The open source approach - Opportunities and limitations with respect to security and privacy

Computers and Security

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 461-471

  Hansen, Marit ^a   Köhntopp, Kristian ^b   Pfitzmann, Andreas ^c  

^a Independent Centre for Privacy Protection   (Germany)

^b Developer In the Open Source Project PHP   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Open source; Privacy; Security; Software development; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA PRIVACY; OPEN SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

OPEN SOURCE; PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS; SECURITY REQUIREMENTS; SOFTWARE TRUSTWORTHINESS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 0036329258     PISSN: 01674048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4048(02)00516-3     Document Type: Note

References (8)

1. Robust nonproprietary software
2. Secure programming for linux and unix HOWTO - Chapter 2.3: Is open source good for security?