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Message-ID: <CAGXu5j+3hncd2gZXQck+FYO4m6gXEq0abeSgr+eTVREiQQOGAA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:00:55 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Corey Bryant <coreyb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, 
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Theodore Tso <tytso@...gle.com>, Paul Moore <pmoore@...hat.com>, 
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>, zohar@...ibm.com, 
	john.johansen@...onical.com, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, 
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Re: Linux Security Workgroup

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Corey Bryant <coreyb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Here's a start on the wiki.  There's not really a whole lot on it other than
> what we've discussed on the list, but it's a start.  Comments and updates
> are very much welcome.
>
> http://kernsec.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Security_Workgroup

Cool! This looks good.

We may want to add a mailing list pointer to this top-level page, so
people can find this list more directly.

> A couple of questions:
>  * What should the work group's scope be?  The charter mentions " ...
> on-going security verification of Linux kernel subsystems ... ".  I was
> thinking it would focus more on items like: fuzzing, static analysis,
> education for reviewing code, tooling/build security enhancements.  But I
> have a feeling it will start to include Kernel development projects too.

I think it should, yes. Finding bugs is, of course, important, but I'd
like to have a single point of contact for development tasks too.

>  * Where should we document inactive, but desired, projects?  I know Kees
> has https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Roadmap/KernelHardening but I'm
> wondering if it makes sense to keep track of work items on the same wiki.

I'll take a TODO to build up a Development section on the wiki and
move things from the ubuntu wik

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security

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