04-13-2022 TSC Meeting Minutes

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Meeting Recording

Meeting Chat File

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LF Staff: LJ Illuzzi

Agenda

• LF Antitrust Policy

• Meeting note taker

• Welcome to new attendees

• List of L3AF Contributors and Committers for LFN Badges
• LFN Intern/Mentorship Program
• LFN Status of storage for storing eBPF package repository artifacts
• Reporting of security issues - new groups.io list (https://lists.l3af.io/g/security)

• General Topics (cover as needed)

  • Use Cases

  • Roadmap

  • Project structure

    • Governance

    • Technical Steering Committee

• PR's
  
  • https://github.com/l3af-project/l3afd/pull/47
  • https://github.com/l3af-project/governance/pull/33
  • https://github.com/l3af-project/eBPF-Package-Repository/pull/17
  • https://github.com/l3af-project/l3af-arch/pull/14
• License issue
  • https://github.com/l3af-project/eBPF-Package-Repository/issues/15

Minutes/Updates

• Reporting security issues
  • List as placeholder created as a way to support security issues that are not public
    • Anyone can send messages, but it is not public and only members can view
    • Initial list: all members of the TSC: Jason, Santhosh, Eric, Dave, Lj
      • Short term solution
    • Qualifications for TSC and security are not the same
  • Working with PM for LFx security: Will be on Apr 27, 2022: Overview and getting started.
  • Propose that we also overview on license and export scan tools. Apr. 20, 2022(?)
    • Is there overlap between the 2 tools?
• PRs
  • #47 mTLS support: please review
    • Completes a piece of the loopback/non-loopback design
  • #33: Governance
    • Updated removal section
    • Approved. Forward to TAC
  • Issue #15
    • Must be done by WallMart
      • SPDX identifier of the license changed, not matching at the bottom.
      • Kernel will accept dual with GPL in it.
        • Santhosh: Need to retest.
    • bpf_ipfix_egress_kern.c - please make dual license
  • Commit hook from gitHub that checks the license?
    • Please do: https://github.com/l3af-project/eBPF-Package-Repository/issues/18
    • By default: block things that just say GPL?
      • Example: BSD string, and instead of or them
      • Two legal strings: Dual licensed GPL and ... or Apache 2.0: According to charter
      • What happens if the license is the code?
      • Look for GPL or whitelist?
        • Whitelist is easiest.
    • If needed in the future we can expand.
• PR #70
  • Request for review
  • Step 2: Testing for Windows.
    • Only Makes the programs compile, does not test the programs themselves
    • rate_limiting and xdp_root
  • Please put Dave on the code owners list for l2af-project repos
    • Work in progress PR on process for this
    • TSC makes the call. Approved
      • Each repo needs a PR to update code owners
      • Admin can make the settings change. (Santhosh). Done.
• Storage through LFN
  • Left off: understand what level of subscription that we need
  • Figure out how it gets paid for
  • Jason: Getting input from legal (WallMart)
  • Lj: Start with cost. Then we can consult the LFN on the model
• Can use free tier to get started.
  • Figure out what services fit the model.
  • Hone in on the platform so that we don't have to rip it all out and replant somewhere else.
• PR #14
  • Someone generated a request for doc readability
    • Has merge conflict. Hasn't been addressed for a couple of months.
    • Santhosh: Just close it. The changes have already made it into the doc

Action Items

Future Agenda Items

• LFx Security Overview and Getting Started scheduled for 04/27
• Proposal that the community receive an overview on license and export compliance scan tools. Queue this up for 04/20?