$FreeBSD$ 1998 12 The story on FreeBSD http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1998-12/lw-12-freebsd.html LinuxWorld http://www.linuxworld.com/ December 1998 Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz

This issue has a good article on FreeBSD and why it's worth a look by Linux folks.

 11 The Open-Source Revolution http://www.edventure.com/release1/1198.html RELEASE 1.0 http://www.edventure.com/release1/ November 1998 Tim O'Reilly, with an introduction by Esther Dyson

A brief, business oriented introduction to the open source community.

 Report from Comdex--Walnut Creek CDROM, FreeBSD and Slackware http://www.linuxtoday.com/stories/1005.html Linux Today http://www.linuxtoday.com/ 20 November 1998 Dwight Johnson

There is a good report on the Walnut Creek booth and FreeBSD at the Linux Today website. The first half of the report is on Slackware Linux, the second half is on FreeBSD.

 Ellison plans hardware, bashes Bill http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,28816,00.html CNET News.com http://www.news.com/ 16 November 1998 Tim Clark

Larry Ellison talking about their new dedicated Oracle servers, mentions FreeBSD as one of a list of candidate OSes for the platform.

 10 Linux/etc, The other free Unixes, part 2 of 2 http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19981000/lnx9810.htm Computer Bits http://www.computerbits.com/ October 1998 Terry Griffin

Continuation of an earlier column reviewing freely available Unix like operating systems.

 What Is FreeBSD? http://www.performance-computing.com/features/9810of1.shtml Performance Computing http://www.performance-computing.com/ October 1998 Jordan K. Hubbard

An introduction to FreeBSD, and where it stands with respect to the other free OSes.

 Unix back in the fight with NT http://www.mercurycenter.com/business/center/unix102798.htm Mercury Center http://www.mercurycenter.com/ 26 October 1998 Miguel Helft

An article touting the stability and power of the Unix platform over NT.

 A No-Cost NOS http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pclabs/nettools/1718/bench1.html ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/ 20 October 1998 Ryan Snedegar

Ryan Snedegar reviews FreeBSD 2.2.7 and finds its web-serving performance to be better than Windows NT.

 Open Code Frees Up The Net http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/prtarchivestory/0,4356,361668,00.HTML Inter@ctive Week http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/ 19 October 1998 Charles Babcock

About why customers prefer open source software like Linux, FreeBSD, Perl and TCL to proprietary alternatives.

 It's only free Unix - but I like it http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/computimes/1998/1012/cmp2.htm The Irish Times http://www.irish-times.com/ 12 October 1998 David Malone 9 Linux/etc, The other free Unixes, part 1 of 2 http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19980900/lnx9809.htm Computer Bits http://www.computerbits.com/ September 1998 Terry Griffin

Briefly reviews the BSD Unix heritage.

 Communications & Networking: Asynchronous Communications Using select and poll http://www.ddj.com/articles/1998/9809/9809e/9809e.htm Dr. Dobb's Journal http://www.ddj.com/ September 1998 Sean Eric Fagan

On how to use FreeBSD's select(2) and poll(2) system calls.

 Quality Unix for FREE http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,349576,00.html Sm@rt Reseller Online http://www.zdnet.com/sr/ 07 September 1998 Brett Glass

A short introduction to FreeBSD 2.2.7.

 8 Hack raises flags about small ISPs http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,25526,00.html News.com: Tech News First http://www.news.com/ 21 August 1998 Jim Hu, Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM

Desire for better security has led some ISPs to deploy FreeBSD on their servers.

 7 Walnut Creek CDROM, One of the Largest Public FTP Archives in the World, Sets Traffic Record Using FreeBSD and Colocating on CRL's High-Speed Internet Network http://www.crl.com/wccdromrcd.html CRL Network Services http://www.crl.com/ 30 July 1998 CRL Press Release Pulling on one end of the rope ( freshmeat ) http://www.freshmeat.net/ 13 July 1998 Jordan K. Hubbard

Jordan compares the past of Unix with the future of Linux, outlining possible similarities and describing faults that could be prevented.

 6 Nader urges Windows probe http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,23145,00.html CNET News.com http://www.news.com/ 14 June 1998 Jeff Pelline

Consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader mentions FreeBSD by name.

 Stone's Throw, Issue Fourteen: Home of the Brave, Land of the FreeBSD http://RhapsodyOS.com/editorial/stone/ST00014.html RhapsodyOS http://RhapsodyOS.com/ 10 June 1998 Andrew Stone 5 Load Balancing Your Web Site http://www.WebTechniques.com/features/1998/05/engelschall/engelschall.shtml Web Techniques Magazine http://www.WebTechniques.com/ May 1998 Ralf S.Engelschall

Practical approaches to distributing HTTP traffic at your site. Includes a section on performance tuning Apache under FreeBSD.

 Is NT paranoid or is Unix out to get it? http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-05-1998/ncw-05-nextten.html NC World http://www.ncworldmag.com/ May 1998 Nicholas Petreley Security Tools in FreeBSD http://www.samag.com/archive/0705/feature.shtml SysAdmin http://www.samag.com/ May 1998 Guy Helmer Free Unix: Do You Get What You Pay For? http://advisor.gartner.com/inbox/articles/ihl2_6398.html GartnerGroup http://www.gartner.com/ 04 May 1998 G. Weiss 4 The new Unix alters NT's orbit http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-04-1998/ncw-04-nextten.html NC World http://www.ncworldmag.com/ April 1998 Nicholas Petreley Who's Serving Who? http://www.dv.com/magazine/1998/0498/johnson0498.html DV Live Magazine http://www.dv.com/ April 98 Nels Johnson

For smaller companies and web sites, a FreeBSD and Apache on an Intel (PC) architecture machine is more than sufficient.

 3 Searching for the next Windows NT http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-03-1998/ncw-03-nextten.html NC World http://www.ncworldmag.com/ March 1998 Nicholas Petreley Benchmarking and Software Testing: Tracing BSD System Calls http://www.ddj.com/ddj/1998/1998_03/index.htm Dr. Dobb's Journal http://www.ddj.com/ March 1998 Sean Eric Fagan

Note: the article is not available online.

 Five alternative operating systems reviewed http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/AltOS/ CNET http://www.cnet.com/ 25 March 1998 Cormac Foster 2 Source code for the masses http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/0,5,18652,00.html News.com http://www.news.com 02 February 1998 Alex Lash 1997 8 The Network Community http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9708/lan9708.htm Computer Bits Online http://www.computerbits.com/ August 1997 Ted Mittelstaedt 5 The Politics of NC Computing According to Oracle http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-05-1997/ncw-05-analysis.html NC World http://www.ncworldmag.com/ May 1997 Rawn Shaw 1996 11 Assorted Security Tips for UNIX http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1211/sam9611d/ SysAdmin http://www.samag.com/ November 1996 Arthur Donkers

A collection of tips and tricks to secure your internal network.