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[javaee-security-spec users] [jsr375-experts] Re: Poll: Name for the RI

From: Adam Bien <abien_at_adam-bien.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:04:27 +0100

+1 for heimdall.
> On 18.01.2016, at 15:00, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Rudy De Busscher <rdebusscher_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Soteria, Olin or Heimdall
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> Securitas is a security company in Belgium by the way :)
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> In the Netherlands as well ;)
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> Current list:
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> * Securitas
> * Soteria +2
> * Olin +1
> * Placoderm
> * Heimdall +1
> * OmegaSupreme
> * Omega-S
> * Skyfeather
> * JAAS-EE
> * Amsterdam
> * Copenhagen
> * Jyväskylä
> * Jiangshan
> * Bennekom
> * Blois
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> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 4:30 PM, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> We still haven't got a name for the RI project, Werner pitched some terms earlier. I'd like to propose a poll to come up with such name. So far we have:
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> * "Securitas" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas, a Roman deity of security and safety (though there are of course at least 2 companies by that name, one in Sweden, the other here in Switzerland)
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> * "Soteria" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soteria_(mythology), Greek godess of safety and preservation from harm.
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> * "Olin" https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hl%C3%ADn.
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> * "Placoderm" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placoderm
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> Some additional ideas:
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> * "Heimdall" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimdallr Norse mythology, also known from comics and sci-fi, guardian of Asgard.
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> * "OmegaSupreme" Guardian from G1 transformers continuity, perhaps shorten to "Omega-S", where the S could even be taken to mean "Security".
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> * "Skyfeather" http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skyfeather_(G1) Another G1 transformer; one of the more unknown protectobots, the shield of God Guardian.
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> * "JAAS-EE" Completely wrong, but too many people, even those who should be in the know, think that "JAAS" is the universal security framework used by Java EE. No matter how many times it's explained, people simply want it to be this name. So in a way the community has already chosen. But to distinguish with the "real" JAAS we could add the "EE" moniker.
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> * "Amsterdam" or "Copenhagen" Safest cities (to cycle). Safety has some relation with security. See http://copenhagenize.eu/index/index.html Myself being Amsterdam based my personal vote would be for Amsterdam, naturally ;)
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> * "A'dam" popular local abbreviation of Amsterdam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27dam ties in with "dam" a barrier/protector against water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam
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> * "Jyväskylä" / "Jiangshan" two relatively large cities containing the letters J, S, A from Java (EE) Security Api
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> * "Bennekom" small town in The Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennekom no particular connection with security, but just like Ozark for the MVC RI has no particular connection with the technology.
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> * "Blois" City in France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blois also no connection with security, but I like the sound of it.
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> Any other ideas?
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> The list of proposed names:
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> * Securitas
> * Soteria
> * Olin
> * Placoderm
> * Heimdall
> * OmegaSupreme
> * Omega-S
> * Skyfeather
> * JAAS-EE
> * Amsterdam
> * Copenhagen
> * Jyväskylä
> * Jiangshan
> * Bennekom
> * Blois
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> Kind regards,
> Arjan Tijms
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