I've searched the web and mailing list archives for this one, but didn't
find it. I'm just curious if GnuCash has ever gone through a code review
specifically for security? Perhaps something like what was done for
TrueCrypt...?
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Hi,
What specifically would such a code review be looking for?
GnuCash is a financial application. It specifically does not provide
security services like encryption, leaving that to security specific
applications (like True Crypt). Passwords to online banking are never
stored. All other secur
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 8:35 PM, Marcus Winston wrote:
> I've searched the web and mailing list archives for this one, but didn't
> find it. I'm just curious if GnuCash has ever gone through a code review
> specifically for security? Perhaps something like what was done for
> TrueCrypt...?
There
GnuCash also doesn't do any network access, either as a client or server.
For things like financial quote lookup, it calls 3rd-party tools. That's
another way that GnuCash minimizes its security footprint.
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:44 AM Aaron Laws wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 8:35 PM, Marcus
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Buddha Buck wrote:
> GnuCash also doesn't do any network access, either as a client or server.
> For things like financial quote lookup, it calls 3rd-party tools. That's
> another way that GnuCash minimizes its security footprint.
>
I was thinking along these line
Hi,
Please be sure to CC gnucash-user on all your replies using your
mailer's Reply-To-List or Reply-All functionality.
You're now getting more into topics for the development list and not the
user list, but suffice it to say that GnuCash is NOT a security
application, it is a financial applicati