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On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Juergen Schmidt <juergen.schm...@sun.com> wrote: > +1 > > Malte Timmermann wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> security is a really important topic, and it should get better >> visibility/attention on OOo. >> >> And it's currently in focus, as you can see on >> http://blogs.sun.com/malte/entry/comments_on_the_black_hat >> >> I thought it would be a good idea to start a security project, which >> could take care for security and privacy related things long term. >> >> I would like to ask all of you to support and to vote for this new >> project, as proposed below. >> >> Best, >> Malte. >> >> >> ---------------------------------- >> >> >> MISSION STATEMENT >> >> The goal of the security project is to work on security and privacy >> related improvements and features in OpenOffice.org. >> >> Solutions need to be analyzed and discussed in a wider audience, before >> implementations in OpenOffice.org start. >> >> >> PROJECT PROPOSAL >> >> Members of the security project will help improving OpenOffice.org >> security and privacy by identifying possible security and privacy issues >> and by elaborating solutions. >> >> This includes general topics like encryption, password handling, digital >> signatures and certificate handling. >> >> The solution won't necessarily be implemented by members of the security >> team. Members of the project have some skills in the area of security >> and privacy, but don't necessarily need to be very familiar with the >> OpenOffice.org code base. >> >> The Security Project should also work on security and privacy issues >> with regard to the OpenOffice.org web site. >> >> This project supplements the efforts of the OpenOffice.org security team >> and will not supersede it. Undisclosed security vulnerabilities will >> still be handled by the security team alone, as well as the security >> bulletins and alerts, because such information can not be disclosed in >> advance to members of a project where everybody can join. >> >> As a long term goal, the security project could do some deeper security >> investigations in the existing code base, or elaborate some security >> related guidelines for developers. >> >> We invite the OpenOffice.org community to join the project and help >> us ensure that OpenOffice.org remains safe and reliable for all users. >> >> >> PROJECT LEAD: >> >> Malte Timmermann, Technical Architect Software Engineering, Sun >> Microsystems. >> >> Co-Leads: >> tbd. >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org > > -- Wunna Ko ------------------------------------------- Get Paid To Read Emails. Free To Join Now! http://www.emailcashpro.com/?source=Email&r=onlinestore --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
