> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Thomas Jones wrote: > > What about a documentation suite entitled --- Fedora Security Series? > > > > Here's a brief vision statement. > > > > The purpose of the series is to provide a security-related orientation > > of a great multitude of topics and how they relate to the Fedora > > distribution and its role in a network infrastructure. > > > > For instance, the first couple topics that I would like to write would be: > > - Risk Assessment of a Fedora Core Installation Scheme > > - Risk Analysis of an Desktop Installation > > - Risk Analysis of an Server Installation > > - Policy Development in a Multiuser System > > - etc...... > > > > As you can see, the topics are sequential in structure. Which alleviates > > any issues due to end-user initiated problems. > > > > i.e. in order to develop a complete operating system risk analysis and > > determine a control solution(s); you must first perform the risk > > assessment to determine probable threat agents, and safeguards > > > > The intended audience would be Power-Users, and individuals with > > Information Technology experience. However, with a good content model it > > should be easily understood by the general user. > > > > This series should be authored by individuals with relevant security > > experience. They don't need to be CISSP certified; just have first hand > > knowledge of the topic. > > > > I am inclined to get the series started in the right direction; so I > > would like to write the first few topics for a good base. Then it's up > > to the community! > > > > These should all be included in a series of related themes. > > > > I can start the first topic as soon as the community accepts the idea. I > > personally think this is great idea (of source I would!); but don't want > > to work on this idea; if it undermines the ideas of other team members. On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 19:28 -0400, Elliot Lee wrote: > You don't need any approval from anyone - if it is something you are > excited about, just go ahead and do it! :-) If turns out to be valuable to > others, that will be self-evident when you publicize the results of your > writing to the Fedora community. > > As far as continuing the project goes, I'm not sure how many people out > there would be willing to do the work besides yourself (it's not just > something you can drop on people's laps and expect them to keep > maintaining). But don't let that stop you from taking on the challenge and > seeing where things go - there's little downside :) Charles Heselton (tuxxer) on this list has begun a "Fedora Hardening" tutorial with which you might be inclined to assist. He is working on at least a couple documents, and may appreciate the help! I think having a team of security writers would be a great thing, provided the work can be scoped to do the following: (1) accommodate frequent maintenance based on Fedora Core's rapid release schedule; (2) be Fedora-specific enough to give value over some of the other more standardized security guides; and (3) survive contributor churn. Regardless of whether you choose to work on the Fedora Hardening document, why don't you choose one of the topics you list for a tutorial (article format), and begin with a barebones draft. That would be a great way to introduce your vision for the series. Once you're happy enough with it to bring it on-list, just post a link for comments. You will probably want to read the current Quick Start Guide: http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/documentation-quick-start/ There's a bit of dust while we make building improvements, but this should help you get your feet wet. (Pardon the mixed metaphor, I have to go put the kids to bed!) Thanks, and we're looking forward to your participation. -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Documentation Project: http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/
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