Because people, are idiots, and like to attack others who do useful
things. Keep your head up.
RG
On 10/07/2013 02:48 AM, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote:
Hi, yeah, it is really me. I find it strange posting to misc,
starting an email thread. Normally I finish the threads here.
Most OpenBSD developers have known for a while, but I think it is
important to tell the greater community that I've been a bit busy for
about the last year. I have not been paying as much attention to
OpenBSD development as I'm expected to. Luckily, other developers
have done a great job keeping it on track.
Why? With a group of others, I started setting up an Internet
Exchange in Calgary, and this has taken much time because it is highly
politicized and has encountered some resistance.
http://yycix.ca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YYCIX_Internet_Exchange_Community_Ltd
Now, why do I mention this in relation to OpenBSD? Well, at the end
of 2007 someone decided to open an impersonation account on twitter in
my name, and start sending a mix of things I have said (see wikiquote
for instance), with things that I would never say. That account is
http://twitter.com/theoderaadt
A few notes: The account has now changed to declare that it is a
parody account and renamed to "Not Theo de Raadt", as of a few days
ago. If you read back into the past, you will see true character of
the account and the individual.
People in the local community were directed to the account, to give a
negative, if not slanderous, view of my character. The ones directing
them have high-profile roles in the community, so people would take
what they say as true. Since I am the network manager for the
exchange equipment, this by extension was meant to hurt YYCIX.
Why would stewards of important infrastructure projects deliberately
spread such false stories?
I will not mention names. I don't need to; many can dig a little and
figure out who those actors are. As a hint, search a little bit
higher.
Finally, one thing that particularily bothers me in the old postings
is the mention of my old friend Itojun, a very dedicated developer of
IPv6. As many of you know, he and John Postel are the only two
internet architects currently honoured on an annual basis by the
Internet Society in the form of an award.
http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/awards/itojun-service-award
Layers of hurt being thrown around. Why?
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