Re: random request: security & GNOME angles?

[Dave Neary <bolsh gnome org>]

Hi Stormy,

Stormy Peters wrote:
> I get requests from reporters sometimes to talk about random open source
> topics, like open source applications used by governments or security.
> I've gotten several in the last month or two about security. Can you
> think of or point me to any security-related GNOME stuff that I could
> drop in at the appropriate moment during those interviews?

I would talk to the Red Hat SELinux guys. Jonathan Blandford will know
them better than me if you ask him.

Also, security-type applications in GNOME:

Seahorse: http://www.gnome.org/projects/seahorse/
Description: Manages private encryption keys
More info: http://live.gnome.org/Seahorse
Maintainers: Nate Nielsen, Adam Schreiber, Jim Pharis


PolicyKit: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/
Description: Provides a modular, secure way to allow yje user to access
some functionality which was previously privileged under the Unix model
(like changing the time on the computer, for example). You can see it in
action at "System->Administration->Authorizations" (although the user
usually never sees this view).
More info: http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/PolicyKit/ or
http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/polkit-spec.html
Maintainer: David Zeuthen

I guess you could also talk about integration with encryption and
message signing in Evolution...

Beyond that, I'm not sure what they're looking for - and of course, the
raw material isn't really a story to tell.

Cheers,
Dave.

-- 
Dave Neary
GNOME Foundation member
bolsh gnome org