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Re: [Predisclosure-applications] SecureDrop / Freedom of the Press Foundation request


  • To: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jennifer Helsby <jen@freedom.press>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 11:59:35 -0500
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  • Cc: "predisclosure-applications@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <predisclosure-applications@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "security@freedom.press" <security@freedom.press>, security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 17:03:48 +0000
  • List-id: Applications for membership of Xen Security Advisories Pre-disclosure List <predisclosure-applications.lists.xenproject.org>
  • Openpgp: preference=signencrypt

On 1/3/20 7:28 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:

>> The workstation at https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation 
>> requires the use of Qubes/Xen.
> this software is not "released" in the appropriate sense.  The page
> itself says:
>
>   IMPORTANT: This project is in alpha, has known bugs and shortcomings,
>   and should not be used in production environments.
>
> and gives a link to a known set of existing security issues.  It
> doesn't seem to us that you are in a position to immimently remove
> that caveat.  When you make (or are about to make) a release that
> might be used in production (although perhaps only by advanced users
> who will tolerate bugs - a beta, you might say) we think you will
> qualify.
Thanks for the thoughtful response. We're applying now as we'll be
beginning production use with a few news organizations in February as
part of a beta, but in light of this we'll hold off for now and will
reapply then (when this caveat/note will be removed).
> As a matter of transparency we also wanted in this mail (which is
> published on the list) to discuss two other issues which arose.
>
> Firstly, it seemed to us unclear whether you were distributing a
> modified version of QubesOS - and how relevant this was to whether you
> qualify under the Xen Project Policy.  We reviewed your
> securedrop-workstation repository.  It seems to mostly be a
> configuration management setup, which assembles a system (including
> Xen components) on your users' systems.  We felt that this was
> sufficient for you to qualify.  

Yep this is correct.

Thanks again for the consideration.

More soon,

Jen

-- 
Jennifer Helsby, Ph.D.
SecureDrop Lead Developer
Freedom of the Press Foundation
<jen@freedom.press>
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