - 18, 2004, Edmonton Alberta.<br>
202: Theo de Raadt presented a talk at an open seminar at the
203: <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/">University of Alberta</a>, in
204: Room B-02 of the
205: <a href="http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/map_bldg.cfm?bldg_id=42">
206: Computing Sciences Center</a>.
207: Talk went from 2 PM to nearly 5PM with more than 100 people attending
208: from the University and industry, followed by beer nearby.
209: The talk was also given the following day at the
210: <a href="http://www.cips.ca/">CIPS Security SIG</a> luncheon.
211: <p>
212:
1.271 henning 213: <li><strong><a name=EuroBSDCon2004></a>
214: <a href="http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/">EuroBSD Con</a></strong>,
215: Oct 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany.<br>
1.272 henning 216: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
217: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
1.271 henning 218: Henning gave a talk
1.272 henning 219: about <a href="http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talks.html?&tx_ptspeechupload_pi1[showUid]=44&cHash=ec015b0552">bgpd</a>,
220: <a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/euroBSDCon2004/">slides</a> are available.
1.271 henning 221: <p>
222:
223: <li><strong><a name=LinuxWorldExpoGermany2004></a>
224: <a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/">Linux World Expo</a></strong>,
225: Oct 26 - 28, 2004, Frankfurt, Germany.<br>
1.272 henning 226: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
227: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
1.271 henning 228: <p>
229:
1.276 deraadt 230: <li><strong><a name=cuug2004></a>
1.270 deraadt 231: <a href="http://www.cuug.ab.ca/">Calgary Unix Users's Group</a></strong>,
232: Oct 26, 2004, Calgary, Canada.<br>
233: Theo presented the talk that he has recently given in Australia and
234: Malaysia to the "Home Crowd".
235: <p>
236:
237: <li><strong><a name=aldil2004></a>
1.269 krw 238: <a href="http://www.aldil.org/">Les Journées Du Logiciel Libre 2004</a></strong>,
239: Oct 22 - 23, 2004, Lyon, France.<br>
240: <p>
241:
242: <li><strong><a name=systems2004></a>
243: <a href="http://www.systems.de/">Systems</a></strong>,
244: Oct 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany <br>
245: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
246: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
247: <p>
248:
1.268 krw 249: <li><strong><a name=linuxexpo2004oct></a>
250: <a href="http://www.linuxexpo.org.uk/">Linux Expo</a></strong>,
251: Oct 6 - 7, 2004, London, UK.<br>
252: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
253: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
254: <p>
255:
256: <li><strong><a name=Hack in the Box Security Conference 2004></a>
257: <a href="http://conference.hackinthebox.org">Hack in the Box Security Conference 2004</a></strong>,
258: Oct 4 - 7, 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br>
259: Theo de Raadt presented an updated version of his
260: "Exploit Mitigation Techniques" talk.
261: <p>
262:
263: <li><strong><a name=SANE2004></a>
264: <a href="http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar.html">SANE 2004</a></strong>
265: , Sept 29, 2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<br>
266: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
267: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
268: <p>
269:
1.265 wvdputte 270: <li><strong><a name=LinuxKongress2004></a>
271: <a href="http://www.linux-kongress.org/2004">Linux Kongress 2004</a></strong>,
272: Sept 7 - 10, 2004, Erlangen, Germany.<br>
273: From their website: "Linux-Kongress is still the premier event for European
274: developers and one of the most important in the world. Each year hundreds of
275: hard core Linux enthusiasts from all over the world gather for this important
276: event."
277: <br>
278: Although this was a Linux developers' conference, we were able to
279: install a regular OpenBSD booth there, as known from other events.
280: It was run by <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim Vandeputte</a>,
281: <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a> and other
282: geeks from the Erlangen-Nuremberg area.
283: <br>
284: There also was a BSD dinner at Friday evening.
285: <p>
286:
1.262 henning 287: <li><strong><a name=Sucon2004></a>
288: <a href="http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/">SUCON 2004</a></strong>,
289: Sept 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland.<br>
290: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth. Very nice conference.
291: Henning's slides from his talks about
292: <a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/sucon04/bgpd">bgpd</a> and
293: <a href="http://bulabula.org/papers/sucon04/ntpd">ntpd</a>
294: are available.
295: <p>
296:
1.261 deraadt 297: <li><strong><a name=auug2004></a>
1.266 jolan 298: <a href="http://www.auug.org.au/events/2004/auug2004/">AUUG 2004</a></strong>,
1.261 deraadt 299: Aug 29 - Sep 3, 2004, Melbourne, Australia.<br>
300: Theo de Raadt presented a half-day tutorial on privilege seperation and a
301: newly extended version of the
302: <a href="papers/auug04">Exploit Mitigation Techniques</a> talk.<br>
303: For more information, see this
304: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;517187222;fp;16;fpid;0">
305: ComputerWorld article</a>.
306: <p>
307:
308:
1.257 saad 309: <li><strong><a name=LSM2004></a>
310: <a href="http://lsm.abul.org">Libre Software Meeting</a></strong>,
311: July 6 - 10, 2004, Bordeaux, France.<br>
312: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
313: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim Vandeputte</a>.
314: <p>
315:
316: <li><strong><a name=LinuxTag2004></a>
317: <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org">LinuxTag 2004</a></strong>,
318: June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany.<br>
319: There was an OpenBSD and OpenSSH booth, run by
320: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim Vandeputte</a>.
321: <p>
322:
1.256 mickey 323: <li><strong>OpenBSD c2k4 "Hackathon"</strong>,
324: June 19 - 27, 2004, Calgary, Canada<br>
325: Over 45 developers congregated in Calgary for a 9 day long development
326: session.
327: <p>
328:
1.254 xsa 329: <li><strong><a name=LinuxwochenVienna2004></a>
1.255 xsa 330: <a href="http://www.linuxwochen.at/">Linuxwochen Vienna 2004</a></strong>,
1.254 xsa 331: May 26 - 29, 2004, Vienna, Austria.<br>
332: The Linuxwochen 2004 tour stopped in the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna.
333: Wim Vandeputte and Reinhard Sammer ran the OpenBSD booth. Michael Bauer
334: and Teemu Schaabl from the <a href="http://www.cngw.org/">CNGW</a> gave
335: a basic talk about pf.
336: <p>
337:
1.248 deraadt 338: <li><strong><a name=BSDCan2004></a>
1.303 mcbride 339: <a href="http://www.bsdcan.org/2004/">BSDCan 2004</a></strong>,
1.248 deraadt 340: May 13 - 16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada.<br>
341: BSDCan was held at the University of Ottawa. Ryan McBride gave a talk
1.302 mcbride 342: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan04-pf/index.html">about newer features in pf</a>,
343: focusing on the redundancy provided by CARP and pfsync.
344: Theo de Raadt presented a revised version of his talk on
1.248 deraadt 345: <a href="papers/bsdcan04">Exploit Mitigation Techniques</a>.
346: <p>
347:
1.247 canacar 348: <li><strong><a name="LOSFAnkara2004"></a>
349: <a href="http://senlik.linux.org.tr">3rd Linux and Open Source Festival</a></strong>,
350: May 13 - 16, 2004, Ankara, Turkey.<br>
351: Can E. Acar and Berk D. Demir talked about the OpenBSD Project. The
352: philosophy, project goals, system features and recent proactive
353: security features were introduced. CARP, patents, recent Apache &
354: XFree86 licensing issues and effects of NDAs in open source
355: projects were discussed.<br>
356: You can view the
1.281 canacar 357: <a href="http://bdd.mindcast.org/slides/OpenBSD-LOYS2004-cea-bdd.pdf">
1.247 canacar 358: slides in PDF format</a> the
1.281 canacar 359: <a href="http://bdd.mindcast.org/slides/OpenBSD-LOYS2004-cea-bdd.tex">
1.247 canacar 360: LaTeX source</a> is also available (they are
361: <a href="http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~canacar/slides/">mirrored</a>, as well).
362: <p>
363:
1.242 henning 364: <li><strong><a name=Brussels2004></a>
365: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/">FOSDEM Brussels 2004</a></strong>,
366: Feb 21 - 22, 2004, Brussels, Belgium.<br>
1.243 henning 367: An OpenBSD/OpenSSH booth was present, run by Wim Vandeputte.
368: Several developers (including Henning Brauer, Xavier Santolaria, Thierry Deval,
369: Philipp Bühler, Otto Moerbeek and Saad Kadhi) showed up.
370: Wim and Alexander von Gernler gave "lightning talks" about Soekris
371: and systrace
1.263 saad 372: (<a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/vortraege/2004/FOSDEM/systrace.pdf">slides</a>), respectively.
1.243 henning 373: Henning got a slot in the main track to talk about the new bgpd
374: (<a href="http://www.2suck.net/papers/fosdem2004/">slides</a>).
375: On Saturday evening, the traditional OpenBSD dinner took place.
1.242 henning 376: <p>
377:
1.240 espie 378: <li><strong><a name=Paris2004></a>
379: <a href="http://www.linuxsolutions.fr/">Linux Expo Paris 2004</a></strong>,
380: Feb 3 - 5, 2004, Paris, France.<br>
381: An OpenBSD booth as well as an OpenSSH booth were present, thanks to
382: <a href="mailto:saad@docisland.org">Saad Kadhi</a> and
383: <a href="mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
384: <p>
385:
386: <li><strong><a name="LWE04"></a>
387: <a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny/V40/index.cvn">LinuxWorld
388: Conference and Expo</a></strong>, Jan 20 - 23, 2004, New York, NY, USA.<br>
389: <a href="wes@openlysecure.org">Wes Sonnenreich</a> and others
390: have established a BSD user group in NYC and held a BSD BoF at the
391: Jacob Javits Center on January 22nd at 5:45pm, Room 1E15.
392: <p>
393: </ul>
394:
1.188 henning 395: <h3>2003</h3>
1.236 jose 396:
397: <ul>
1.232 jose 398: <li><strong><a name=20c3></a>
399: <a href="http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/">20th Chaos Communication Congress 2003</a></strong>,
400: Dec 27 - 29, 2003, Berlin, Germany.<br>
401: OpenBSD was represented by a booth, ran by
402: <a href= "mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>, and supported by Henning and
1.236 jose 403: Alexander von Gernler. Alexander also gave a
1.260 saad 404: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/vortraege/2003/20C3/openbsd.pdf">talk</a>
1.232 jose 405: introducing the project and the OS (in German).
1.236 jose 406: <p>
1.232 jose 407:
1.228 jose 408: <li><strong><a name=brazil2003></a>
1.236 jose 409: <a href="http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br">1st BSDCon Brazil</a></strong>,
1.228 jose 410: Dec 6 - 7, 2003. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<br>
411: This was the first BSDCon Brazil, and of course OpenBSD was present.
1.236 jose 412: Douglas Santos spoke on advocacy and about some of the technical aspects
413: of OpenBSD. Eduardo A. Alvarenga gave a presentation about firewalling
1.228 jose 414: with OpenBSD PF.
415: <p>
416:
417: <li><strong><a name=ankara03></a>
418: <a href="http://seminer.linux.org.tr">Association of Turkish Linux User</a></strong>,
419: Dec 4, 2003, Ankara, Turkey.<br>
420: Can Acar and Berk Demir gave a mammoth 4 hour presentation on OpenBSD.
421: The first part was a broad introduction to the OpenBSD philosophy, the
1.236 jose 422: project goals, and system features. After a break, in the second part they
423: talked about the exploit mitigation techniques employed in OpenBSD. This
424: part was aimed at techies and is almost a complete Turkish translation of
425: the talk Theo recently gave in Japan. You can view the
1.281 canacar 426: <a href="http://bdd.mindcast.org/slides/OpenBSD_3.12.2003.can-bdd.pdf">
1.236 jose 427: slides in PDF format </a>
428: (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 429: <p>
430:
1.227 jose 431: <li><strong><a name=Luxembourg2003></a>
432: <a href="http://www.linuxday.lu/">Linuxday Luxembourg 2003</a></strong>,
433: Nov 6 - 8, 2003, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.<br>
434: Booths were present, organized by <a href= "mailto:wim@openbsd.org">Wim</a>.
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><strong><a name=Pacsec2003></a>
438: <a href="http://pacsec.jp/">Pacsec 2003</a></strong>,
439: November 6 - 7, 2003, Tokyo, Japan.<br>
1.236 jose 440: Three OpenBSD developers presented on various topics. Theo de Raadt
1.227 jose 441: gave a presentation on Exploit Mitigation Techniques
1.236 jose 442: <a href="papers/pacsec03/e/index.html">(English)</a>
443: <a href="papers/pacsec03/j/index.html">(Japanese)</a>, Jun-ichiro
1.227 jose 444: itojun Hagino presented material covering
1.236 jose 445: <a href="http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200311-pacsec-jp/">
1.241 david 446: IPv6 security considerations</a>, and Jose Nazario discussed advances
1.227 jose 447: in Internet worm defenses.
448: <p>
449:
1.224 miod 450: <li><strong><a name=Lyon2003></a>
451: <a href="http://www.aldil.org/agenda/journees/2003/">Les V<sup>èmes</sup> Journées du Libre 2003</a></strong>,
452: Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2003, Lyon, France.<br>
453: Miod Vallat gave a talk about the recent security efforts deployed in OpenBSD,
454: as well as generic security concepts (slides, in bad French, are available in
455: <a href="http://www.aldil.org/agenda/journees/2003/vallat/miod.mgp">mgp
456: format</a>). As usual, Wim ran an OpenBSD booth featuring the new 3.4 release,
457: as well as <a href="http://soekris.kd85.com">Soekris</a> hardware running
458: OpenBSD.
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><strong><a name=Saarbrucken2003></a>
462: <a href="http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html">Linux Kongress Saarbrücken 2003</a></strong>,
463: Oct 14 - 16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany.<br>
464: An OpenBSD booth was present, starring Wim again.
465: <p>
466:
467: <li><strong><a name=London2003></a>
468: <a href="http://www.linuxexpo.org.uk/">Linux Expo London 2003</a></strong>,
469: Oct 8 - 9, 2003, London, UK.<br>
470: An OpenBSD booth was present, starring Wim as usual.
471: <p>
472:
1.219 jose 473: <li><strong><a name=bsdcon2003></a>
474: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/">BSDCon '03</a></strong>,
475: Sep 8 - 12, 2003, San Mateo, California.<br>
1.236 jose 476: OpenBSD was represented in the BSD Status Report, and David Rosenthal
1.219 jose 477: gave a talk on an OpenBSD based security appliance.
478: <p>
479:
1.218 jose 480: <li><strong><a name=sucon2003></a>
481: <a href="http://www.sucon.ch/">SUCON '03</a></strong>,
482: Sep 5, 2003. Zurich, Switzerland.<br>
1.236 jose 483: Daniel Hartmeier talked about PF, and <a
1.218 jose 484: href="http://open.bsdcow.net/events/sucon2003/">pictures are available</a>.
485: <p>
486:
1.214 henning 487: <li><strong><a name=camp2003></a>
488: <a href="http://www.ccc.de/camp/">Chaos Communication Camp 2003</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 489: Aug 7 - 10, 2003, in <a href="http://www.paulshof.de/body-mehr.html">a field</a> near Berlin Germany<br>
1.214 henning 490: There was a huge OpenBSD village. Several OpenBSD developers have been there.
491: <p>
492:
1.213 jose 493: <li><strong><a name=sec2003></a>
494: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec03/">Usenix Security</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 495: Aug 4 - 8, 2003, Washington, DC, USA.<br>
1.236 jose 496: Niels Provos presented two papers on security advances originally
1.213 jose 497: developed for OpenBSD, including the OpenSSH privsep feature and systrace.
498: Several OpenBSD developers were there.
499: <p>
500:
1.211 jose 501: <li><strong><a name=linuxtag2003></a>
502: <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html">LinuxTag 2003</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 503: Jul 10 - 13, 2003, Karlsruhe Convention Center Germany<br>
1.211 jose 504: Both OpenBSD and OpenSSH had booths in the main exhibit.
505: <p>
506:
507: <li><strong><a name=lsm2003></a>
508: <a href="http://libresoftwaremeeting.org/">Libre Software Meeting 2003</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 509: Jul 9 - 12, 2003, Metz, France<br>
1.212 matthieu 510: Matthieu Herrb gave <a href="papers/xf86-sec.pdf">a talk about XFree86 security</a>. There was
1.211 jose 511: also an OpenBSD booth with developers.
512: <p>
513:
1.209 wvdputte 514: <li><strong><a name=lud2003></a>
515: <a href="http://www.linuxuserexpo.com/">Linux User & Developer Expo 2003</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 516: Jun 24 - 26, 2003, at the NEC in Birmingham UK<br>
1.209 wvdputte 517: There was an OpenBSD booth with developers.
518: <p>
1.195 deraadt 519:
1.202 jason 520: <li><strong><a name=usenix2003></a>
1.236 jose 521: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/">Usenix Annual Technical
1.216 jose 522: Conference</a></strong>,
523: Jun 9 - 14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA<br>
1.202 jason 524: A few OpenBSD developers were there and one paper was presented:
525: <ul>
1.216 jose 526: <li>The Design of the OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework<br>
1.202 jason 527: <a href="events.html#usenix2003">Usenix 2003</a>, by
1.236 jose 528: Angelos D. Keromytis,
529: Jason L. Wright, and
1.205 deraadt 530: Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.202 jason 531: <a href="papers/ocf.pdf">paper</a>.
532: </ul>
533: <p>
534:
1.201 deraadt 535: <li><strong>OpenBSD c2k3 "Hackathon"</strong>,
1.216 jose 536: May 9 - 19, 2003, Calgary, Canada<br>
1.201 deraadt 537: Over 50 developers congregated in Calgary for a 10 day long development
538: session.
539: <p>
540:
1.216 jose 541: <li><strong>
542: <a href="http://www.webb.it/">Webbit 2003</a></strong>,
543: May 9 - 11, 2003, Padova, Italy<br>
1.203 jason 544: Giacomo Cariello and Wim Vandeputte attended, and several OpenBSD
545: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20030503101052">related talks</a> were given.
546: <p>
547:
1.216 jose 548: <li><strong>
549: <a href="http://cansecwest.com/">CanSecWest 03</a></strong>,
550: Apr 9 - 11, 2003, Vancouver, Canada<br>
1.195 deraadt 551: Theo spoke about killing buffer overflows using ProPolice and the new W^X technology,
1.196 matthieu 552: available as a <a href="papers/csw03.mgp">magicpoint file</a>.
1.195 deraadt 553: <p>
554:
1.216 jose 555: <li><strong>
556: <a href="http://www.cebit.de/">CeBIT 2003</a></strong>,
557: Mar 14, 2003, Hannover, Germany<br>
1.236 jose 558: 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 559: gave a talk on OpenBSD and OpenSSH. <a href="papers/cebit2003.tgz">slides</a> are available.
1.194 henning 560: <p>
561:
1.216 jose 562: <li><strong>
563: <a href="http://www.linuxforum.dk/2003/english/">LinuxForum 2003</a></strong>,
564: Mar 1, 2003, Copenhagen<br>
1.236 jose 565: Daniel spoke about PF (slides in <a href="papers/linuxforum2k3.tar.gz">mgp</a>,
566: <a href="http://www.benzedrine.cx/linuxforum/">HTML</a>).
1.191 dhartmei 567: It was a small but cozy conference, jointly held by Danish Linux and BSD
568: user groups.
569: <p>
570:
1.236 jose 571: <li><strong>
572: <a href="http://www.cuug.ab.ca">CUUG - The Calgary Unix Users
1.216 jose 573: Group</a></strong>,
574: Feb 25, 2003, 18:00 MST, Calgary<br>
1.190 miod 575: OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt spoke about some of the recent
576: changes in OpenBSD that are leading the way to the complete elimination of
577: "buffer overflow" security risks and attacks.
578: <p>
579:
1.216 jose 580: <li><strong>
581: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/">FOSDEM 2003</a></strong>,
582: Feb 8 - 9, 2003, Brussels<br>
1.236 jose 583: Henning and Philipp gave a talk on -current PF developments
1.196 matthieu 584: (<a href="papers/fosdem2k3-pf.mgp">slides</a>)
1.187 henning 585: and on Saturday evening, there was an OpenBSD dinner for those interested.
586: <p>
587:
1.216 jose 588: <li><strong>
589: <a href="http://linuxsolutions.fr/FR/home/index.php?site=default">Linux Solutions</a></strong>,
590: Feb 4 - 6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Défense<br>
1.185 miod 591: There was an OpenBSD booth with several OpenBSD developers, as well as 3.2 OpenBSD
592: CD sets and Tshirts.
593: <p>
1.236 jose 594: </ul>
1.185 miod 595:
1.161 millert 596: <h3>2002</h3>
1.236 jose 597:
598: <ul>
599: <li><strong>
600: <a href="http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/">19c3: the 19th CCC
1.216 jose 601: Congress</a></strong>,
602: Dec 27 - 29, 2002, Berlin<br>
1.236 jose 603: There was a huge <a href="http://www.eurobsd.org/19c3">reserved space</a> for
604: OpenBSD users and developers, a couple of -current test systems and for those
1.184 wvdputte 605: curious, a first look at the 3.2 OpenBSD Tshirts.
606: <p>
1.177 jason 607:
1.216 jose 608: <li><strong>
609: <a href="http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/">BSDCon Europe 2002</a></strong>,
610: Nov 15 - 17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands<br>
1.181 henning 611: OpenBSD people were there;
1.236 jose 612: Philipp Bühler and Henning Brauer spoke about
1.182 ian 613: <a href="papers/tuning-openbsd.ps">
614: network performance tuning on OpenBSD</a>,
1.236 jose 615: and Ian Darwin presented a
1.182 ian 616: <a href="papers/eurobsd-firewalls-2002.pdf">
617: tutorial on OpenBSD servers/firewalls</a>.
1.179 pb 618: <p>
1.178 pb 619:
1.216 jose 620: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 621: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/">LISA '02: 16th Systems
1.216 jose 622: Administration Conference</a></strong>,
623: Nov 3 - 8, 2002, Philadelphia, USA<br>
1.177 jason 624: Mickey and Jason manned the booth at the vendor expo (the only BSD
625: represented) and sold <a href="32.html">3.2</a> CDs, and Jason gave a BoF
626: session on <a href="32.html">3.2</a> and future.
627: <p>
628:
1.216 jose 629: <li><strong>
1.264 djm 630: <a href="http://www.auug.org.au/events/2002/auug2002/">Australian Unix Users
631: Group Winter Conference</a></strong>,
632: Sep 1 - 6, 2002, Melbourne Australia<br>
633: Damien Miller presented a tutorial on the
634: <a href="papers/auug2002-ssh/index.html">SSH protocol</a> and
635: <a href="papers/auug2002-ssh.ps">OpenSSH tips and tricks</a>.
636: <p>
637:
638: <li><strong>
1.216 jose 639: <a href="http://lsm.abul.org">The 3rd Libre Software Meeting</a></strong>,
640: Jul 9 - 13, 2002, Bordeaux, France<br>
1.172 miod 641: Several OpenBSD developers and users were attending the meeting, and
642: Niels Provos presented his
643: <a href="http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/systrace">systrace</a>
644: system call policy management tool.
1.174 nick 645: <p>
1.172 miod 646:
1.216 jose 647: <li><strong>
648: <a href="http://www.Webb.it">Webb.it 02</a></strong>,
649: Jul 5 - 7, 2002, Padova, Italy<br>
1.171 ian 650: OpenBSD developers had a booth selling CD's, T-shirts, etc.
651: <p>
652:
1.216 jose 653: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 654: <a href="http://www.softwarelivre.rs.gov.br/forum">The Annual International
1.216 jose 655: Free Software Forum</a></strong>,
656: May 2 - 4, 2002, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil<br>
1.236 jose 657: Mainly a Linux/GNU event, but this year the BSD Operating Systems
658: had a chance to prove their value.
1.169 horacio 659: Edson Brandi spoke on FreeBSD, Diego Linke
1.236 jose 660: on NetBSD, and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira on OpenBSD.
1.169 horacio 661: <p>
1.168 miod 662:
1.216 jose 663: <li><strong>
664: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/">BSDCON 2002</a></strong>,
665: Feb 11 - 14, 2002, San Francisco, California, USA<br>
1.161 millert 666: Todd Miller gave an update on current OpenBSD status and participated in a
1.162 millert 667: BSD panel discussion. The <a href="slides/bsdcon_2002/index.html">slides</a>
668: are available.
1.161 millert 669: <p>
670:
1.216 jose 671: <li><strong>
672: <a href="http://www.linuxexpoparis.com">Linux expo Paris 2002</a></strong>,
673: Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2002, Paris, France<br>
1.163 miod 674: The french Linux Expo 2002 was quite small and as usual the OpenBSD booth ended
675: up with others on the expo's side. On the first day, almost all the merchandise
676: was sold, and we have even sold older versions (2.9) the following days to
677: people who wouldn't leave without a cd set in their hands...
678: <p>
679:
1.216 jose 680: <li><strong>
681: <a href="http://musess.mcmaster.ca/">MUSESS 2002</a></strong>,
682: Jan 25 - 26, 2002, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada<br>
1.164 millert 683: Louis Bertrand gave a presentation on OpenBSD titled
684: <strong>Fix The Bugs, Secure The System</strong>.
685: The <a href="slides/musess_2002/index.html">slides</a> are available.
686: <p>
1.236 jose 687: </ul>
1.164 millert 688:
1.152 jakob 689: <h3>2001</h3>
690:
1.236 jose 691: <ul>
1.216 jose 692: <li><strong>
693: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa01/">USENIX LISA 2001</a></strong>,
694: Dec 2 - 7, 2001, San Diego, California, USA<br>
1.160 jufi 695: Niels Provos gave a presentation, and there's been a booth selling
696: tshirts and 3.0 CDs.
697: <p>
698:
1.216 jose 699: <li><strong>
700: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/meetings/IETF-52.html">52nd IETF</a></strong>,
701: Dec 9 - 14, 2001, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA<br>
1.160 jufi 702: Angelos, Itojun & Jakob were there.
703: <p>
704:
1.158 deraadt 705: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 706: <a href="http://www.disc2000.unam.mx/disc/index-ing.html">DISC
1.216 jose 707: 2001</a></strong>,
708: Nov 26 - 29, 2001, Mexico City, Mexico<br>
1.158 deraadt 709: Once again, Theo de Raadt explained the security auditing process and
710: subsequent secure configuration choices made in OpenBSD, in a talk
711: entitled "Updated thoughts on writing a secure Operating System".
712: <p>
713:
1.216 jose 714: <li><strong>
715: <a href="http://www.linux.org.hk">LinuxCafe</a></strong>,
716: Sep 15, 2001, Hong Kong, China<br>
1.156 provos 717: Shell Hung gave an introduction for BSD and demonstration of OpenBSD to HKLUG.
718: <p>
719:
1.201 deraadt 720: <li><strong>VPN Bakeoff</strong>,
1.216 jose 721: Aug 13 - 18, 2001, Finland<br>
1.156 provos 722: Jakob and Itojun were there.
723: <p>
1.158 deraadt 724:
1.150 wvdputte 725: <li><strong>
1.215 nick 726: <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL 2001</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 727: Aug 10 - 12, 2001, Twente, Netherlands<br>
1.153 jufi 728: Quite a lot of developers were there, we even had our own tent.
729: Niels, Rees and Dugsong held talks, more info on the main website
730: for HAL2001. And of course T-Shirts and CDROMs were sold.
1.150 wvdputte 731: <p>
1.137 aaron 732:
733: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 734: <a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/">O'Reilly Open Source
1.216 jose 735: Conference</a></strong>,
736: Jul 23 - 27, 2001, San Diego, California, USA<br>
1.148 brian 737: OpenBSD had a booth selling CD's, T-shirts, etc.
738: Ian Darwin presented his "Firewalls and Secure Internet Servers
739: with OpenBSD" tutorial.
740: <p>
741:
742: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 743: <a href="http://www.defcon.org">DEF CON Nine</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 744: Jul 13 - 15, 2001 Las Vegas, USA<br>
1.148 brian 745: OpenBSD developers and users make it a point to attend every year,
746: and had a table selling CD's, shirts, etc.
747: <p>
748:
749: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 750: <a href="http://www.sek.co.kr/sek2001/sek_html/main.htm">Software
1.216 jose 751: Exhibition of Korea</a></strong>,
752: Jun 26 - 29, 2001, Seoul, Korea<br>
1.146 krw 753: urisecure/NDS sponsored an OpenBSD booth with CD's, posters,
754: and a live demo of OpenBSD's IPSEC hardware acceleration.
755: <p>
756:
757: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 758: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/">2001 USENIX Annual
1.216 jose 759: Technical Conference</a></strong>,
760: Jun 25 - 30, 2001, Boston, USA<br>
1.146 krw 761: OpenBSD developers were there, selling CD's, T-shirts, etc.
762: <p>
763:
764: <li><strong>
1.143 dugsong 765: <a href="http://www.olymfair.org/eng/workshop.htm">Information
1.201 deraadt 766: Security OlymFair</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 767: May 16 - 18, 2001, Seoul, Korea<br>
1.143 dugsong 768: Dug Song gave a detailed introduction to OpenBSD to the Korean
769: security community.
770: <p>
771:
772: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 773: <a href="http://www.osdem.org/">2001 Open Source and Free Software
1.216 jose 774: Developers' Meeting</a></strong>,
775: Feb 3 - 4, 2001, Brussels, Belgium<br>
1.137 aaron 776: There was an OpenBSD booth with some loose talks made.
777: <p>
778:
779: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 780: <a href="http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/">2001 Linux Expo</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 781: Feb 1 - 2, 2001, Paris, France<br>
1.236 jose 782: There was an OpenBSD booth in the 'F' area.
1.137 aaron 783: <p>
1.236 jose 784: </ul>
1.137 aaron 785:
1.132 louis 786: <h3>2000</h3>
787:
1.236 jose 788: <ul>
1.132 louis 789: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 790: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/">LISA 2000, USENIX
1.216 jose 791: Systems Administration Conference</a></strong>,
792: Dec 3 - 8, 2000, New Orleans, USA<br>
1.134 jufi 793: Wim Vandeputte and other volunteers have been running a sales table with
794: shirts, posters and the brand new 2.8 CDs.
795: <p>
796:
797: <li><strong>
1.215 nick 798: <a href="http://www.disc2000.unam.mx/disc/index-ing.html">DISC 2000</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 799: Nov 26 - Dec 1, 2000, Mexico City, Mexico<br>
1.133 deraadt 800: Theo de Raadt explained the security auditing process and subsequent secure
801: configuration choices made in OpenBSD, in a talk entitled "Secure by Default".
802: Over the next few days, he also participated in two panels with various security
803: experts who had flown in from around the world. Following this, Theo climbed
1.151 jsyn 804: one of the largest volcanoes, called Malinche.
1.133 deraadt 805: <p>
806:
807: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 808: <a href="http://www.nluug.nl/events/nj2000">NLUUG Najaarsconferentie
1.216 jose 809: 2000</a></strong>,
810: Nov 9, 2000, Ede, NL<br>
1.236 jose 811: There was an OpenBSD booth where people dropped by for information or to
1.132 louis 812: get their Tshirts, polos, caps and 2.7 CDs.
1.13 deraadt 813: <p>
1.4 millert 814:
1.132 louis 815: <li><strong><a name=ipsec2000></a>
1.236 jose 816: <a href="http://www.upperside.fr/baipsecy2k.htm">IPsec 2000 Global
1.216 jose 817: Summit</a></strong>,
818: Oct 24 - 27, 2000, Paris La Defense, France<br>
1.159 miod 819: Niels Provos ended the conference by speaking about the IPsec architecture
1.132 louis 820: in OpenBSD. The talk was well received and many people were very interested
821: about our cryptographic hardware acceleration.
822:
823: <ul>
1.236 jose 824: <li>The IPsec Architecture in OpenBSD<br>
1.215 nick 825: <a href="#ipsec2000">IPsec 2000 Global Summit</a> by Niels Provos.<br>
1.132 louis 826: <a href="papers/ipsec-slides.ps">slides</a>.
827: </ul>
1.4 millert 828: <p>
1.132 louis 829:
1.7 deraadt 830: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 831: <a href="http://ApacheCon.Com/2000/EU/">ApacheCon Europa 2000</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 832: Oct 23 - 25, 2000, London, UK<br>
1.132 louis 833: There was an OpenBSD booth where people could drop by for information and
834: a chat with the local OpenBSD personnel. We also had the essentials for
1.236 jose 835: your wardrobe (Tshirts, polos, caps), for your hardware (2.7 CDs) and for your
1.132 louis 836: mind (drinks afterwards).
837: <p>
838:
1.216 jose 839: <li><strong>
840: <a href="http://www.bsdcon.com/">BSD Con 2000</a></strong>,
841: Oct 18 - 20, 2000, Monterey, CA, USA<br>
1.132 louis 842: David Terrell ran an OpenBSD booth selling T-shirts and CDs and answering
843: questions.
1.32 deraadt 844: <p>
1.1 deraadt 845:
1.132 louis 846: <li><strong><a name=opensource2000></a>
1.236 jose 847: <a href="http://www.opensource-forum.com/konferens">The Open Source
1.216 jose 848: Revolution</a></strong>,
849: Oct 5, 2000, Stockholm, Sweden<br>
1.133 deraadt 850: Theo de Raadt spoke about how user expectations for security out of the box
851: have changed over the last years.
1.1 deraadt 852: <p>
853:
1.132 louis 854: <li><strong><a name=sec2000></a>
1.216 jose 855: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec2000/">Usenix Security</a></strong>,
856: Aug 14 - 17, 2000, Denver, Colorado, USA<br>
1.132 louis 857: Some OpenBSD developers were there and one paper was presented:
858: <ul>
1.236 jose 859: <li>Encrypting Virtual Memory<br>
1.132 louis 860: <a href="#sec2000">Usenix Security 2000</a>
1.205 deraadt 861: by Niels Provos.<br>
1.132 louis 862: <a href="papers/swapencrypt.ps">paper</a> and
863: <a href="papers/swapencrypt-slides.ps">slides</a>.
864: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 865: <p>
1.132 louis 866:
1.10 provos 867: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 868: <a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-8-post.html">Defcon 2000</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 869: Jul 28 - 30, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.236 jose 870: Kjell Wooding (our IPF maintainer), James Phillips from the
1.132 louis 871: <a href="http://www.deadly.org">OpenBSD Journal</a>, and Theo de Raadt
872: had a table and were selling OpenBSD CDROMs, tshirts, and posters on
873: Friday and Saturday. Hordes of people visited our table and we at the
874: end we were completely sold out of CDROMS and shirts (allowing us to go
875: check out Hoover Dam's hardhat tour on Sunday and leave the madness behind).
876: <br>
877: We were completely amazed at the people who stopped by our table, to say
878: that they were relying on OpenBSD.
879: <p>
1.32 deraadt 880:
1.132 louis 881: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 882: <a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/">O'Reilly Open Source
1.216 jose 883: Conference 2000</a></strong>,
884: Jul 17 - 20, 2000, Monterey, California, USA<br>
885: Ian Darwin presented a <a href="papers/oreilly2000/">tutorial</a> on
1.132 louis 886: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/w/bsd_tutorials.html">
887: Secure Internet Servers/Firewalls with OpenBSD</a>, and bravely
888: manned the OpenBSD booth for the remainder of the show.
889: Kjell Wooding took part in a panel discussion on the Future of the BSDs,
890: and spoke about
891: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/w/bsd_presentations.html">
1.241 david 892: Secure By Default.</a> Both sessions were well attended, and at least
1.132 louis 893: one Linux sysadmin was seen racing for a keyboard, scared look in his eyes,
1.236 jose 894: after the security talk.
1.3 provos 895: <p>
1.132 louis 896:
1.6 deraadt 897: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 898: <a href="http://www.linuxtag.de/2000/english/">LinuxTag 2000</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 899: Jun 29 - Jul 2, 2000, Stuttgart, Germany<br>
1.132 louis 900: There was a BSD booth where we had the first <a href="27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 CDs</a> for Europe
901: and the new blue stitchwork <a href="tshirts.html#11">Blowfish Polo</a> shirt.
902: <br>
903: Christian Weisgerber gave a
904: <a href="http://www.linuxtag.de/2000/english/conference/talks.php3?ID=3">talk
905: on BSD</a>.
1.32 deraadt 906: <p>
1.1 deraadt 907:
1.216 jose 908: <li><strong><a name=usenix2000></a>
1.236 jose 909: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/">Usenix Annual Technical
1.216 jose 910: Conference.</a></strong>,
911: Jun 18 - 23, 2000, San Diego, California, USA<br>
1.132 louis 912: Almost 20 OpenBSD developers showed up for the 25th anniversary of Usenix.
913: We had a vendor booth, as well as a number of papers being presented.
914: Conference attendees had the opportunity to test drive the new release,
915: OpenBSD 2.7, on the 30 workstations in the terminal room. For the first
916: time ever, the terminal room and wavelan networks also had a IPv6 connection,
1.147 jason 917: and some users even discovered so by themselves.
1.132 louis 918: Theo also held a BoF on the Wednesday evening, after which the developers
919: had almost too much singing in foreign languages with the help of helium.
920: <ul>
921:
922: <li>Implementing Internet Key Exchange, IKE.<br>
923: <a href="#usenix2000">Usenix 2000</a>
1.216 jose 924: by Angelos D. Keromytis, Niklas Hallqvist.<br>
1.132 louis 925: <a href="papers/ikepaper.ps">paper</a> and
926: <a href="papers/ikeslides.ps">slides</a>.
927:
928: <li>Transparent Network Security Policy Enforcement.<br>
929: <a href="#usenix2000">Usenix 2000</a>
1.216 jose 930: by Angelos D. Keromytis, Jason L. Wright.<br>
1.132 louis 931: <a href="papers/bridgepaper.ps">paper</a> and
932: <a href="papers/bridgeslides.ps">slides</a>.
1.2 deraadt 933:
1.132 louis 934: <li>Safety Checking of Kernel Extensions.<br>
935: <a href="#usenix2000">Usenix 2000</a>
1.205 deraadt 936: by Craig Metz.
1.132 louis 937: </ul>
1.2 deraadt 938: <p>
939:
1.132 louis 940: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 941: <a href="http://www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk/calendar.html">OpenBSD: The Open
1.216 jose 942: Source Secure Operating System</a></strong>,
943: Jun 17, 2000, 14:00. Manchester, UK<br>
1.132 louis 944: Sam Smith gave a rundown of features coming in OpenBSD 2.7 and
945: OpenSSH 2.1. His <a href="http://www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk/20000617/">slides</a>
946: are available from the user group's site.
1.1 deraadt 947: <p>
1.2 deraadt 948:
1.132 louis 949: <li><strong>
1.216 jose 950: <a href="reprints/crypto2000.html">OpenBSD Crypto 2000 conference</a></strong>,
951: Jun 15 - 20, 2000, Calgary, AB, Canada<br>
1.132 louis 952: Repeating the tradition of a similar meeting held last year, many
953: OpenBSD developers from around the world converged on Calgary
954: for a weekend long hack-and-drink session. As before, the event
955: was invitation only. Many significant things got done, including
956: ipv6 + ipsec running over hardware crypto devices.
1.1 deraadt 957: <p>
1.11 jkatz 958:
1.17 deraadt 959: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 960: <a href="http://www.converge2000.com">CONVERGENCE 2000</a></strong>,
961: May 18, 2000. Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br>
1.132 louis 962: Theo de Raadt participated in a panel discussion about the pros and cons
963: of using Open Source software in various business environments. The local
964: users also handed out OpenSSH and OpenBSD posters, and were absolutely
965: surprised and amazed by the number of Calgary companies quietly using
966: OpenBSD.
1.21 pattonme 967: <p>
1.17 deraadt 968:
1.23 niklas 969: <li><strong>
1.216 jose 970: <a href="http://www.cansecwest.com/">CanSecWest</a></strong>,
971: May 10 - 12, 2000. Robson Conference Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada<br>
1.132 louis 972: Theo de Raadt spoke about why programmers keep making the same stupid mistakes,
973: what types of efforts might improve this, and how this all relates to auditing
974: efforts. Rain Forest Puppy, Ron Gula (Network Security Wizards), Ken Williams (E&Y),
1.216 jose 975: Marty Roesch (snort/HiverWorld), and Fyodor (nmap) were among the other speakers
1.132 louis 976: at this event. (On a personal note: at this conference Theo realized that three
977: leading Network Intrusion Detection System companies use OpenBSD as their
978: base operating system: Hiverworld, Network Security Wizards, and NFR).
1.32 deraadt 979: <p>
1.25 deraadt 980:
1.132 louis 981: <li><strong>
982: <a href="http://www.zdevents.com/comdex/spring2000/">Linux Business Expo /
1.201 deraadt 983: COMDEX Spring 2000</a></strong>,
984: Apr 19, 2000, Chicago, IL, USA<br>
1.216 jose 985: Louis Bertrand represented OpenBSD at a BSD BOF with FreeBSD/BDSI,
1.132 louis 986: NetBSD and Apple (Darwin is BSD-derived). The BOF was attended by about
987: 75 people, many of whom were new to *BSD. It was an opportunity to
988: explore future cooperation among the various BSD groups and companies.
1.25 deraadt 989: <p>
1.23 niklas 990:
1.31 deraadt 991: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 992: <a href="http://www.nordu.org/NordU2000/">NordU 2000 -- The second
1.216 jose 993: EurOpen/USENIX Conference</a></strong>,
994: Feb 8 - 11, 2000. Malmo, Sweden<br>
1.140 jufi 995: About 15 OpenBSD team members attended.
1.132 louis 996: OpenBSD CDs and shirts were sold at a booth donated by the conference.<br>
997: As well, Theo de Raadt gave an invited talk on Wednesday morning
998: about why software quality/security suffers, and what we can do to
999: improve it.
1.32 deraadt 1000: <p>
1.31 deraadt 1001:
1.201 deraadt 1002: <li><strong>BSD BOF session, LinuxWorld Expo</strong>,
1.216 jose 1003: Feb 3, 2000, New York, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1004: Representatives from OpenBSD, BSDi, and FreeBSD hosted a
1005: "Birds Of a Feather" session at the <a
1006: href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/">New York LinuxWorld Expo</a>.<br>
1007: There were installation CD-ROMs, free food, and even free Daemon Horns!
1.33 niklas 1008: <p>
1.236 jose 1009: </ul>
1.33 niklas 1010:
1.132 louis 1011: <h3>1999</h3>
1.36 niklas 1012:
1.236 jose 1013: <ul>
1.216 jose 1014: <li><strong>The Bazaar</strong>,
1015: Dec 14 - 16, 1999, New York, New York, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1016: Wes Sonnenreich and Tom Yates presented a tutorial on building
1.216 jose 1017: firewalls with OpenBSD. BoF of open source BSDs took place.
1.132 louis 1018: 2.6 release CDROMs and t-shirts were sold.
1019: Emphatic interest has been shown by representatives from press, international
1020: government and military institutions.
1.45 jason 1021: <p>
1022:
1.216 jose 1023: <li><strong><a name=lisa99></a>
1.236 jose 1024: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa99/">13th Systems Administration
1.216 jose 1025: Conference (LISA 99)</a></strong>,
1026: Nov 7 - 12, 1999, Seattle, Washington, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1027: Bob Beck presented a paper about the U of A's nifty OpenBSD based
1028: solution to the problem of public Ethernet jacks in the technical sessions
1029: starting at 11:00 AM on the 11th.<br>
1030: There were many other OpenBSD
1031: people at this conference as well, as well as a booth selling CDROMs and
1032: t-shirts. His paper is available at:
1033:
1034: <ul>
1035: <li>Dealing with Public Ethernet Jacks-Switches, Gateways, and Authentication.<br>
1.236 jose 1036: <a href="events.html#lisa99">LISA 1999</a>,
1.206 david 1037: by Bob Beck.<br>
1.236 jose 1038: <a href="papers/authgw-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1039: <a href="papers/authgw-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1040: </ul>
1041: <p>
1042:
1043: <li><strong>
1.201 deraadt 1044: IP-dagarna 1999</strong>,
1.216 jose 1045: Oct 27 - 28, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden<br>
1.132 louis 1046: Håkan Olsson & Jakob Schlyter spoke at the DNSSEC session on the 27th.
1047: <p>
1048:
1049: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1050: <a href="http://www.opensource-forum.com/konferens/">Linux & Open Source
1.216 jose 1051: Software '99</a></strong>,
1052: Oct 21, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. (in swedish)<br>
1.132 louis 1053: Niklas Hallqvist spoke on the topic of how to use
1.236 jose 1054: <a
1055: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&format=html">IPsec</a> for securing communications.
1.132 louis 1056: <p>
1057:
1058: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1059: <a href="http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference">Reflections/Projections
1.216 jose 1060: 1999</a></strong>,
1061: Oct 8 - 10, 1999, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1062: Theo de Raadt spoke at 10:00am on the 9th. Other OpenBSD
1063: developers from the east coast attended as well.
1064: <p>
1065:
1.236 jose 1066: <li><strong><a name="ipsec99"></a>
1.216 jose 1067: IPsec Interoperability tests</strong>,
1068: Sep 27 - 30, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. (in swedish)<br>
1.236 jose 1069: A dozen vendors, among them OpenBSD, tested more than 15
1070: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&format=html">IPsec</a>
1.132 louis 1071: products, both gateways and hosts, for interoperability. The tests
1072: were successful as far as general IPsec and pre-shared key
1073: authentication went, OpenBSD interoperated with everyone, but due to
1074: time constraints we never got to test the certificate support
1075: appropriately. The results were presented later that fall at a
1076: conference in Stockholm.
1077: <p>
1078:
1079: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1080: <a href="http://www.auug.org.au/winter/auug99">AUUG'99</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1081: Sep 8 - 11, 1999, Melbourne, Australia<br>
1.132 louis 1082: Theo de Raadt gave two talks on "quality of software" related issues
1083: and participated on a panel about how open source projects are
1084: coordinated.
1085: <p>
1086:
1087: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1088: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec99/index.html">Usenix
1.216 jose 1089: Security</a></strong>,
1090: Aug 23 - 26, 1999, Washington, DC, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1091: Many OpenBSD people from the east coast showed up and sold CDs and
1092: shirts. It was pretty clear from discussions that many people were
1093: very aware of OpenBSD, and that OpenBSD was being used in very
1094: significant security roles.
1095: <p>
1096:
1097: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1098: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/99jul/index.html">45th IETF
1.216 jose 1099: meeting</a></strong>,
1100: Jul 12 - 16, 1999, Oslo, Norway<br>
1.132 louis 1101: A number of OpenBSD team members from all over the world were at this
1102: conference. In addition to attending the IPsec and DNS working groups (among
1103: others) we did IPsec/IKE interoperability testing together with
1.166 miod 1104: the Japanese KAME project. Also, Angelos D. Keromytis did a presentation on
1.132 louis 1105: his work with keynote and isakmpd in OpenBSD.
1106: <p>
1.45 jason 1107:
1.132 louis 1108: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1109: <a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-6.html">Defcon 6.0</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1110: Jul 9 - 11, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1111: At this conference, the OpenBSD team sold 100 or so 2.5 release CDROMs
1112: and a TON of tshirts.
1.46 deraadt 1113: <p>
1.132 louis 1114:
1.236 jose 1115: <li><strong><a name="usenix99"></a>
1116: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/index.html">
1.216 jose 1117: Usenix Annual Technical Conference</a></strong>,
1118: Jun 6 - 11, 1999, Monterey, California, USA<br>
1.106 jufi 1119: The <a href="http://www.usenix.org">USENIX Association</a>
1.46 deraadt 1120: provided The OpenBSD Project with a grant to underwrite the production
1.106 jufi 1121: of CDs of OpenBSD 2.5. (We distributed the
1122: release for free to attendees of the USENIX Annual Conference in
1.46 deraadt 1123: June.)
1.132 louis 1124: <br>
1.46 deraadt 1125: Usenix team members were involved in the authoring and
1.132 louis 1126: presentation of 4 OpenBSD-related papers:
1127:
1.46 deraadt 1128: <ul>
1.236 jose 1129: <a name="anoncvs_paper"></a>
1.66 deraadt 1130: <li>Opening the Source Repository with Anonymous CVS.<br>
1.236 jose 1131: <a href="events.html#usenix99">Usenix 1999</a>,
1.216 jose 1132: by Charles D. Cranor, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.236 jose 1133: <a href="papers/anoncvs-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1134: <a href="papers/anoncvs-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1135: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1136: <li>A Future-Adaptable Password Scheme.<br>
1.236 jose 1137: <a href="events.html#usenix99">Usenix 1999</a>,
1.216 jose 1138: by Niels Provos, David Mazieres.<br>
1.236 jose 1139: <a href="papers/bcrypt-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1140: <a href="papers/bcrypt-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1141: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1142: <li>Cryptography in OpenBSD: An Overview.<br>
1.236 jose 1143: <a href="events.html#usenix99">Usenix 1999</a>,
1.216 jose 1144: by Theo de Raadt, Niklas Hallqvist, Artur Grabowski,
1145: Angelos D. Keromytis, Niels Provos.<br>
1.236 jose 1146: <a href="papers/crypt-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1147: <a href="papers/crypt-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1148: <br>
1.66 deraadt 1149: <li>strlcpy and strlcat -- consistent, safe, string copy and concatenation.<br>
1.236 jose 1150: <a href="events.html#usenix99">Usenix 1999</a>,
1.216 jose 1151: by Todd C. Miller, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.236 jose 1152: <a href="papers/strlcpy-paper.ps">paper</a> and
1153: <a href="papers/strlcpy-slides.ps">slides</a>.
1.132 louis 1154: </ul>
1.66 deraadt 1155: <p>
1.46 deraadt 1156:
1.51 deraadt 1157: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1158: <a href="http://www.linuxexpo.org">5th Annual Linux Expo</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1159: May 18 - 22, 1999, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1160: Some OpenBSD team members were at this conference selling OpenBSD 2.5 CDs,
1161: OpenBSE T-shirts, as well as Blowfish T-shirts, which sold out very quickly
1162: at a table donated by the Expo. OpenBSD was the only BSD represented at the
1163: vendor exposition, and we had good chance to present a secure alternative
1164: to Linux.
1.51 deraadt 1165: <p>
1166:
1.53 jakob 1167: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1168: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/99mar/index.html">44th IETF
1.216 jose 1169: meeting</a></strong>,
1170: Mar 15 - 19, 1999, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1171: Some OpenBSD team members were at this conference, in particular our
1172: IPSEC developers.
1.53 jakob 1173: <p>
1174:
1.132 louis 1175: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1176: <a href="http://www.europen.se/NordU99">NordU99 -- The first
1.216 jose 1177: EurOpen/USENIX Conference</a></strong>,
1178: Feb 9 - 12, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden<br>
1.132 louis 1179: A couple of OpenBSD team members were there and some of the swedish user
1180: society as well. OpenBSD CDs were sold at a booth and at the end of a
1181: security talk, the project got applauded for its continuous strive of auditing
1182: security sensitive parts of the system.
1.59 deraadt 1183: <p>
1.236 jose 1184: </ul>
1.59 deraadt 1185:
1.132 louis 1186: <h3>1998</h3>
1.59 deraadt 1187:
1.236 jose 1188: <ul>
1.132 louis 1189: <li><strong><a name=ipsec98></a>
1.236 jose 1190: <a href="http://www.netman.se/kurs/96.html">IPsec/VPN Interoperability
1191: tests & seminar</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1192: Dec 14, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden (in swedish)<br>
1.132 louis 1193: OpenBSD was represented as one of about a dozen
1.236 jose 1194: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&format=html">IPsec</a>
1.132 louis 1195: implementations who were tested for interoperability. The tests were
1196: successful, both for the technology in general, and for OpenBSD in
1197: specific. We managed to communicate encrypted with every vendor present,
1198: and to negotiate keys via IKE with everyone capable.
1.70 deraadt 1199: <p>
1200:
1.236 jose 1201: <li><strong><a name="lisaboston-98"></a>
1202: <a href="http://usenix.org/events/lisa98">LISA '98: 12th Systems Administration
1.216 jose 1203: Conference</a></strong>,
1204: Dec 6 - 11, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts<br>
1.132 louis 1205: More than 10 OpenBSD team members showed up. By far, OpenBSD was the
1206: largest representative group from free software at the conference.
1207: Usenix gave us a table in the vendor area where we sold 2.4 CDROMs,
1208: 2.3 "wire-frame" t-shirts, and the new 2.4 embroidered
1209: "Because security matters..." t-shirts, polos, and sweaters.
1210: An OpenBSD BOF was held one evening, led by Theo de Raadt.
1211: A PalmPilot schedule loader was at the membership booth, powered by OpenBSD.
1212: <br>
1213: The terminal room ran OpenBSD 2.4 on 45 machines. Obviously trust in OpenBSD
1214: had increased since many people,normally wary of security problems of open
1215: terminal rooms, were seen using the machines.
1.72 ho 1216: <p>
1217:
1.73 deraadt 1218: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1219: <a href="http://www.asc.unam.mx/disc98">DISC - Seguridad en
1.217 jose 1220: Cómputo 98</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1221: Nov 2 - 7, 1998, Mexico City<br>
1.132 louis 1222: Theo de Raadt gave a talk about security auditing, sponsored by
1.236 jose 1223: <a href="http://www.core-sdi.com">CORE SDI S.A.</a>, an Argentine
1.132 louis 1224: security auditing company who strongly believes in the future
1.236 jose 1225: of OpenBSD. (<a href="papers/mexico98-slides.ps">Slides are available</a>).
1.131 jufi 1226: <p>
1.73 deraadt 1227:
1.236 jose 1228: <li><strong>IP-dagarna</strong>,
1.216 jose 1229: Oct 29, 30 1998, Stockholm, Sweden (in swedish)<br>
1.132 louis 1230: At this conference, entirely devoted to IP, Niklas Hallqvist from the
1231: OpenBSD team held a talk on the IKE (a.k.a ISAKMP/Oakley) key management
1232: protocol and experiences from the implementation of <strong>isakmpd</strong>,
1233: an IKE implementation funded by Ericsson Radio Systems and developed
1234: primarily for the OpenBSD IPSEC stack.
1.79 deraadt 1235: <p>
1.73 deraadt 1236:
1.80 deraadt 1237: <li><strong>
1.216 jose 1238: <a href="http://www.nceexpo.com/">NCEE '98</a></strong>,
1239: Oct 9 - 10, 1998, Auburn, Maine, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1240: An extensive after-action report was sent to advocacy@openbsd.org. While
1.151 jsyn 1241: sales of shirts and CDROMs left much to be desired, we did have good
1.132 louis 1242: opportunities to further project visibility and highlight its strengths.
1.80 deraadt 1243: <p>
1244:
1.93 louis 1245: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1246: <a href="http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference">Reflections/Projections
1.216 jose 1247: 1998</a></strong>,
1.236 jose 1248: Oct 2 - 4, 1998, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1249: Theo de Raadt spoke in a panel about Open/Free software with Eric
1250: Raymond and others.
1.93 louis 1251: <p>
1252:
1.216 jose 1253: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1254: <a href="http://opensource.oreilly.com/townmeet.html">O'Reilly and
1255: Associates Open Source Developer Days</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1256: Aug 21, 1998, San Jose, California, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1257: OpenBSD team members were on-hand to discuss OpenBSD's role among the
1258: other free software projects available. They also sold some CDs and t-shirts.
1.96 deraadt 1259: <p>
1260:
1.236 jose 1261: <li><strong><a name="defcon98"></a>
1262: <a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-6.html">Defcon VI</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1263: Jul 31 - Aug 2, 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1264: The router to the outside world was an OpenBSD 2.3 box. It was involved
1265: in a "capture the flag" competition in which an entire room of crackers
1266: attempted to break into it and machines running other operating systems.
1267: The OpenBSD box was not broken into.
1268: <br>
1269: Almost 100 OpenBSD 2.3 CDROMs were sold (we ran out again). The primates
1.236 jose 1270: at <a href="http://www.monkey.org">monkey.org</a> brought 2.3
1.132 louis 1271: "wire-frame" OpenBSD t-shirts to the conference and sold almost
1272: 200 of them. The proceeds from the sales were donated to the OpenBSD project.
1.96 deraadt 1273: <p>
1.94 deraadt 1274:
1.236 jose 1275: <li><strong><a href="http://www.blackhat.com">BlackHat Sessions</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1276: Jul 29 - 30, 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1277: Theo de Raadt presented a talk entitled
1278: "Auditing software for security" about the OpenBSD security auditing
1279: team's process and the lessons the team learned. The talk concentrated
1280: on how our process fixes bugs -- not just holes -- since one never knows
1281: when 5 bugs will act together to become a hole.
1.99 deraadt 1282: <p>
1283:
1.236 jose 1284: <li><strong><a name="usenix-neworleans"></a>
1285: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/index.html">Usenix Annual Technical Conference</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1286: Jun 15 - 19, 1998, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1287: At Usenix 1998 there was a strong OpenBSD presence both in the Freenix
1288: and normal tracks. Theo did a general talk about what the OpenBSD
1289: project offers. Angelos held a panel about IPSEC (which is quite an
1290: OpenBSD topic since IPSEC development at that time was so much further
1291: ahead in OpenBSD than anywhere else).
1292: <br>
1293: The terminal room PCs ran OpenBSD 2.3. We sold many CDROMs. The
1294: first style of OpenBSD t-shirt also sold quite well.
1.101 wvdputte 1295: <p>
1296:
1.105 wvdputte 1297: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1298: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sec98/index.html">Usenix Security</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1299: Jan 26 - 29, 1998, San Antonio, Texas, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1300: At this conference, Theo presented an evening talk which basically
1301: turned into a list of fixed security problems and cautionary tales about
1302: subsystems in which future problems may be encountered
1.236 jose 1303: (<a href="papers/security98-slides.ps">slides available</a>).
1.105 wvdputte 1304: <br>
1.132 louis 1305: The terminal room PCs ran OpenBSD 2.2.
1306: <p>
1.236 jose 1307: </ul>
1.105 wvdputte 1308:
1.132 louis 1309: <h3>1997</h3>
1.107 deraadt 1310:
1.236 jose 1311: <ul>
1.113 deraadt 1312: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1313: <a href="http://www.hip97.nl">HIP</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1314: Aug, 1997, Almere, Netherlands<br>
1.236 jose 1315: Niels held a
1316: <a href="http://www.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/provos/hip97-tcpip.html">talk</a>
1.132 louis 1317: about the problems of unencrypted TCP/IP connections, offering IPSEC as
1318: possible solution.
1.113 deraadt 1319: <p>
1.132 louis 1320:
1.236 jose 1321: <li><strong>HOPE</strong>,
1.216 jose 1322: Aug, 1997, New York, New York, USA<br>
1.166 miod 1323: The terminal room consisted primarily of DECstations running
1.236 jose 1324: OpenBSD 2.1. Once again, the <a href="http://www.l0pht.com">L0phT</a>
1.132 louis 1325: people had very good things to say about our security.
1.113 deraadt 1326: <p>
1.105 wvdputte 1327:
1.236 jose 1328: <li><strong><a name="defcon5"></a>
1329: <a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-5.html">Defcon V</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1330: Jul 11 - 13, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA<br>
1.132 louis 1331: At this conference, the OpenBSD team sold 100 or so 2.1 release CDROMs.
1332: <br>
1333: Since this is the primary security conference, many speakers said very
1.140 jufi 1334: good things about our stance on security... particularly people like
1.236 jose 1335: <a href="http://www.l0pht.com">the L0phT</a>.
1.118 deraadt 1336: <p>
1337:
1.125 deraadt 1338: <li><strong>
1.236 jose 1339: <a
1340: href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/ana97/index.html">Usenix Annual Technical Conference</a></strong>,
1.216 jose 1341: Jan 6 - 10, 1997, Anaheim, California, USA.<br>
1.132 louis 1342: Theo de Raadt held a BOF ("Birds Of a Feather", ie. a meeting of people
1343: interested in the same thing) about OpenBSD.
1.236 jose 1344: </ul>
1.125 deraadt 1345:
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