On Jun 22, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Jim Preston <jimli...@commspeed.net> wrote:
> On 06/22/2012 11:56 AM, Joel Esler wrote: >> Earlier this week we announced a new chapter for ClamAV with the departure >> of Tomasz Kojm, Alberto Wu, Luca Gibelli and Edwin Török. While we are sad >> to see them go, we are grateful for the contributions they have made and are >> committed to carrying on the project with the community in mind. >> >> As Tomasz mentioned in his own email, ClamAV just had its 10th birthday. >> Over the years we've been able to integrate ClamAV into our own product >> suite and it is now used by millions of mail filters, operating systems and >> millions of file scans per day. It's big, and we want it to be even bigger, >> with open source commitment at its core. >> >> So, now that we've begun this new chapter, I’d like to introduce you to some >> new members of the ClamAV team. These folks might be new to ClamAV, but they >> have been with the Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) for quite >> some time, and all have worked on other open source projects. Without >> further ado, they are: >> >> Matthew Olney is the project development lead for ClamAV and lead architect >> for the Razorback framework. Pulling from his experience as a network and >> security engineer, he’s also a detection specialist for Snort and a frequent >> contributor of signatures to the ClamAV engine itself. >> >> Ryan Pentney is the lead bytecode engine developer for ClamAV; a perfect >> complement to his role as lead developer for file format detection for the >> Razorback framework. He also is a contributor to both the Snort and ClamAV >> engines. >> >> Tom Judge has a strong background in systems and security operations. He is >> a FreeBSD committer, a lead developer for the Razorback framework and a >> long-time user of ClamAV. On the ClamAV development team, he concentrates on >> FireAMP integration, virtual machine interfacing and freshclam development. >> >> David Raynor is the core engine developer for ClamAV. He was a developer of >> a major scalable security system for the United States Department of >> Homeland Security before coming to Sourcefire. >> >> Nigel Houghton has been with Sourcefire as the lead of the Department of >> Intelligence Excellence for almost 10 years. Nigel has vast knowledge of >> programming, operating systems, administration, and security. His team is >> responsible for the ClamAV supporting infrastructure as well as releasing >> signature updates. >> >> As I mentioned, all of the above are members of the VRT, led by Matt >> Watchinski, who has overseen the ClamAV project since Sourcefire acquired it >> in 2007. We remain committed to continuing the open source nature of the >> project, pushing the growth of the project even farther. >> >> As always, you can reach us on the ClamAV Mailing lists found here: >> http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/ml/. We look forward to hearing your ideas and >> feedback. Thanks for using ClamAV and we look forward to working with you. >> >> >> > Joel, > > I was just thinking and came up with a general support question. Up to now, > most technical issues were addressed by Edwin and Tomaz or the community at > large. Who is going to be the main support personnel from now on? Keep emailing the ClamAV-users list. One of the new people listed above, or myself, will get back to you. Generally what I do is if I see a question go unanswered, I'll get someone one the answer for the user. Good question, but yes, basically, keep writing the list, we're all on here. Joel _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
