>> Hopefully, your local IS person has bothered to become >> educated about security risks for Macs or >> mixed-networks... > >i'm the IS person. > >my research on security risks for macs suggests that the risks are quite >low (once the obvious issues are taken care of - e.g., denying guest >access, etc.). what's your opinion? any less-than-obvious security >issues in the macOS server environment you'd care to share? > >and it's nice to see a reference to the good people over at attrition - >i've worked with them a bit in the past. the sheer numbers of hacked >sites are a very real reminder of the navy's conclusion: macOS running >webstar is far more secure -- with much less work and worry -- than any >competing box. > >jack Jack, The Mac OS is very secure unless you leave the front door open (i.e., leave access to Guests as a default over TCP/IP or give away a user id/pw) We do webhosting, so we see more cracking attempts than a normal business office, but FAR less than our PC friends. And every successful Mac hacking attempt we know of was some form of a id/pw breach, not a true cracking. People will tape their login ID and password to their monitors at work! How is it that we think we are the most advanced species? Oh, there were a couple of MacOSX server hacks that were successful, but that was a Unix mistake, not a Mac OS mistake. OSX server is a Unix build, not what we are accustomed to with the Finder, etc... Come the end of the year when Apple releases the "other" OS X, we may be in for a bit of a learning curve again. *nix can be made quite secure, but it takes a little effort. For some really general fluff about security, we have a "Security" link within the webhosting pages at <http://www.afterhoursconsulting.org>. And, if you click on the "Think" button at the bottom of the page, you get an extra "Why Macs are Better" treat. A bit dated now, but still relevant. No serious holes have shown up with the exception of the TCP multiple users issue that first sprang up with OS 9... Guess I should close with the disclaimer that, yes, I know this is a Duo list and this is as far as the security thread needs to go publically. Back to our subnotebook discussions :) ---- Paul Vail [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://www.afterhoursconsulting.org/ After Hours Consulting: Macintosh Service, Support & Web Hosting ---- ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com>
