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DebianParl used by Greens/EFA

Pilot project about trusted email.

Project

Project is deployed by the Greens/EFA coalition at the European Parliament, in collaboration with DG-ITEC (institutional sysadmins) and DebianParl developers.

10 parliamentary workers - politically elected and staffers - are equiped with a laptop running the email profile of DebianParl, and guided in using its security features to establish trusted communication.

European Parliament has 3 networks: wired, EP-EXT wifi and EP-PRIVATE wifi. Wired network is permitted only for institutional machines, and EP-EXT wifi is temporarily turned off as reaction to a recent spoofing attack. EP-PRIVATE wifi requires certificate, but current certificate issuing procedure explicitly exclude Linux, which means certificates for the pilot project need to be issued as an exception.

History

  • January 2014: List of project participants compiled
  • December 2013: Greens/EFA formally decides announce pilot project

  • July 2013: Greens/EFA leader suggests internally to start use email encryption

  • April 2013: DebianParl project launched by Erik and Jonas (Debian developer)

  • [FIXME: when?]: Dimitrios, EP employee, starts use Debian [FIXME:or Ubuntu?] on EP desktop

  • [FIXME: when?]: Erik, Free Software activist and Greens/EFA employee, starts use Debian on own laptop at EP [[FIXME: does that coincide with launch of EPFSUG?]

Pending

DebianParl (now):

  • Refine project documentation
  • Prepare intro workshop
  • Test system on concrete hardware, and refine setup for any quirks discovered early
  • Refine automated install

Greens/EFA (now):

  • Buy laptops for participants

Greens/EFA & DebianParl (now):

  • Schedule one or more intro workshops

DG-ITEC (now):

  • Issue certificates for EP wifi network for participants
  • Enable IMAP protocol for participants