Mac's Are Not Invulnerable - GoFuckYourself.com

bigdog · 12-12-2003, 06:54 AM

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1408924,00.asp

notjoe · 12-12-2003, 07:15 AM

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Originally posted by bigdog
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1408924,00.asp

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

Hooper · 12-12-2003, 07:19 AM

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.

gornyhuy · 12-12-2003, 07:20 AM

Macs are irrelevant.

quiet · 12-12-2003, 07:22 AM

that article is a joke.

onno · 12-12-2003, 07:36 AM

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

Macs is allways more secure and stable than a pc

TheLegacy · 12-12-2003, 07:43 AM

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

12clicks · 12-12-2003, 07:55 AM

MACs are invulnerable.

Squito · 12-12-2003, 08:00 AM

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.

bigdog · 12-12-2003, 09:01 AM

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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

bigdog · 12-13-2003, 05:54 AM

12-12-2003, 06:54 AM	#1
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12-12-2003, 07:36 AM	#6
onno Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 732	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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