====== FreeBSD Ports Security Team ======

The %%FreeBSD%% Ports Security Team is formed to provide rapid response to security incidents that affects the %%FreeBSD%% ports collection and protect the %%FreeBSD%% user community by keeping the community informed of bugs, exploits, popular attacks, and other risks.

====== Responsibilities ======

The responsibilities of the %%FreeBSD%% Ports Security Team include:

  * Keeping community informed of bugs that affects %%FreeBSD%% ports collection.
  * Help other committers in preparing %%VuXML%% entries regarding security vulnerabilities.
  * Resolving software bugs that affect the security of %%FreeBSD%% ports collection in a timely fashion.
  * Maintaining the latest quarterly branch to make sure they receive same security updates as development trunk does.
  * Monitoring the appropriate channels for reports of bugs, exploits, and other circumstances that may affect the security of a port in the %%FreeBSD%% ports collection.

====== Team ======

  * DimaPanov
  * JochenNeumeister
  * ThomasZander (riggs@)

This list should be kept in sync with the [[https://www.freebsd.org/administration.html#t-ports-secteam|Project Administration page]].

====== Contact ======

  * <ports-secteam@FreeBSD.org>

====== Authorities ======

The Security Officer has delegated power subject to accountability constraints, and the ports security team members are accountable to the Security Officer Team in the use of this power:

  * Expedited commits: The ports security team is may forgo maintainership of individual ports.

The Ports Management Team has granted implicit approval for the Ports Security Team to the latest quarterly branch for security related updates.

====== Structure ======

The %%FreeBSD%% Ports Security Team members are volunteers selected by the Security Officer from active ports committers who have made commits in
the ports tree in the last 90 days.  Team members are accountable to the Security Officer and to the Ports Management Team.

The Ports Security Team members are expected to remain active in their duties.

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