Bruce Schneier has released another excellent issue of his newsletter, which is a monthly must-read in the security field. It's available by e-mail subscription. View it (or subscribe) at: http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html But this issue (December 15th) also includes or links to a lot of very good material about Open Source and Free Software, especially this article: Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers! by David A. Wheeler, Dec. 14 2001 http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html This is a must-read for anyone engaging in Linux advocacy. Funny story about testing a company's physical security: http://www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2001/11/28_03.htm Vic A part of the solution: http://www.newearth.org/~victor/resume.html -- or -- http://members.home.com/vodhner/resume.html