From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 30 20:20:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F42C16A400; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:20:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D43B643D49; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:20:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd5mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr6so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.182]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWY00D62J6UCWC0@l-daemon>; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:20:54 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml3so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.147]) by pd5mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWY003R8J6UJR00@pd5mr6so.prod.shaw.ca>; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:20:54 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.0.60] ([24.82.18.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWY006QCJ6TJY80@l-daemon>; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:20:54 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:20:53 -0800 From: Colin Percival To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Message-id: <442C3DA5.9010901@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) Cc: Subject: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:20:55 -0000 Dear FreeBSD users, Slightly more than three years ago, I released FreeBSD Update, my first major contribution to FreeBSD. Since then, I have become a FreeBSD committer, joined the FreeBSD Security Team, released Portsnap, and become the FreeBSD Security Officer. However, as I have gone from being a graduate student at Oxford University -- busy writing my thesis -- to a researcher at Simon Fraser University -- busy doing research and writing papers -- my "to do" list of FreeBSD-related work has continued growing, and I have now come to realize that some of the items on that list will probably never be finished until I get a chance to work full-time on FreeBSD. This is where you come in. I'm hoping to raise $15,000 Canadian (about US$13,000) to pay me to work full-time on FreeBSD for 16 weeks over the summer. This will allow me to devote more time to my role as FreeBSD Security Officer, perform a complete overhaul of FreeBSD Update, and make some significant improvements to Portsnap. Based on my estimates of the number of systems currently using Portsnap and FreeBSD Update (about 8500 and 4500 respectively based on my server logs) this works out to one US dollar per computer (or two dollars for systems using both Portsnap and FreeBSD Update); I don't think this is an unreasonable amount to ask for even if I only receive donations from people who are using Portsnap or FreeBSD Update. That said, if I don't reach my target for donations, I'll get as much work done within the time I have funds for before returning to other paying work (most likely at the university again). Donations can be sent by paypal to cperciva@freebsd.org; if you would prefer to send a cheque (which is probably only worthwhile for cheques in Canadian or US dollars), please contact me by email to obtain my mailing address. In either case, please let me know if you wish to remain anonymous. For more details, see http://people.freebsd.org/~cperciva/funding.html . Colin Percival From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 13:19:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 251FD16A424 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:19:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marko.lerota@optima-telekom.hr) Received: from redcloud.optima-telekom.hr (surf212.optima-telekom.hr [85.114.34.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE4FF43D4C for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:19:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marko.lerota@optima-telekom.hr) Received: (qmail 34292 invoked by uid 1001); 31 Mar 2006 13:19:53 -0000 To: Colin Percival Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEWgnbRLVpRNVY9jMRPh s21jSlEyNVX45Mv4zI+sbUclFAtMVpT8V0lFAAACZ0lEQVR4nG3Tv2vbQBQHcFMogWyeNeVK BLXGl5j6xnABOaNTuXFGmWpwtw519yj4soW6AatT4GKD3+aDZrl/rt/Tr9qlGiz7Pn7v3bsf HVc/NrIiSfElqH53GgijcCqzk/+AmBF5cN0DsFlIRGMh/oHuqxkTM6VlzB4EoZEs2aSZOASb EQJYZpweQshE697GTDndBXtgp9LIT9+OpDGHEfb9knk+nx+jfN1JCVZMCl6XwFm0a2EXztZD 3s4fj47ZbKI2VeBmJImeEfGLJ+M9sDPilX7IB5rN6sdfcGhuoHU+LC4nxfnI7YOJtdb95Gb+ fbgJ2uJ2ZgaA++f5ZzBqNCCYfMTd5q0BfBVNqm7I8gUjQ+YtXotRW6PH9AEj+dKs/KuNQAl5 o/NY+QkonW8aQAl0oXMYPvRiXIM4pRJifbXytnhTA8alBx/jefG2ar3DBlt34/PXz9M+nMVN iNaPUdCApJc2ItejOmLGoK1qQLV9pJmXBnL10DYoBA5aHNfj8ZNwZa5O4CzgTJeilKJmrQJs IHIt1/7/Sg2p3iq/Hz0/5W05rq4M9aN2B5FLohUP4ylVyfxhEIjAs8J4PhIJ9U+CEroogib5 BXAf7bB4vkfAzgPFt1tM9sJZAOH+lCexhwswuNtim4QTZdokqo4o89LkH7V6iFxICeqfp+Wh fmUuGPunLj2Meti6Cn4DjJ/UReROqR+aqawAi/JkfgKE64rrfkhjU8MtT8ivR4S5n6Yo08A7 HvgAlHDWRSGlNSDxwK9HtXy4FS2I60EdUIJM+Ut9OZNJG4CpbEQW1VBQoQoPuBw2EVa4P0u0 TgzQF+VoAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC In-Reply-To: <442C3DA5.9010901@freebsd.org> (Colin Percival's message of "Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:20:53 -0800") References: <442C3DA5.9010901@freebsd.org> Organization: Unix Users - Fanatics Dept. X-Request-PGP: X-GNUPG-Fingerprint: CF5E 6862 2777 A471 5D2E 0015 8DA6 D56D 17E5 2A51 From: Marko Lerota Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:19:53 +0200 Message-ID: <86fyky3g5i.fsf@redcloud.local> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.5-b25 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:19:58 -0000 Colin Percival writes: > Donations can be sent by paypal to cperciva@freebsd.org; if you would > prefer to send a cheque (which is probably only worthwhile for cheques > in Canadian or US dollars), please contact me by email to obtain my > mailing address. In either case, please let me know if you wish to > remain anonymous. Paypal doesn't work in all the countries, like here in Croatia where I'm from. So the rest of the 3rd world :), can't support anything about FreeBSD. I'd prefer if I can pay you with credit card without paypal. OpenBSD have it. So can you. -- One cannot sell the earth upon which the people walk Tacunka Witco From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 14:00:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C68016A401 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:00:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marko.lerota@optima-telekom.hr) Received: from redcloud.optima-telekom.hr (surf212.optima-telekom.hr [85.114.34.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E454D43D53 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:00:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marko.lerota@optima-telekom.hr) Received: (qmail 36809 invoked by uid 1001); 31 Mar 2006 14:00:37 -0000 To: Colin Percival , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEWgnbRLVpRNVY9jMRPh s21jSlEyNVX45Mv4zI+sbUclFAtMVpT8V0lFAAACZ0lEQVR4nG3Tv2vbQBQHcFMogWyeNeVK BLXGl5j6xnABOaNTuXFGmWpwtw519yj4soW6AatT4GKD3+aDZrl/rt/Tr9qlGiz7Pn7v3bsf HVc/NrIiSfElqH53GgijcCqzk/+AmBF5cN0DsFlIRGMh/oHuqxkTM6VlzB4EoZEs2aSZOASb EQJYZpweQshE697GTDndBXtgp9LIT9+OpDGHEfb9knk+nx+jfN1JCVZMCl6XwFm0a2EXztZD 3s4fj47ZbKI2VeBmJImeEfGLJ+M9sDPilX7IB5rN6sdfcGhuoHU+LC4nxfnI7YOJtdb95Gb+ fbgJ2uJ2ZgaA++f5ZzBqNCCYfMTd5q0BfBVNqm7I8gUjQ+YtXotRW6PH9AEj+dKs/KuNQAl5 o/NY+QkonW8aQAl0oXMYPvRiXIM4pRJifbXytnhTA8alBx/jefG2ar3DBlt34/PXz9M+nMVN iNaPUdCApJc2ItejOmLGoK1qQLV9pJmXBnL10DYoBA5aHNfj8ZNwZa5O4CzgTJeilKJmrQJs IHIt1/7/Sg2p3iq/Hz0/5W05rq4M9aN2B5FLohUP4ylVyfxhEIjAs8J4PhIJ9U+CEroogib5 BXAf7bB4vkfAzgPFt1tM9sJZAOH+lCexhwswuNtim4QTZdokqo4o89LkH7V6iFxICeqfp+Wh fmUuGPunLj2Meti6Cn4DjJ/UReROqR+aqawAi/JkfgKE64rrfkhjU8MtT8ivR4S5n6Yo08A7 HvgAlHDWRSGlNSDxwK9HtXy4FS2I60EdUIJM+Ut9OZNJG4CpbEQW1VBQoQoPuBw2EVa4P0u0 TgzQF+VoAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC In-Reply-To: <442D2FC7.9050105@iang.org> (Ian G.'s message of "Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:33:59 +0200") References: <442C3DA5.9010901@freebsd.org> <86fyky3g5i.fsf@redcloud.local> <442D2FC7.9050105@iang.org> Organization: Unix Users - Fanatics Dept. X-Request-PGP: X-GNUPG-Fingerprint: CF5E 6862 2777 A471 5D2E 0015 8DA6 D56D 17E5 2A51 From: Marko Lerota Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:00:37 +0200 Message-ID: <86bqvm3e9m.fsf@redcloud.local> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.5-b25 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Subject: Re: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:00:48 -0000 Ian G writes: > In terms of cross-border payments, this is always > difficult. You might want to look at one of the > cross-border specialists like Kagi.com or > moneybookers.com or the digital gold currencies. OK, thanks. But it's not only the Colin issue. The FreeBSD project also can't be sponsored from here. -- One cannot sell the earth upon which the people walk Tacunka Witco From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 19:09:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A130A16A401 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:09:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dean@glasistre.hr) Received: from ls405.htnet.hr (ls405.htnet.hr [195.29.150.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C44D943D6A for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:09:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dean@glasistre.hr) Received: from ls401.t-com.hr (ls401.t-com.hr [195.29.150.236]) by ls405.htnet.hr (0.0.0/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2VJ9Twi026715 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:09:29 +0200 Received: from ls401.t-com.hr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ls401.t-com.hr (Qmlai) with ESMTP id 620FB70004 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:09:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Envelope-Sender: dean@glasistre.hr Received: from 83-131-194-227.adsl.net.t-com.hr (83-131-194-227.adsl.net.t-com.hr [83.131.194.227]) by ls401.t-com.hr (Qmlai) with ESMTP id 3A2D0A800C for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:09:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Dean Benazic Organization: Glas Istre To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:08:23 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <442C3DA5.9010901@freebsd.org> <442D2FC7.9050105@iang.org> <86bqvm3e9m.fsf@redcloud.local> In-Reply-To: <86bqvm3e9m.fsf@redcloud.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603312108.23268.dean@glasistre.hr> Subject: Re: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:09:36 -0000 On Friday 31 March 2006 16:00, Marko Lerota wrote: > Ian G writes: > > In terms of cross-border payments, this is always > > difficult. =A0You might want to look at one of the > > cross-border specialists like Kagi.com or > > moneybookers.com or the digital gold currencies. > > OK, thanks. But it's not only the Colin issue. The FreeBSD project > also can't be sponsored from here. Right! I have this problem too, and also think like Marko. =2D-=20 Dean Benazic www.glasistre.hr www.butiga.com.hr From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 1 01:18:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70EB616A401 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 01:18:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsdlists@elitists.org) Received: from gv.elitists.org (gv.elitists.org [64.40.88.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E03A43D45 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 01:18:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsdlists@elitists.org) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (h202.elitists.org [64.40.88.202]) by gv.elitists.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75EC51D6FF for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:19:10 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <442DD500.2090701@elitists.org> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:18:56 -0600 From: "F. Even - freebsd-security" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org References: <20060331120045.6814B16A565@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060331120045.6814B16A565@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: freebsd-security Digest, Vol 154, Issue 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:18:59 -0000 freebsd-security-request@freebsd.org wrote: > Send freebsd-security mailing list submissions to > freebsd-security@freebsd.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-security-request@freebsd.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-security-owner@freebsd.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-security digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fundraising for FreeBSD security development (Colin Percival) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:20:53 -0800 > From: Colin Percival > Subject: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <442C3DA5.9010901@freebsd.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear FreeBSD users, > > Slightly more than three years ago, I released FreeBSD Update, my first > major contribution to FreeBSD. Since then, I have become a FreeBSD > committer, joined the FreeBSD Security Team, released Portsnap, and > become the FreeBSD Security Officer. However, as I have gone from > being a graduate student at Oxford University -- busy writing my thesis > -- to a researcher at Simon Fraser University -- busy doing research > and writing papers -- my "to do" list of FreeBSD-related work has > continued growing, and I have now come to realize that some of the > items on that list will probably never be finished until I get a chance > to work full-time on FreeBSD. > > This is where you come in. I'm hoping to raise $15,000 Canadian (about > US$13,000) to pay me to work full-time on FreeBSD for 16 weeks over the > summer. This will allow me to devote more time to my role as FreeBSD > Security Officer, perform a complete overhaul of FreeBSD Update, and > make some significant improvements to Portsnap. > > Based on my estimates of the number of systems currently using Portsnap > and FreeBSD Update (about 8500 and 4500 respectively based on my server > logs) this works out to one US dollar per computer (or two dollars for > systems using both Portsnap and FreeBSD Update); I don't think this is > an unreasonable amount to ask for even if I only receive donations > from people who are using Portsnap or FreeBSD Update. That said, if > I don't reach my target for donations, I'll get as much work done within > the time I have funds for before returning to other paying work (most > likely at the university again). > > Donations can be sent by paypal to cperciva@freebsd.org; if you would > prefer to send a cheque (which is probably only worthwhile for cheques > in Canadian or US dollars), please contact me by email to obtain my > mailing address. In either case, please let me know if you wish to > remain anonymous. > > For more details, see http://people.freebsd.org/~cperciva/funding.html . > > Colin Percival I'm just curious, is there any particular reason this wouldn't be or couldn't be facilitated through the FreeBSD Foundation? http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ Thanks, Frank From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 1 01:23:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85AEA16A400 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 01:23:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsdlists@elitists.org) Received: from gv.elitists.org (gv.elitists.org [64.40.88.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34FF543D48 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 01:23:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsdlists@elitists.org) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (h202.elitists.org [64.40.88.202]) by gv.elitists.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED74B1D6FF for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:23:43 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <442DD612.1080401@elitists.org> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:23:30 -0600 From: "F. Even - freebsd-security" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org References: <20060331120045.6814B16A565@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060331120045.6814B16A565@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:23:38 -0000 ...sorry for spamming the list, didn't fix the subject, etc. from my digest response in the last one. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:20:53 -0800 > From: Colin Percival > Subject: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <442C3DA5.9010901@freebsd.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear FreeBSD users, > > Slightly more than three years ago, I released FreeBSD Update, my first > major contribution to FreeBSD. Since then, I have become a FreeBSD > committer, joined the FreeBSD Security Team, released Portsnap, and > become the FreeBSD Security Officer. However, as I have gone from > being a graduate student at Oxford University -- busy writing my thesis > -- to a researcher at Simon Fraser University -- busy doing research > and writing papers -- my "to do" list of FreeBSD-related work has > continued growing, and I have now come to realize that some of the > items on that list will probably never be finished until I get a chance > to work full-time on FreeBSD. > > This is where you come in. I'm hoping to raise $15,000 Canadian (about > US$13,000) to pay me to work full-time on FreeBSD for 16 weeks over the > summer. This will allow me to devote more time to my role as FreeBSD > Security Officer, perform a complete overhaul of FreeBSD Update, and > make some significant improvements to Portsnap. > > Based on my estimates of the number of systems currently using Portsnap > and FreeBSD Update (about 8500 and 4500 respectively based on my server > logs) this works out to one US dollar per computer (or two dollars for > systems using both Portsnap and FreeBSD Update); I don't think this is > an unreasonable amount to ask for even if I only receive donations > from people who are using Portsnap or FreeBSD Update. That said, if > I don't reach my target for donations, I'll get as much work done within > the time I have funds for before returning to other paying work (most > likely at the university again). > > Donations can be sent by paypal to cperciva@freebsd.org; if you would > prefer to send a cheque (which is probably only worthwhile for cheques > in Canadian or US dollars), please contact me by email to obtain my > mailing address. In either case, please let me know if you wish to > remain anonymous. > > For more details, see http://people.freebsd.org/~cperciva/funding.html . > > Colin Percival I'm just curious, is there any particular reason this wouldn't be or couldn't be facilitated through the FreeBSD Foundation? http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ Thanks, Frank From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 1 21:06:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEDEA16A420 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:06:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CAC943D68 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:06:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IX200DB8ANBRP00@l-daemon> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:06:47 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IX200JJ9ANBY010@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:06:47 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.0.60] ([24.82.18.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IX2004FXANAHBB0@l-daemon> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:06:47 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 13:07:12 -0800 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <442DD612.1080401@elitists.org> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Message-id: <442EEB80.2070508@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 References: <20060331120045.6814B16A565@hub.freebsd.org> <442DD612.1080401@elitists.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) Subject: Re: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:06:52 -0000 F. Even - freebsd-security wrote: > I'm just curious, is there any particular reason this wouldn't be or > couldn't be facilitated through the FreeBSD Foundation? > > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ There are a few reasons. First, the Foundation doesn't have unlimited money, and if I can raise funds on my own, they'll be able to spend more on things like bringing developers to conferences. Second, both FreeBSD Update and Portsnap are very tangible and self-contained -- people who benefit from my work in this area are probably very aware that they're using these tools, in contrast to more fundamental work like adding SMP locking to the network subsystem (which is extremely important, but not nearly as obvious). Third, phk and andre raised funds in the summers of 2004 and 2005 respectively, so I more or less followed their lead. :-) That said, if I come close to, but do not reach, my target, I'll ask the Foundation if they can make up the difference. Colin Percival