All, Our US Government sponsor plans to fund BAE Systems (formerly DigitalNet) to provide minimal maintenance and technical support to the open-source, freeware Certificate Management Library (CML), S/MIME Freeware Library (SFL), Access Control Library (ACL) and Enhanced SNACC (eSNACC) ASN.1 libraries during FY06. However, additional funds are required to enhance these libraries to meet the evolving requirements of the user community and to implement changes to the security standards required by the Government. Earlier this year, BAE Systems delivered a new release of the SFL, CML, ACL and eSNACC libraries which included support for new features such as the On-Line Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) and time stamp tokens. There is still a significant amount of valuable work that needs to be performed to enhance these libraries. Unless additional funds are provided by the Government and/or other customers, we will be unable to make any further significant enhancements to these libraries. The SFL, CML, ACL and eSNACC libraries are currently being used and are planned for use in many applications to meet Government security requirements. We believe enhancements for these security libraries are required in addition to basic maintenance support. If your organization requires enhancements to these libraries, please send me a message stating your requirements. If possible, please indicate the Government program that will be impacted if the enhancements are not made. I will forward this information to our Government sponsor to discuss possible funding options for your requirements. Also, please inform me if your organization is interested in obtaining additional enhancements and support for the aforementioned security libraries directly from BAE Systems. See http://www.DigitalNet.com/knowledge/sec_libraries.htm for information regarding the SFL, CML, ACL and eSNACC open-source, freeware libraries. Thank you for your consideration of this request. ============================= John Pawling BAE SYSTEMS Information Technology John.Pawling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 141 National Business Pkwy, Suite 210 Annapolis Junction, MD USA 20701 =============================
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