Milestone future

* The following is a note pad of ideas for the 1.0 release. Items may be added or removed.

*** Educational Text - Written to be Unbiased ***

* Provide descriptions of attacks and vulnerabilities in layman's terms.

• What happens to the system during various exploits.
  • Root causes. Secondary causes.
  • Why the code allowed the exploit.
  • Why the compiler allowed the exploit.
  • Why the kernel allowed the exploit.
• How to prevent it, both practically and theoretically.
  • Current technology, in all operating systems.
  • Definition of "trusted system".

* Documented base system source code audit.

• How to use lint.
• Understanding compiler warnings.
• How to use other tools (Valgrind), and understand their output.

* Document user ethics (and rights).

• When to use root, and when not to.
• Administrative users.
• Daemon users.
• Human users.

* Document overview of Linux/Unix permisions (kernel and filesystem).

* Role based access control.

• Document how it works.
• What to consider when adding permissions for files on the system.

* Dynamic linking, shared objects, and static linking.

• Document advantages and disadvantages.
• What is Linux ELF.

* PaX and Grsecurity.

• Provide overview of features, and their relation to previous (above) topics.
• Light overview of competing products, like Selinux, with links.

* Compiler features.

• Document an overview, and the relation to previous topics.