From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 16:21:43 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 93BE116A41F; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:21:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B2A43D53; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:21:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.215]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ILF0068GDVGQGE0@l-daemon>; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:02:04 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.80]) by pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ILF00LWQDVGQLK0@pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca>; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:02:04 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.0.60] (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.209.6]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0ILF00989DVF0H@l-daemon>; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:02:03 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:02:03 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: To: Jacques Vidrine Message-id: <4304B0FB.90100@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050724) 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: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:21:43 -0000 Jacques Vidrine wrote: > I asked the FreeBSD Core Team to offer the security officer role to > Colin Percival, and I am happy to say that they agreed and that Colin > accepted. [...] Thanks, Jacques, for the words of introduction. I'd like to take this opportunity to say a few words to the community about my new role here. First, I'm sure everyone can agree that Jacques has done a wonderful job over the past 43 months; while he is eager to blame the security team for his many accomplishments, it should be remembered that he was the driving force behind all of the changes which were made during his tenure and ultimately he must take credit for them. Second, while I am taking over as Security Officer, I won't be changing very much. There will inevitably be some changes -- including a few which have been discussed for several months now -- but on the whole FreeBSD users should notice very little of difference. This is a change of personnel, not a change of principles. Finally, I'd like to remind the community that FreeBSD is ultimately a volunteer project, and community suppose is essential. If you find a security problem -- or even if you find something which might possibly be a security problem but you're not certain if it is or not -- then please let us know. We can't fix problems which we don't know about, and the FreeBSD user community has far more eyes than the FreeBSD security team. Colin Percival FreeBSD Security Officer