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What can I do to help ?
There are different areas where you can help the Ubuntu Security Team.
Help on the mailing list and the IRC channel
You can lend a hand with people's questions and problems on the mailing list and the IRC channel:
subscribe to [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-hardened ubuntu-hardened mailing list].
- hang out in #ubuntu-hardened on the Freenode IRC.
Write documentation
[:SecurityTeam/FAQ: FAQ] items and [:SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase: KnowledgeBase] areas need to be written. See the [:SecurityTeam/Roadmap: Roadmap] for details.
Test security features
Testing the existing security features of Ubuntu can done to improve both documentation and to help find bugs.
Find security bugs
Find new security issues in existing Ubuntu software.
Fix security bugs
Review open security bugs, find/write patches, build and test the fixes.
Develop new security features
The Wishlist section of the [:SecurityTeam/Roadmap: Roadmap] has many great ideas for new improvements to be made to Ubuntu's security.
How to become an member of the Ubuntu Security Team
The Ubuntu Security Team really consists of four sub-teams:
[https://launchpad.net/~motu-swat motu-swat]: this team creates and tests security updates in Universe packages
- to become a member, help with Universe security updates for a while, and then get the approval of one of the team administrators.
[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hardened ubuntu-hardened]: this team develops and tests proactive security features in Ubuntu.
to become a member, just [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hardened/+join apply for membership]
[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-whitehat ubuntu-whitehat]: this team is dedicated to "do not harm" while auditing and testing Ubuntu software and infrastructure, looking for new security issues
to become a member, see the [:UbuntuWhiteHat: UbuntuWhiteHat] wiki pages.
[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security ubuntu-security]: this is a closed team responsible for performing security update publications
SecurityTeam/GettingInvolved (last edited 2022-01-05 18:30:02 by rodrigo-zaiden)