GnuCash is safe. Was re: How safe is GnuCash?

[Robert Kesterson]

I agree, the feature requested isn’t present in GnuCash.  However, 
that does NOT mean that GnuCash is “not safe”.  My concern is that 
people who are looking for an accounting program will fire up their 
search engines and see only cursory bits and pieces of this discussion 
and think “Oh my goodness — GnuCash isn’t safe!” When that 
simply isn’t true.

GnuCash is as safe as any other accounting program, and there is no 
inherent danger in using it.  If additional security steps are necessary 
in special circumstances, these are best taken at the operating system 
level and through external access and audit management protocols.  This 
is true of just about every other software system as well.

The question really isn’t “is GnuCash safe?”, but “does GnuCash 
have features I need for my auditors”.  And the answer to the latter 
question is, simply, no.


On 14 Jan 2017, at 1:12, GWB wrote:

> Kaj,
>
> I did not mention Bitcoin.  Buddha Buck did, with the insight that the
> use of a block chain might be what you were looking for, that is, an
> audit trail to verify that the data file had not been tampered with.
> Now that I see the background to your question, I would suggest you
> not use GnuCash.  You might consider going back to the Windows program
> you mentioned, or, from your original post, a spreadsheet.  You
> mention in your first post that you have seen software that comes
> close to the manual method of correction.  I would be interested in
> knowing more about those programs, so if you could list them, it would
> help.
>
> Once we know what those programs are, then it might be easier to
> answer the question you pose.  But without knowing this, I would
> venture to say you should not use GnuCash.  It won't do that.
>
> Gordon