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Special Forums Cybersecurity is open source more secure ? Post 302331526 by Neo on Monday 6th of July 2009 12:38:25 PM

07-06-2009

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I would also like to add that, at least for me personally and speaking in sweeping generalities which I don't like to do; I feel less secure with "closed code" than "open code".

For me, I can easily trust what I can see. I can search open code more easily (and look for problems) than I can search a binary or encrypted code like encrypted PHP (which I cannot search at all).

Recently, I refused to install encrypted PHP on a web site for that exact reason. I do not trust code I cannot see and see no reason to install encrypted PHP code when I can find open alternatives.

As I mentioned before, I don't normally like to respond to generalizations without context, so I am simply providing my personal opinion, and that is that I (my personal opinion) feel more secure when I can examine the code, grep it, search it, add debug statements, etc.

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asadmin-delete-connector-security-map

asadmin-delete-connector-security-map(1)			   User Commands			  asadmin-delete-connector-security-map(1)

NAME

       asadmin-delete-connector-security-map,  delete-connector-security-map  -  deletesthe  named security map for the given connector connection
       pool

SYNOPSIS

       delete-connector-security-map --user admin_user [--password admin_password] [--host localhost] [--port 4848] [--secure|-s]  [--passwordfile
       filename] [--terse=false] [--echo=false] [--interactive=true] --poolname connector_connection_pool_name mapname

       Deletes the named security map for the given connector connection pool.	This command is supported in remote mode only.

OPTIONS

       --user		       authorized domain application server administrative username.

       --password	       password to administer the domain application server.

       --host		       machine name where the domain application server is running.

       --port		       port number of the domain application server listening for administration requests.

       --secure 	       if true, uses SSL/TLS to communicate with the domain application server.

       --passwordfile	       file containing the domain application server password.

       --terse		       indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well-
			       formatted data for consumption by a script. Default is false.

       --echo		       setting to true will echo the command line statement on the standard output. Default is false.

       --interactive	       if set to true (default), only the required password options are prompted.

       --poolname	       connector connection pool name for which the security map that is to be deleted belongs to.

OPERANDS

       mapname		       name of the security map to be deleted.

       Example 1: Using delete-connector-security-map

       asadmin> delete-connector-security-map --user admin --password adminadmin
       --poolname connector-pool1 securityMap1
       Command delete-connector-security-map executed successfully

EXIT STATUS

       0		       command executed successfully

       1		       error in executing the command

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