The National Security Agency has just released a Security Configuration Guide for Apple MacOS X. The guide mostly contains common sense configuration information that applies to many UNIX systems. It also includes specific discussion for Apple's unique features such as KeyChain and FileVault. It should be useful to most MacOS X users and will be particularly useful for US Government organizations that use MacOS X and for commercial IT Departments that are supporting MacOS X.
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