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
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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
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