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FreeBSD becoming NIST FIPS 140-3 compliant

A key component for FreeBSD becoming NIST FIPS 140-3 compliant was completed when FreeBSD upgraded from OpenSSL 3.0 to 3.5. One of the other requirements for FIPS 140-3 (and post-quantum cryptography) is having sufficient random entropy in the system to generate sufficiently random numbers. NIST SP800-90B provides some guidelines on how to achieve that…

• https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2026-April/006201.html

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PS: This strikes me as a significant development, which is why I am posting it here

[CiotBSD]

Ottawa FreeBSD Developer Summit, June 17-18, 2026

This two-day summit will be co-located with the 22nd Annual BSDCan, which will run until June 20, 2026, in Ottawa, Canada. The summit will include developer discussion sessions, vendor talks, and working groups. Registration is now open. Please feel free to add yourself and anyone else wishing to attend to the lists below. Note that the developer summit is open to everyone and (unlike some previous years) no invitation is required; but non-developers may not have write access to the wiki.

• https://wiki.freebsd.org/DevSummit/202606

[grahamperrin]

@bigsneakyduck noted:

Nicholas Carlini from Anthropic is giving a talk on LLM-driven kernel vulnerability research! Obviously there will be hype and counter-hype, but will be interesting to hear what he has to say about the vulnerabilities found by Claude Mythos Preview.

[grahamperrin]

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We’re proud to support the UN Open Source Principles as an endorser through Open Source United.

Open source succeeds because of the people and organizations committed to building technology openly, sharing knowledge, and supporting long-term sustainability across the ecosystem. We’re honored to stand alongside other organizations supporting these principles.

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United Nations Open Source Principles | Open Source United Portal

• the FreeBSD Foundation is amongst the organisations.

The UN Open Source Principles are comprised of eight guidelines and provide a framework to guide the use, development and sharing of open source software across the organization.

The eight principles

1 - Open by Default

Making open source the standard approach for projects.

2 - Contribute back

Encouraging active participation in the open source ecosystem.

3 - Secure by Design

Making security a priority in all software projects.

4 - Foster inclusive participation

Enabling and faciliating diverse and inclusive contributions.

5 - Design for reusability

Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems.

6 - Provide documentation

Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers.

7 - RISE (recognize, incentivize, support, empower)

Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate.

8 - Sustain and scale

Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond.

[CiotBSD]

⇒ FreeBSD Foundation Travel Grant Policy

The FreeBSD Foundation provides Travel Grants for those who need assistance to attend conferences related to FreeBSD development and advocacy. FreeBSD developers and other community members (committers, kernel hackers, ports maintainers, documentation authors, bugbusters, system administrators, etc.) are eligible to apply.

Grant applications typically become available on our web site about 3–4 months before the conference, with an application deadline set at approximately 6–7 weeks before the event. Applications will not be available after the deadline passes. All applications will be reviewed at the close of the application period. Grantees will be notified within two weeks of the application deadline.

• https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/grants/travel-grants/