There were 18 security advisories from Secunia for mac os x so far in 2007. Seven of these were rated highly critical meaning system level access, access to private files etc. The holes are there. Not long ago a hole in quicktime was exploited in just a few hours when the winner was offered 10k for doing so. I wouldn't go as far as saying mac os is less secure then windows, I would say it probably is more secure, but it's not some impregnable wall as some mac users believe. Seven critical flaws prove that. Interestingly, Vista had six in the same time period.
Mike On 10/19/07, John DeCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/19/07, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > *Everyone,* until Vista, ran as an admin. That is the single biggest > > security flaw in Windows and why Windows boxes are so easily > compromised. > > > > I don't know if that is the single biggest security flaw, but it is > certainly in the top ten. > > Probably the single biggest security flaw has been the deep integration of > the browser and other items into the OS. > > -- > John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> 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 > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> 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 ************************************************************************
