Hi Guy,
On 09.10.2013 09:32, Guy Waterval wrote:
A little off topic perhaps, for this list, but perhaps also a frequent
question to which it could be nice to have some answers.
An opensource sofware has the advantage, in security terms, to grant that
there are no spyware in it, that's OK. But is there no danger, as the code
is public, to facilitate the creation of virus. It's always a problem for
me to answer to this kind of question, it's unclear for me. So, If somebody
could bring some arguments understandable for end users about this issue,
It would be great.
The are some good arguments in the Wikipedia article on that topic [1].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software_security
Another discussion-worthy point is that "Security by Obscurity" [2]
software is considered not to be not much safer than their binary-only
counterparts: "System security should not depend on the secrecy of the
implementation or its components."
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_by_obscurity
The same could be applicable to the ODF, what are the advantages, in terms
of security, to work with an open format.
"Trust is good, control/validation is better": An open format allows
inspection and validation.
Herbert
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