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<span style="font-size:2.5em; line-height:1.5em">This page is for historical purposes only.</span>
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''ASS is an [[Wikipedia:Initialisms|acronym]] representing '''"Administrators of Systems and Security".'''''
 
  
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The ASSes are the oldest working group at Free Geek. They are the people who design and manage the network at Free Geek, and are responsible for developing our IT security policy.  They have [http://lists.freegeek.org/listinfo/ass an email list].
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<span style="font-size:2.5em">The role of ASS has been rolled into [[Technocrats]].</span>
  
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You'd think this would mean we'd have a better wiki section =:)
 
  
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==Members==
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''ASS is an [[Wikipedia:Initialisms|acronym]] representing '''"Administrators of Systems and Security".'''''
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(ASSes, please list yourselves here):
 
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*[[User:Stillflame|Martin Chase]]
 
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*[[User:MichaelWestwind|Michael Westwind]]
 
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*[[User:Rfs|Richard Seymour]]
 
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*[[User:Dave|Dave Haskins]]
 
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*[[User:asmig|Kenny]]
 
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*[[User:j|Joren]]
 
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*[[User:Jeff|Jeff]]
 
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*[[User:Matteo|Matteo]]
 
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*[[User:Vagrant|Vagrant]]
 
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*[[User:sparrow|Stacy]]
 
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*[[User:something15525|Michael Limb]]
 
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Vancouver, BC, Canada ASSes:
 
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*[[User:humble|agent humble]]
 
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==ASS Priorities==
 
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Here is a list of what ASSes should prioritize when making decisions.
 
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*'''Communicate''' effectively with your users.  Communicate with other ASSes about what you're doing.
 
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*Maintain effective '''security'''; stop people from doing things that they shouldn't be doing.
 
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*Maintain '''data''' integrity for our users and our systems.
 
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*Do not violate or let be violated the '''privacy''' of your users.
 
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*Keep all your services in '''working''' order (e.g. research a new version before upgrading to it)
 
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*Minimize and mitigate any '''downtime''' that happens or is necessary to have.
 
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*Be '''efficient''', paying attention to requests of more importance before minor issues.
 
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*Uphold our local organizational '''policies''' as well as the accepted laws related to your work.
 
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*Do not '''abuse''' Free Geek's resources, and help to prevent others from doing the same (excessive network traffic, excessive printing).
 
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*Try not to be '''annoying'''; people will complain much soon if something bothers them than if something is just broken.
 
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*Do what it takes to '''understand''' the implications of your actions before taking them, so that you can knowingly apply these priorities.
 
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== Ongoing Tasks ==
 
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* RootMail Cleanup - Often <small>(Matteo)</small>
 
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* Tape Swapping - Weekly <small>(Richard)</small>
 
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* Test UPSes in server room - once per week/ASS meeting/month
 
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* apt-get upgrade - once per month or sooner if critical security holes
 
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* freekbox dist-upgrade - weekly chroot into /usr/local/clones/freekbox/ and do and update/dist-upgrade
 
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* Reporting debian bugs
 
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*: <code>$ reportbug PACKAGENAME</code> - or - <code>$ reportbug --no-check-available PACKAGENAME</code>
 
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*: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
 
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*: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Access
 
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* updating netboot
 
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*: http://ftp.debian.org/dists/ * /main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
 
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*: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ * /main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
 
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* [[Service List|Services provided to other groups]]
 
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== Projects ==
 
  
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=== LDAP ===
 
  
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To integrate our account management and make it possible to change email passwords.
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The ASSes <del>are</del>were the oldest working group at Free Geek. They were the people who designed and managed the network at Free Geek, and were responsible for developing our IT security policy. [[Technocrats]] now do this with the assistance of volunteers who attend our [[Cabling Parties]]  and the odd bit of help from old friends and others.
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;So far we have:
 
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* the ldap server itself is built, with ldap and sldap installed
 
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* we did a test run for authenticating a user on a remote machine which "worked"
 
  
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;What we need:
 
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* to better define how we will use ldap
 
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* to create better schema for our purposes
 
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* possibly put the ldap server into the dmz, if we want to authenticate mail with it.
 
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* review and update the security on the server (passwords, webmin, &c.)
 
  
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== More fun ==
 
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Some folks at Free Geek or in our extended community are [http://CAcert.org CA Cert Assurers]. See the [[CAcert.org Assurers |page]].
 
  
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[[What services do we provide]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:33, 28 January 2012

This page is for historical purposes only.

The role of ASS has been rolled into Technocrats.


ASS is an acronym representing "Administrators of Systems and Security".


The ASSes arewere the oldest working group at Free Geek. They were the people who designed and managed the network at Free Geek, and were responsible for developing our IT security policy. Technocrats now do this with the assistance of volunteers who attend our Cabling Parties and the odd bit of help from old friends and others.

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