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
[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?]
[FIXME: when?]: Dimitrios, EP employee, starts use Debian [FIXME:or Ubuntu?] on EP desktop
April 2013: DebianParl project launched by Erik and Jonas (Debian developer)
december 2013: Greens/EFA formally decides announce pilot project
Pending
Greens/EFA (now):
- Compile list of participants
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 (when list of participants is compiled):
- Buy laptops for participants
Greens/EFA & DebianParl (when list of participants is compiled):
- Schedule one or more intro workshops
DG-ITEC (when list of participants is compiled):
- Issue certificates for EP wifi network for participants
- Enable IMAP protocol for participants