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Hello,<br>
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This was included in last weeks newsletter, but as the deadline is
three days away, it needs some extra attention:<br>
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<p><span>Google Summer of Code ( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://code.google.com/soc/">http://code.google.com/soc/</a> ) is
a nice opportunity for higher education students to spend
their summers productively by coding in open source software
projects. This time BalaBit participates in GSoC with the help
of the <a href="http://www.opensuse.org/">openSUSE</a>
project. If you are interested in enhancing <a
href="http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/overview">syslog-ng</a>
or <a
href="http://www.balabit.com/network-security/zorp-gpl/overview">Zorp</a>,
please see our project ideas on the openSUSE ideas page: <a
href="http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#syslog-ng">http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#syslog-ng</a>
and <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#Zorp">http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#Zorp</a></span></p>
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<p><strong>Why it is worth attending?</strong><br>
- You can have a lifetime experience<br>
- It looks good in your CV<br>
- If you need documentation from Google to provide to your
school so you can obtain course credit, you can get it – after
the positive final evaluation from your mentor<br>
- You can earn 5000 USD for a 3 months student job</p>
<p><strong>When can I apply?</strong><br>
The deadline is 6th April (Friday) 2012, 19:00 UTC.</p>
<p><strong>Who can apply?</strong><br>
- Students, 18 years of age or older on or before April 23,
2012.<br>
Google defines a student as an individual enrolled in or
accepted into an accredited institution including (but not
necessarily limited to) colleges, universities, masters
programs, PhD programs and undergraduate programs. You are
eligible to apply if you are enrolled in an accredited
pre-university educational program provided you meet all of the
other eligibility requirements.<br>
More details: <a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#age_restrictions">http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#age_restrictions</a></p>
<p><strong>How to apply?</strong><br>
- Please discuss your application first with the project mentor
(syslog-ng: Gergely Nagy <a href="mailto:algernon@balabit.hu"
rel="nofollow">algernon@balabit.hu</a>, Zorp: Szilard Pfeiffer
<a href="mailto:coroner@balabit.hu">coroner@balabit.hu</a>) and
then apply at Google at <a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/">http://www.google-melange.com/
</a>and introduce yourself on the opensuse-project mailing list<a
href="https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/">
(http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/ </a>)<br>
- Please also attach a test exercise (depends on the project you
apply to) a log of a successful <strong>syslog-ng</strong> 3.3
compilation from source/a log of a successful <strong>Zorp</strong>
3.9.5 compilation from source. An even more interesting thing
would be if applicants already tried the Zorp virtual machines
in advance, to get familiar with the software.</p>
<p><strong>When I will be informed about further details?</strong><br>
On 23rd April the accepted student proposals announced on the
Google Summer of Code 2012 site.<br>
<a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline">For
further timeline, please visit </a><a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline">http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline</a></p>
<p>In case of any questions, please visit the Google Summer of
Code 2012 Frequently Asked Questions site: <a
href="http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#">http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#</a></p>
<p>We wish you good luck, and hope to hear from you soon!</p>
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(this page is the current content of
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2012/03/gsoc-wants-you-to-code-syslog-ngzorp-in-the-summer/">http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2012/03/gsoc-wants-you-to-code-syslog-ngzorp-in-the-summer/</a>
, which hold more recent information later on).<br>
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Bye,<br>
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Peter Czanik (CzP) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:czanik@balabit.hu"><czanik@balabit.hu></a>
BalaBit IT Security / syslog-ng upstream
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/">http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/</a>
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