Yep, i completely agree with all your points, but... All the arguments you pointed out are the ones i myself point out when discussing security with PC owners. The unix base, BSD, posix permissions which are better laid out than windows ACLs, the fact that windows was not initially made for internet communications whereas macs started that way, and the list goes on.
Yet i can't stop myself from thinking there will be a growing interest in hacking the mac, just for the sake of figuring the system out. I myself am fascinated by what happens under the hood, and reading the handbook which was released over 2 years ago. In the simple propagation of information to all channels via a singularity, there are myriads of groups which will be capable of finding exploits to the systems. It starts with the hackintosh community which make custom kexts for PC hardware. If they can go that low on the system, it won't be much harder to do it on a MAC, unless you or someone else here knows of a chip that levvys all of it. Check out mac hacker's handbook and all the levels of kernel exploits that can be made available, and the growing list of bugs with voice over, for example. Once again, i prefer caution and informing myself, then prventing spills in my network and computers. But then, i never liked those security burnoffs :) I'm just saying this: Better informed and safe than arrogant and sorry :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
