On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Peter Bex wrote:

:Hello all,
:
:I just mailed Jann Schaumann about the Google `Summer of Code' contest.
:I would like to try my hand at the implementation of a BSD privacy guard,
:but I'm afraid this project would be a bit too big to do in the short
:timespan of the contest.  Also, I don't really have knowledge on
:cryptography yet.  Are the algorithms difficult to implement?
:
:Jan advised me to send a mail to this list, since he wasn't sure if it
:could be done.
:
:Regards,
:Peter
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:http://www.student.kun.nl/peter.bex
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:"The process of preparing programs for a digital computer
: is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically
: and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic
: experience much like composing poetry or music."

As a side note, and I'm not sure how interested you all are in doing this, 
FreeBSD put up a 'summer of code' project list that is more specific to 
their project.  Not sure how useful it will be or if you all want to do 
the same, but figured I'd pass that info along.  The URL to the page is:

  http://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode.html

Cheers,
Andrew

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Andrew R. Reiter
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