Kathleen, Thank you for your work, and for creating a tool that's helped make the world a bit safer for everyone.
Cheers, Marcel On Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 8:48:26 AM UTC-8 Kathleen Wilson wrote: > All, > > When I started consulting for Mozilla in May of 2008, I had no idea that I > would end up running Mozilla’s root store for almost 16 years! Back then I > believed that the browser root store would become obsolete in a few years > as new solutions to web security were developed and widely adopted. I also > believed that working on the Firefox browser root store would be low-key, > non-stressful, and healthy for my brain. > > As it turns out, my job was healthy for my brain, but it was not as > low-key as I had hoped. Interesting situations kept popping up that caught > the attention of various researchers and reporters, making the job a bit > more public-facing than I had envisioned. These situations and the many > negotiations involved in updating policies and requirements led to a few > sleepless nights as my brain continued working overtime. In the end, my job > turned out to be very rewarding, and along the way I was given the > privilege of working with lots of talented people from all over the world. > > I truly appreciate all of the help, input, support, and encouragement that > so many of you provided to me throughout these years. You all are a big > part of the motivation behind me continuing to run Mozilla’s root store for > so long. I was also motivated by the belief that I was helping to keep the > web safe in an ever-changing threat landscape. I enjoyed working with you > all as we tackled the challenges facing the Web PKI. > > I wish you all the best, and hope that you all will continue to help keep > the web safe for everyone! With my departure, Ben Wilson will continue on > as Owner of Mozilla's CA Certificates > <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Modules/All#CA_Certificates> and CA Certificate > Policy > <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Modules/All#Mozilla_CA_Certificate_Policy> > modules. I am confident that he will continue to do a great job. > > In my retirement years, which begin on February 29, I look forward to > having fewer responsibilities and traveling more. > > Best Regards, > Kathleen Wilson > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "dev-security-policy@mozilla.org" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dev-security-policy+unsubscr...@mozilla.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-security-policy/87aba7f1-31f8-4607-99af-1226d9d7a4c7n%40mozilla.org.
