Bug#850644: RFP: GNU Guix -- A functional package manager based on Scheme

2017-01-08 Thread bancfc
Package: wnpp X-Debbugs-CC: whonix-de...@whonix.org * Package name: GNU Guix Version : 0.12.0 Upstream Author : Ludovic Courtès * URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ * License : GPLv3+ Programming Lang: Guile Scheme, C++ Description : A funct

Bug#849321: RFP: AnnealMail -- Icedove pqcrypto add-on

2016-12-25 Thread bancfc
Package: wnpp X-Debbugs-CC: whonix-de...@whonix.org * Package name: AnnealMail Version : 2.0 Upstream Author : Nick Doiron * URL : https://github.com/annealmail/annealmail * License : MPLv2 Programming Lang: JS Description : Icedove plugin based on

Bug#849236: GNUnet stable-backport

2016-12-23 Thread bancfc
Package: gnunet Version: 0.10.1-4 Severity: normal Hi Bertrand, I'm a Whonix OS dev (an anonymity OS based on Debian stable) and we are looking at shipping GNUnet to our users. From my experiments the version in stable is not current enough to connect to the network. I confirmed this with the

Bug#840206: whonix-de...@whonix.org

2016-10-09 Thread bancfc
Package: foxyproxy Version: 3.4-1.1 Dear maintainer, please consider patching the package source to remove the premium proxy advertising page that opens on first start. For anonymity OSes like Whonix and Tails this is very bad advice for users. (We rely on this plugin to make Tor Browser work

Bug#839178: codecrypt impossible dependencies

2016-10-01 Thread bancfc
On 2016-10-01 08:15, Jason Crain wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:22:52PM +0200, ban...@openmailbox.org wrote: Dear maintainer, I am trying to install codecrypt from a pinned sid repo on Jessie. You are mixing the stable and unstable releases. Do not do this. It will break things. See h

Bug#839178: [Pkg-privacy-maintainers] Bug#839178: Bug#839178: codecrypt impossible dependencies

2016-09-30 Thread bancfc
On 2016-09-30 17:30, Ximin Luo wrote: Control: notfound -1 1.7.5-1 Control: close -1 1.7.5-1 There is no bug, see below. ban...@openmailbox.org: Hi. Yes should be up to date. Here are the instructions I wrote for installing codecrypt. I think they are correct way to use pinning. Please correc

Bug#839178: [Pkg-privacy-maintainers] Bug#839178: codecrypt impossible dependencies

2016-09-30 Thread bancfc
On 2016-09-30 14:35, Ximin Luo wrote: ban...@openmailbox.org: libstdc++6 insists on libkolabxml1 1.1.0-3 while the newest version available in sid is 1.0.2-2 $ apt-cache policy libkolabxml1v5 libkolabxml1v5: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.1.4-1+b1 Version table: 1.1.4-1+b1 990

Bug#839178: codecrypt impossible dependencies

2016-09-29 Thread bancfc
Package: codecrypt Version: 1.7.5-1 Owner: exa@gmail.com Dear maintainer, I am trying to install codecrypt from a pinned sid repo on Jessie. After including other dependency packages as well, apt has run into a unresolvable dependency requirement. libstdc++6 insists on libkolabxml1 1

Bug#822693: Safe Defaults / Automatic Protection

2016-05-20 Thread bancfc
I've given this some thought: While firecfg handles symlinks well and per package hacks to create symlinks are no longer necessary, it still needs a way to make it seamless and automatically protect users. There is already precedent in Debian for automatic protection should a security applica

Bug#816439: Grsec's RANDSTRUCT and Reproducible Builds

2016-05-14 Thread bancfc
On 2016-03-02 08:43, Dato Simó wrote: While sill a long way Reproducible builds might pose a problem for a Grsec kernel when CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDSTRUCT is set to 'y' because this feature randomizes kernel symbols and structures during compilation and is not meant to be the same. For a publicly

Bug#822693: (no subject)

2016-05-09 Thread bancfc
Sorry my mailbox was overloaded with backlog. You're right firecfg does everything I hoped for and survives package upgrades :) However Iceweasel did not get symlinked because it was not recognized somehow so I asked netblue about it on Github.

Bug#822693: config-package-dev available in stable

2016-04-28 Thread bancfc
Note that config-package-dev is already available in Debian Jessie: https://packages.debian.org/jessie/devel/config-package-dev

Bug#822693: Feature Request: Automatically starting programs under firejail

2016-04-26 Thread bancfc
Package: firejail Version: 0.9.38-1 Severity: wishlist At the moment there is no way to make all programs start with firejail automatically. Beginner users can't be expected to start a terminal every time they want to launch a program. This usability problem can be a hurdle for widespread adop

Bug#816309: linux-grsec-base: Multiple Compiled Grsec Kernels for Virtualization Compatibility

2016-03-02 Thread bancfc
On 2016-03-02 08:18, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: On mar., 2016-03-01 at 18:19 +, ban...@openmailbox.org wrote: What about adding these kernel configuration settings as options to the  source package's feature control sets? Again, I have no interest in this so someone has to step up and commi

Bug#816439: Grsec's RANDSTRUCT and Reproducible Builds

2016-03-01 Thread bancfc
Package: linux-grsec Severity: normal While sill a long way Reproducible builds might pose a problem for a Grsec kernel when CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDSTRUCT is set to 'y' because this feature randomizes kernel symbols and structures during compilation and is not meant to be the same. For a publicl

Bug#816436: glibc hardening patch

2016-03-01 Thread bancfc
Package: glibc Version: 2.21-9 Severity: high Hi. After the recent glibc debacle I came across a patch to harden this important library against common attack vectors. Please think about reviewing and adding in Debian. The author warned there may be some package breakage but nothing too serious

Bug#816309: linux-grsec-base: Multiple Compiled Grsec Kernels for Virtualization Compatibility

2016-03-01 Thread bancfc
On 2016-03-01 08:18, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: control: tag -1 wontfix I'm not myself interested in supporting Grsec running as guest, especially as PV guest inside Xen, as I don't use that *at all*. While I'm not against people doing that at home, I won't spend time on it, so someone has to

Bug#816309: linux-grsec-base: Multiple Compiled Grsec Kernels for Virtualization Compatibility

2016-02-29 Thread bancfc
Package: linux-grsec-base Version: 4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Debian is widely deployed on hypervisors for desktop and server use. Unfortunately the current Grsec kernel binary does not run on a host supporting virtualization or inside any hypervisor. Debian has a rule to prevent pac

Bug#811451: linux-grsec-base: Some useful confs

2016-01-26 Thread bancfc
On 2016-01-26 10:15, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: I don't touch any KVM settings so it /should/ work as is. Without more information I can't do anything. Also please try not to report new stuff on existing bugs. Regards, Right but for virtualization support I had to choose the hypervisor expli

Bug#811451: linux-grsec-base: Some useful confs

2016-01-25 Thread bancfc
On 2016-01-19 20:54, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: Note, as the blog post says, that it's *secure* default, because each and every use is different, and people have to make their own choices. It might make sense to ship multiple config files (or rather, have different packages), like “desktop” or

Bug#811451: linux-grsec-base: Some useful confs

2016-01-18 Thread bancfc
Package: linux-grsec-base Version: 4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I've been working on some grsec.conf settings for our distro (based on recommendations you made in your last blog post) but I see the most appropiate place for them is upstream. Please take a look and decide if you can in

Bug#810479: RFP: paxrat -- PaX exception daemon for Debian packages

2016-01-08 Thread bancfc
Package: wnpp X-Debbugs-CC: deskt...@secure-os.org * Package name: paxrat Version : 1 Upstream Author : David McKinney * URL : https://github.com/subgraph/paxrat * License : GPLv3 Programming Lang: Go Description : PaX exception daemon for Debian packag

Bug#605090:

2016-01-07 Thread bancfc
I've been experimenting with the source package in unstable. There is still some security advantages of building the source package such as unique RANDSTRUCT values not known publicly: https://github.com/Whonix/grsecurity-installer/issues/1#issuecomment-169819722 Installing the build dependenc

Bug#605090:

2015-12-20 Thread bancfc
Is there other ways to deal with unwanted network stack modules like Appletalk besides going in and manually disabling them in config before compiling? Is disabling module loading enough? Please give some insight if its okay to discuss.

Bug#605090: Git tag signing

2015-12-20 Thread bancfc
I just wanted to mention Git tag signing. Its a very useful security feature we use for protecting source code builds in our project. https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work

Bug#605090: linux-grsec testing

2015-12-20 Thread bancfc
On 2015-12-20 09:51, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: On dim., 2015-12-20 at 00:32 +, ban...@openmailbox.org wrote: Hi. After testing the kernel X doesn't boot because restrict mprotect is  enabled. Hi, it's most likely because you're using nvidia/nouveau or amd/radeon graphic card, and the us

Bug#605090: linux-grsec testing

2015-12-19 Thread bancfc
Hi. After testing the kernel X doesn't boot because restrict mprotect is enabled. Are there plans to integrate a PaX exception list so mprotect can be enabled system wide while common software can still work?

Bug#763399: Hardening dpkg/apt

2014-09-29 Thread bancfc
Package: apt Version: all Sometimes apt/dpkg can contain vulnerable, remotely exploitable bugs which s a big risk when used over the untrusted internet. As it happens, anyone could have been in a position to run man-in-the-middle attacks with the latest security hole [CVE-2014-6273] in apt-ge

Bug#763372: cURL binary hardening

2014-09-29 Thread bancfc
Package: curl Version: 7.26.0-1 Owner: gh...@debian.org We currently use curl in a security sensitive context and therefore I'm looking to harden it as much as possible against remote exploitation. I was wondering if you can further harden the binary by enabling full RELRO support and PIE as