[ISECOM-news] BSD certification group

[Pete H. <pe...@is...>]

Anyone else see this?  The very same Dru Lavigne who runs the ISECOM
Open Protocol Resource Project (http://www.isecom.org/oprp/) is part of
the new BSD Certification Group.  If you work with BSD- check it out!
See they even quote her in the press release:

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March 15, 2005

Today, the BSD Certification Group officially announces their website
and group focused in the creation of BSD certification. The public
website is at http://www.bsdcertification.org/.

A number of BSD developers, systems administrators and advocates have
come together to begin the first steps in the creation of a standard
BSD certification. Today marks the official launch of their public
website at http://www.bsdcertification.org/.

The BSDs, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and DragonflyBSD, are
mature operating systems based on the original Unix developed at
University of Berkeley, California.  BSD powers global Internet service
provider infrastructures, and BSD userland applications are familiar to
those running Apple's OS X operating system.  BSD tools like OpenSSH are
used to securely access remote systems, and many TCP/IP stacks are
derived from BSD.

"While some may feel that a BSD certification would just replicate the
problems that other certifications have created, namely lack of
experience masked by a piece of paper, the committee is convinced that
with the proper preparation and testing criteria, a tiered BSD
certification process can demonstrate real-world proficiency as well as
provide a goal for those just beginning their systems and network
administration career," said Dru Lavigne, networking and Unix instructor
and the chair for the group.

The BSD Certification Group looks to bring together the BSD projects,
important vendors, educational institutions and beyond to work to make
this project a success.

The group invites all who are interested to subscribe to the public BSD
certification mailing list at
http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert.