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RE: Mac Security
From: "Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:14:41 -0600
Ja, you guys have to remember (borrowing from the black rhino analogy) that even though a black rhino may be hard to find, they are worth a _lot_ more than the easy to find rhino's (if there are any left) The same goes for the mac user: lots of sysadmins use macs, if you compromise one, you may get more than the pr0n and mp3's you find on the average windows box. Harder to compromise, but more rewarding for nefarious purposes.
Which means a exploit, if found, may not be released as quickly as for Windows? Most mac users will tell you that they don't need AV, so perhaps you are more likely to keep the box once obtained...of course, if you get in. =) -Todd _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- RE: Mac Security, (continued)
- RE: Mac Security Larry Seltzer (Jan 18)
- Re: Mac Security Blue Boar (Jan 18)
- RE: Mac Security Todd Towles (Jan 18)
- RE: Mac Security Larry Seltzer (Jan 18)
- RE: Mac Security Todd Towles (Jan 18)
- Re: Mac Security Dude VanWinkle (Jan 18)
- Re[2]: Mac Security Pierre Vandevenne (Jan 18)
- Re: Re[2]: Mac Security Dude VanWinkle (Jan 18)
- RE: Mac Security David Harley (Jan 19)
- Re: Mac Security Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 19)
- Re: Mac Security Dude VanWinkle (Jan 18)
- RE: Mac Security Nick FitzGerald (Jan 19)
- Re: Mac Security Dude VanWinkle (Jan 19)
- Re: Mac Security Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 19)