Greetings,
Below is the first press release regarding the BSD Certification Group.
We will be developing the new BSD Certification initiative throughout
the coming months. As more news on this certification becomes available
we will provide you with the details.
I will be happy to provide further background on the BSD Certification Group. Please indicate a request for interview in the subject line.
Please distribute through your normal channels.
Thanks and Kind Regards,
Dru Lavigne
dru@isecom.org
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March 15, 2005
BSD Certification Group Takes Initiative
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.