ossf / ossf/security-baseline

Create a control for review/maintenance/upkeep

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Description

In discussing #302 today:

  • Don’t have a specific guidance around keeping dependencies up to date
  • Have a policy for addressing SCA findings, but not frequency
  • VM-05.03 somewhat addresses this at level 3
  • Evan would like a “heartbeat” that the project is maintained
  • Decision: have a level 2 or 3 control around frequency of review / maintenance / upkeep
  • Decision: consider adding a criteria around a dated statement that the software is currently maintained (this is an inverse of DO-04 and DO-05, because @evankanderson doesn't believe in statements about the future)

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the discussion in #302 and the existing VM-05.03, DO-04, and DO-05 controls. Resolve whether the new control belongs at level 2 or 3 and whether it should include a dated statement of current maintenance; done means the agreed review, upkeep, and maintenance criteria are documented.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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