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Appendix F

Air-Gap Deployment Checklist

SANKET Technical Security & Architecture Whitepaper. Public edition 2.0, 7 October 2026.

☐ Enclave network has no route to the internet, verified by testing egress from the installation host.

☐ Internal CA issues the edge certificate; clients trust the internal CA.

☐ Internal DNS resolves all installation host names.

☐ Internal authoritative time source configured on servers and managed devices.

☐ Licence issued for air-gapped deployment and offline operation; trust bundle installed.

☐ Release public key obtained out of band and configured; verification succeeds.

☐ Third-party base images pre-staged from a verified source.

☐ Media server node address set explicitly or internal STUN configured; TURN relay enabled only if needed inside the enclave.

☐ Android attestation verified against the roots and revocation snapshot shipped in the release; no online attestation check.

☐ Identity provider and LDAP directory, if used, hosted inside the enclave.

☐ Device client-certificate revocation list published to the edge.

☐ Apple push disabled; iOS behaviour without background wake-up accepted by users.

☐ SMS disabled; email relay internal or disabled.

☐ Android devices registered with the self-hosted push relay.

☐ Desktop clients built with the installation's host allowlist.

☐ Syslog configured to the internal SIEM with the internal CA pinned.

☐ Controlled media transfer procedure documented, with scanning and custody records.

☐ Encrypted backups written to separate media inside the enclave; restore tested.

☐ OpenBao unseal shares and backup passphrase held by separate custodians.

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