Re: [R] Security issue

2008-04-04 Thread David Winsemius
Markus Gesmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > If this is not enough, the following document might help you do find > some good arguments: http://www.actuaries.org.uk/files/pdf/proceedings/giro2006/Maynard.pdf That link is dead, ... perhaps one of: http://www.actuarie

Re: [R] Security issue

2008-04-02 Thread Markus Gesmann
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hanek Martin Sent: 02 April 2008 10:27 To: r-help@R-project.org Subject: [R] Security issue Hello, I am trying to convince our IT Manager that R is as safe as possible from IT security point of view - could you point me to

Re: [R] Security issue

2008-04-02 Thread Barry Rowlingson
Hanek Martin wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to convince our IT Manager that R is as safe as possible > from IT security point of view - could you point me to something on > the web / some reasons for why this is true? I do not think he has a > specific concern but does not know the software and w

Re: [R] Security issue

2008-04-02 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Well, of course it isn't true -- no piece of software is 'as safe as possible'. I think some IT managers would prefer not to run any OSes on their machines -- now, that is pretty safe (especially if they are then switched off to say energy). You haven't told us your OS -- and that usually mean

[R] Security issue

2008-04-02 Thread Hanek Martin
Hello, I am trying to convince our IT Manager that R is as safe as possible from IT security point of view - could you point me to something on the web / some reasons for why this is true? I do not think he has a specific concern but does not know the software and would like to understand the s