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+# Security policy
+
+## Scope
+
+- The one-line installer: `install.sh`, `install.ps1` and the `install.py` they download.
+- The packs, their manifests under `install/` and the checksums each release publishes.
+- The website, its scripts and the data it serves under `api/`.
+
+## Reporting a vulnerability
+
+Report it privately from the repository's **Security** tab, with **Report a vulnerability**. A public issue is the wrong place for it: the details stay private until a fix is out.
+
+A useful report names the file or the page, the steps that show the problem, and what an attacker gains.
+
+## Supported versions
+
+The installer and the site served from `main`, and the latest release. Older releases are removed when a new one is published.
+
+## How downloads are checked
+
+- `install.sh` and `install.ps1` download `install.py` from a fixed commit and refuse it unless its SHA-256 matches the one they carry.
+- The installer checks every file against the hash its manifest records before writing it.
+- Each release lists the SHA-256 of its files in `SHA256SUMS.txt`, signed with the key in `allowed_signers`: [verifying a release](https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/wiki/release-process/#verifying-a-release).
+
+## Not a security issue
+
+A file with an unexpected hash, a missing file or a takedown request: [open an issue](https://github.com/Abdess/retrobios/issues/new) with the file's path or hash.