From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 24 03:34:48 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 26D7F16A41F; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:34:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [204.156.12.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA7743D48; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:34:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45BE946B55; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:34:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:34:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Jacques Vidrine In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050823233311.C85679@fledge.watson.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-862194231-1124854487=:85679" Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 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: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:34:48 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-862194231-1124854487=:85679 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Jacques Vidrine wrote: > It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve as the FreeBSD Security=20 > Officer for the past 3+ years. With the crucial support of the FreeBSD= =20 > Security Team members, a lot has been accomplished: hundreds of security= =20 > issues have been researched and tracked, with some resulting in security= =20 > advisories and patches; software in the Ports Collection are updated=20 > more quickly to remove vulnerabilities; flaws are well-documented in=20 > the Vulnerabilities and Exposures Markup Language (VuXML); communication= =20 > with other software and hardware vendors, security researchers, and=20 > emergency response organizations has grown greatly; and the FreeBSD=20 > Security Branches are now supported for much longer period of time over= =20 > a greater number of releases. I'd like to thank the members of the=20 > security team over the past few years for these accomplishments:=20 > Eivind Eklund, Julian Elischer, Chris Faulhaber, Bill Fumerola, Daniel=20 > Harris, Trevor Johnson, Remko Lodder, Simon Nielsen, Christian Peron,=20 > Wes Peters, Josef El-Rayes, Tom Rhodes, Gregory Shapiro, Bruce Simpson,= =20 > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav, and Robert Watson. Several of our previous=20 > security officers have also given much help: Kris Kennaway, Warner Losh,= =20 > and Guido van Rooij. Jacques, Just wanted to let you know that the FreeBSD community greatly appreciates= =20 the work you've put in over the last few years. Your work has been=20 invaluable! Thanks, Robert N M Watson --0-862194231-1124854487=:85679--