From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 12:58:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EE6216A41F for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:58:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nectar@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.phi23.org (phi23.org [161.58.133.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B27F43D45 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:58:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nectar@freebsd.org) Received: from [172.16.0.171] (46070.wrls.rawl.wy.vcn.com [209.193.88.93]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.phi23.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52D4322E87 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org From: Jacques Vidrine Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:58:34 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: Subject: New FreeBSD Security Officer X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:58:38 -0000 Hello Everyone! It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve as the FreeBSD =20 Security Officer for the past 3+ years. With the crucial support of =20 the FreeBSD Security Team members, a lot has been accomplished: =20 hundreds of security issues have been researched and tracked, with =20 some resulting in security advisories and patches; software in the =20 Ports Collection are updated more quickly to remove vulnerabilities; =20= flaws are well-documented in the Vulnerabilities and Exposures Markup =20= Language (VuXML); communication with other software and hardware =20 vendors, security researchers, and emergency response organizations =20 has grown greatly; and the FreeBSD Security Branches are now =20 supported for much longer period of time over a greater number of =20 releases. I'd like to thank the members of the security team over =20 the past few years for these accomplishments: Eivind Eklund, Julian =20 Elischer, Chris Faulhaber, Bill Fumerola, Daniel Harris, Trevor =20 Johnson, Remko Lodder, Simon Nielsen, Christian Peron, Wes Peters, =20 Josef El-Rayes, Tom Rhodes, Gregory Shapiro, Bruce Simpson, Dag-=20 Erling Sm=F8rgrav, and Robert Watson. Several of our previous security =20= officers have also given much help: Kris Kennaway, Warner Losh, and =20 Guido van Rooij. I asked the FreeBSD Core Team to offer the security officer role to =20 Colin Percival, and I am happy to say that they agreed and that Colin =20= accepted. Colin has been a FreeBSD committer since January 2004, and =20= has been an energetic member of the FreeBSD Security Team for most of =20= that time. He is well-known for his software creations "FreeBSD =20 Update", "portsnap", and "bsdiff"; as well as his paper published =20 earlier this year, "Cache Missing for Fun and Profit" . I have no doubt that he will do =20= an outstanding job fulfilling the FreeBSD Security Officer's charter. Thanks for everyone's support over the years, and please extend the =20 same and more for Colin! Cheers, --=20 Jacques Vidrine