2015-10-13 14:47 GMT+02:00 Alexander Y Lee <[email protected]>: > The reason why I write this letter is to ask you about the security of > this software, I think since it is open source, so I am worrying about the > security and possibility of being attacked by hacker and virus. I am very > sensitive toward security and I do not want my documents sent to the hacker > later. Can I make myself easy about the concern? > > And, does this software work independently like MS office and is it > Off-line program? or Does it work through cloud service system, API, and > Online based system? >
Hi, I'll try to address these specific points. Yes, LibreOffice is an open source project. However, I have difficulties seeing the link between the open source status and the actual security. As a quick summary of things, all software have the potential for security issues; the only difference between open source and closed source is that for the former, it is possible to run a security audit on the code to find these defects, while in closed source you just have to trust some vendors for their words. That aside, LibreOffice itself have no (as far as I know) disclosed security issues at the moment. It have happened (and will happen, as with any kind of software), and usually such issues are fixed quickly by the developers. As long as you download the software from a trusted source (as in, the official LibreOffice website) there is nothing to worry about on this front. Also, LibreOffice is a completely offline package, and does not require any kind of internet connection to run (beyond the initial download of course). Unless you explicitely use such functionalities, there is no communication at all coming from the software, with the exception of the update-checking mechanism. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
