On 3/9/2014 10:57 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 1:04 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote:
I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's supposed to
be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready to un-box it and set it
up, and I already know I'm going to have to connect it to the internet for
software authentication. (I've been reading the manual ... gives a whole new
meaning to "fine print".)
Anyway, I "know" Macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but I'd rather be safe
than sorry.
So, before I take the plunge & plug it in, I'd like suggestions for
anti-virus software for the Mac.
Try this: http://clamxav.com/
FWIW to you, I don't use any AV software on Mac OS X and never have. I
am a veteran of both Mac OS X and antivirus technology, having been
the principal architect of a corporate network messaging security
product for a firewall company (Borderware). I have used Mac OS X from
when it was NeXTSTEP and then OpenStep. The security model is UNIX's;
clean, understandable, robust and time-proven.
You should enable the Mac's firewall for extra protection, especially
if you don't trust your network router's firewall. Go to System
Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Firewall
Also see:
https://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/security.html
Also, do Macs have a "hosts" file?
On Windoze, I use a robust "hosts" file to block unwanted SPAM & Malware
sites.
Yes: /etc/hosts
John, how familiar are you with UNIX, Linux and/or FreeBSD? If you are
a UNIX person, you can get very far by assuming UNIX behaviour for
things like networking and general OS questions. So your hosts text
file is /etc/hosts just like it's been since the Berkeley days.
You should get familiar with /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
which is a terrific straightforward command line environment. The
default shell is /bin/bash.
See:
http://www.mactip.net/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-on-a-mac/
You can use vi/vim to edit if you prefer.
Keep in mind that Mac OS X is a significantly evolved UNIX. The order
of name lookups and what sources to consult (eg BIND/named) are
controlled by a network services daemon.
Read this as it may save you a bunch of annoyance:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6841421/mac-osx-lion-dns-lookup-order
I took several community college classes on Unix System V back in the
late 80s & 90s. I haven't really used any of it since the mid-90s. I've
still got the textbooks.
I remember the bash shell; barely remember.
I've also installed several flavors of Linux on PC hardware at one time
or another, mostly from those "Teach Yourself ... in 30 Days" type
books. Linux was a plaything that I never really had enough time to
actually play with.
They never lasted long because the actual WORK that I needed to do on a
PC always required applications that would run in DOS, Windoze (and for
a while OS/2) and I'd end up having to use the hardware for something else.
The "hosts" file I use in windoze is just a long list of domains I never
want the computer to go to, so they're all referenced to 127.0.0.1 to
keep the computer from looking for them anywhere else.
I'm pretty sure that's something Windoze got from Unix, so I'm expecting
it to do the same thing on a Mac since it's Unix based.
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