<s>
The	O
Portable	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
Security	O
Elements	O
(	O
POSSE	O
)	O
project	O
was	O
a	O
co-operative	O
venture	O
between	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Pennsylvania	O
Distributed	O
Systems	O
Laboratory	O
,	O
the	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
project	I-Operating_System
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
some	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
projects	O
,	O
including	O
Apache	B-Application
and	O
OpenSSL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
was	O
selected	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
computing	O
world	O
’s	O
most	O
secure	O
forum	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
open-source	B-License
software	O
"	O
and	O
approximately	O
US$	O
1,000,000	O
was	O
allotted	O
to	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colleagues	O
in	O
the	O
POSSE	B-Application
project	I-Application
included	O
Theo	O
de	O
Raadt	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
and	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
,	O
Ben	O
Laurie	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Software	O
Foundation	O
and	O
OpenSSL	B-Language
Group	O
,	O
and	O
numerous	O
faculty	O
and	O
graduate	O
students	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Pennsylvania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Smith	O
,	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
POSSE	B-Application
project	I-Application
,	O
stated	O
that	O
US	O
military	O
officials	O
had	O
expressed	O
discomfort	O
with	O
this	O
comment	O
.	O
</s>
