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Is it hackable?

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Hi Techies,

We passionate to work with open source.I wonder about the security system with open source.Because the name itself explains that anybody can modify it.So even after install in our server,can anybody hack it?

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by thumbsup2

All we can tell you, given the information you have provided so far, is that anything is hackable, given the right set of circumstanses. It's the job of the system administrator to try and foresee all possibilities and prevent them from happening.

You'll have to be more specific with your questions before we can provide further help.

by oh smeg

Generally speaking it's more secure as the changes need to be approved by the major distributions so you do not get Sleazy Joe down the road rewriting a Open Source OS and submitting it for use.

The advantage of Open Source is that the Source Code is Open for anyone to look at and see what is being done. So from that Prospective it's far more secure than a Closed System because there is Community Involvement looking at possible Vulnerabilities and fixing them as soon as they appear.

As for is it Crackable well anything is so the answer has to be [b]YES.[/b] Personally I wouldn't have a System controlling Nuclear Armed ICBM running straight to a Telephone line with no security as the possibility of someone breaking in and setting the thing off are way too great. But by the same token I would have a Closed System code running in the same situation without any security either. So when it is all said and done there is No Security that is Impervious to a Successful Attack.

So your question is what exactly?

Col

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