| Online security has always been a hot issue ever | | | | The internet protections program is just a text editor |
| since the Internet first came into being. Users are still | | | | if you think about it. Certainly, it has strong 256 bit |
| in search of that elusive perfect safety that will | | | | AES encryption, which is considered to be one of the |
| effectively keep all kind of Internet hooligans out of | | | | best security protection devices on the Internet. The |
| their private connections. Today, the world is | | | | idea is to provide an area for users to store their |
| becoming open source. Everything from arcade | | | | vital data that they do not want other eyes to see. |
| games to high end information portals are going open | | | | Just text can be saved here, but you can use the |
| source. It is but inevitable then that security | | | | data protection software for saving your bank |
| applications also go open source. The wave has | | | | account numbers, phone numbers, usernames and |
| already begun, if you check out applications like the | | | | passwords on the websites you use and such things. |
| internet security applications, an open source secure | | | | You can set up a password so that only people who |
| text tool for people who wish to keep some of their | | | | have the password will be able to see the files you |
| information encrypted on the computers they use. | | | | have saved with online protection. |
| But how good is open source online protection after | | | | Internet protection software is a very powerfully |
| all? | | | | encrypted tool in itself, it must be said that it does |
| With open source software, the main interest that | | | | not help quite as much. You can only save plaintext |
| happens is that the developers release the source | | | | format here, and that could be a big let downer. Also, |
| code online. That means, anyone with knowledge of | | | | if you are working with various files, you cannot do |
| coding, and obviously with an interest in it, is able to | | | | so simultaneously. There are such problems. But we |
| modify the code. They can also use the code to | | | | must also remember that the code is open source. |
| make their own tools and applications. But the | | | | So that means, these shortcomings can be fixed by |
| greatest advantage is of course that troubleshooting | | | | just about anyone. The only question is when. |
| becomes a breeze. If you are using open source | | | | Online protection in open source does exist then, but |
| software and there's a snag, all you have to do is to | | | | you must not expect all the bells and whistles that |
| make a post on a community or forum for the | | | | go with commercially retailed products. Some of |
| software and experts from all over the world will | | | | these could look quite plain and may not do all the |
| come forward with suggestions. Some will even fix | | | | things you expect of them. However, online |
| the bug. That is one the strongest points of open | | | | protection software, they are constantly being |
| source, they are constantly perfected so that they | | | | upgraded, and that is the cause why they might just |
| are virtually snag-free. | | | | as well supersede some of the retailed products in |
| Open source protection is still in its infancy, though. | | | | the market today. |