Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recruiting for Wikimedia security newsletter

2014-08-19 Thread Wil Sinclair
Hi Pine, I'd love to contribute. I'll mail you offlist about that, but
I have a few general questions that others may be wondering about.

Would this be similar to one of these newsletters?
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletters#List_of_newsletters

If so, from your list of topics it sounds like this one might be a bit
different than the other newsletters in that material relatively
unrelated to WM/WP is fair game. Maybe I'm just a small-minded techie,
but you lost me at check fraud.

I'm assuming a how-to on how to set up a MediaWiki installation
without getting completely pwned by spammers and mals. Hint: don't let
untrusted users move and delete pages. :) Also, I'm working on
security integrations between MW and some other popular open source
projects. If anyone has anything to say about this stuff, please mail
me offlist or maybe we can take it to a more specific list.

Anyways, best of luck with wherever you guys/gals take this.

,Wil

 In collaboration with Chris Steipp, I am considering starting a monthly
 security newsletter for Wikimedia, focused on common risks and mitigation
 techniques. The target audience is the broad Wikimedia community including
 developers, WMF and chapter employees, and volunteers with high risk
 accounts.

 Example topics:
 Phishing
 Coding best practices
 Wifi security
 Securing data stored on cell phones
 Check fraud
 Preventing insider theft of funds in Wikimedia organizations

 If you are interested in contributing to the newsletter please email me off
 list.

 Thanks,

 Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recruiting for Wikimedia security newsletter

2014-08-19 Thread Pine W
Hi Wil,

Yes, this newsletter will be similar to those on the page you linked.

The relevance of an article about check fraud is that Wikimedia thematic
organizations should be aware of financial security issues that could
impact them, and check fraud is one of those issues.

Yes, a how-to article about setting up a secure MW installation would be in
scope for the security newsletter.

Pine

On Aug 19, 2014 3:19 AM, Wil Sinclair w...@wllm.com wrote:

 Hi Pine, I'd love to contribute. I'll mail you offlist about that, but
 I have a few general questions that others may be wondering about.

 Would this be similar to one of these newsletters?
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletters#List_of_newsletters

 If so, from your list of topics it sounds like this one might be a bit
 different than the other newsletters in that material relatively
 unrelated to WM/WP is fair game. Maybe I'm just a small-minded techie,
 but you lost me at check fraud.

 I'm assuming a how-to on how to set up a MediaWiki installation
 without getting completely pwned by spammers and mals. Hint: don't let
 untrusted users move and delete pages. :) Also, I'm working on
 security integrations between MW and some other popular open source
 projects. If anyone has anything to say about this stuff, please mail
 me offlist or maybe we can take it to a more specific list.

 Anyways, best of luck with wherever you guys/gals take this.

 ,Wil

  In collaboration with Chris Steipp, I am considering starting a monthly
  security newsletter for Wikimedia, focused on common risks and mitigation
  techniques. The target audience is the broad Wikimedia community
 including
  developers, WMF and chapter employees, and volunteers with high risk
  accounts.
 
  Example topics:
  Phishing
  Coding best practices
  Wifi security
  Securing data stored on cell phones
  Check fraud
  Preventing insider theft of funds in Wikimedia organizations
 
  If you are interested in contributing to the newsletter please email me
 off
  list.
 
  Thanks,
 
  Pine
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[Wikimedia-l] Recruiting for Wikimedia security newsletter

2014-08-18 Thread Pine W
Hi,

In collaboration with Chris Steipp, I am considering starting a monthly
security newsletter for Wikimedia, focused on common risks and mitigation
techniques. The target audience is the broad Wikimedia community including
developers, WMF and chapter employees, and volunteers with high risk
accounts.

Example topics:
Phishing
Coding best practices
Wifi security
Securing data stored on cell phones
Check fraud
Preventing insider theft of funds in Wikimedia organizations

If you are interested in contributing to the newsletter please email me off
list.

Thanks,

Pine
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