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7. Security: The Omnipresent Concept
From a very general perspective, security is synonim of order, conscience. And insecure is everything that makes a system stop without the user wish. So besides open network ports, or weak cryptography (that are beyond the scope of this document), applications that inducts the user to use it only as root, or make him change files in indevidos places, is considered insecure. We can say the same for the apps that fills a filesystem that is vital to the OS.
Many standards appeared from good practices discussed and developed in conjunction for a long time. So you should know and use them when you'll package your software, because they are key for you to achieve a good organization (security) level.