OpenBSD rescued from unpowered oblivion by $20K bitcoin donation

l33tdawg — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:03:12 +0000

OpenBSD rescued from unpowered oblivion by $20K bitcoin donation

posted onJanuary 21, 2014

by l33tdawg

Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD

Late last year, Theo de Raadt, founder of the security-focused OpenBSD project, issued a plea for funding. The project was facing a serious, perhaps even crippling setback due to the $20,000 cost of powering its development and build machines. The project repeated this plea last week with the electricity bill still unpaid.

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Theo de Raadt slams Red Hat, Canonical over 'secure' boot

l33tdawg — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:20:55 +0000

Theo de Raadt slams Red Hat, Canonical over 'secure' boot

posted onJuly 27, 2012

by l33tdawg

Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt

OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has slammed Red Hat and Canonical for the way they have reacted to Microsoft's introduction of "secure" boot along with Windows 8, describing both companies as wanting to be the new Microsoft.

Responding to a query from iTWire about what OpenBSD, widely recognised as the most security-conscious UNIX, would be doing to cope with "secure" boot, De Raadt said: "We have no plans. I don't know what we'll do. We'll watch the disaster and hope that someone with enough power sees sense."

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