Hello Everyone! It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve as the FreeBSD Security Officer for the past 3+ years. With the crucial support of the FreeBSD Security Team members, a lot has been accomplished: hundreds of security issues have been researched and tracked, with some resulting in security advisories and patches; software in the Ports Collection are updated more quickly to remove vulnerabilities; flaws are well-documented in the Vulnerabilities and Exposures Markup Language (VuXML); communication with other software and hardware vendors, security researchers, and emergency response organizations has grown greatly; and the FreeBSD Security Branches are now supported for much longer period of time over a greater number of releases. I'd like to thank the members of the security team over the past few years for these accomplishments: Eivind Eklund, Julian Elischer, Chris Faulhaber, Bill Fumerola, Daniel Harris, Trevor Johnson, Remko Lodder, Simon Nielsen, Christian Peron, Wes Peters, Josef El-Rayes, Tom Rhodes, Gregory Shapiro, Bruce Simpson, Dag- Erling Sm?rgrav, and Robert Watson. Several of our previous security officers have also given much help: Kris Kennaway, Warner Losh, and Guido van Rooij. 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. Colin has been a FreeBSD committer since January 2004, and has been an energetic member of the FreeBSD Security Team for most of that time. He is well-known for his software creations "FreeBSD Update", "portsnap", and "bsdiff"; as well as his paper published earlier this year, "Cache Missing for Fun and Profit" <URL:http:// www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf>. I have no doubt that he will do an outstanding job fulfilling the FreeBSD Security Officer's charter. Thanks for everyone's support over the years, and please extend the same and more for Colin! Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
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
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Jacques Vidrine wrote:> It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve as the FreeBSD Security > Officer for the past 3+ years. With the crucial support of the FreeBSD > Security Team members, a lot has been accomplished: hundreds of security > issues have been researched and tracked, with some resulting in security > advisories and patches; software in the Ports Collection are updated > more quickly to remove vulnerabilities; flaws are well-documented in > the Vulnerabilities and Exposures Markup Language (VuXML); communication > with other software and hardware vendors, security researchers, and > emergency response organizations has grown greatly; and the FreeBSD > Security Branches are now supported for much longer period of time over > a greater number of releases. I'd like to thank the members of the > security team over the past few years for these accomplishments: > Eivind Eklund, Julian Elischer, Chris Faulhaber, Bill Fumerola, Daniel > Harris, Trevor Johnson, Remko Lodder, Simon Nielsen, Christian Peron, > Wes Peters, Josef El-Rayes, Tom Rhodes, Gregory Shapiro, Bruce Simpson, > Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav, and Robert Watson. Several of our previous > security officers have also given much help: Kris Kennaway, Warner Losh, > and Guido van Rooij.Jacques, Just wanted to let you know that the FreeBSD community greatly appreciates the work you've put in over the last few years. Your work has been invaluable! Thanks, Robert N M Watson
In message <CADA95E7-71A9-485F-B262-FE859316A4C3@freebsd.org>, Jacques Vidrine writes:> Hello Everyone! > > It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve as the FreeBSD > Security Officer for the past 3+ years. With the crucial support of[...]> Thanks for everyone's support over the years, and please extend the > same and more for Colin! Cheers, > -- > Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org>Jacques, I'd like to express my appreciation for all the work you have done as the FreeBSD Security Officer. Thank you. Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> Web: http://www.komquats.com and http://www.bcbodybuilder.com FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org BC Government: <Cy.Schubert@gov.bc.ca> "Lift long enough and I believe arrogance is replaced by humility and fear by courage and selfishness by generosity and rudeness by compassion and caring." -- Dave Draper