:InfoWorld: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is 'secure by default'
InfoWorld: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is 'secure by default' Nov 8, 1999, 19 :43 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (6156 reads) (Other stories by Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray)
"WELL KNOWN FOR its "secure by default" posture, OpenBSD (www.openbsd.org),
the Internet-based volunteer effort, recently announced the inclusion and support
of Versions 1.3 and 1.5 of Secure Shell (SSH) client and server in OpenBSD
Version 2.6, which is due to appear in early December. But including
security-related products in the operating system is nothing new for OpenBSD.
The product also includes integrated cryptography and virtual private networking
technologies such as Blowfish, MD5, SHA-1, IPSec, and S/Key. Because of this it
has been accepted as the de facto secure-operating system...."
"Our aspiration is to be number one in the industry for security," de Raadt says."
"And they have backed up this claim. OpenBSD has avoided a successful remote
root attack on the operating system for more than two years. That success has
outperformed any other operating system on the market. De Raadt has become an
expert on securing code, and has done much to ensure that OpenBSD code is
written securely and holes are discovered quickly."
