Report for new developer applicant: Berin Lautenbach <berin@ozemail.com.au> Summary: Accept 1. Background ------------- Berin writes: > Have tried to keep this short - so let me know if you need more > details. > > My day job is in computer security. Have covered a number of areas > including administering large scale firewall installations, ITSEC > evaluation and consultation in computer security and IT Risk > Management. ~ Currently working in IT Risk Management for one of the > banks in Australia. > > I first got involved in public domain software (prior to Open Source) > about 12 years ago when I was running a BBS in Canberra. The BBS was > mainly devoted to programming, and I wrote a number of packages for > Sysops that became used around the world. (Yabom - for mail > management, and Yatic for file distribution management.) > > My introduction to Linux was about 8 years ago with Slackware. Have > played with linux on and off over the years, but the bulk of my UNIX > experience is with SunOS and Solaris. Have heavily used Open Source > software just in general support of Solaris systems (Apache, SSL, SSH, > OpenSSH, Tripwire, MRTG, etc. etc. etc.) > > More recently, I started getting back into the development side of > Open Source when I started getting more into business style consulting in > security. Wanted to keep the technical side of things going, so > started looking at XML and the various emerging security standards. > Needed a linux distribution to work on at home, and discovered > Debian. Liked it a lot, but it didn't have some of the libraries I > used up to date. So started looking at what I could do to get them > packaged. Found myself really enjoying it, so thought maybe there > was more I could do there. > > What do I want to do? My real skillset lies in security. I have a > feeling that that area is very well covered off, but one never knows. > I've also done a bit in the programming area over time (currently > working on the Apache XML-Security-C library implementing the W3C > security standards). I think I can contribute in a number of areas on > both fronts. Also done a fair bit on general system admin over time. > > Why do I want to volunteer my time? First and foremost, I get a real > kick out of making things work. If I can do something useful to > others at the same time then why not? Secondly - I have used a relied on > Open Source software over the course of my career. It's helped me out > inumerable times. Again - maybe something I do can help someone else > out similarly. > > Finally - I honestly believe it's the best way to give people choice. > A healthy, vibrant Open Source community will make sure that whatever > commercial software is out there will always have competition. And > that's what makes the computer industry change and evolve. 2. Identification ----------------- Berin's key is signed by Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> pub 1024D/609CD2C0 2003-01-04 Berin Lautenbach <berin@ozemail.com.au> sig!3 36B861C1 2003-02-27 Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> sig!3 609CD2C0 2003-01-04 Berin Lautenbach <berin@ozemail.com.au> uid Berin Lautenbach (Private Use Key) <berin@ozemail.com.au> sig!3 36B861C1 2003-02-27 Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> sig!3 609CD2C0 2003-01-04 Berin Lautenbach <berin@ozemail.com.au> sub 1024g/8A4BF438 2003-01-04 sig! 609CD2C0 2003-01-04 Berin Lautenbach <berin@ozemail.com.au> 3. Philosophy and Procedures ----------------------------- Berin understands the Social Contract and the DFSG, agrees to abide by the DMUP, and answered all my P&P questions on the first try with extrememely knowledgable and comprehensive answers. 4. Tasks and Skills ------------------- Berin maintains the multi-binary `xalan' package in the archive (libapache-mod-xslt, libxalan1.2, libxalan1.2-dev, libxalan14, libxalan14-dev, libxalan14-doc, xalan). -- _ivan
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