This contest proved that a mac could be hacked easily...as soon as there was some motive to do so which was money. This has been the contention of many that the reasons macs aren't targeted is not because they are more secure but because there is no point, no money in it. If your job is to get as many machines on a botnet as possible why would you target such a minuscule audience? If you are interested in making money from spam, again why target an audience where there are nothing but empty seats in the theater? In April alone Apple released a dozen security patches that could allow arbitrary code to be run. Each one of these a possible exploit of the type that was used at CanSecWest. Right now is it 'safer' to run mac os then windows? Sure. But I think the reason why that is so is misunderstood by most mac users. The spread of this misinformation doesn't do anyone any good. It's become a knee jerk reaction from mac users when talked to about security to just recite the mantra 'we are more secure'. All I hope for is a little intellectual honesty about the topic and less kool-aid.
Mike On 5/8/07, Mason Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When was the last time this happened on a Mac? Apple has already patched the hole that was documented in very short order, as they usually do. Windows on the other hand...... Mason On May 8, 2007, at 3:09 PM, mike wrote: > So what do we run? Couple of weeks ago it was proven an exploit > for mac os > could be written in under ten hours that would send out spam or do any > number of the things you complain about . Maybe we should all use a > commadore 64 and keep off the net completely. > > That would solve the problem. > > Mike ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
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