From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sun Mar 20 15:52:03 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44842AD7DD1 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:52:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.i.noel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x22e.google.com (mail-vk0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C9C299A for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:52:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.i.noel@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id q138so99497195vkb.3 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:52:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc; bh=EXf8ydCDuuHOrpnKghxP0J6aXAZA7t3dUM8wjn4Uxxg=; b=fp/NnGa1/gM2KIbO/cp2GtgFN4TOMmhAaraeO4k+tKgi5Ht5mi0j0+8bUFGnHesJFr q27SWY4ohAduoiDZEwfxcFWTF44LZxCLQZAuDMO8sWfy/k2CXR2SBKdWO8myiC+LQYQ9 pe2ZvJUsIKy5rLkbcsNDS3Zllvi0yc+zVy2WJWmVomHnnCEYFD8hNIJgtVt9cugsT7+p 7efV+yKD1sEIIJK04G3hA2QiBvl5fLdh4VH8Tc/ry9+ruBtAFdQfusL7an5LV6LP0LtN 9UZ6fHi6uddtWIZzyKkAF2aNtbtSxsf8CWQ0EskIZHYaWDFCPFwJtnLsYQWv24o5ggqA 8PGQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=EXf8ydCDuuHOrpnKghxP0J6aXAZA7t3dUM8wjn4Uxxg=; b=Qk/2dcGkvW+b9CP5+fjLa68gFGKUezWTkkzN7K7+dGmImG3iR+es16kmJMc8GcBi3Z Sx77ccKsx8pVPls8eYPjdb+2WLxxFSwaP64WB0eY0n10mZfofEEnnEg9F/3OOyhq2/RH epJ/tDjkDuU/6MEUeAkSEb3zL3bD/nmH+zLCW7xunRxlM+cA4iY+n0W/cR+vbRi6LAd7 UsXMZdKMxvawddHSyuLRxGK62n9QEzjruk95oaNPKyJ6c0StXggAuOM9KyvzgVdMofV4 G/aUHytCUta7hBlR5vZOrF6CFR0jaytfPGz73bqD9vFiQPJcLKt+PQ3jzFctvhdlOnO5 hN/Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJLt7paPPpGI6elnOZW62fFU92UA7Gtgi4WGzATC6+Bs7lx11zLPVGPgEidOaPUIDf1TuilNbPKHoiH+zQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.31.8.68 with SMTP id 65mr28032978vki.150.1458489122008; Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:52:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.31.236.70 with HTTP; Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: David.I.Noel@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <56ED75D8.1050800@tysdomain.com> References: <56ED75D8.1050800@tysdomain.com> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:52:01 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: looking for areas to contribute From: David I Noel To: tyler@tysdomain.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:52:03 -0000 >On 3/19/16, Littlefield, Tyler > I'm fluent with C and other languages and want to start contributing > to BSD. I'm happy to work where ever I can be of use, I love more > lower level stuff but anything that has me working on code would be > great. My questions: Hi Tyler, While not as glamorous as some of the more lower-level work, there are a handful of potentially nasty script-related bugs in the base copies of portsnap, freebsd-update, and pmirror that have been sitting around for a decade or so now: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188428 (MITM against portsnap) https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188430 (Freeze against portsnap) https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188429 (MITM against freebsd-update) https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188434 (Freeze against freebsd-update) https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188432 (MITM against pmirror) It's been a long while since anyone's discussed them, and I wasn't sure how interested in looking into them you might be so I only grabbed a few links, but some of the relevant threads can be found across the lists under the subjects "MITM attacks against portsnap and freebsd-update". I believe there is also some info under "Retiring portsnap [was MITM attacks against portsnap and freebsd-update]". The first was cross-posted to several lists and I believe several independent threads spun off from it as a result. But here are a few quick ones I could find immediately. https://marc.info/?t=139714957000008&r=1&w=2 https://marc.info/?t=139718224200001&r=1&w=2 If you're interested and want more information let me know. Take care, David Noel