Subj : Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to invest in Samba improvements
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From : LWN.net
Date : Fri Sep 13 2024 19:00:06

Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to invest in Samba improvements

Date:
Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:47:27 +0000

Description:
Germany's Sovereign
Tech Fund (STF) has agreed to invest 688,800 to improve the security, 
stability, and functionality of Samba . The investment will take
place over three years and will be managed by SerNet , a company that
employs several Samba core developers and offers support for
Samba. According to its announcement ,
work has already begun and is expected to complete in 2026: The project's 
focus is on areas like transparent failover, SMB3 UNIX
extensions, and modern security protocols such as SMB over QUIC. These
improvements are designed to ensure that Samba remains a robust and
secure solution for organizations that rely on a sovereign IT
infrastructure that is as independent as possible of proprietary
software regimes, but including optimal interoperability.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/990264/


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