Re: [systemd-devel] Antw: Re: [systemd‑devel] [EXT] Proposal to extend os‑release/machine‑info with field PREFER_HARDENED_CONFIG

2022-03-09 Thread Stefan Schröder
Let me list the counter arguments to the proposal (to include a new field PREFER_HARDENED_CONFIG) so far: * The packages should be deploying a secure configuration by default. Counter-argument: Yes, but they don't. There are obviuosly competing interests and sometimes convenience wins.

Re: [systemd-devel] Antw: Re: [systemd‑devel] [EXT] Proposal to extend os‑release/machine‑info with field PREFER_HARDENED_CONFIG

2022-02-21 Thread Peter Hoeg
To what extent a machine is locked down is a policy choice. There are already loads of tools available to manage policy so this really doesn't belong here and if you want to ensure that your fleet of machines are locked down through something like PREFER_HARDENED_CONFIG=1, you're going to need