Re: Need info regarding GSOC 2025

On Mon, 2025-03-17 at 14:53, Priyabrata Saha <sahapriyabrata97@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a professional software engineer working in the core networking and
> network security domain for the last 5 years. In my tenure so far, I have
> worked mostly with protocols such as IPsec, TLS/SSL to support VPNs across
> various use cases, alongside authoring a couple of patents. However, I
> never got my hands on open source contributions and would like to change
> that starting with this year's GSOC.

> After browsing the freebsd page, I found out a project titled "Implement
> MPLS support for FreeBSD" which piqued my interest and was wondering if
> this is something that could be taken up this year.

> Would like some guidance regarding this on how and where to get
> started on.

Hi Priyabrata,

I've copied Alexander, the listed mentor for this project, as well as
Gleb, a FreeBSD developer who has mentored networking projects in the
past.

The next step would be to engage with Alexander (and Gleb if he's
interested) to determine whether this is still a viable project and
whether you, the project, and the mentor(s) are a good fit.  Your
background suggests you would be well-qualified for this or other
networking-related projects.

It's also important to keep track of the GSoC timeline. The application
period opens on March 24 at 18:00 UTC:
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline

You can find resources on writing a proposal at:

    - https://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode/#proposals
    - https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/writing-a-proposal

Feel free to respond to me, Alexander, and Gleb off-list if you have any
other questions.

Kind regards,
Joe