Hall of Fame

• VServer project leader
• Kernel Hacker

• Creator of util-vserver the 'new' vserver tools
• having an eye on all the security aspects.
• maintaining util-vserver and keeping it up with the actual kernel developments.

• ngnet kernel development
• architectural design, code cleanup, bug hunting
• helping with the kernel cross compiling
• default configs

• alternative userspace implementation
• driving non-legacy development
• excellent gentoo support

• improving util-vserver and patching fs tools
• working on the vserver kernel, testing
• constantly providing useful information and
• helping folks out on the irc channel

The first company in the world to offer commercial virtual server hosting, as early as Sept. 2001.

• providing a dual Pentium 1GHz III for development. (2003-) (1.5 GB RAM, 2x 80 GB HDDs RAID1, unlimitted traffic)
• providing two Linux-VServers (vserver.13thfloor.at).
• sponsoring kernel development.
• using Linux-VServers

• providing a Sun Ultra 10 for development. (2004) (440 Mhz UltraSPARCIIi, 256MB RAM, 8GB HDD, unlimitted traffic)
• reporting and testing several quota hash issues
• using Linux-VServers

• providing a dual P 200MHz MMX for development. (2003-2004) complete with remote serial console and reset (using ssh key limited commands)
• using Linux-VServers and hanging around

• testing many development versions for stability
• enhancing and or requesting useful features
• sponsoring kernel development

• using Linux-Vservers
• donating money

• helping with vserver debugging (quota)
• donating money

• using Linux-Vservers
• testing on x86-64
• donating money

• using Linux-Vservers
• donating money

• using Linux-Vservers
• donating money

OpenHosting, Inc. is an innovative hosting company based in Vienna, VA, USA, and providing more affordable, scalable, manageable and secure hosting solutions by taking advantage of the latest technologies such as virtualization, load-balancing and clustering. OpenHosting's solutions are based around OpenVPS, an open source product in turn based on Linux VServer.

• using Linux-Vservers
• sponsoring kernel development

• providing a quad Pentium III Xeon for SMP testing. (2004-2005) complete with remote serial console and reset.
• testing and debugging 2.6/1.9.x versions
• sponsoring kernel development

Mosaix Communications, Inc. Founded in Dec 2002, Seattle, WA, USA providing Enhanced Private Network solutions which can significantly lower your ongoing IT costs, enhance security, connect your distributed enterprise, and provide unprecedented visibility and control of your network environment.

• Developing their next-generation network services based on Linux-VServer.
• donating money for ngnet development

• providing an Alpha PC 64 for testing. (2005-)

• providing an HT P4 for development (2005)
• including remote console (IBM)

• donating a replacement harddisk
• providing virtual coffee to the developers :]

• providing the linux-vserver.at domain
• constantly updating the wiki

• using Linux-VServer
• donating money

• doing a lot of detailed SMP vserver debugging
• compiling and testing hundreds of vserver kernels

• hunting down at least one vserver SMP race (uts_sem).
• releasing kernel patches used at [DesignerServers]
• coding up perl wrappers for vserver syscall.
• heavy testing of Linux-VServer.

• local loopback changes in development series.

• testing Linux-VServer on Sparc64.

• hunting down a bug in tcp_addr_conflict().

• helping to debug the hard to reproduce
• 'quotaoff hangs machine' issues.

• reporting the chmod() security issue which
• allowed to escape the chroot()

• proof reading linux-vserver papers
• beta testing experimental patches

• security auditing linux-vserver
• reporting yet another proc issue

• debugging several nfs related xid issues
• reporting and debugging a lot of other issues
• performance testing and feedback

• debugging und testing the alpha port (vs2.0)
• kernel and tools (including dietlibc)
• testing filesystem xid tagging and attributes
• testing COW link breaking
• testing vroot devices

• testing xid tagging, barrier and iunlink on
• all currently supported fs (ext2/3,xfs,reiserfs)

• spotting and reporting the first vs2.0 bug (missing setup of monolithic vroot device)

• helping to track down a nasty issue with vs2.x
• testing devel kernels

• helping with the 2.6.14 port and iattr cleanup

• tracking down a tricky vs2.x procfs issue

• isolating a nasty issue with the page fault array

• building the Fedora Core 4 kernels and util-vserver packages on x86_64