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+# Rustls
+
+Our goal is to build a safer TLS library that can largely replace OpenSSL over time. The headline features of the new library, Rustls, are performance and memory safety.
+
+Since the end of 2022, Prossimo has made the following investments in Rustls:
+
+A 2-month part-time contract with Joe Birr-Pixton to add IP address and C.4 session caching. December 2022 through January 2023.
+A 9-month full-time contract with Daniel McCarney to work on items in our work plan. March 2023 through November 2023.
+A 7-month full-time contract with Joe Birr-Pixton to work on items in our work plan. June 2023 through December 2023.
+A 7-month part-time contract with Ferrous Systems to work on asynchronous APIs, write-through APIs, and no-std support. June 2023 through December 2023.
+A 5-month part-time contract with Adolfo Ochagavia to work on benchmarking. August 2023 through December 2023.
+
+We are making great progress. The community is also growing rapidly, with new contributors showing up regularly and largely representing new consumers of Rustls.
+
+Work under Prossimo contracts has so far led to:
+A major new release was announced on March 30th, adding support for some of the most heavily requested features, including IP address support, C.4 session caching, and a number of API improvements. 
+A release on July 7 adding CRL support, particularly important for client certificate support.
+Numerous other fixes and improvements along the way.
+
+By the end of 2023 we expect to have:
+
+An excellent benchmarking system capable of preventing performance regressions and comparing against OpenSSL.
+A pluggable cryptography back-end with a new default FIPS-certified cryptography back-end.
+Asynchronous APIs
+A no-allocation API
+
+# Rust for Linux 
+Our goal is to make Rust a supported second language for Linux kernel development, and to foster the creation of drivers and modules written in Rust.
+
+The primary maintainer of Rust for Linux, Miguel Ojeda, has been working full time under contract with Prossimo since April of 2021.
+
+Linux v6.4 was released late June and included a [Rust PR](<https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230429012119.421536-1-ojeda@kernel.org/),
+including the Rust pin-init API and key synchronization abstractions.
+
+Linux v6.5-rc1 was released on July 10th and included another [Rust PR](<https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230618161558.1051269-1-ojeda@kernel.org/>),
+including the first upgrade to the Rust toolchain version used by the
+kernel.
+
+The KUnit and Workqueue kernel subsystems have agreed to land Rust changes through their tree (the initial Rust + KUnit integration and the workqueue abstractions). This represents a growing involvement from kernel maintainers with Rust in the kernel.
+
+[Discussions](<https://github.com/epage/pytest-rs/discussions/50>) were started with the Rust team on the Linux kernel needs around `rustdoc` and overall testing.
+
+Kangrejos 2023: this edition of the Rust for Linux workshop has been announced and the invitations have been sent. Quorum has been already reached, with 20+ people confirmed.
+
+Linux Plumbers Conference 2023: the [Rust microconference](<https://lpc.events/event/17/sessions/170/>) has been accepted and we have started receiving submissions.
+
+Coccinelle for Rust has been announced. Julia Lawall and Tathagata Roy presented it to Rust for Linux in one of our Weekly Meetings.