Re: Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux

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texte = This message is in reply to jpeacock@univpress.com's message dated 15.03.2000 18:35 Uhr. Lines preceeded by a > are quotations.>>Mac OSX is UNIX. it will have most of the same security problems as Unix,>>and it has not be field tested yet to prove if it does or doesn't. It comes>>(at least in the current server version) with apache.>>Your mileage may certainly vary, but Unix is far more suited to public >network>server applications than MacOS or NT. OSX and other Unix varients can be >set up>in insecure fashions, but managed properly are far more secure than any other>operating system. There have been lots of security holes found and plugged>because Unix is such a widely used O/S. MacOS is relatively unknown as >far as>overall security, since it is a closed O/S with little exposure; hackers >don't>know what to make of it, but that doesn't make it secure.maybe one of the things that makes the macos a safer environment, is exactly its instability: when one program crashes, everyhthing crashes - so it is unlikely that you'll be able to use the attacked mac for hacking into other stuff... (for as far as i know, some servers are still usable by a hacker after an attack that led, for example, to a buffer overflow situation... but don't ask _me_ more - i wouldn't know more) ;-)LP-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux (jpeacock@univpress.com 2000)
Re[2]: Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux (jpeacock@univpress.com 2000)
Re: Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux (Lorenzo Perone 2000)
Re: Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux (J Lane 2000)
Re[2]: WebCatalog on Linux (jpeacock@univpress.com 2000)

This message is in reply to jpeacock@univpress.com's message dated 15.03.2000 18:35 Uhr. Lines preceeded by a > are quotations.>>Mac OSX is UNIX. it will have most of the same security problems as Unix,>>and it has not be field tested yet to prove if it does or doesn't. It comes>>(at least in the current server version) with apache.>>Your mileage may certainly vary, but Unix is far more suited to public >network>server applications than MacOS or NT. OSX and other Unix varients can be >set up>in insecure fashions, but managed properly are far more secure than any other>operating system. There have been lots of security holes found and plugged>because Unix is such a widely used O/S. MacOS is relatively unknown as >far as>overall security, since it is a closed O/S with little exposure; hackers >don't>know what to make of it, but that doesn't make it secure.maybe one of the things that makes the macos a safer environment, is exactly its instability: when one program crashes, everyhthing crashes - so it is unlikely that you'll be able to use the attacked mac for hacking into other stuff... (for as far as i know, some servers are still usable by a hacker after an attack that led, for example, to a buffer overflow situation... but don't ask _me_ more - i wouldn't know more) ;-)LP-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Lorenzo Perone

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