On 3/23/07 2:53 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> Symantec have been trying to demonise OS X for a long while. > > And it is going to work soon. > > Because OS X has no Propolice-like compiler stack protection, nor > anything like W^X which makes parts of the address space > non-executable, nor anything like address space randomization which > makes certain attacks very difficult, especially with the previous two > techniques. > > So when they have a bug, it is exploitable just like bugs are on any > other powerpc or i386 machine running some other operating system. > > These days even operating systems like Vista have the above 3 security > technologies. >
First of all, "bugs" and "viruses" are two different things. Second, OS X does not need third-party "protection". All of the protection is built into the OS! If Vista is so secure, then why does one need to download "virus/spyware protection" when it can simply be built into the OS? -The One
