From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Kees Cook Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 21:14:12 -0800 Message-ID: To: Tech Board Discuss Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org Subject: [Ksummit-discuss] TAB nomination List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi, I'm volunteering to stand for election to the TAB. My primary concern for the kernel is security. I've been a member of the security@kernel.org response team for 5 years, and I've been herding cats with the Kernel Self-Protection Project for 3 years. I have frequently worked kernel-wide across many subsystems, or many architectures, when helping landing various security defenses. This cross-maintainer work is a unique social and technical challenge, and the topic of "security" is a similarly wide and unique challenge. I'd like to represent both of these concerns on the TAB. In addition to being an active kernel developer and maintainer, I also bring several "downstream" perspectives on how the kernel is consumed. I understand the concerns of a general purpose distro, having worked on Ubuntu for 5 years. More recently, I know the demands of special purpose device vendors, having worked on Chrome OS, Brillo, and Android over the last 7 years. I was a reluctant supporter of the Code of Conflict (it did not go far enough), but I was even more unhappy with the sudden Code of Conduct (due to lack of decision transparency and potential for very counter-intuitive interpretations). I am, however, a fan of the base intent and the recent clarifications: I've not enjoyed the times I've been yelled at by Linus, and I have not liked seeing other toxic interactions in the community. I'd like to help make sure the TAB continues to support a positive social dynamic for contributors to the kernel, stays up front about these kinds of changes going forward, and that it is not unduly influenced by external forces. Thanks for your consideration, -Kees -- Kees Cook