New FreeBSD Security Officer

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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