Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:58:34 -0500 From: Jacques Vidrine <nectar@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: New FreeBSD Security Officer Message-ID: <CADA95E7-71A9-485F-B262-FE859316A4C3@freebsd.org>
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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" <URL:http://=20 www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf>. 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 <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
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