$FreeBSD: www/en/news/press.xml,v 1.170 2005/09/08 15:26:06 brueffer Exp $ 2005 9 Sun Cobalt Ported to FreeBSD http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/9/emw282859.htm eMediaWire http://www.emediawire.com/ 09 September 2005 OffMyServer, Inc. Press Release

The Sun Cobalt RaQ550 web hosting platform has been ported to FreeBSD.

 Developer aims for Dtrace on FreeBSD http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Developer_aims_for_Dtrace_on_FreeBSD/0,2000061733,39210618,00.htm ZDNet Australia http://www.zdnet.com.au/ 08 September 2005 Renai LeMay

An article about work being done to port Sun's DTrace to FreeBSD.

 8 FreeBSD 6.0 will target wireless devices http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39214098,00.htm ZDNet UK http://www.zdnet.co.uk/ 19 August 2005 Ingrid Marson

An interview with FreeBSD release engineer Scott Long about the upcoming 6.0 release.

 7 Information Security with Colin Percival http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/07/21/Big_Scary_Daemons.html Onlamp http://www.onlamp.com/ 21 July 2005 Michael W. Lucas

Colin Percival, FreeBSD developer and independent security researcher, describes his recent work on covert channels in hyperthreaded processors.

 Why FreeBSD http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-freebsd/ developerWorks http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ 19 July 2005 Frank Pohlmann

A brief introduction to the BSD family of OSes.

 Project Evil: Windows network drivers on FreeBSD http://www.pingwales.co.uk/tutorials/project-evil.html Ping Wales http://www.pingwales.co.uk/ 15 July 2005 David Chisnall

On using Windows(R) network drivers in FreeBSD.

 6 Open-source projects get free checkup by automated tools http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11230 SecurityFocus http://www.securityfocus.com/ 28 June 2005 Robert Lemos

Code analysis software firm Coverity analyses FreeBSD's source base and finds a very low number of software flaws.

 Interview: Looking at FreeBSD 6 and Beyond http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10951 OSnews http://www.osnews.com/ 23 June 2005 Eugenia Loli-Queru

OSnews interviews FreeBSD developers Scott Long, Robert Watson and John Baldwin about the upcoming FreeBSD 6 release.

 Eric Raymond advocates BSD license over GPL http://www.myfreebsd.com.br/static/raymond-20050604.html MyFreeBSD Brazil http://www.MyFreeBSD.com.br/ 4 June 2005 Luiz Gustavo Ramos

"Freedom and choice are pretty cool. But we should talk about many other things. GPL is based on the belief that open source software is weak and needs to be protected. With it, we continue injuring ourselves, cutting ourselves from the economic benefits of BSD license".

 5 First BitDefender for FreeBSD products launched http://www.moneyweb.co.za/business_today/440831.htm MoneyWeb http://www.moneyweb.co.za/ 17 May 2005 BitDefender Press Release

BitDefender announces their move into enterprise space with a FreeBSD version of their products.

 LSI MegaRAID(R) Adapters Now Feature FreeBSD 5.4 Support http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050511/sfw107.html Yahoo News http://biz.yahoo.com/ 11 May 2005 LSI Logic Press Release

LSI Logic MegaRAID(R) SCSI and SATA adapters now support the latest FreeBSD 5.4 release.

 4 Desktop FreeBSD: New Life for Old Laptops http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=358 Open for Business http://www.ofb.biz 27 April 2005 Ed Hurst

An article on using FreeBSD 5.4 on a laptop.

 Large Web Hosting Provider Switches to FreeBSD http://www.w3reports.com/index.php?itemid=869 W3reports http://www.w3reports.com 24 April 2005 Submission

Offmyserver, a rackmount server provider, recently migrated 50 servers to FreeBSD, on account of its reliability and ability to handle large amounts of disk.

 3 FreeBSD Process Management http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=366888&rl=1 InformIT http://www.informit.com/ 03 March 2005 George Neville-Neil, Marshall Kirk McKusick

An excerpt from the book "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System".

 2 FreeBSD Tips and Tricks for 2005 http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/02/17/FreeBSD_Basics.html OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com 17 February 2005 Dru Lavigne

Dru Lavigne describes the steps taken for maintaining up to date a FreeBSD system this year.

 1 FreeBSD's SMPng http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/20/smpng.html OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com/ 20 January 2005 Federico Biancuzzi

OnLamp.com's writer interviews FreeBSD's Core Team member Scott Long about FreeBSD's implementation on SMPng.

 2004 11 Deep study: The world's safest computing environment http://www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/frameset.php?pageid=http%3A//www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/press/021104.php mi2g http://www.mi2g.com/ 2 November 2004 mi2g News Alert

A study by a London-based computer security firm reveals that the open-source BSD operating systems and Apple's Mac OS X are the most secure popular operating systems on the Internet today.

 9 Building Diskless Clients with FreeBSD 5.2 http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/30/diskless_clients.html OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com/ 30 September 2004 Mikhail Zakharov

How to build diskless clients with FreeBSD Netboot server.

 Building a BSD Netboot Server http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/09/diskless_server.html OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com/ 09 September 2004 Mikhail Zakharov

How to configure a FreeBSD 5.2.1 server to support diskless clients.

 8 FreeBSD 5.3 beta is released http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39164597,00.htm ZDNet http://www.zdnet.co.uk/ 25 August 2004 Michael Parsons

A story about the FreeBSD 5.3 release cycle

 Desktop FreeBSD Part 5: Internet Mail Setup http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=326 Open For Business http://www.ofb.biz/ 17 August 2004 Ed Hurst

Part five of this series of introductory articles describes how to use FreeBSD for email purposes.

 Differentiating Among BSD Distros http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3393051 ServerWatch http://www.serverwatch.com/ 10 August 2004 Martin Brown

An article that compares and contrasts the four main BSD variants.

 Desktop FreeBSD Part 4: Printing http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=321 Open For Business http://www.ofb.biz/ 06 August 2004 Ed Hurst

Part four of this series of introductory articles covers the installation and the configuration of Apsfilter on FreeBSD.

 Building Systems to be Shared Securely http://www.acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=170 ACM Queue http://www.acmqueue.org/ August 2004 Poul-Henning Kamp, Robert Watson

Robert Watson and Poul-Henning Kamp write an article for the ACM Queue magazine on FreeBSD's jail facility and on the general concept of sharing and security from an operating system architecture/design point of view.

 7 FreeBSD milestone nears release http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39162245,00.htm ZDNet http://www.zdnet.co.uk/ 30 July 2004 Matt Loney

This article is about the upcoming FreeBSD 5.3 release.

 Local company develops FreeBSD-based radars http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1357495171;fp;16;fpid;0 Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com.au/ 26 July 2004 Rodney Gedda

Genesis Software builds FreeBSD-based radar systems.

 Linux servers stats reveal fall in Red Hat dominance http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsid=1908 Techworld http://www.techworld.com/ 13 July 2004 Matthew Broersma

An article mentioning FreeBSD's growth in the hosting market.

 Unix Printing Basics http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/07/08/FreeBSD_Basics.html OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com/ 08 July 2004 Dru Lavigne

This article explains printing with Unix, using FreeBSD as an example.

 Building a Web Cluster with FreeSBIE http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/07/01/freesbie.html OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com/ 01 July 2004 Alexander Prohorenko

How to build a web services cluster using the FreeBSD based FreeSBIE live CD image.

 6 Preventing Denial of Service Attacks http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/06/24/anti_dos.html OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com/ 24 June 2004 Avleen Vig

This article shows how to defend against denial of service attacks with FreeBSD.

 Siberian coal mine digs out FreeBSD funding http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020387,39158017,00.htm ZDNet http://www.zdnet.co.uk 18 June 2004 Matt Loney

A story about Poul-Henning Kamp's recent appeal for funds.

 FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source Project http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3367381 Internetnews http://www.internetnews.com/ 11 June 2004 Sean Michael Kerner

This article tries to outline the reasons for FreeBSD's growth over the last years.

 Desktop FreeBSD Part 3: Adding Software http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=306 Open For Business http://www.ofb.biz/ 07 June 2004 Ed Hurst

Part three of this series of introductory articles covers the installation of third party applications on FreeBSD.

 Nearly 2.5 Million Active Sites running FreeBSD http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/06/07/nearly_25_million_active_sites_running_freebsd.html Netcraft http://www.netcraft.com/ 07 June 2004 mandy

FreeBSD continues to grow in the web hosting market.

 IEEE and The Open Group Okay 'FreeBSD Project' to Incorporate Material from the POSIX Standard http://www.opengroup.org/press/01jun04.htm The Open Group http://www.opengroup.org/ 01 June 2004 IEEE/Open Group press release

The IEEE and the Open Group allow the FreeBSD project to incorporate material from a few of their published standards.

 Build Your Own FreeBSD-powered Motorcycle http://bike.owns.com/ BikeOwns http://bike.owns.com/ June 2004 Ben

The description of a FreeBSD-powered motorcycle.

 5 FreeBSD Networking Basics http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=2 OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com/ 13 May 2004 Dru Lavigne

Dru Lavigne explains how to connect a FreeBSD machine to an existing network.

 Intel Labs' Natural Born Killer Technologies http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1586655,00.asp EWeek http://www.eweek.com/ 06 May 2004 Rob Enderle

An overview about the research projects in Intel's laboratories. Some of the research is done using the FreeBSD operating system.

 Open Source to the Core http://www.acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=151 ACM Queue http://www.acmqueue.org/ May 2004 Jordan Hubbard

Jordan Hubbard talks about FreeBSD in an article on using open-source software in commercial products.

 4 FreeBSD - The Power to Serve http://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-freebsd Distrowatch http://www.distrowatch.com/ 27 April 2004 Robert Storey

A review of FreeBSD 5.2.1, including a short overview of the history of the BSDs and installation intructions.

 Mail Scanning With Exim And The Exiscan ACL http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=676 Help Net Security http://www.net-security.org/ 13 April 2004 Michael Oliveri

This article describes setting up Exim with the Exiscan-ACL patch on FreeBSD.

 Most Reliable Hosting Providers during March http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/04/04/most_reliable_hosting_providers_during_march.html Netcraft http://www.netcraft.com/ 04 April 2004 mandy

Five of the ten most reliable hosting providers in March were running FreeBSD. Read on for more information.

 3 FreeBSD 5.2.1 on SPARC64 http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6552 OS News http://www.osnews.com/ 31 March 2004 Tony Bourke

An article reviewing FreeBSD 5.2.1 on SPARC64 machines. The author finds FreeBSD/SPARC64 to be a very complete, useful and flexible server.

 The 64-bit Question: AMD64 vs. i386 http://www.thejemreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=117&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 The Jem Report http://www.thejemreport.com/ 15 March 2004 Valour

A comparision between FreeBSD 5.2.1's performance on an AMD Athlon64 3200+ and on a Pentium4 3.2E.

 Experimental free Wi-Fi LAN gaining momentum in SF http://www.newsforge.com/mobility/04/03/02/0023236.shtml Newsforge http://www.newsforge.com/ 02 March 2004 Chris Preimesberger

An article about free wireless networks in San Francisco, mentioning FreeBSD as one of the operating systems of choice.

 1 Bacula: Cross-Platform Client-Server Backups http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/01/09/bacula.html OnLamp.com http://www.onlamp.com/ 08 January 2004 Dan Langille

A guide on setting up and running the backup program Bacula on FreeBSD

 Simple FreeBSD installation yields functional desktop system http://www.newsforge.com/os/04/01/05/211225.shtml?tid=8&tid=82&tid=94 Newsforge http://www.newsforge.com/ 07 January 2004 Terrell Prude, Jr.

A review of FreeBSD 5.1 as a desktop system.

 Desktop FreeBSD Part 2: Initial Setup http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=282 Open For Business http://www.ofb.biz/ 03 January 2004 Ed Hurst

This is the second part of a series of introductory articles. The author explains how to set up X and the postfix mail system.

 How is Open-Source affecting Software Development? http://csdl.computer.org/comp/mags/so/2004/01/s1028.pdf IEEE Computer Society http://www.computer.org/ January 2004 Diomidis Spinellis, Clemens Sxyperski (Guest Editors)

This IEEE journal article looks at how the availability of high-quality open-source software is affecting the way software is developed. FreeBSD is one of the open-source projects examined.