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Re: Adding a section about security in the guix manual
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Joshua Branson |
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Re: Adding a section about security in the guix manual |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:04:44 -0500 |
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Chris Marusich <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi Joshua,
>
> Thank you for taking the initiative! Basically, if you think you can
> improve the docs, give it a try, submit a patch to address@hidden,
> and we can go from there.
Sounds good. I will do that.
>
> Joshua Branson <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hello, I would like to store many of the ideas from this arch wiki page
>> about security into the guix manual.
>>
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Security
>
> I can only speak for myself - we don't have a section dedicated to
> security like this today, so I think it would be nice to add. I think
> introductions to relevant security concepts, explanations and examples
> of how to practice good security using Guix/GuixSD, and useful links to
> other parts of our documentation would be great.
>
>> Perhaps I would put it right after GNU Distribution > System
>> Configuration. Perhaps I would call that section "Hardening
>> Recommendations".
>
> Any name is fine for now; we can change it later if we want.
>
>> Some of the things that I want to include are strong passwords,
>> encrypted drives, MAC, kernel hardening (which we currently don't have
>> a linux-libre-hardened do we?), sandboxing applications, firewalls,
>> and physical security. I may not be able to complete this project
>> swiftly, but I do intend to put it on my TODO list.
>>
>> Is there something else I should add or that I am missing?
>
> We already have a few sections that discuss some aspects of security.
> Check the manual's index for the word "security". In an Info reader,
> you can do this by pressing "i", or you can just go here in a web
> browser:
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index
>
> It might be nice to link to those sections and/or reorganize as needed.
>
> Once you have something to review, I'd be happy to take a peek. I'm
> sure others would, also. Submitting a patch is the first step.
--
Joshua Branson
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