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I have to assume the name is on purpose and Dan Fox (the author) thinks it is clever. While the cleverness of the name is debatable (likely depending partially

I have to assume the name is on purpose and Dan Fox (the author) thinks it is clever. While the cleverness of the name is debatable (likely depending partially on how old you are), the name basically guarantees that a large portion of the population won't take this project seriously. I'm very liberal and far from a prude and the name just makes me eye-roll/groan and assume the worst about the maturity of the project owner. Save the clever names for bands. If you want your work to be taken seriously in a computer security context, come up with something less likely to make an 8th grader snicker.

18pfsmt 15y ago
Just as a counterpoint, i do consider myself a prude (esp. since I hit 30), and the cleverness of the name never even occurred to me. The name was much less interesting to me than the implementation. Speaking of which... I realize the binary download is an issue, but it isn't much different from what I use now, which is a combination of GnuPG and KeePass (with encrypted offsite backup to S3 and a flash drive).
romaimperator 15y ago
To be honest, I didn't think about the similarities between the words. I named it that as an homage to the project's birthplace, a coffee shop named Foam Coffee and Beer.
- kijin 15y ago
  And yet, people are getting the impression that this has something to do with Rick Santorum's frothy mix of you-know-what. I hope you find a more serious-sounding name soon, before you take whatever the next major step in your project is. What about foamauth? You could argue that it makes the traditional login form disappear into foam, or something like that :)