Garth Wallace wrote:
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> "Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Been reading up on the subject In MacWorld and MacAddict. Both "suggest"
> > that Unix "has always more unsecure" than the Mac Os-9 and lower. One
> > reason they suggest is the fact it been optimize for use on the inetrnet
> > and because its always been open source. They noted they Apple is
> > working to plug up the holes.
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> 1) Mac magazines aren't really the best place to get information
> about UNIX. Actually, MacWorld can be pretty inaccurate when
> writing about Macs (has there ever been a Mac built that they
> didn't think was great, or a business decision by Apple that they
> didn't think was brilliant?)
Actually ther have been instances where they didn't approve. (The Cube
is most recent example, they predict is being pulled from Market, It was
announced just last issue all work on the cube had discontinued).
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> 2) UNIX hasn't "always been more unsecure" than MacOS. Most
> network security tools are for UNIX. UNIX itself is pretty rock
> solid. Most insecurities in "UNIX" are actually insecurities in
> server programs (like Apache and Sendmail), and if you don't run
> a server you don't have those problems.
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> 3) UNIX hasn't "always been open source". Some versions still
> aren't. GNU/Linux is open source, so are FreeBSD, NetBSD, and
> OpenBSD--the others are all proprietary.
Isn't the version (BSD 4.1) Apple adopted an open source version.
Again I am only quoting from sources I know. I suppose PCWorld is no
better and err on side of PC's so guess there is no accurate info on
UNIX Other than from UNIX sources.
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