On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > I have never really felt insecure running a Mac wide open on the internet > since the OS 8 days. The only virus infection I've EVER gotten on any of my > Macs was the WDEF virus. I've taken precaustions with
The life of a sysadmin is interrupt-driven. What I MEANT to say was: I've taken precautions with my iMac at work, but that's because I do have things open like remote login, am running file-sharing, am running Apache, have PHP installed and working, etc., AND my iMac has an internet accessible IP address. Hit <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu> and that's my imac. At any given time I may be running MySQL, testing CGI scripts, etc etc. In other words, in many respect my iMac is behaving as much as a server as it is a workstation. Most people's Mac are not. That requires server-level security attention. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
