[Pgi-wg] Documenting the security agreement/info progress

[Morris Riedel]

Hi PGI security folks,

  I'm thinking how we can document progress in agreements in terms of
security. Just let the flow of e-mails run us out of time is not a good
idea...


Also, the strawmen document is nice but it is a Formula 1 racecar (or US:
Indy500 car) compared to a bicycle, which is more needed by PGI in the
moment to agree on important 'forward-bringing elements' before profiling it
precisely to realize a common view on a racecar. 


As I said earlier - our common agreement (not only in security) is crucial -
rushing a profile out is not collaborative enough and had nearly crushed the
group instead of getting us out of the security hole mentioned by Steven
earlier. In slightly other words - it's the process - not the documentation
alone, especially in collaborative efforts.


So - I hesitate to again come up with a big document during the agreement
process and rather prefer a condensed WIKI page. 


But also this page implies changes by numerous folks making again
unreviewable without having any 'place constraints' especially having not
really a good track changes option!


My current idea is around so-called factsheets that are only two-page word
documents for each security topic making it condensed and allowing the
valuable track changes functionality including one picture per topic that
represents our common agreement aligned with some text that later lays the
foundation for our 'one' document mentioned in the charter. 


I just want to hear your opinions on this before I start working on them -
it makes no sense if you disagree.

I'm also happy to hear better suggestions.


Thanks for sharing your views on this,
Morris

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