In recognition for his selfless contributions to the SELinux program, Mr. Russell Coker has been selected by board of the James and Charlotte Griffin Foundation to receive an unrestricted grant of US$1,000.00.

This grant is awarded to Mr. Coker on the basis of his significant contributions to the advancement of the National Security Agency's research program known as "Security Enhanced Linux" (SELinux). The extent and nature of Mr. Coker's voluntary contributions are exceptional for their scope, duration, and especially their quality. Specifically Mr. Coker has provided: 1) numerous patches to both the base code and to the policy configurations, 2) an additional distribution, i.e., Debian based SELinux, 3) material, extensive, and ongoing participation in the SELinux mailing list (25% of all messages), and 4) providing additional educational support to others with his presentations and his publicly available SELinux testbed. Mr. Coker has shared freely of his knowledge, talent, and time for the public good.

The Foundation also wishes to acknowledge the contributions of the National Security Agency (NSA), its employees and contractors, and the other active participants. Additionally, NSA is to be commended for their efforts in transferring the results of the SELinux research into the "commons" of public knowledge and for preserving and protecting this transfer through the adoption of the GNU General Public License for SELinux.

James A Griffin
Chairman
James and Charlotte Griffin Foundation

*Linux is a Registered Trade Mark of Linus Torvalds

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