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Joe Don't ask to ask, just ask  Re: Is this code secure, can I
test it on my machine?  by Krambambuli (Deacon) on May 24, 2010
at 07:20 UTC ( #841332=note: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??
in reply to Is this code secure, can I test it on my machine?
I'm afraid I'll frighten you with this, although it's rather
obvious:  some code is "really secure", translates to "that code
does nothing else than what it is supposed to do, ever, in any
circumstances".  Which is the same as telling "that code has no
known or unknown bug, present or future".  errr... You got my
point :)  On the other hand, if you just wish to check that the
code doesn't pro-actively spy out it's environment and send out
passwords or the like, running it for a while on a virtual
machine or in a chrooted environment and setting a Net filter
around it to see if there is any suspect network activity is not
hard to do.  Also, on the test machine, you could set up a file
checksum app