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Date:      Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:21:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:      andrewr  <andrewr@slack.net>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Alexandre Snarskii <snar@paranoia.ru>, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Projects to improve security (related to C) 
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.980722102051.20700A-100000@brooklyn.slack.net>
In-Reply-To: <13797.901113122@time.cdrom.com>

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> 
> The FreeBSD core team members, by and large, already have TODO lists
> stretching well into next year.  Do we want an audit to happen?  Yes,
> of course.  Do we have time to do all the work ourselves or even
> actively lead such a project in day-to-day operations?  Probably not,
> no.  We've already gone through one security officer and another has
> come close to resigning several times due to lack of time (these
> people have real jobs too, you know!) - it is a real problem which

Very understandable. Time is something that everyone lacks.

> will only be mitigated by more USERS stepping up to the plate and
> becoming volunteers themselves.  They also need someone to lead them
> in this effort, probably more than one person, and this is also an
> area where users can contribute their time and energy.  Do I hear
> Andrew volunteering here? :-)

Hahah, Well. I could talk to some people about starting up a team, for I
do have some people in mind.  Is that good enough?

Andrew

> 
> - Jordan
> 


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