On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:57 PM, noah pugsley <noah.pugs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Slander aside, pretty cool news. I do have one stupid question though, > what does the 'yy' in yycix stand for? > > On 10/6/13, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote: > > Hi, yeah, it is really me. I find it strange posting to misc, > > starting an email thread. Normally I finish the threads here. > > > > Most OpenBSD developers have known for a while, but I think it is > > important to tell the greater community that I've been a bit busy for > > about the last year. I have not been paying as much attention to > > OpenBSD development as I'm expected to. Luckily, other developers > > have done a great job keeping it on track. > > > > Why? With a group of others, I started setting up an Internet > > Exchange in Calgary, and this has taken much time because it is highly > > politicized and has encountered some resistance. > > > > http://yycix.ca > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YYCIX_Internet_Exchange_Community_Ltd > > > > Now, why do I mention this in relation to OpenBSD? Well, at the end > > of 2007 someone decided to open an impersonation account on twitter in > > my name, and start sending a mix of things I have said (see wikiquote > > for instance), with things that I would never say. That account is > > http://twitter.com/theoderaadt > > > > A few notes: The account has now changed to declare that it is a > > parody account and renamed to "Not Theo de Raadt", as of a few days > > ago. If you read back into the past, you will see true character of > > the account and the individual. > > > > People in the local community were directed to the account, to give a > > negative, if not slanderous, view of my character. The ones directing > > them have high-profile roles in the community, so people would take > > what they say as true. Since I am the network manager for the > > exchange equipment, this by extension was meant to hurt YYCIX. > > > > Why would stewards of important infrastructure projects deliberately > > spread such false stories? > > > > I will not mention names. I don't need to; many can dig a little and > > figure out who those actors are. As a hint, search a little bit > > higher. > > > > Finally, one thing that particularily bothers me in the old postings > > is the mention of my old friend Itojun, a very dedicated developer of > > IPv6. As many of you know, he and John Postel are the only two > > internet architects currently honoured on an annual basis by the > > Internet Society in the form of an award. > > > > > http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/awards/itojun-service-award > > > > Layers of hurt being thrown around. Why? > > YYC is the IATA code for Calgary airport. Taru
