Media Coverage

English press coverage

Even better than Linux, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999.

Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).

Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.

Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.

A Secure and Open Society, ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.

The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt, but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals of OpenBSD.

1999's Technically Excellent Canadians, COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.

"CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians, who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."

From the publishers of a number of Canadian computer magazines, comes an award to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD.

(scroll down to see the sub-article about OpenBSD)

Operating system designed to foil hackers, National Post, May 25, 1999.

Newspaper article about OpenBSD.

The Net's stealth operating systemMSNBC, July 22, 1999

"The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS available."

Why to BSD in a Linux world, March, 1999.

Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.

NFR Performance Testing report, written by Anzen. February, 1999.

This report compares the network monitoring performance of the NFR (Network Flight Recorder) package at handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI, Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.

DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server February, 1999.

A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management over to OpenBSD.

Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards. February, 1999.

"Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future columns."

OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack, November, 1998.

A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development. Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current Implementation, including a brief interview with Photurisd creator Neils Provos.

Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine, May 1, 1998

Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.

Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine, Aug 11, 1997.

Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what OpenBSD is.

WebServer Online, reprinted in Server/Workstation Expert (formerly SunExpert Magazine), June 1998, page 81.

A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which the WebServer version in HTML does not).

Security Watch: Monthly Editorial. July, 1998.

Points at our security page calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".

Wired Magazine, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.

A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a cheezy picture of project founder Theo de Raadt (watch those wired people do photoshop jobs!).

Swedish press coverage (in swedish)

Datateknik, Nov 20, 1998.

An article on the swedish IPSec interop event mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.

Datateknik, Nov 13, 1998 and Datateknik, Nov 14, 1998.

Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The 1st one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the 2nd which explains the licensing issues and points to our copyright policy page.