Standup Notes 2021 02 08

Participants (alphabetical): Allie, Conor, Erik, John, Kevin, Kushal, Mickael, Nina

Topics and Call-outs

Focal support

New blocker-level issues:

• Emails not being sent

  • Issue: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5775

  • PR: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5777

• iptables rules not applied on boot

  • Issue: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5776

• Ossec-agent does not reconnect on reboot, Apache/Python error does not result in OSSEC alert

  • Issue: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5778

(Kushal) Mickael, since you have Focal install running, could you post list of installed packages (dpkg -L) (Mickael) Sure (Kushal) There seem to be issues with bento boxes missing certain packages. (Mickael) Agree, multiple such issues - may be worth finding a different vagrant provider (Kushal) That's why things seemed to be looking good in VMs (Conor) John has a PR for testinfra PR in Qubes. Surprisingly, the iptables rules are passing on John's PR. (Mickael) Also try rebooting

SecureDrop Internationalization

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Allie

Yesterday: (Friday)

• Installed Focal on nuc8
• Had some computer problems that caused me to reinstall my development machine OS

Today:

• Install SD on Focal servers: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5663

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Conor

Yesterday:

• PTO

Today:

• Tweaked metapackage build logic, thanks @emkll
• Apache config annotations, adding comments throughout
• Focal iptables investigation, via ISO-based Qubes VMs
• Requesting LL mattermost account =)

Blockers or Asks:

• John: I'm going to look at https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5712 again, holler if you have concerns about rebasing

Erik

Yesterday:

• L10NLab discussions w/ Erin

• HTTPSE updates, implementation proposal for CI rule: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-https-everywhere-ruleset/issues/21

• Investigate SD Client issues

  • "Files are opened twice" cause: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/1217

• SD Workstation issue investigation

Today:

• Backlog grooming and associated follow-up
• Follow-up on SDW issues; back to securedrop-admin if time permits

Blockers or Asks: None

John

Yesterday:

• L10NLab discussions w/ Erin
• trying different approach for #5772

Today:

• #5772
• continuing Focal hardware testing
• i18n_tool.py fixes
• writing up L10NLab meeting notes

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Kev

Yesterday: (Friday)

• L10NLab
• Safe Deletion tests/test coverage; refactoring

Today:

• Email/support housekeeping; changing up dev hardware
• snapd removal / investigate if we need to install packages in VMs

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• For https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5775 postfix trouble added a PR https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5777
  • just installing the focal prod vm cleanly was a trouble.

Tomorrow:

• next focal issues/review as required Blockers or Asks:
• None

Mickael

Yesterday:

• Focal testing

Today:

• Continue investigating Focal issues; encountered another issue I'll open shortly

Blockers or Asks: None

Ro

Time off