Project:Security

Contributors
The following Gentoo developers and staff are not part of the team, but we would like to acknowledge their contributions to the project:

Padawans
The following individuals are moving through the Padawans process towards becoming members of the Security Project.

Meetings
The following meetings have been held so far by the Gentoo Linux Security project:


 * Gentoo Security Project Meeting 2010-09-01 ( Log, Summary)
 * Gentoo Security Project Meeting 2008-07-14 ( Log, Summary)

How to join the team
To participate in the Gentoo Linux Security Project first join the security mailing list at and sign yourself up a Bugzilla account. You may be able to talk to one of our security developers and/or users in the IRC channel on irc.freenode.net for more information or just to chat about the security state of existing projects.

The Padawans page explains the entire recruitment process in full detail.

If you want to help us with the creation and coordination of GLSAs, you should read the GLSA Coordinators Guide to see what it takes to be a GLSA Coordinator.

Resources
The Security Project offers several resources for varying target audiences.

Resources aimed at the general public include:


 * Gentoo Linux Security page
 * Full list of all published GLSAs
 * Vulnerability Treatment Policy

Resources aimed at new padawans include:
 * Security padawans recruitment process
 * Tips for scouting
 * Tips for searching and filtering Security bugs

Resources aimed at advanced padawans and team members include:
 * GLSA Coordinators Guide, a guide for Security Team members
 * GLSAMaker2 Guide
 * Affiliations of the Security team with CERTs, other groups and mailing lists