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Weblog:   Mac's New Slogan: Viruses for the Rest of Us
Subject:   re: mac os x security (picking nits)
Date:   2005-03-23 05:45:16
From:   pmcomeau
Response to: re: mac os x security

"Out of the box it's in fact worse than Windows out of the box.
"


Which one?


OpenBSD out of the box is more secure then Windows (pre SP 2 for XP, post SP 2 I would say XP is closer but still not quite as good) as everything is turned off by default. In fact O'Reilly network had a nice series of articles on how to use it as a firewall.


The other BSD's are reltivly secure (e.g. I don't know if NetBSD turns everything off by default, I know OS X does.)


So... please be specific
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  • re: mac os x security (picking nits)
    2005-03-23 06:05:28  msporleder [Reply | View]

    NetBSD turns everything off by default. You can barely hack into it after the install finishes and you know the root password. ;) The only likely security problems installed by a full install (not turned on) are ssh and sendmail/postfix.
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