https://peertube.watch/videos/watch/f98f0026-d6b6-431b-802f-02da219878c1 Securing NixOS and Nixpkgs is critical for widespread adoption. As one of the nine recently selected Sovereign Tech Fund projects, this talk discusses the mechanisms in place to reduce reliance on external binaries, ensuring code integrity during compilation, and implementing mechanisms for delivering up-to-date, secure software sustainably. We discuss the implementation by the Nix security team that focuses on streamlining processes, enhancing NixOS and Nixpkgs security, and transparently communicating vulnerability patch timelines to users, delving into the strategies implemented in phase one of this project to fortify NixOS and Nixpkgs security efficiently and effectively. Speaker: Dominic Mills-Howell, Track: Nix and NixOS devroom, Room: H.1302 (Depage), When: Sunday 4 February 2024, 09:30–09:55 (Brussels time), Schedule: FOSDEM 2024 event page, Slides & links Slides, Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Belgium (CC BY 2.0 BE) (as stated in the FOSDEM video archive). Attribution: “Fortifying the Foundations: Elevating Security in Nix and NixOS” by Dominic Mills-Howell, FOSDEM 2024. Original recording: 2024/h1302/fosdem-2024-2204-fortifying-the-foundations-elevating-security-in-nix-and-nixos.av1.webm from the FOSDEM video archive. This channel is an unofficial mirror; FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:31:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.watch https://peertube.watch/lazy-static/avatars/3b284627-b75f-409e-ac2e-10f4c2946f43.png https://peertube.watch/videos/watch/f98f0026-d6b6-431b-802f-02da219878c1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.watch/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.