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Add section about Flux's cross-namespace policy
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This has come up many times on Slack and GitHub so I'm creating this
section we can link to in the future.

Signed-off-by: Max Jonas Werner <[email protected]>
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The roles and permissions for this multi-tenancy approach
are described in detail here: <https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2-multi-tenancy>.

## Cross-Namespace reference policy

Flux's general premise is to follow Kubernetes best RBAC practices which forbid cross-namespace references to potential sensitive data, i.e. Secrets and ConfigMaps. For sources and events, Flux allows referencing resources from other Namespaces. In these cases, the policy is governed by each controller's `--no-cross-namespace-refs` flag. See the [Flux multi-tenancy configuration page](/flux/installation/configuration/multitenancy/) for further information on this flag.

## Further securing Flux Deployments

Beyond the security features that Flux has backed into it, there are further best
Beyond the baked-in security features of Flux, there are further best
practices that can be implemented to ensure your Flux deployment is as secure
as it can be. For more information, checkout the [Flux Security Best Practices](best-practices.md).

[^1]: However, by design cross-namespace references are an exception to RBAC.
Platform admins have to option to turnoff cross-namespace references as described in the
Platform admins have the option to turn off cross-namespace references as described in the
[installation documentation](/flux/installation/configuration/multitenancy/).
[^2]: Platform admins have to option to enforce impersonation as described in the
[installation documentation](/flux/installation/configuration/multitenancy/).

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