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OpenBSD: Hackers Meet Soldiers

Posted by Hemos on from the meeting-the-maker dept.

BSDForums writes "OpenBSD has a well-deserved reputation for fanatical security. Why is the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it? Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin investigate and talk to Theo de Raadt, the creator, overseer, and taskmaster of the OpenBSD project!"

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  1. Conspiracy Theories by Scoria · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it?

    Mulder, is that you?

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    1. Re:Conspiracy Theories by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 1, Funny

      You'll have to ask the man with the cigs.

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    2. Re:Conspiracy Theories by joe_bruin · · Score: 3, Funny

      from the article (emphasis mine):

      So even if a cracker accesses the system, she'll be able to reach only the Apache root

      the correct gender-neutral description in english is "he". by saying "she", the author is specifically writing about females (to the exclusion of males), and implying that a female cracker would only be able to reach the apache root (presumably a male hacker would be able to go further?).

    3. Re:Conspiracy Theories by cymen · · Score: 2, Funny

      Where have you been living?
      Probably outside of academia. Nobody has time for navel gazing beyond the lunatic fringe.

  2. I can see the connection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of fork-touting BSD daemons... they'd call it an army!

  3. Stop stealing idea's from SCO by Billly+Gates · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is no possible way OpenBSD can be that secure and stable without stolen key Sco OpenServer source code.

    No and ifs or buts. Its not like this technology is well known or taught.

    After all, everyone knows that sco is the most stable, secure, and scalable unix ever made. All the great unix's borrow code from sco. There is no way Sun could of made solaris scalable without the ultra secure and scalable Xenix code. Just ask David Bois. Shesh.

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  4. Inform SCO by gokulpod · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quick, someone call up that SCO lawyer. Tell them that OpenBSD has got recognition from DARPA for security. I am sure they will file a claim of $1 billion against them too. The next day, the U.S. army will "accidently" test a MOAB on SCO hearquarters.

    We will no longer need to worry about the lawsuit they filed against IBM.

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  5. Re:OpenBSD Secure? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'll take a hummer....please?

    I'll give you a pearl necklace in return!

  6. Theo's Hardware by theolein · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the article there is a link to Theo's personal site. He lists his hardware there, and the amazing thing is that he doesn't have a single machine capable of more than 200MHz.

    I find it amazing in these days of 3.6GHz machines needed to run bleeding edge games and gimmicky OS's and everyone and their mothers going gooey over the latest GHz jump in analy embedded mobile devices that OpenBSD's chief developer uses computers that actually fit his needs. It is comforting to know that the SECURE processing and dissemination of digital information can be done efficiently without the large, bright, rounded, colourful buttons and Windows found in most other OS's.