New Security Officer

[Steven Hartland]

Thanks Xin for all your hard work and welcome Gordan!

On 06/11/2017 07:50, Xin Li wrote:
> (bcc'ed to core@, developers@)
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm very please to announce that Gordon Tetlow (gordon@) has offered to
> take over as FreeBSD Security Officer, which the FreeBSD Core Team has
> approved.  Over the last few months, we have worked through the daily
> work for Security Officer tasks, and we feel confident that he will be a
> great Security Officer.
>
> Therefore, effective immediately, I'm stepping down as security officer.
>   I'll stay on the FreeBSD security team as Security Officer Emeritus for
> the time being.
>
> I would like to also take this opportunity to thank the current and
> previous members of the security team for their work during the last 3
> years.  Among these members, I'd like to specifically thank Gleb
> Smirnoff, who have been critical for the success of the team in 2016 and
> have contributed more than myself in drafting the advisories and ran
> everything with me when my availability have reduced; Glen Barber for
> his support from both clusteradm@ and re@ side and have worked on
> various freebsd-update builds for new FreeBSD releases and his
> contribution to the advisory drafts; and Remko Lodder who have worked as
> the secretary, helped with the advisories, and responded outside
> researchers in a timely manner.
>
> Thank you for all the support and bug reports you've provided over the
> years, and please join me in welcoming Gordon to his new role.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Xin Li <delphij at delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net
> Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
>