Mac's Are Not Invulnerable

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  • bigdog
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2001
    • 6964

    #1

    Mac's Are Not Invulnerable

    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1408924,00.asp
  • notjoe
    Confirmed User
    • May 2002
    • 5599

    #2
    This guy is an idiot and i fail to believe that he knows what he is talking about. He didnt mention for once that OS-X is built off FreeBSD, one of the most secure OSs (by default).

    ANY operating system is only as secure as the 3rd party software is and/or as secure as the operator of the machnie is.

    any person who enables file sharing without restrictions is an idiot and deserves to have all their shit deleted anyways.

    This is what cracks me up "Ultimately, those on the Mac fringe have to face facts: Panther and Jaguar were not better at outrunning vulnerabilities than Windows.". Ok, so, Windows machines are just as secure as unix machines? OOOOOKKKKAY THERE

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    • Hooper
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2001
      • 2210

      #3
      an invalid dhcp response would really only result from a malicious sysadmin doing something, doesnt exactly sound like a critical flaw to me.

      i'd rather have that vulnerability than have to deal with the adware/spyware/autoinstalling dialers shit that windows users are forced to deal with.

      the only employee of the company who uses windows has had almost 2 full days of downtime because of malicious adware that was forced onto his computer. it's cost me a bundle to say the least.
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      • gornyhuy
        Chafed.
        • May 2002
        • 18041

        #4
        Macs are irrelevant.

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        • quiet
          we'll miss you our friend. RIP
          • Sep 2001
          • 25115

          #5
          that article is a joke.

          we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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          • onno
            Confirmed User
            • Dec 2003
            • 732

            #6
            Dam!!!for every Mac hack millions of pc will be hacked!!!

            Macs is allways more secure and stable than a pc

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            • TheLegacy
              SEO RobertWarrenSEO.com
              • Apr 2003
              • 18255

              #7
              If a MAC was good enough for jeff goldblum in Independence Day to bring down all those bad nasty aliens by uploading a virus - then its good enough for - um - oh wait - he did use a MAC laptop to upload a virus


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              • 12clicks
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Jan 2001
                • 19815

                #8
                MACs are invulnerable.
                I'm not a dinosaur, I'm a crocodile. I've seen dinosaurs come and go and I'm left unimpressed.

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                • Squito
                  Registered User
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 72

                  #9
                  I have had a mac for 3 years and never once have i had to do a reinstall or had down time. this baby has been going strong and will for a while to come.
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                  • bigdog
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jul 2001
                    • 6964

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Hooper
                    an invalid dhcp response would really only result from a malicious sysadmin doing something, doesnt exactly sound like a critical flaw to me.

                    i'd rather have that vulnerability than have to deal with the adware/spyware/autoinstalling dialers shit that windows users are forced to deal with.

                    the only employee of the company who uses windows has had almost 2 full days of downtime because of malicious adware that was forced onto his computer. it's cost me a bundle to say the least.
                    if you use a browser other then IE you really wont have those adware probelms

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                    • bigdog
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2001
                      • 6964

                      #11
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