From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jul 22 09:34:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA03802 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:34:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bytor.rush.net (lynch@bytor.rush.net [209.45.245.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA03757 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:34:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Received: from localhost (lynch@localhost) by bytor.rush.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA02690; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:33:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:33:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Pat Lynch To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: andrewr , Eivind Eklund , Alexandre Snarskii , Garance A Drosihn , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Projects to improve security (related to C) In-Reply-To: <13797.901113122@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'd certainly get involved in this, I wonder if Al would as well =) =) =) ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > If the FreeBSD core members wish to do a full scale security > > audit, then, hey, make a call out for people who would like be on the > > 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 > 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? :-) > > - Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message