Re: Call for volunteer(s) for Guix "security" web page

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

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On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:14:58PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> GNU Guix should make it easier for bug reporters to contact us to report
> issues in Guix and Guix packages.
> 
> So, we'd like to add a short "Security" page to our web site [0]. This
> page should:
> 
> 1) Explain how to contact us privately about security issues [1],
> 
> 2) Describe the Guix release signing key [2],
> 
> 3) And include a link to the security updates section of the manual [3].

I've attached my first draft of this page. This patch is for
guix-artwork.git.

Please give me your feedback.

I'm specifically unsure of what to say about the signing key. Should we
recommend that users get it from a certain place? Should we provide the
public key itself on this page?

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From 30699a5a8de5ac09c6fbba93be6b88a1d77bc039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:43:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] www: security: New page.

* website/www/security.scm: New file.
* website/www.scm (%web-pages): Add security-page.
* website/www/shared.scm (html-page-links): Add "Security".
---
 website/www.scm          |  2 ++
 website/www/security.scm | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 website/www/shared.scm   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 website/www/security.scm

diff --git a/website/www.scm b/website/www.scm
index f0465eb..244830b 100644
--- a/website/www.scm
+++ b/website/www.scm
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   #:use-module (www about)
   #:use-module (www contribute)
   #:use-module (www help)
+  #:use-module (www security)
   #:use-module (sxml simple)
   #:use-module (sxml match)
   #:use-module (web client)
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ Distribution.")
     ("donate/index.html" ,donate-page)
     ("download/index.html" ,download-page)
     ("help/index.html" ,help-page)
+    ("security/index.html" ,security-page)
     ;; ("packages/index.html" ,packages-page) ; Need Guix
     ;; ("packages/issues.html" ,issues-page)
     ))
diff --git a/website/www/security.scm b/website/www/security.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09e9748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/www/security.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+;;; GuixSD website --- GNU's advanced distro website
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GuixSD website.
+;;;
+;;; GuixSD website is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GuixSD website is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+;;; along with GuixSD website.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (www security)
+  #:use-module (www utils)
+  #:use-module (www shared)
+  #:export (security-page))
+
+(define (security-page)
+  `(html (@ (lang "en"))
+         ,(html-page-header "Security")
+         ,(html-page-links)
+         (div (@ (id "content-box"))
+              (article
+               (h1 "Security")
+               (h2 "How to report security issues")
+               (p "To report sensitive security issues in Guix itself or the packages it "
+                  "provides, you can write to the private mailing list "
+                  (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-security"))
+                     ("guix-security@gnu.org"))
+                     ".  This list is monitored by a small team of Guix "
+                     "developers.")
+               (h2 "Release signatures")
+               (p "Releases of Guix and GuixSD are signed using the OpenPGP "
+                  "key with the fingerprint "
+                  "3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4  0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5.  "
+                  "This key can be obtained from XXX.")
+               (h2 "Security updates")
+               (p "When security vulnerabilities are found in Guix or the "
+                  "packages provided by Guix, we will provide "
+                  (a (@ (href ,(base-url "manual/html_node/Security-Updates.html")))
+                     "security updates")
+                  " quickly and with minimal disruption for users.")
+               ,(html-page-footer)))))
diff --git a/website/www/shared.scm b/website/www/shared.scm
index ed864ef..04be0f4 100644
--- a/website/www/shared.scm
+++ b/website/www/shared.scm
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Functional package management,")))
 	    ;; Note: valid only if `packages-page' is exported.
 	    (li (a (@ (href ,(base-url "packages"))) "Packages"))
 	    (li (a (@ (href ,(base-url "help"))) "Help"))
+	    (li (a (@ (href ,(base-url "security"))) "Security"))
 	    (li (a (@ (href ,(base-url "contribute"))) "Contribute"))
 	    (li (a (@ (href ,(base-url "donate"))) "Donate"))
 	    (li (a (@ (href ,(base-url "about"))) "About")))))
-- 
2.10.0


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