RE: Mac Security

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

> 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

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