#REDIRECT SecurityTeam

Ubuntu Hardened is a project dedicated to offering ProactiveSecurity features for Ubuntu users, ensuring its deployment and development within the Ubuntu Linux distribution.

As a result of a key decision within the HardenedDebian project, Ubuntu Hardened is the result of the will for collaborating between different developers from different fields and projects.

== Mailing list ==
An official [[http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-hardened|Ubuntu Hardened mailing list]] is available.  If you'd like to collaborate on hardened security concepts in Ubuntu please join this list.

== Launchpad ==
This project also has a group organized on the [[http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hardened|Ubuntu Hardened]] Launchpad page.  If you'd like to work on this project please register there.

== IRC Channel ==
It can be found at #ubuntu-hardened in FreeNode network.

== Ubuntu 7.10 ==
The current goals of this newly resurrected project is SELinux deployment within Ubuntu.  The information below is outdated and will need updating.

== Breezy Main goals ==

|| Task || Description || Status ||
|| SSP || Deployment of the IBM Stack Smashing Protector (aka ProPolice), using libssp || ||
|| SELinux kernel || Provide SELinux capable kernel || Done ||
|| SELinux userland || modify relevant userland bits for SELinux || ||
|| ELF Markings for PaX control || This requires a patch to binutils, and will be invisible to non-PaX users || ||

== Breezy Universe ==
Hardened Kernel supporting
  * PaX
  * grSecurity

== Postponed ==

 * Deployment of Position Independent Executables.

== Areas of development ==

 * UbuntuHardenedToolchain

 * UbuntuHardenedKernel
  * SELinux

== See also ==
 * SELinux

 *ProactiveSecurity

 * USNAnalysis

 * [[http://wiki.debian-hardened.org|Hardened Debian wiki]]

 * [[http://wiki.tuxedo-es.org|tuxedo-es.org wiki]]